Denholm Elliott
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Denholm Mitchell Elliott (May 31 1922 – October 6 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television.
Elliott was born in London and served in the RAF during World War Two. In 1942 he was shot down over Germany and spent the rest of the war in a P.O.W. camp. 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, or the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. In the 1980s he won three BAFTA awards as best supporting actor for Trading Places, 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 wide audience as 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.
Elliott was married twice, the first time to the British actress, Virginia McKenna, and the second to Susan Robinson, with whom he had two children. He died of AIDS which he contracted after a transfusion of infected blood. His widow Susan set up a charity, European and UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and Aids, in his memory.
Selected films
- The Sound Barrier (1952)
- The Cruel Sea (1953)
- Nothing But the Best (1964)
- You Must be Joking! (1965)
- Alfie (1966)
- Let's Murder Vivaldi (1968)
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967)
- The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
- Too Late the Hero (1970)
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
- To the Devil...a Daughter (1976)
- Robin and Marian (1976)
- A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- Watership Down (1978) (voice)
- The Boys from Brazil (1978)
- Zulu Dawn (1979)
- Bad Timing (1980)
- Blade on the Feather (1980)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- Brimstone and Treacle (1982)
- The Missionary (1983)
- Trading Places (1983)
- A Private Function (1984)
- A Room with a View (1985)
- Defence of the Realm (1985)
- Maurice (1987)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Toy Soldiers (1991)
- Noises Off... (1992)
References
- Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love (1994) by Susan Elliott & Barry Turner.
External links
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- Denholm Elliott (http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/452513/) at screenonline.org.uk