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Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor, with more than 125 film and television credits.[1] His well-known roles include the abortionist in Alfie (1966), Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Elliott gave acclaimed turns in a succession of commercial and critical hits throughout his storied career, as well as three consecutive (to this day, a still-unbeaten record) Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award wins in the 1980s for his performances as Coleman the butler in Trading Places (1983), Dr. Charles Swamby in A Private Function (1984), and as the endangered newspaper reporter Vernon Bayliss in Defence of the Realm (1985). But it was his portrayal of the eccentric Mr. Emerson in 1986's A Room with a View that earned him a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1987, as well as another BAFTA nod (but no win), and a Best Supporting Actor nomination and win from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle.

Denholm Elliott CBE
Elliott in 1985
Born	Denholm Mitchell Elliott (1922-05-31)31 May 1922 Kensington, Middlesex, England
Died	6 October 1992(1992-10-06) (aged 70) Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza, Spain
Education	Malvern College
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–1992
Spouse(s)	Virginia McKenna ​ ​ (m. 1954; div. 1957)​ Susan Robinson ​ (m. 1962)​
Children	2

Elliott earned continuous and expanding critical acclaim in his later career, and had an incredibly prolific body of work that spanned the mediums of film, television, and the stage, and did so over the course of more than half a century. The American film critic Roger Ebert described him as "the most dependable of all British character actors."[2] The New York Times called him "a star among supporting players" and "an accomplished scene-stealer".[3]

Early life

Elliott was born May 31, 1922, in Kensington, London,[4] the son of Nina (née Mitchell; 1893–1966) and Myles Layman Farr Elliott, MBE (1890–1933),[4] a barrister who had read law and Arabic at Cambridge before fighting with the Gloucestershire Regiment at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. In 1930, Myles Elliott was appointed solicitor-general to the Mandatory Government in Palestine. Three years later, following a series of controversial government prosecutions, he was assassinated outside the King David Hotel and buried in the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion.[5] Elliott's elder brother Neil Emerson Elliott (1920–2003) was a land agent to Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck.

Elliott attended Malvern College and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. He was asked to leave the Academy after one term. As Elliott later recalled, "They wrote to my mother and said, 'Much as we like the little fellow, he's wasting your money and our time. Take him away!'"[6]

In the Second World War, he joined the Royal Air Force, training as a wireless operator/air gunner and serving with No. 76 Squadron RAF under the command of Leonard Cheshire.[7] On the night of 23/24 September 1942, his Handley Page Halifax DT508[8] bomber took part in an air raid on the U-boat pens at Flensburg, Germany. The aircraft was hit by flak and subsequently ditched in the North Sea near Sylt, Germany. Only Elliott and two crewmen survived, and he spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft VIIIb, a prisoner-of-war camp in Lamsdorf (now Łambinowice), Silesia. While imprisoned, he became involved in amateur dramatics. He formed a theatre group that was so successful it toured other POW camps playing Twelfth Night.[9][10]

Career

After making his film debut in Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) he went on to play a wide range of parts, including an officer in The Cruel Sea and often ineffectual and occasionally seedy characters, such as the drunken journalist Bayliss in Defence of the Realm, the criminal abortionist in Alfie, and the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Elliott and Natasha Parry played the main roles in the 1955 television play The Apollo of Bellac.[11] He took over for an ill Michael Aldridge for one season of The Man in Room 17 (1966)

Elliott made many television appearances, which included plays by Dennis Potter such as Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972), Brimstone and Treacle, (1976) and Blade on the Feather (1980). He starred in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens's short story The Signalman (1976). He also co- starred in the made-for-T.V. film The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Jack Palance, produced by Dan Curtis, music composed and conducted by Robert Cobert (Curtis and Cobert were also, at that time, working on the famed Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows [1966 - 1971.])

In the 1980s he won three consecutive British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Trading Places as Dan Aykroyd's kindly butler, A Private Function, and Defence of the Realm. He received an Academy Award nomination for A Room with a View. He became familiar to a wider audience as the well-meaning but confused Dr. Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. A photograph of his character appears in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and a reference is made to Brody's death. Also, a statue was dedicated to Marcus outside Marshall College, the school where Indy teaches. In 1988 Elliott was the Russian mole Povin, around whom the entire plot revolves, in the television miniseries Codename: Kyril.

