Full Name | Denholm Mitchell Elliott |
Net Worth | $200,000 |
Date Of Birth | May 31, 1922 |
Died | April 1, 2007, Washington, D.C., United States |
Death Cause | Tuberculosis caused by AIDS |
Place Of Birth | Ealing, London, England, UK |
Height | 5' 11½" (1.82 m) |
Occupation | Actor |
Profession | Diplomacy |
Work Position | Awards for Denholm Elliott |
Education | Columbia University, New York University |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Virginia McKenna |
Nicknames | Denholm Mitchell Elliott, Denholm Elliott, Elliott, Denholm Mitchell |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001186 |
Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada |
Star Sign | Gemini |
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1 | [on RADA] I was asked to leave. They said I had no talent. I disliked it intensely there. It was all filled with acting students who thought they were so grand and knew it all. It made me feel ridiculously stupid. |
2 | I always think instinct is more interesting than anything you can think up. I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail. God almighty. Children just do it when they act. I think we should too - jump in and do it. |
3 | [on Trading Places (1983)] My agent said, 'If you accept the terms of the contract they are offering you, they will despise you. I know the Americans. You are not asking for enough money or first-class transportation or a very good hotel. Your per diem is ridiculous and your billing is non-existent.' Five days later they came back with double everything. I had a flight on the Concorde, the best hotel, star billing, everything. There's sort of a gratitude in their eyes that you got twice the amount of cash out of them because they think they are buying something. If they think they got you cheap, they are worried about it. |
4 | [on A Murder of Quality (1991)] I thought Guinness [Alec Guinness] was brilliant as Smiley. But I thought he was very, very dry. I decided to play him far more eccentric and with as much comedy as I could. |
5 | I think you can be terribly overexposed. I've been always very careful in my career to do theatre, it takes you out of the television eye and people are glad to see you back again. I mean if you're on every week...one week last year I was on I think five times a week in different things, re-runs of films and plays and things. |
6 | [in 1974] Where I am at the moment I know that I could be - if I wished to be - a top-ranking star because I have the power and the technique, I think, to take on anyone and the only thing that has stopped me from being a top-ranking star is my desire to be - which I've never wanted. It's only recently have I achieved the weight to if I want to be. I mean I could go to Stratford and play Prospero, I could have taken a television series and built myself up and done all sorts of things but I don't. I like an anonymity and I like sort of in a sense being an amateur. |
7 | I love my freedom and I hate the demands that are made on you. I mean the number of jobs actually that I've turned down is incredible. If I took them all and pushed and was seen in the right places and did all that nonsense, I suppose one could become a top-ranking star. I think the price is too high, quite honestly. |
8 | I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like 'Hamlet'. |
9 | I like actors - such as Margaret Rutherford and Peter Lorre - who aren't afraid to over-act like real people. When I take a job I can always come up with ten different ways of doing the part. But I'll always choose the flashiest one. You've got to dress the window a bit. |
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1 | He appeared in four films with Sean Connery: Robin and Marian (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Cuba (1979) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). |
2 | He served as an RAF Officer during World War II and later played such an officer in A Bridge Too Far (1977). |
3 | He appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Alfie (1966), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and A Room with a View (1985). |
4 | He starred in two adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles": The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983). He played Stapleton in the former and Dr. Mortimer in the latter. |
