Ross Elliott (June 18, 1917 – August 12, 1999) was an American television and film character actor. He began his acting career in the Mercury Theatre, where he performed in Orson Welles' famed radio program, The War of the Worlds.Throughout his career, Elliott appeared in more than one hundred television programs, including the recurring role of crewman Cort Ryker on the syndicated The Blue Angels (1960–1961), starring Dennis Cross and Don Gordon. Elliott appeared fifty-nine times in a reoccurring role as Sheriff Abbott on NBC's western series, The Virginian. He was cast as Virgil Earp in four episodes in 1958 and 1959 of the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Wyatt Earp, Virgil's younger brother.In 1958, Elliott played a minister, the Reverend Kilgore in the episode "The Lord Will Provide" of the CBS western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun as Bill Longley, and with Ellen Corby in the role of Katy Clayton. Later that year he played murder victim and title character George Hartley Beaumont in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Corresponding Corpse."On December 26, 1959, he was cast as the historical lawyer Temple Houston in the episode "The Reluctant Gun" of the syndicated western anthology series, Death Valley Days, with host Stanley Andrews. This appearance was nearly four years before Jeffrey Hunter played Temple Houston in the short-lived NBC series Temple Houston.Elliott portrayed Colonel Parker in the 1960 episode "Chain of Command" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45.From 1962 to 1963, he was cast as Marty Rhodes in four episodes of the NBC legal drama, Sam Benedict, starring Edmond O'Brien. From 1963 to 1965, Elliott played Lee Baldwin on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital. Elliott appeared in eleven episodes of The Jack Benny Program as director Freddie, The Twilight Zone, The Lone Ranger, Rescue 8, Sky King, The Gray Ghost, Meet McGraw starring Frank Lovejoy, Pony Express, Dragnet, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Donna Reed Show, The Rebel, National Velvet, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Lassie, The People's Choice, Hazel, Leave it to Beaver, Angel, Going My Way, Mr. Novak, and The Time Tunnel. He may be best remembered for having portrayed the television director in the classic 1952 I Love Lucy episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial", in which comedian Lucille Ball advertises "Vitameatavegamin", a tonic that is 23 percent alcohol. He also appeared in a Christmas episode of Wonder Woman.
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Long, Hot Summer | 1965 | TV Series | Stiles |
The Lucy Show | 1965 | TV Series | The Director |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1961-1965 | TV Series | Al Saunders / Tom Wilson |
Mister Ed | 1965 | TV Series | Dexter Crowley |
The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Dr. Phil Ridley / Dr. Philip Nevins |
My Brother the Angel | 1965 | TV Series | Police officer |
Wild Seed | 1965 | | Mr. Collinge |
The Fugitive | 1965 | TV Series | Desk deputy |
Hazel | 1964 | TV Series | Howard North |
Harris Against the World | 1964 | TV Series | Barney Corel |
Petticoat Junction | 1964 | TV Series | Mr. Talbot |
Gomer Pyle: USMC | 1964 | TV Series | General Wells |
Mr. Novak | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Millard Wright / Roy Daniels |
The Lively Set | 1964 | | Ernie Owens |
The Jack Benny Program | 1961-1964 | TV Series | Freddie - Jack's TV Director / Fred / Director / ... |
The Wheeler Dealers | 1963 | | Lawyer (uncredited) |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Lt. Geer |
