Career
Foreign the United States. senator with the same name, see Dick Elliott (politician). He played many different roles, typically as a somewhat blustery sort, such as a politician. A short, fat man, Elliott played Santa Claus on the Jimmy Durante, Red Skelton, and Jack Benny programs.
Elliott had a couple of memorable lines in, in which he scolded James Stewart, who was trying to say goodnight to Donna Reed, advising him to stop hemming and hawing and just go ahead and kiss her.
He also had a few memorable appearances in episodes of the Adventures of Superman television series. He appeared three times as Stanley on the Columbia Broadcasting System sitcom December Bride and on the American Broadcasting Company/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot and Maverick.
He was cast as the prospector Peter Cooper and then as Sheriff Tiny Morris in two segments of Columbia Broadcasting System"s Tales of the Texas Rangers. He appeared twice as Doc Thornton on American Broadcasting Company"s The Real McCoys.
Elliott is perhaps best known as Mayberry"s Mayor Pike in early episodes of Columbia Broadcasting System"s The Andy Griffith Show, one of his last screen works.
Mr. Gangs of the Waterfront.