5 | He was of English, Scottish, and Irish descent. |
6 | On the list of possible actors for the roles of Fallanda, Bukovsky, Dr. Armstrong, and Sir Percy in Lifeforce (1985). |
7 | Due to Elliott's scene-stealing abilities, Gabriel Byrne, his co-star in Defense of the Realm (1986), once joked "never act with children, dogs, or Denholm Elliott". |
8 | In the 1980s, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years, the only actor ever to have achieved this. |
9 | He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) but was asked to leave 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!'". |
10 | Performed (with Joss Ackland) the first gay kiss seen on a West End stage in John Mortimer's play "Bermondsey" in 1971. |
11 | His daughter Jennifer was addicted to heroin and she hanged herself 2003. |
12 | Has a son named Mark. |
13 | His wife Susan, born March 7th, 1942 in Cleveland, died from injuries from a fire in her one bedroom flat April 12, 2007 in north London. Her neighbour, journalist Rob Lyons, tried to save her during the fire and was able to move her from her wheelchair down to the street waiting for the ambulance to arrive, she died a day later. |
14 | Father was Myles Layman Elliott and mother Nina Mitchell. |
15 | Rather than recast the role of Marcus Brody in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), director Steven Spielberg and writer David Koepp created a new character, Charles Stanforth, played by Jim Broadbent. The passing of Marcus Brody is acknowledged several times in the film, with a portrait of him hanging in the hallway outside Indy's classroom, a statue of him in a University courtyard, and a malt shop named "Brody's.". |
16 | Some sources state that he acquired the AIDS virus from a blood transfusion. However, his widow Susan documented their open marriage and her husband's bisexuality in her book "Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love", published two years after his death. |
17 | Educated at Malvern College, Worcestershire. |
18 | Best known to movie audiences as the bumbling Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones series. He appeared in both Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). |
19 | A bisexual, he tested HIV positive in 1987 and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988. |
20 | Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. |
21 | He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to Drama. |
22 | Lost the top of his right thumb in a childhood accident with a lawnmower. |
23 | Father of Jennifer Elliott |
24 | Served in the RAF during WWII. His plane was shot down over Germany in 1942 and he spent the rest of the War in Stalag 8B POW camp in Silesia. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Razor's Edge | 1984 | | Elliott Templeton |
The Blue Dress | 1983 | TV Movie | Terris |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1983 | TV Movie | Dr. Mortimer |
Trading Places | 1983 | | Coleman |
The Wicked Lady | 1983 | | Sir Ralph Skelton |
Marco Polo | 1982-1983 | TV Mini-Series | Niccolò Polo |
The Missionary | 1982 | | The Bishop |
Brimstone & Treacle | 1982 | | Tom Bates |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | | Dr. Marcus Brody |
BBC2 Playhouse | 1979-1981 | TV Series | Psychiatrist / Bernard / F.J. Dobbs / ... |
Tales of the Unexpected | 1980 | TV Series | Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker |
Les séducteurs | 1980 | | Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home") |
Blade on the Feather | 1980 | TV Movie | Jack Hill |
Hammer House of Horror | 1980 | TV Series | Norman Shenley |
Rising Damp | 1980 | | Charles Seymour |
Bad Timing | 1980 | | Stefan Vognic |
Donkeys' Years | 1980 | TV Movie | Alan Quine |
Cuba | 1979 | | Donald Skinner |
Game for Vultures | 1979 | | Raglan Thistle |
Zulu Dawn | 1979 | | Colonel Pulleine / Col. Pulleine |
Saint Jack | 1979 | | William Leigh |
Watership Down | 1978 | | Cowslip (voice) |
The Boys from Brazil | 1978 | | Sidney Beynon |
Premiere | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Jim |
La petite fille en velours bleu | 1978 | | Mike |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | 1978 | | Stapleton |
Sweeney 2 | 1978 | | Jupp |