The Twilight Zone | 1963 | TV Series | Doctor / Kramer |
Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Kearney |
The Crawling Hand | 1963 | | Deputy Earl Harrison |
The Thrill of It All | 1963 | | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
General Hospital | 1963 | TV Series | Lee Baldwin |
Sam Benedict | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Marty Rhodes |
The Dakotas | 1963 | TV Series | Roger Carlson |
Dr. Kildare | 1963 | TV Series | Asst. District Attorney |
FBI Code 98 | 1963 | TV Movie | Special Agent Vernon Lockhart |
Death Valley Days | 1959-1963 | TV Series | Bidwell / Temple Houston |
The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | Pete Bordon |
Saints and Sinners | 1962 | TV Series | Bert Feller / Gil Joyner |
Going My Way | 1962 | TV Series | Ken Hamlin |
Surfside 6 | 1962 | TV Series | Frank Eliot |
Target: The Corruptors | 1962 | TV Series | |
National Velvet | 1962 | TV Series | Mark Fielding |
Rawhide | 1959-1962 | TV Series | Bix Thompson / Carl Myers |
Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Jerry Bronson |
Wagon Train | 1957-1962 | TV Series | Mr. Adams / Ralph Carr |
The Rifleman | 1962 | TV Series | Ben Johnson |
Cain's Hundred | 1962 | TV Series | Lt. Spencer |
The Adventures of Superboy | 1961 | TV Short | Mr. Drake |
Laramie | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Corporal Harris / Collins / Jack Adams |
Hawaiian Eye | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Martin Rondell / Bill Garrison |
Cheyenne | 1956-1961 | TV Series | Ernie Ransom / Reed Kingsley / Sam Wilson |
Sea Hunt | 1960-1961 | TV Series | USCG Lt. Dave Tulley / USCG Lt. Pete Gregory / USCG Commander Bill Brady / ... |
Tammy Tell Me True | 1961 | | Professor Bateman |
Peter Gunn | 1961 | TV Series | Nat Koenig |
Angel | 1961 | TV Series | Dave |
The Asphalt Jungle | 1961 | TV Series | George |
The Case of the Dangerous Robin | 1961 | TV Series | |
Sugarfoot | 1961 | TV Series | Jeff Hackett |
The Best of the Post | 1961 | TV Series | Barry |
The Untouchables | 1961 | TV Series | David Mantley |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | 1961 | TV Series | Colonel Hawthorne |
Thriller | 1961 | TV Series | Charles Merriweather |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1958-1961 | TV Series | Jim Lawton / Dr. Matt Conners |
The Loretta Young Show | 1954-1961 | TV Series | Father Pius / Bill Harmon / Bill Stevens / ... |
Leave It to Beaver | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Mr. Foster / Mr. Hyatt |
No Greater Love | 1960 | | |
Stagecoach West | 1960 | TV Series | Frank Walker |
Assignment: Underwater | 1960 | TV Series | Capt. Pete Barry |
The Rebel | 1960 | TV Series | Sheriff Barney Cagle / Dr. Mac |
Michael Shayne | 1960 | TV Series | Roger Morgan |
Lock Up | 1959-1960 | TV Series | William Tyler |
The Chevy Mystery Show | 1960 | TV Series | Dr. Reinecke |
Tightrope | 1960 | TV Series | Charlie Brown |
The Ann Sothern Show | 1960 | TV Series | Grant |
Colt .45 | 1960 | TV Series | Maj. Parker |
Mr. Lucky | 1960 | TV Series | Horace Young |
Zane Grey Theater | 1957-1960 | TV Series | Sheriff Walt Devlin / Frank Donnelly |
One Step Beyond | 1959-1960 | TV Series | George Warren / Charlie Towne |
Maverick | 1960 | TV Series | Mayor Cosgrove |
Markham | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Al Forester / Larry Blanchard |
Pony Express | 1960 | TV Series | |
Never So Few | 1959 | | Colonel Dr. Barry (uncredited) |
Men Into Space | 1959 | TV Series | Dr. George Batton |
Richard Diamond, Private Detective | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Walter Cummings / Bill Reade / Norman Dewitt |
