Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 31, 1922
Place of Birth:
Ealing, London, England, UK
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Denholm Elliott
Biography
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits. In the 1980s, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Noises Off... | Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | Headmaster |
| 1991 | Scorchers | Howler |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind | Father LeBlanc |
| 1991 | A Murder of Quality | George Smiley |
| 1991 | The Black Candle | William Filmore |
| 1990 | The Love She Sought | James O'Hannon |
| 1990 | Sunday Pursuit | Thomas Wilkins |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Marcus Brody |
| 1989 | Return from the River Kwai | Colonel Grayson |
| 1989 | Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) | Nathy |
| 1988 | Stealing Heaven | Fulbert |
| 1988 | Keys to Freedom | Inspector Basil Crisp |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Povin |
| 1988 | Hanna's War | |
| 1987 | September | Howard |
| 1987 | Maurice | Dr. Barry |
| 1987 | Brimstone and Treacle | Tom Bates |
| 1987 | Scoop | Salter |
| 1987 | A Child's Christmas in Wales | Old Geraint |
| 1987 | The Happy Valley | Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton |
| 1986 | Defence of the Realm | Vernon Bayliss |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | Col. Phelps |
| 1986 | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | George Parker |
| 1986 | Hotel du Lac | Philip Neville |
| 1986 | Past Caring | Victor |
| 1985 | A Room with a View | Mr. Emerson |
| 1985 | Transmutations | Dr. Savary |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge | Elliott Templeton |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Dr. Swaby |
| 1984 | Camille | Count de Noilly |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Coleman |
| 1983 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Dr. Mortimer |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Sir Ralph Skelton |
| 1982 | Brimstone & Treacle | Tom Bates |
| 1982 | The Missionary | The Bishop of London |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Dr. Marcus Brody |
| 1981 | You're All Right, How Am I? | Psychiatrist |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Charles Seymour |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Stefan Vognic |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers | Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home") |
| 1980 | Donkeys' Years | Alan Quine |
| 1980 | Gentle Folk | F J Dobbs |
| 1980 | Blade on the Feather | Jack Hill |
| 1980 | In Hiding | Bernard |
| 1979 | Cuba | Donald Skinner |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Colonel Pulleine |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | William Leigh |
| 1979 | Game for Vultures | Raglan Thistle |
| 1979 | School Play | Jeffrey Treasure |
| 1979 | Death Becomes Me | Roland |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Sidney Beynon |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp |
| 1978 | Little Girl in Blue Velvet | Mike |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Cowslip (voice) |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Stapleton |
| 1978 | Crest of a Wave | Jim |
| 1977 | The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | English Delegate |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | RAF meteorologist officer |
| 1977 | Across the Andes by Frog | Mr. Gregory |
| 1977 | Shooting the Chandelier | Semyon |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Will Scarlet |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter | Henry Beddows |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Admiral Canaris |
| 1976 | The Signalman | The Signalman |
| 1976 | Partners | John Grey |
| 1975 | Russian Roulette | John Petapiece |
| 1975 | The Crazy Kill | Dr. Frank Henson |
| 1974 | Percy's Progress | Sir Emmanuel Whitbread |
| 1974 | The Last Chapter | Robert Murray |
| 1974 | The Lady From the Sea | Dr. Wangel |
| 1974 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Friar |
| 1973 | A Doll's House | Nils Krogstad |
| 1973 | The Vault of Horror | Diltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered") |
| 1972 | Madame Sin | Malcolm De Vere |
| 1972 | Follow The Yellow Brick Road | Jack Black |
| 1972 | Anywhere but England | Miles |
| 1972 | Night Duty | Swan |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder") |
| 1971 | Percy | Emmanuel Whitbread |
| 1971 | The Wild Duck | Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father |
| 1971 | Quest for Love | Tom Lewis |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Peter NIss |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Captain Hornsby |
| 1969 | Scenes from Family Life | Walter |
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | George Devlin |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Vance Fowler |
| 1968 | Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Mr. George Beauchamp |
| 1968 | Dracula | Count Dracula |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Dr. Yevgeny Dorn |
| 1968 | Let's Murder Vivaldi | Gerald |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Inspector Barrada |
| 1966 | Alfie | The Abortionist |
| 1966 | The Spy with a Cold Nose | Pond-Jones |
| 1966 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Roderick Usher |
| 1965 | King Rat | Larkin |
| 1965 | A Little Temptation | Vincent |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking | Captain Tabasco |
| 1965 | The Holy Terror | Herbert |
| 1965 | Man and Mirror | Geoffrey Manners |
| 1964 | Nothing But the Best | Charlie Prince |
| 1964 | The High Bright Sun | Baker |
| 1963 | Station Six-Sahara | Macey |
| 1963 | The Invincible Mr. Disraeli | Montague Corry |
| 1960 | Scent of Mystery | Oliver Larker |
| 1959 | The Moon and Sixpence | The Writer |
| 1958 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Norton |
| 1958 | The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton |
| 1957 | The Lark | Warwick |
| 1957 | Twelfth Night | Sebastian |
| 1956 | Pacific Destiny | Arthur Grimble |
| 1955 | The Night My Number Came Up | Fl. Lt. McKenzie |
| 1955 | The Man Who Loved Redheads | Denis |
| 1954 | They Who Dare | Sergeant Corcoran |
| 1954 | Lease of Life | Martin Blake |
| 1954 | Tonight in Britain | Self |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea | Morell |
| 1953 | The Heart of the Matter | Wilson |
| 1952 | The Holly and the Ivy | Michael Gregory |
| 1952 | The Ringer | John Lemley |
| 1952 | The Sound Barrier | Christopher Ridgefield |
| 1949 | Dear Mr. Prohack | Oswald Morfrey |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Love at First Sight | Thomas Wilkins |
| 1989 | Bangkok Hilton | Hal Stanton |
| 1988 | Noble House | Alastair Struan |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity | Washburn |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Povin |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Richard Braling |
| 1985 | Bleak House | John Jarndyce |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Niccolò Polo |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror | Norman Shenley |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker |
| 1977 | Supernatural | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Semyon |
| 1976 | Ripping Yarns | |
| 1976 | Clayhanger | Tertius Ingpen |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Geoffrey Treasure |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Bernard |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Psychiatrist |
| 1974 | Playhouse | F.J. Dobbs |
| 1973 | Thriller | Dr. Frank Henson |
| 1972 | The Sextet | |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Roland |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | The Signalman |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 | Imlac Defraits |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Hjalmar Ekdal |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Charles Darnay |
| 1957 | Suspicion | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jack Lyons |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | John Manbridge |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Warwick |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Father LeBlanc |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Count |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sebastian |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Herbert |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Montague Corry |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Dick |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre | Colby Simpkins |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Eric Inwood |