Denholm Elliott
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 31, 1922 in Ealing, London, England, UK
- Died
- October 6, 1992
- Active Years
- 1948–2008 (61 Years)
- Total Credits
- 197 credits in database
Acting Born May 31, 1922 Died Oct 6, 1992 Ealing, London, England, UK 197 credits
Biography
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE, was an English actor of stage and screen. Born on May 31, 1922, in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, he built a substantial body of work with over 120 major film and television credits, and a total of 175 known credits on The Movie Database. During the 1980s, he achieved recognition by winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years. His professional career spanned both television and film until his death on October 6, 1992, at the age of 70.
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Career overview
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English actor of stage and screen. Born on May 31, 1922, in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, he built a substantial body of work throughout his career with over 120 major film and television credits, and a total of 175 known credits recorded on The Movie Database.
During the 1980s, his work earned him significant recognition when he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years. His active career spanned decades until his death on October 6, 1992, at the age of seventy.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
The World of Hammer
Love at First SightNoises Off...
One Against the WindA Murder of QualityToy SoldiersScorchersThe Black Candle
The Love She SoughtSunday Pursuit
Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeBangkok HiltonKilling Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)Return from the River Kwai
The Bourne IdentityNoble HouseStealing HeavenCodename: KyrilKeys to Freedom
MauriceScoopThe Happy ValleyA Child's Christmas in WalesSeptember
Worlds BeyondA Room with a ViewSunday PremiereMrs. Delafield Wants to MarryDefence of the Realm
Screen TwoThe Ray Bradbury TheaterUnderworldBleak House
A Private FunctionCamilleThe Razor's Edge
Trading PlacesThe Wicked LadyThe Hound of the Baskervilles
Marco PoloThe MissionaryBrimstone & Treacle
Raiders of the Lost ArkYou're All Right, How Am I?
Hammer House of HorrorRising DampBlade on the FeatherDonkeys' YearsSunday Lovers
Tales of the UnexpectedCubaSaint JackZulu DawnGame for Vultures
Watership DownThe Boys from BrazilLittle Girl in Blue VelvetThe Hound of the BaskervillesSweeney 2
BBC2 Play of the WeekPremiereA Bridge Too FarSupernaturalThe Velvet Glove
ClayhangerVoyage of the DamnedRipping YarnsRobin and MarianTo the Devil a Daughter
Shades of GreeneShades of GreeneRussian RouletteThe Crazy Kill
PlayhousePlayhousePlayhousePlayhouseThe Lady from the Sea
ThrillerThe Vault of HorrorA Doll's House
Night DutyThe SextetThe SextetThe SextetThe Sextet
The Persuaders!A Ghost Story for ChristmasThe Wild DuckPercyQuest for Love
Too Late the HeroThe Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
ITV Saturday Night TheatreITV Saturday Night TheatrePlays of TodayScenes from Family Life
Here We Go Round the Mulberry BushThe Sea GullThe Night They Raided Minsky'sThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeLet's Murder Vivaldi
OmnibusCoronet BlueMaroc 7
Full Filmography
197 titles- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) as Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003) as Self (archive footage)
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- The World of Hammer (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Love at First Sight (1992) as Thomas Wilkins
- Noises Off... (1992) as Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar
- One Against the Wind (1991) as Father LeBlanc
- A Murder of Quality (1991) as George Smiley
- Toy Soldiers (1991) as Headmaster
- Scorchers (1991) as Howler
- The Black Candle (1991) as William Filmore
- The Love She Sought (1990) as James O'Hannon
- Sunday Pursuit (1990) as Thomas Wilkins
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as Marcus Brody
- Bangkok Hilton (1989) as Hal Stanton
- Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) (1989) as Nathy
- Return from the River Kwai (1989) as Colonel Grayson
- The Bourne Identity (1988) as Washburn
- Noble House (1988) as Alastair Struan
- Stealing Heaven (1988) as Fulbert
- Codename: Kyril (1988) as Povin
- Keys to Freedom (1988) as Inspector Basil Crisp
- Codename: Kyril (1988) as Povin
- Hanna's War (1988)
- Maurice (1987) as Dr. Barry
- Scoop (1987) as Salter
- The Happy Valley (1987) as Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton
- A Child's Christmas in Wales (1987) as Old Geraint
- September (1987) as Howard
- Worlds Beyond (1986) as Sir Oliver
- A Room with a View (1986) as Mr. Emerson
