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Denholm Elliott is a Actor British born on 31 may 1922 at Ealing (United-kingdom)

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott
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Birth name Denholm Mitchell Elliott
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 may 1922 at Ealing (United-kingdom)
Death 6 october 1992 (at 70 years)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English film, television and theatre actor with more than 120 film and television credits. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In the 1980s, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years (his first for Coleman in Trading Places), the only actor ever to have achieved this. He is perhaps best known for portraying Dr Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and as "Coleman" in Trading Places (1983).

Biography

Privately bisexual, Elliott was married twice; first to actress Virginia McKenna for a few months in 1954, and later, in an open marriage, to American actress Susan Robinson (7 March 1942–12 April 2007), with whom he had two children, Mark and Jennifer. Jennifer committed suicide by hanging in 2003.


Death
Elliott was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and died of AIDS-related tuberculosis at his home in Santa Eulària des Riu on Ibiza, Spain, on 6 October 1992 at the age of 70. Tributes were paid by actors Sir Donald Sinden and Sir Peter Ustinov, playwright Dennis Potter and former wife Virginia McKenna. Sinden said: "He was one of the finest screen actors and a very special actor at that. He was one of the last stars who was a real gentleman. It is a very sad loss." Ustinov said: "He was a wonderful actor and a very good friend on the occasions that life brought us together." Potter commented: "He was a complicated, sensitive and slightly disturbing actor. Not only was he a very accomplished actor, he was a dry, witty and slightly menacing individual. As a man, I always found him very open, very straightforward and very much to the point." McKenna added: "It is absolutely dreadful, but the person I am thinking of at the moment more than anybody is his wife. It must be terrible for her." Ismail Merchant described Elliott as "an all-giving person, full of life ... He had an affection and feeling for other actors, which is very unusual in our business."

His widow set up a charity, The Denholm Elliott Project, and collaborated on his biography. She worked closely with the UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS. Susan Robinson Elliott died on 12 April 2007, aged 65, following a fire in her flat in London.

Best films

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
(Actor)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
(Actor)
Trading Places (1983)
(Actor)
A Room with a View (1986)
(Actor)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
(Actor)

Usually with

George Lucas
George Lucas
(3 films)
Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes
(5 films)
Joss Ackland
Joss Ackland
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Denholm Elliott (88 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullActorMarcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992Noises Off...ActorSelsdon Mowbray / The Burglar
1991ScorchersActorHowler
1991Toy SoldiersActorHeadmaster
1991A Murder of QualityActorGeorge Smiley
1991ScorchersActorHowler
1991Toy SoldiersActorHeadmaster
1991One Against the WindActorFather LeBlanc
1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeActorMarcus Brody
1989Return from the River KwaiActorColonel Grayson
1988Codename: KyrilActor
1988Hanna's WarActor
1988Stealing HeavenActorFulbert
1988The Bourne IdentityActorDr. Geoffrey Washburn
1987MauriceActorDr. Barry
1987SeptemberActorHoward
1987ScoopActorSalter
1986A Room with a ViewActorMr. Emerson
1986Defence of the RealmActorVernon Bayliss
1986The Whoopee BoysActorCol. Phelps
1986Mrs. Delafield Wants to MarryActorGeorge Parker
1985UnderworldActorDr. Savary
1984A Private FunctionActorDr. Swaby
1984The Razor's EdgeActorElliott Templeton
1984CamilleActorCount de Noilly
1983Trading PlacesActorColeman
1983The Hound of the BaskervillesActorDr. Mortimer
1983The Wicked LadyActorSir Ralph Skelton
1982Brimstone and TreacleActorTom Bates
1982The MissionaryActorThe Bishop of London
1981Raiders of the Lost ArkActorDr. Marcus Brody
1980Bad TimingActorStefan Vognic
1980The Curious Adventures of Mr. WonderbirdActorThe Chimney Sweep (voice)
1980Game for VulturesActorRaglan Thistle
1980Rising DampActorCharles Seymour
1980Sunday LoversActorParker (segment "An Englishman's Home")
1980Blade on the FeatherActorJack Hill
1979CubaActorDonald Skinner
1979Saint JackActorWilliam Leigh
1979Zulu DawnActorColonel Pulleine
1979Saint JackActorWilliam Leigh
1978The Boys from BrazilActorSidney Beynon
1978Watership DownActorCowslip (voice)
1978The Hound of the BaskervillesActorStapleton
1978Sweeney 2ActorEx-Detective Chief Superintendent Jupp
1978Little Girl in Blue VelvetActorMike
1977A Bridge Too FarActorRAF meteorologist officer
1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItActorEnglish Delegate
1976Robin and MarianActorWill Scarlet
1976To the Devil a DaughterActorHenry Beddows
1976Voyage of the DamnedActorAdmiral Canaris
1975Russian RouletteActorJohn Petapiece
1974The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzActorFriar
1974Percy's ProgressActorSir Emmanuel Whitbread
1974The Lady From the SeaActorDr. Wangel
1973The Vault of HorrorActorDiltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
1973A Doll's HouseActorNils Krogstad
1972Madame SinActorMalcom De Vere
1971The House That Dripped BloodActorCharles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
1971PercyActorEmmanuel Whitbread
1971Quest for LoveActorTom Lewis
1970Too Late the HeroActorCaptain Hornsby
1970The Rise and Rise of Michael RimmerActorPeter NIss
1968The Night They Raided Minsky'sActorVance Fowler
1968The Sea GullActorDr. Yevgeny Dorn
1968Here We Go Round the Mulberry BushActorMr. George Beauchamp
1968The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeActorGeorge Devlin
1967DraculaActorCount Dracula
1967Maroc 7ActorInspector Barrada
1966AlfieActorThe Abortionist
1966The Spy with a Cold NoseActorPond-Jones
1965King RatActorLarkin
1965You Must Be JokingActorCaptain Tabasco
1964The High Bright SunActorBaker
1964Nothing But the BestActorCharlie Prince
1963Station Six-SaharaActorMacey
1960Scent of MysteryActorOliver Larker
1956Pacific DestinyActorArthur Grimble
1955The Man Who Loved RedheadsActorDenis
1955The Night My Number Came UpActorFl. Lt. McKenzie
1954Lease of LifeActorMartin Blake
1954They Who DareActorSergeant Corcoran
1953The Cruel SeaActorMorell
1953The Heart of the MatterActorWilson
1952The Sound BarrierActorChristopher Ridgefield
1952The Holly and the IvyActorMichael Gregory
1952The RingerActorJohn Lemley
1949Dear Mr. ProhackActorOswald Morfrey