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Elliott Pershing Stitzel, better known by his stage name Stephen Elliott, was an American actor. His best known roles were that of the prospective father-in-law, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film Arthur and as Chief Hubbard in the 1984 blockbuster Beverly Hills Cop.
Birth Name
Elliott Pershing Stitzel
Born
Wednesday, 27 November 1918
Died
Saturday, 21 May 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chicago Hope | Judge Harold Aldrich | 1994 |
| Shaky Ground | Heywood / Heywood Gardner | 1992 |
| Pros and Cons | Gene Hastings | 1991 |
| The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Owen / Dr. Owen Parker | 1990 |
| Shades of LA | James Browning | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Judge Neil Markham / Dr. Hogan | 1990 |
| Taking Care of Business | Walter Bentley / Walter | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Dr. Strathmore | 1990 |
| When He's Not a Stranger | Attorney Foster | 1989 |
| Snoops | Oscar T. Sanderson | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Chicago Hope | Judge Harold Aldrich | 1994 |
| Shaky Ground | Heywood / Heywood Gardner | 1992 |
| Pros and Cons | Gene Hastings | 1991 |
| The Great Los Angeles Earthquake | Owen / Dr. Owen Parker | 1990 |
| Shades of LA | James Browning | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Judge Neil Markham / Dr. Hogan | 1990 |
| Taking Care of Business | Walter Bentley / Walter | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Dr. Strathmore | 1990 |
| When He's Not a Stranger | Attorney Foster | 1989 |
| Snoops | Oscar T. Sanderson | 1989 |
| Grand Deceptions | General Padget | 1989 |
| Annie McGuire | Philip Block | 1988 |
| Dear John | Phil Lacey | 1988 |
| Remo Williams: The Prophecy | Harold W. Smith | 1988 |
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Burt Johnson | 1988 |
| Trial and Error | Edmund Kittle | 1988 |
| Walk Like a Man | Walter Welmont | 1987 |
| Max Headroom | Clive Thatcher | 1987 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love | Elliot Moore | 1987 |
| Assassination | Fitzroy | 1987 |
| Sledge Hammer! | Gilmore Yates | 1986 |
| Blacke's Magic | Senator Garity | 1986 |
| Beverly Hills Cop | Chief Hubbard | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Garver | 1984 |
| Highway to Heaven | Mr. Armstrong | 1984 |
| Roadhouse 66 | Sam | 1984 |
| Maximum Security | Warden McShane | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Kohlmyer | 1984 |
| Prototype | Dr. Arthur Jarrett | 1983 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Karl Eagles / Jay Armin | 1983 |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Bill 'Punky' Paxton | 1983 |
| Vultures | Theater Attendant | 1983 |
| Kiss Me Goodbye | Edgar | 1982 |
| St. Elsewhere | Manny Schecter | 1982 |
| Gavilan | Max Schiller | 1982 |
| Remington Steele | Norman Baines | 1982 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | The Father | 1982 |
| Hotel | George Sandler / George Stanton | 1982 |
| The Mississippi | Henry Asher | 1982 |
| My Body, My Child | Dr. Gallagher | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Douglas Channing | 1981 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | William Randolph Hearst | 1981 |
| Arthur | Burt Johnson | 1981 |
| Cutter's Way | J. J. Cord / J.J. Cord | 1981 |
| Nero Wolfe | Mr. Herold | 1981 |
| Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Joseph P. Kennedy | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Rear Admiral Philip Wheeler, USN | 1980 |
| Hagen | Lundeen | 1980 |
| Benson | Mr. Endicott / Whitey Endicott | 1979 |
| Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze | Jonas | 1979 |
| Bender | 1979 | |
| Hart to Hart | Steven Baldwin | 1979 |
| Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love | Abe Kaufman | 1979 |
| The Ordeal of Patty Hearst | Randolph Hearst | 1979 |
| Some Kind of Miracle | Arthur Nicoff | 1979 |
| Betrayal | Judge Allan Myers | 1978 |
| Overboard | Shawn | 1978 |
| Taxi | Ed McKenzie | 1978 |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Lloyd Wesley Jordan | 1978 |
| Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Mat's Father | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Col. Mitchell | 1978 |
| Dallas | Scotty Demarest | 1978 |
| Lou Grant | Chip Murphy | 1977 |
| Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy | Joseph Kennedy Sr. / Joseph Kennedy, Sr. | 1977 |
| The November Plan | Harold Delaney | 1977 |
| Visions | Dr. Markle | 1976 |
| Quincy M.E. | Dr. Paul Chase / Raymond Craddock | 1976 |
| The Tony Randall Show | DeNecki | 1976 |
| Executive Suite | Howell Rutledge | 1976 |
| City of Angels | Delaney | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Zachary Knight | 1976 |
| The Bionic Woman | Duke | 1976 |
| The Hindenburg | Captain Fellows | 1975 |
| Beacon Hill | Benjamin Lassiter | 1975 |
| Bronk | Captain Glazier | 1975 |
| Report to the Commissioner | Police Commissioner | 1975 |
| The Gun | Art Hilliard | 1974 |
| The Chinese Prime Minister | Sir Gregory | 1974 |
| Petrocelli | Martin Granger | 1974 |
| Death Wish | Police Commissioner | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Spencer Hollingsworth | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Dr. Herbert Brinkman | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | Van Phillips | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Morgan Grayland | 1974 |
| Kojak | Tyler Meadows | 1973 |
| Steambath | Oldtimer | 1973 |
| Pueblo | RAdm. F.L. Johnson | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | James Everett Brock | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Dan Meredith | 1972 |
| The Hospital | Dr. Sundstrom | 1971 |
| Columbo | Carl Donner / General Padget | 1971 |
| Hawaii Five-O | John Enslow | 1968 |
| Hawk | Sam Passini | 1966 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | James Breden | 1962 |
| Street of Sinners | Harry | 1957 |
| The Edge of Night | Peter Dalton | 1956 |
| I Spy | Heydrich | 1955 |
| Canyon Crossroads | Larson | 1955 |
| Three Hours to Kill | Sheriff Ben East | 1954 |
| Inner Sanctum | Sergeant | 1954 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | Lippitt | 1951 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Joe Romero | 1950 |
| The Big Story | Arnie Bauer | 1949 |
| Martin Kane | Mickey Seller | 1949 |
| Hands of Mystery | (as Steve Elliott) | 1949 |
| Studio One | Mike Dundee | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 | |
| Actor's Studio | Walters | 1948 |