Having filmed Michael Winner's The Wicked Lady (1983), Elliott was quoted in a BBC Radio interview as saying that Marc Sinden and he "are the only two British actors I am aware of who have ever worked with Winner more than once, and it certainly wasn't for love. But curiously, I never, ever saw any of the same crew twice." (Elliott in You Must Be Joking! (1965) and The Wicked Lady and Sinden in The Wicked Lady and Decadence). Elliott had worked with Sinden's father, Sir Donald Sinden, in the film The Cruel Sea (1953).[12] He co-starred with Katharine Hepburn and Harold Gould in the television film Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) and with Nicole Kidman in Bangkok Hilton (1989).

In 1988 Elliott was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to acting. His career included many stage performances, including with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and a well-acclaimed turn as the twin brothers in Jean Anouilh's Ring Round the Moon. His scene-stealing abilities led Gabriel Byrne, his co-star in Defence of the Realm, to say: "Never act with children, dogs, or Denholm Elliott."[13]

Despite being described by British Film Institute's Screenonline as an actor of "versatile understanding and immaculate technique,"[1] Elliott described himself as an instinctive actor and was a critic of Stanislavski's system of acting, saying, "I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail."[14]

Personal life

Secretly bisexual,[15] 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, with whom he had two children, Mark and Jennifer, the latter of whom died by suicide in 2003.[15]

Death

Elliott was diagnosed with HIV in 1987[15] 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."[16] 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."[17]

His widow set up a charity, the Denholm Elliott Project, and collaborated on his biography.[18] She worked closely with the UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS. Susan Robinson Elliott died on 12 April 2007, aged 65, in a fire in her flat in London.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1949	Dear Mr. Prohack	Oswald Morfrey
1952	The Sound Barrier	Christopher Ridgefield	Breaking the Sound Barrier in USA	[13]
	The Holly and the Ivy	Michael Gregory
	The Ringer	John Lemley
1953	The Cruel Sea	Morell		[13]
	The Heart of the Matter	Wilson		[13]
1954	Lease of Life	Martin Blake		[13]
	They Who Dare	Sgt. Corcoran		[16]
1955	The Man Who Loved Redheads	Denis		[13]
	The Night My Number Came Up	Mackenzie
1956	Pacific Destiny	Arthur Grimble		[13]
1960	Scent of Mystery	Oliver Larker
1963	Station Six-Sahara	Macey
1964	Nothing But the Best	Charlie Prince		[13]
1965	The High Bright Sun	Baker
	King Rat	Larkin		[13]
1966	Alfie	The Abortionist		[13]
1967	Maroc 7	Inspector Barrada
1968	The Night They Raided Minsky's	Vance Fowler		[13]
	The Sea Gull	Dorn, a doctor		[13]
1970	Too Late the Hero	Captain Hornsby		[15]
	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Peter Niss
1971	Percy	Emmanuel Whitbread
	The House That Dripped Blood	Charles Hillyer	Segment 1: Method for Murder
	Quest for Love	Tom Lewis
1972	Madame Sin	Malcolm De Vere
1973	The Vault of Horror	Diltant	Segment 5: Drawn and Quartered
	A Doll's House	Krogstad		[13]
1974	The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz	Friar		[13]
1975	Russian Roulette	Commander Petapiece
1976	Robin and Marian	Will Scarlet
	To the Devil a Daughter	Henry Beddows
	Partners	John Grey
	Voyage of the Damned	Admiral Canaris
1977	A Bridge Too Far	R.A.F. Met. Officer
1978	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Stapleton
	Watership Down	Cowslip	(voice)
	The Boys From Brazil	Sidney Beynon
	Sweeney 2	Det. Chief Super. Jupp
1979	Zulu Dawn	Colonel Pulleine
	Saint Jack	William Leigh
	Cuba	Donald Skinner
1980	Bad Timing	Stefan Vognic
	Rising Damp	Charles Seymour
	Sunday Lovers	Parker	Segment: An Englishman's Home
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Dr. Marcus Brody		[13]
1982	Brimstone and Treacle	Mr. Tom Bates
1983	Trading Places	Coleman
	The Wicked Lady	Sir Ralph Skelton
1984	The Razor's Edge	Elliott Templeton		[19]
	A Private Function	Dr. Charles Swaby		[16]
1985	A Room with a View	Mr Emerson		[13]
1986	Defence of the Realm	Vernon Bayliss		[16]
	The Whoopee Boys	Col. Phelps
1987	September	Howard
	Maurice	Dr. Barry
1988	Stealing Heaven	Fulbert
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Dr. Marcus Brody		[13]
1989	Killing Dad	Nathy
1991	Toy Soldiers	Headmaster
	Scorchers	Howler
1992	Noises Off	Selsdon Mowbray	Final film role	[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958–59	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	John Manbridge/Jack Lyons	2 episodes
1963	Hancock	Peter Dartford	1 episode
1965	Danger Man	Basil Jordan	Season 3 Episode 18: The Hunting Party
1966	The Man in Room 17	Defraits	13 episodes
	Mystery and Imagination	Roderick Usher	Episode: The Fall of the House of Usher
1968	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	George Devlin	T.V. film
1968	Mystery and Imagination	Count Dracula	Episode: Dracula
1972	The Persuaders!	Roland	Episode: A Death in the Family
	Follow the Yellow Brick Road	Jack Black	TV play
1975	Thriller	Dr. Frank Henson	Episode: The Crazy Kill
1976	Brimstone and Treacle	Mr. Tom Bates	TV play: Play for Today
	Clayhanger	Tertius Ingpen	9 episodes
	The Signalman	The Signalman	TV play
1977	Ripping Yarns	Mr Gregory	Episode: Across The Andes by Frog
1980	Hammer House of Horror	Norman Shenley	Episode: Rude Awakening
1980	Blade on the Feather	Jack Hill	TV film
1982	Marco Polo	Niccolò Polo	8 episodes
1983	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Dr. Mortimer	TV film
1984	Camille	Count de Noilly	TV film
1985	Bleak House	John Jarndyce	7 episodes
1986	Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry	George Parker	TV film
1987	Hotel du Lac	Phillip Neville	TV film
	Scoop	Mr. Salter	TV film
	A Child's Christmas in Wales	Old Geraint	TV film
	The Happy Valley	Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton	TV film
1988	Codename: Kyril	Povin	4 episodes
	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Tom Cotter	Episode: The Coffin
	The Bourne Identity	Dr Geoffrey Washburn	TV mini-series
	Noble House	Alastair Struan	4 episodes
1989	Bangkok Hilton	Hal Stanton	3 episodes
1990	A Green Journey	James O'Hannon	TV film
1991	A Murder of Quality	George Smiley	TV film
	One Against the Wind	Father LeBlanc	TV film
	The Black Candle	William Filmore	TV film

