Still of Carole Lombard, Dick Elliott and Fred MacMurray in The Princess Comes Across (1936)
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Caption: Still of Carole Lombard, Dick Elliott and Fred MacMurray in The Princess Comes Across (1936)
About Richard Damon Elliott
Actor
Born: April 30, 1886
Star sign: Taurus
Height: 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
Known for: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Christmas in Connecticut (1945), Purity Squad (1945), Witness to Murder (1954)
Source: IMDB
In the thirties, forties, and especially the 1950's, if a director wanted a short, fat actor to play a windy storekeeper or a raucous conventioneer, he might well cast Dick Elliott. He was one of those actors who, whenever he appeared on screen, often for less than a minute, the audience would think, "Oh, it's that guy." Yet few would ever know ...
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