BBC2 Play of the Week | 1977 | TV Series | Semyon |
Ripping Yarns | 1977 | TV Series | Mr. Gregory |
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | 1977 | | English Delegate |
Supernatural | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Geoffrey Manners |
A Bridge Too Far | 1977 | | R.A.F. Met. Officer |
The Velvet Glove | 1977 | TV Series | C W Leadbeater |
The Signalman | 1976 | TV Short | The Signalman |
Voyage of the Damned | 1976 | | Admiral Canaris |
Partners | 1976 | | John Grey |
Orde Wingate | 1976 | TV Series | Senior Officer, Delhi |
Clayhanger | 1976 | TV Series | Tertius Ingpen |
Robin and Marian | 1976 | | Will Scarlett |
To the Devil a Daughter | 1976 | | Henry Beddows |
Shades of Greene | 1975-1976 | TV Series | William Wilditch / The Author |
Russian Roulette | 1975 | | Petapiece |
Thriller | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Frank Henson |
It's Not the Size That Counts | 1974 | | Sir Emmanuel Whitbread |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 | | Friar |
The Lady from the Sea | 1974 | TV Movie | Dr Wangel |
The Last Chapter | 1974 | Short | Robert Murray |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1973 | TV Series | Harry Griffin / Arthur Gosport |
The Song of Songs | 1973 | TV Series | Dr. Salmoni |
A Doll's House | 1973/I | | Krogstad |
The Vault of Horror | 1973 | | Diltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered") |
Love Story | 1973 | TV Series | Lawrence -an older man |
Armchair Theatre | 1958-1972 | TV Series | Miles |
The Sextet | 1972 | TV Series | Francis Ramsdale / Peter Lelliot / Stanley / ... |
A Question of Degree | 1972 | TV Movie | |
Madame Sin | 1972 | | Malcolm De Vere |
The Persuaders! | 1972 | TV Series | Roland |
Jackanory | 1972 | TV Series | Reader |
Quest for Love | 1971 | | Tom Lewis |
BBC Play of the Month | 1971 | TV Series | Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father |
The House That Dripped Blood | 1971 | | Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder") |
Percy | 1971 | | Emmanuel Whitbread |
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | 1970 | | Peter Niss |
Too Late the Hero | 1970 | | Capt. Hornsby |
Plays of Today | 1969 | TV Series | Walter |
The Sea Gull | 1968 | | Dorn |
The Night They Raided Minsky's | 1968 | | Vance Fowler |
Mystery and Imagination | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Dracula Roderick Usher |
Detective | 1968 | TV Series | Reggie Fortune |
The Wednesday Play | 1965-1968 | TV Series | Gerald / Vincent |
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1968 | TV Movie | Mr. George Devlin |
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | 1968 | | Mr. Beauchamp |
Coronet Blue | 1967 | TV Series | Roger Crowell - Imposter |
Maroc 7 | 1967 | | Inspector Barrada |
The Spy with a Cold Nose | 1966 | | Pond-Jones |
The Man in Room 17 | 1966 | TV Series | Defraits Imlac Defraits |
Alfie | 1966 | | The Abortionist |
Secret Agent | 1966 | TV Series | Basil Jordan |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | The Interviewer |
ITV Play of the Week | 1956-1965 | TV Series | Guy Pascoe / James Dell / Patrick Clonard / ... |
King Rat | 1965 | | Larkin |
The Wednesday Thriller | 1965 | TV Series | John Fairchild |
You Must Be Joking! | 1965 | | Capt. Tabasco |
Armchair Mystery Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Geoffrey Manners |
The Holy Terror | 1965 | TV Movie | Herbert |
McGuire, Go Home! | 1965 | | Lt. Charlie Baker |
Nothing But the Best | 1964 | | Charlie Prince |
Invincible Mr. Disraeli | 1963 | TV Movie | Montague Corry |
Hancock | 1963 | TV Series | Peter Dartford |
Station Six-Sahara | 1963 | | Macey |
BBC Sunday-Night Play | 1961 | TV Mini-Series | |
Vanity Fair | 1961 | TV Series | Captain William Doblin |
Scent of Mystery | 1960 | | Oliver Larker |
The Moon and Sixpence | 1959 | TV Movie | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958-1959 | TV Series | John Manbridge / Jack Lyons |
The DuPont Show of the Month | 1958 | TV Series | Sir Robert Morton Edgar Norton Charles Darnay |
Saturday Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | The Hon. Alan Howard |
Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | |
Television World Theatre | 1958 | TV Series | Michael |
Twelfth Night | 1957 | TV Movie | Sebastian |
