Dick Elliott

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Dick Elliott

Richard "Dick" Damon Elliott (born April 30, 1886 in Boston , Massachusetts , † December 22, 1961 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor with over 370 film and television appearances between 1933 and 1963.

Life

Dick Elliott began his acting career in the theater - including regularly on Broadway - and had gained almost 30 years of experience there by the time he entered the Hollywood film business in the early 1930s . In his first film Central Airport (1933), the relatively short, stout character actor played a man looking for a taxi. Similar small roles in over 240 films - including some classics like Twelve Noon - followed until his death, making him a busy actor, but almost unknown to the general public despite his many roles. Often, Elliott embodied somewhat pushy and self-important mayors, magistrates, innkeepers, shopkeepers and reporters. Elliott's most distinctive trademark became his strikingly high laugh.

Directed by Frank Capra , he played a party clerk in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and the fat man on the garden bench in Isn't Life Beautiful? Which James Stewart is the advice, Donna Reed kissing figure. In films, with a few exceptions, mostly only used in smaller roles, Elliott was able to distinguish himself with the beginning of television. During the 1950s, he played over 100 guest roles in various American television series of the time, including The Real McCoys and The Adventures of Superman . He was regularly seen as Santa Claus in various television series . Elliott worked as an actor until his death, most recently having a recurring role as Mayor McPike on the Andy Griffith Show .

In 1961 he died of natural causes at the age of 75. He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was married to Ora Esther Claud (1885-1949), they probably had a son.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dick Elliot in the All Movie Guide (English)
  2. ^ Dick Elliott in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved October 26, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Elliott, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elliott, Richard Damon; Elliott, Dick Damon (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts , USA
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1961
Place of death Los Angeles , California , USA