- Sunday Premiere (1986) as Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton
- Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986) as George Parker
- Defence of the Realm (1986) as Vernon Bayliss
- Past Caring (1986) as Victor
- The Whoopee Boys (1986) as Col. Phelps
- Hotel du Lac (1986) as Philip Neville
- Screen Two (1985) as Philip Neville
- The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) as Richard Braling
- Underworld (1985) as Dr. Savary
- Bleak House (1985) as John Jarndyce
- A Private Function (1984) as Dr. Swaby
- Camille (1984) as Count de Noilly
- The Razor's Edge (1984) as Elliott Templeton
- Trading Places (1983) as Coleman
- The Wicked Lady (1983) as Sir Ralph Skelton
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) as Dr. Mortimer
- Marco Polo (1982) as Niccolò Polo
- The Missionary (1982) as The Bishop of London
- Brimstone & Treacle (1982) as Tom Bates
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) as Dr. Marcus Brody
- You're All Right, How Am I? (1981) as Psychiatrist
- Hammer House of Horror (1980) as Norman Shenley
- Rising Damp (1980) as Charles Seymour
- Blade on the Feather (1980) as Jack Hill
- Donkeys' Years (1980) as Alan Quine
- Sunday Lovers (1980) as Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home")
- Bad Timing (1980) as Stefan Vognic
- In Hiding (1980) as Bernard
- Gentle Folk (1980) as F J Dobbs
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker
- Cuba (1979) as Donald Skinner
- Saint Jack (1979) as William Leigh
- Zulu Dawn (1979) as Colonel Pulleine
- Game for Vultures (1979) as Raglan Thistle
- School Play (1979) as Jeffrey Treasure
- Death Becomes Me (1979) as Roland (archive footage)
- Watership Down (1978) as Cowslip (voice)
- The Boys from Brazil (1978) as Sidney Beynon
- Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978) as Mike
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) as Stapleton
- Sweeney 2 (1978) as Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp
- Crest of a Wave (1978) as Jim
- BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) as Semyon
- Premiere (1977) as Jim
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) as RAF meteorologist officer
- Supernatural (1977) as Geoffrey Manners
- The Velvet Glove (1977) as C W Leadbeater
- Across the Andes by Frog (1977) as Mr. Gregory
- Shooting the Chandelier (1977) as Semyon
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) as English Delegate
- Clayhanger (1976) as Tertius Ingpen
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) as Admiral Canaris
- Ripping Yarns (1976) as Mr. Gregory
- Robin and Marian (1976) as Will Scarlet
- To the Devil a Daughter (1976) as Henry Beddows
- The Signalman (1976) as The Signalman
- Brimstone and Treacle (1976) as Tom Bates
- Partners (1976) as John Grey
- Shades of Greene (1975) as The Author
- Shades of Greene (1975) as William Wilditch
- Russian Roulette (1975) as John Petapiece
- The Crazy Kill (1975) as Dr. Frank Henson
- Playhouse (1974) as Geoffrey Treasure
- Playhouse (1974) as Bernard
- Playhouse (1974) as Psychiatrist
- Playhouse (1974) as F.J. Dobbs
- The Lady from the Sea (1974) as Dr. Wangel
- Percy's Progress (1974) as Sir Emmanuel Whitbread
- The Last Chapter (1974) as Robert Murray
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) as Friar
- Thriller (1973) as Dr. Frank Henson
- The Vault of Horror (1973) as Diltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
- A Doll's House (1973) as Nils Krogstad
- Night Duty (1972) as Swan
- The Sextet (1972) as Ellis
- The Sextet (1972) as Swan
- The Sextet (1972) as Max Firebrace
- The Sextet (1972) as Jack Black
- The Sextet (1972) as Edgar
- The Sextet (1972) as Stanley
- The Sextet (1972) as Peter Lelliot
- The Sextet (1972) as Francis Ramsdale
- Anywhere but England (1972) as Miles
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road (1972) as Jack Black
- Madame Sin (1972) as Malcolm De Vere
- The Persuaders! (1971) as Roland
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971) as The Signalman
- The Wild Duck (1971) as Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father
- Percy (1971) as Emmanuel Whitbread
- Quest for Love (1971) as Tom Lewis
- The House That Dripped Blood (1971) as Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
- Too Late the Hero (1970) as Captain Hornsby
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) as Peter Niss
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Arthur Gosport
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) as Harry Griffin
- Plays of Today (1969) as Walter
- Scenes from Family Life (1969) as Walter
- Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968) as Mr. George Beauchamp
- The Sea Gull (1968) as Dr. Yevgeny Dorn
- The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) as Vance Fowler