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | 1952-1957 | TV Series | Stefan / Colby Simpkins / Mr. Julien |
Hour of Mystery | 1957 | TV Series | Stephen Cass |
The Lark | 1957 | TV Movie | Warwick |
Pacific Destiny | 1956 | | Arthur Grimble |
Appointment with Drama | 1955 | TV Series | Monsieur de Bellac |
The Night My Number Came Up | 1955 | | Fl. Lt. McKenzie |
The Man Who Loved Redheads | 1955 | | Denis |
Lease of Life | 1954 | | Martin Blake |
Montserrat | 1954 | TV Movie | Montserrat |
They Who Dare | 1954 | | Sergeant Corcoran |
The Heart of the Matter | 1953 | | Wilson |
The Cruel Sea | 1953 | | Morell |
The Holly and the Ivy | 1952 | | Michael Gregory |
The Ringer | 1952 | | John Lemley |
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | 1952 | English version, voice | |
Breaking the Sound Barrier | 1952 | | Christopher Ridgefield |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1951 | TV Series | |
Suspense | 1951 | TV Series | |
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | 1951 | TV Series | David Phelps |
Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Dick |
Buoyant Billions | 1949 | TV Movie | Junius |
John Keats Lived Here | 1949 | TV Movie | John Keats |
Dear Mr. Prohack | 1949 | | Oswald Morfrey |
Mary Rose | 1947 | TV Movie | Simon |
Noises Off... | 1992 | | Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar |
The Black Candle | 1991 | TV Movie | William Filmore |
One Against the Wind | 1991 | TV Movie | Father LeBlanc |
A Murder of Quality | 1991 | TV Movie | George Smiley |
Scorchers | 1991 | | Howler |
Toy Soldiers | 1991 | | Headmaster |
Sunday Pursuit | 1990 | Short | Thomas Wilkins |
The Love She Sought | 1990 | TV Movie | James O'Hannon |
Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother | 1990 | | Nathy |
Bangkok Hilton | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | Hal Stanton |
Nightmare Classics | 1989 | TV Series | |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1989 | | Marcus Brody |
Return from the River Kwai | 1989 | | Colonel Grayson |
Keys to Freedom | 1988 | | Inspector Basil Crisp |
Hanna's War | 1988 | | |
Stealing Heaven | 1988 | | Fulbert |
The Bourne Identity | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Dr. Geoffrey Washburn |
The Ray Bradbury Theater | 1988 | TV Series | Richard Braling |
Worlds Beyond | 1988 | TV Series | Sir Oliver |
Codename: Kyril | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Povin |
Noble House | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Alastair Struan |
The Happy Valley | 1987 | TV Movie | Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton |
A Child's Christmas in Wales | 1987 | TV Movie | Old Geraint |
September | 1987 | | Howard |
Maurice | 1987 | | Doctor Barry |
Brimstone and Treacle | 1987 | TV Movie | Mr. Tom Bates |
Scoop | 1987 | TV Movie | London - Salter |
The Whoopee Boys | 1986 | | Col. Phelps |
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | 1986 | TV Movie | George Parker |
Screen Two | 1986 | TV Series | Philip Neville |
Defense of the Realm | 1986 | | Vernon Bayliss |
Past Caring | 1985 | TV Movie | Victor |
A Room with a View | 1985 | | Mr. Emerson, an English tourist |
Underworld | 1985 | | Dr. Savary |
Masterpiece Theatre: Bleak House | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | John Jarndyce |
Camille | 1984 | TV Movie | Count de Noilly |
A Private Function | 1984 | | Dr. Swaby |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1988 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries | Screen Two (1985) |
1986 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Defence of the Realm (1986) |
1986 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Room with a View (1985) |
1986 | Best Actor | Mystfest | | Defence of the Realm (1986) |
1985 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Private Function (1984) |
1985 | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Evening Standard British Film Awards | | |
1984 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Trading Places (1983) |
1981 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | Blade on the Feather (1980) |
1981 | Evening Standard British Film Award | Evening Standard British Film Awards | Best Actor | Bad Timing (1980) |
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