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nomination	Result
1986	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actor	A Room with a View	Nominated
1973	British Academy Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	A Doll's House	Nominated
1979			Saint Jack	Nominated
1981			Raiders of the Lost Ark	Nominated
1983			Trading Places	Won
1984			A Private Function	Won
1985			Defence of the Realm	Won
1986			A Room with a View	Nominated
1984	British Academy Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Blade on the Feather BBC2 Playhouse Tales of the Unexpected	Nominated
1986		Best Actor	Screen Two	Nominated

See also

• List of British actors
• List of people from Kensington
• List of RADA alumni

References

External links

• Denholm Elliott at the BFI's Screenonline
• Denholm Elliott at the Internet Broadway Database
• Denholm Elliott at IMDb
• Denholm Elliott BFI
• Performances in the Theatre Archive University of Bristol

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[de] Denholm Elliott

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (* 31. Mai 1922 in Ealing, Middlesex, England; † 6. Oktober 1992 in Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza, Spanien) war ein britischer Schauspieler. Über viele Jahre war er einer der erfolgreichsten Charakterdarsteller Großbritanniens. Eine seiner bekanntesten Rollen ist die des Museumsdirektors Marcus Brody, den er in zwei Indiana-Jones-Filmen darstellte.

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[es] Denholm Elliott

Denholm Mitchell Elliott (Londres, 31 de mayo de 1922 – 6 de octubre de 1992) fue un actor británico, conocido por sus destacadas apariciones en teatro, cine y televisión. Ganador de cuatro Premios BAFTA (1981, 1984, 1985 y 1986). Nominado a un Oscar en 1986 y galardonado con la Orden del Imperio Británico por su carrera como actor, en 1988 .

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[ru] Эллиотт, Денхолм

Денхолм Митчелл Эллиотт (англ. Denholm Mitchell Elliott; 31 мая 1922 — 6 октября 1992) — британский актёр театра, кино и телевидения, лауреат премии BAFTA.

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