M Squad | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Police Sgt. Smith / Vincent Hurd |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Virgil Earp |
21 Beacon Street | 1959 | TV Series | Harry Kramer |
Mike Hammer | 1959 | TV Series | Orson Keller |
Rescue 8 | 1959 | TV Series | Bill Miller |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1959 | TV Series | Prosecutor |
Border Patrol | 1959 | TV Series | Burrows |
Special Agent 7 | 1959 | TV Series | Inslow |
The Texan | 1958 | TV Series | Reverend Kilgore |
Monster on the Campus | 1958 | | Sgt. Eddie Daniels |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | Lieutenant White |
Flight | 1958 | TV Series | Major George Gilman |
The Donna Reed Show | 1958 | TV Series | Woody Graham |
Trackdown | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Brett Hudson / Bill Judson |
Perry Mason | 1958 | TV Series | George Hartley Beaumont |
As Young as We Are | 1958 | | Bob |
The Silent Service | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Gilmore / Weaver / Irvin / ... |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1958 | TV Series | |
The Adventures of McGraw | 1958 | TV Series | Lloyd Deforest |
Alcoa Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Mr. Stevens / Gordon |
Goodyear Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | |
State Trooper | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Detective Wes James / Johnny Henderson / Bob Milner / ... |
Broken Arrow | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Hode Bowers / Captain Carstairs |
The Thin Man | 1957 | TV Series | George Keesler |
Climax! | 1957 | TV Series | Greg Borchers |
Official Detective | 1957 | TV Series | Liquor Store Owner |
Crossroads | 1957 | TV Series | Defense Attorney |
Navy Log | 1955-1957 | TV Series | Bill Bridgeman / March |
The People's Choice | 1957 | TV Series | the Photographer |
Cavalcade of America | 1954-1957 | TV Series | Zack Garson / Ralph Kerchum / James Otis / ... |
Panic! | 1957 | TV Series | Mr. Williams |
Chain of Evidence | 1957 | | Bob Bradfield |
The Gray Ghost | 1957 | TV Series | Capt. Steven Craig USN |
General Electric Theater | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Joseph |
Studio 57 | 1956 | TV Series | Brent Cameron |
Science Fiction Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Howard Evans |
Wire Service | 1956 | TV Series | Roger Rath |
The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | TV Series | Garreaux / Jacques |
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Mr. Randolph / The Captain / Joe / ... |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Ronnie Simpson / Jess Omega / Tony Beddoe / ... |
D-Day the Sixth of June | 1956 | | Maj. Mills |
Chevron Hall of Stars | 1956 | TV Series | Husband |
Indestructible Man | 1956 | | Paul Lowe |
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre | 1956 | TV Series | Dr. Captain David Sherman |
Passport to Danger | 1956 | TV Series | |
Four Star Playhouse | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Hofer / Dr. Rogers / Bert Tolin |
Fury | 1956 | TV Series | Richard Landon |
Matinee Theatre | 1955-1956 | TV Series | |
Tarantula | 1955 | | Joe Burch |
The Millionaire | 1955 | TV Series | Sheriff Jack Driscoll |
The Toughest Man Alive | 1955 | | Security Agent Cal York |
Soldiers of Fortune | 1955 | TV Series | Frank / Rex Laird |
Stage 7 | 1955 | TV Series | Major / Charles Bowman |
I Love Lucy | 1952-1955 | TV Series | Ross, Publicity Agent / Publicity Man / Director |
Big Town | 1955 | TV Series | Jackson Tucker |
It's a Great Life | 1955 | TV Series | Joe |
The Star and the Story | 1955 | TV Series | Barrington Howard |