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) as George Devlin
- Let's Murder Vivaldi (1968) as Gerald
- Dracula (1968) as Count Dracula
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- Coronet Blue (1967) as Roger Crowell - Imposter
- Maroc 7 (1967) as Inspector Barrada
- Mystery and Imagination (1966) as Roderick Usher
- Mystery and Imagination (1966) as Count Dracula
- Alfie (1966) as The Abortionist
- The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) as Pond-Jones
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1966) as Roderick Usher
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Hjalmar Ekdal
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) as The Interviewer
- The Man in Room 17 (1965) as Imlac Defraits
- The Holy Terror (1965) as Herbert
- The Wednesday Thriller (1965) as John Fairchild
- You Must Be Joking (1965) as Captain Tabasco
- Man and Mirror (1965) as Geoffrey Manners
- King Rat (1965) as Larkin
- A Little Temptation (1965) as Vincent
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Vincent
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as Gerald
- Detective (1964) as Reggie Fortune
- The High Bright Sun (1964) as Baker
- Nothing But the Best (1964) as Charlie Prince
- Station Six-Sahara (1963) as Macey
- The Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963) as Montague Corry
- Danger Man (1960) as Basil Jordan
- Sunday-Night Play (1960)
- Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960) as Geoffrey Manners
- Scent of Mystery (1960) as Oliver Larker
- The Moon and Sixpence (1959) as The Writer
- Wuthering Heights (1958) as Edgar Linton
- The Winslow Boy (1958) as Sir Robert Morton
- Suspicion (1957)
- DuPont Show of the Month (1957) as Charles Darnay
- Twelfth Night (1957) as Sebastian
- The Lark (1957) as Warwick
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Henry Thomas
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Miles
- Pacific Destiny (1956) as Arthur Grimble
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Jack Lyons
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as John Manbridge
- The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) as Denis
- The Night My Number Came Up (1955) as Fl. Lt. McKenzie
- They Who Dare (1954) as Sergeant Corcoran
- Lease of Life (1954) as Martin Blake
- Tonight in Britain (1954) as Self
- The Heart of the Matter (1953) as Wilson
- The Cruel Sea (1953) as Morell
- The Holly and the Ivy (1952) as Michael Gregory
- The Sound Barrier (1952) as Christopher Ridgefield
- The Ringer (1952) as John Lemley
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Warwick
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Father LeBlanc
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Count
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Sebastian
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Herbert
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Montague Corry
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Dick
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Colby Simpkins
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Mr. Julien
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Stefan
- Suspense (1949)
- Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) as Oswald Morfrey
- Studio One (1948) as Eric Inwood
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Denholm Elliott best known for?
Denholm Elliott is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Due West: Our Sex Journey (2012), Noises Off... (1992), Toy Soldiers (1991).
When and where was Denholm Elliott born?
Denholm Elliott was born on May 31, 1922 in Ealing, London, England, UK. They passed away on October 6, 1992.
How many credits does Denholm Elliott have?
Denholm Elliott has accumulated over 197 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1948 to 2008.
What is Denholm Elliott's background in cinema and television?
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE, was an English actor of stage and screen. Born on May 31, 1922, in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, he built a substantial body of work with over 120 major film and television credits, and a total of 175 known credits on The Movie Database. During the 1980s, he achieved recognitio...
Denholm Elliott by the numbers
197credits
125films
72TV series
1948–2008active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Warwick — aged about 29
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Father LeBlanc — aged about 29
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Count — aged about 29
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Sebastian — aged about 29
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Herbert — aged about 29
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Montague Corry — aged about 29
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