DENHOLM ELLIOTT
Name: Denholm Mitchell Elliott
Born: 31 May 1922 Ealing, London, England
Died: 6 October 1992 Ibiza, Spain
Denholm Mitchell Elliott (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was a distinguished
English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits.
Elliott was born in London, England to Nina Mitchell and Myles Layman Elliott.
He attended Malvern College, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London and afterwards served as a radio operator and gunner in the Royal Air
Force during World War II. In 1942, he was shot down over Denmark and spent
the rest of the war in a P.O.W. camp in Silesia.
After the war, he made his film debut in Dear Mr. Prohack (1949). He went on to
play a large range of parts, often playing ineffectual and occasionally seedy
characters, such as the journalist Bayliss in Defence of the Realm, the
abortionist in Alfie, and the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz.
He made many television appearances, notably in plays by Dennis Potter,
including Follow The Yellow Brick Road (1972), Brimstone and Treacle (1976) and
Blade on the Feather (1980). He took over from an ill Michael Aldridge for one
season of The Man in Room 17 (1966) and also appeared in series such as Thriller
(1975).
In the 1980s he won three consecutive BAFTA awards as best supporting actor for
Trading Places as Dan Aykroyd's kindly butler, A Private Function and Defence of
the Realm, as well as an Academy Award nomination for A Room with a View. He
also became familiar to a wider audience as the well meaning but ineffectual Dr.
Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
In 1988, Elliott was awarded the CBE for his services to acting. His career
included many stage performances, including with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Name: Denholm Mitchell Elliott
Born: 31 May 1922 Ealing, London, England
Died: 6 October 1992 Ibiza, Spain
Denholm Mitchell Elliott (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was a distinguished
English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits.
Elliott was born in London, England to Nina Mitchell and Myles Layman Elliott.
He attended Malvern College, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in
London and afterwards served as a radio operator and gunner in the Royal Air
Force during World War II. In 1942, he was shot down over Denmark and spent
the rest of the war in a P.O.W. camp in Silesia.
After the war, he made his film debut in Dear Mr. Prohack (1949). He went on to
play a large range of parts, often playing ineffectual and occasionally seedy
characters, such as the journalist Bayliss in Defence of the Realm, the
abortionist in Alfie, and the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of
Duddy Kravitz.
He made many television appearances, notably in plays by Dennis Potter,
including Follow The Yellow Brick Road (1972), Brimstone and Treacle (1976) and
Blade on the Feather (1980). He took over from an ill Michael Aldridge for one
season of The Man in Room 17 (1966) and also appeared in series such as Thriller
(1975).
In the 1980s he won three consecutive BAFTA awards as best supporting actor for
Trading Places as Dan Aykroyd's kindly butler, A Private Function and Defence of
the Realm, as well as an Academy Award nomination for A Room with a View. He
also became familiar to a wider audience as the well meaning but ineffectual Dr.
Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
In 1988, Elliott was awarded the CBE for his services to acting. His career
included many stage performances, including with the Royal Shakespeare Company.