City Detective | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Mitch / Horster / Chuck Logan |
Women's Prison | 1955 | | Don Jensen |
Carolina Cannonball | 1955 | | Don Mack |
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Mark Blayne |
African Manhunt | 1955 | | Rene Carvel |
David Hartman: Counterspy | 1955 | TV Movie | Agent Madden |
Fireside Theatre | 1950-1954 | TV Series | Steve |
Dragnet | 1954 | | Intelligence Div. Sergeant at Desk (uncredited) |
Massacre Canyon | 1954 | | Private George W. Davis |
Public Defender | 1954 | TV Series | Sgt. Ken Brady |
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home | 1954 | | Pete Crosby |
Mr. & Mrs. North | 1954 | TV Series | Doc Randall |
Waterfront | 1954 | TV Series | Reece |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1952-1954 | TV Series | Pete Hardesty / Bob Hayden |
Tumbleweed | 1953 | | Seth Blanden |
Chevron Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | |
Your Favorite Story | 1953 | TV Series | |
I Married Joan | 1953 | TV Series | Steve |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 1953 | | George Ritchie |
Problem Girls | 1953 | | John Page |
The Lone Ranger | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Deputy Lawson / Jeff Hope |
Woman in the Dark | 1952 | | Father Tony Morello |
Sky King | 1952 | TV Series | Frank Carney / Jack Cramer |
Affair in Trinidad | 1952 | | Corpse of Neal Emery (uncredited) |
Campbell Summer Soundstage | 1952 | TV Series | |
Gruen Guild Theater | 1951-1952 | TV Series | |
Loan Shark | 1952 | | Norm - Laundryman Thug (uncredited) |
Racket Squad | 1951 | TV Series | Harvey Brewster |
Desert of Lost Men | 1951 | | Dr. Jim Haynes |
Hot Lead | 1951 | | Dave Collins |
I Can Get It for You Wholesale | 1951 | | Ray |
Storm Warning | 1951 | | Glen (uncredited) |
Chicago Calling | 1951 | | Jim |
The Living Christ Series | 1951 | TV Mini-Series | Sick Man's Son #1 |
Woman on the Run | 1950 | | Frank Johnson |
Last of the Buccaneers | 1950 | | Fanuche - Pirate (uncredited) |
Three Secrets | 1950 | | Reporter (uncredited) |
Cody of the Pony Express | 1950 | | Irv - Henchman |
Dynamite Pass | 1950 | | Henchman Stryker |
Tyrant of the Sea | 1950 | | Mr. Howard Palmer |
Deadly Is the Female | 1950 | | Detective (uncredited) |
Chinatown at Midnight | 1949 | | Eddie Marsh |
The Gal Who Took the West | 1949 | | Cowboy (uncredited) |
Barbary Pirate | 1949 | | Preble's First Officer (uncredited) |
The Crooked Way | 1949 | | Coroner (uncredited) |
Streets of San Francisco | 1949 | | Clevens |
Angel on the Amazon | 1948 | | Frank Lane |
The Burning Cross | 1947 | | The Combative Striker |
This Is the Army | 1943 | | Officer in Magician Skit (as Sgt. Ross Elliot) |
Scorpion | 1986 | | Sam Douglas |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1985 | TV Series | Mr. Baker (segment "An Unlocked Window") |
The A-Team | 1983 | TV Series | Doctor - in Operating Room |
Little House on the Prairie | 1982 | TV Series | Atty. Webb |
Dallas | 1981 | TV Series | |
The Dukes of Hazzard | 1980 | TV Series | Finchburg Sheriff |
Lou Grant | 1980 | TV Series | Russ Menefee |
Bogie | 1980 | TV Movie | Howard Hawks |
The Waltons | 1980 | TV Series | Colonel Usselbury |
Mr. Too Little | 1978 | | Police Captain |
Doctors' Private Lives | 1978 | TV Movie | Lou Wise |
Wonder Woman | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Lazaar |
The Six Million Dollar Man | 1977 | TV Series | The Sheriff |
Phyllis | 1976 | TV Series | Reporter |
The Bionic Woman | 1976 | TV Series | General Partridge |
The Blue Knight | 1975-1976 | TV Series | Sgt. Rice Rice |
Switch | 1976 | TV Series | Chief Mulray |
