Ross Elliott
From auspicious beginnings as a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre troupe, Ross Elliott appeared in over 200 roles in his nearly half-century career. He made a living of captivating performances, but none quite reached the fervor caused by the infamous 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds," to which he lent his voice. In 1952, he memorably appeared on the benchmark sitcom "I Love Lucy." Elliott's episode, "Lucy Does a TV Commercial," became an instant classic among fans. He played a director tasked with seeing the hapless character through an advertisement for the tongue-twisting elixir "Vitameatavegamin," which, unbeknownst to either party, contained 23% alcohol. The episode consistently ranks among all-time series favorites. Elliott elsewhere made an impression as stalwart Sheriff Mark Abbott on 60 episodes of the long-running TV Western "The Virginian," and played attorney Lee Baldwin for two years on daytime soap "General Hospital." Although his television success was unmatched by his involvement in other mediums, Elliott played strong supporting roles in several films, including an intrepid reporter in the '50s creature feature "Tarantula," which also featured a young Clint Eastwood in an uncredited role. Elliott played a policeman toward the end of his career in the Paul Newman/Steve McQueen disaster flick, "The Towering Inferno."
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Ross Elliott
Filmography
Movies
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Scorpion | Sam Douglas (Character) | - | 1986 |
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Gable and Lombard | Lombard's Director (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Many Suspects | Judge (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo: Forgotten Lady | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Act of Vengeance | Sgt. Long (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Linda | Officer Ramsey (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway! | Dr. Phillips (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Skyjacked | Harold Shaw (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Longest Night | Dr. Steven Clay (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Victim | 1st Patrolman (Character) | - | 1972 |
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The Trackers | Captain (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Paper Man | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | See the Man Run | Ralph Larson (Character) | - | 1971 |
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Day of the Evil Gun | Reverend Yearby (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Wild Seed | Mr. Collinge (Character) | - | 1965 |
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The Crawling Hand | Deputy Earl Harrison (Character) | - | 1963 |
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Monster on the Campus | Sgt. Eddie Daniels (Character) | - | 1958 |
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D-Day, the Sixth of June | Maj. Mills (Character) | - | 1956 |
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The Indestructible Man | Paul Lowe (Character) | - | 1956 |
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Women's Prison | Don Jensen (Character) | - | 1955 |
93% |
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Tarantula | Joe Burch (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Toughest Man Alive | Cal York (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Massacre Canyon | Pvt. George W. Davis (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tumbleweed | Seth Blandon (Character) | - | 1953 |
91% |
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The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms | George Ritchie (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Problem Girls | John Page (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Woman in the Dark | Father Tony Morello (Character) | - | 1952 |
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Ray (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desert of Lost Men | Dr. Jim Haynes (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Lead | Dave Collins (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Calling | Jim (Character) | - | 1951 |
88% |
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Woman on the Run | Frank Johnson (Character) | - | 1950 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Finchburg Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
100% | 82% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | The Sheriff (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | General Partridge (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973-1975 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo | Dr. Lansberg (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Conway (Guest Star) | 1960 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here's Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Bank Manager (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Arnold Sanders (Guest Star) | 1969-1971 1973 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1966 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Police Chief Jacoby (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Forest Service Supervisor (Guest Star) | 1956 1960 1968-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Norman Braddock (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Spy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucy Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Al Saunders (Guest Star) | 1961 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Dr. Phil Daniels (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Smothers Brothers Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Desk deputy (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hazel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | General Wells (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Sheriff Mark Abbott (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Doctor (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | General Hospital | Lee Baldwin (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dakotas | Roger Carlson (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1956 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Collins (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leave It to Beaver | Mr. Foster (Character) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lock Up | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Lucky | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1957 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Into Space | Dr. George Batton (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Virgil Earp (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Brett Hudson (Guest Star) | 1957-1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | George Hartley Beaumont (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turn of Fate | Gordon (Character) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Thin Man | George Kessler (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Jacques (Guest Star) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeff's Collie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stage 7 | Major (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 97% | I Love Lucy | Director (Guest Star) | 1952 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Star and the Story | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lone Ranger | Deputy Lawson (Guest Star) | 1952-1953 |