Gable and Lombard | 1976 | | Lombard's Director |
Ellery Queen | 1975 | TV Series | Captain Hill / Judge |
Barnaby Jones | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Marvin Kates / Sheriff McKean / Sheriff / ... |
Mobile One | 1975 | TV Series | Ed Fielding |
Emergency! | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Harry Grinnell / Supervisor / Harvey / ... |
Shazam! | 1975 | TV Series | Sheriff Martin |
Columbo | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Lansberg |
S.W.A.T. | 1975 | TV Series | Roger Forbes |
The Towering Inferno | 1974 | | Deputy Chief #2 |
Gunsmoke | 1960-1974 | TV Series | Conway / Grant Lucas / Lee |
Act of Vengeance | 1974 | | Sgt. Long (as Ross Elliot) |
Chopper One | 1974 | TV Series | Dr. Doyle |
Here's Lucy | 1974 | TV Series | Chuck Stewart |
Griff | 1973 | TV Series | |
The New Perry Mason | 1973 | TV Series | Aaron Hayden |
Linda | 1973 | TV Movie | Officer Ramsey |
Runaway! | 1973 | TV Movie | Dr. Phillips |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1973 | TV Series | Bank Manager |
Mod Squad | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Sam Brodie / Arnold Sanders / John Jeffers / ... |
Kung Fu | 1973 | TV Series | Capt. Burns |
Bonanza | 1961-1973 | TV Series | Harvey Walters / Matthew / Watkins |
The Victim | 1972 | TV Movie | 1st Patrolman |
The F.B.I. | 1966-1972 | TV Series | Graham Carter / Ben McIntire / Greene / ... |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | 1972 | TV Series | Dr. Saunders |
Mission: Impossible | 1972 | TV Series | Paul Morse |
The Longest Night | 1972 | TV Movie | Dr. Steven Clay |
Skyjacked | 1972 | | Harold Shaw |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1971-1972 | TV Series | D.A. / Maurice Delaney |
Cannon | 1972 | TV Series | Police Chief Jacoby |
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury | 1971 | TV Series | Dr. John Snyder |
The Trackers | 1971 | TV Movie | Captain (as Ross Elliot) |
See the Man Run | 1971 | TV Movie | Ralph Larson |
Sarge | 1971 | TV Series | Commissioner Robert O'Neil |
Paper Man | 1971 | TV Movie | Sheriff |
Ironside | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Samuel Cohen / Dr. Morton / Ben Ohrlich |
The Virginian | 1962-1971 | TV Series | Sheriff Mark Abbott Sheriff Abbott Sheriff |
Breakout | 1970 | TV Movie | |
Crowhaven Farm | 1970 | TV Movie | Fritz Allen (as Ross Elliot) |
Kelly's Heroes | 1970 | | Booker |
The Doris Day Show | 1970 | TV Series | Mr. Clark |
Adam-12 | 1970 | TV Series | Mr. Richmond |
Lassie | 1956-1969 | TV Series | Chuck / Forest Service Supervisor / Joe Smith / ... |
The Wild Wild West | 1968 | TV Series | General Caswell |
The Felony Squad | 1967-1968 | TV Series | William Torrence / Attorney Avery / Norman Braddock / ... |
The Outsider | 1968 | TV Series | Starnes |
The Name of the Game | 1968 | TV Series | Press Officer |
Day of the Evil Gun | 1968 | | Reverend Yearby |
I Spy | 1968 | TV Series | Nate |
The Invaders | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Prof. Eliot Kramer / Hotel Detective / PIO McNally |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats | 1967 | TV Series | Link Lawson |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1967 | TV Series | Dr. Brown |
The Time Tunnel | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Sheriff / Dr. Brandon |
A Man Called Shenandoah | 1966 | TV Series | Sheriff |
12 O'Clock High | 1966 | TV Series | MP Major Bartoli |
Combat! | 1966 | TV Series | Lt. Colonel |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | 1966 | TV Series | Chairman's Assistant |
Tammy | 1966 | TV Series | Sheriff |
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