Denholm Elliott

Actor May 31 (died age 70) Ealing, London, England, UK 1948–2008 (60 year career)

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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

Film

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Dr. Marcus Brody

Film

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Marcus Brody

Film

Trading Places

Coleman

Film

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

A Bridge Too Far

RAF meteorologist officer

Film

Maurice

Dr. Barry

Film

Watership Down

Cowslip (voice)

Film

A Room with a View

Mr. Emerson

Filmography

Acting (162)

Movies (126)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008

as Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

2003

as Self (archive footage)

8.2

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Noises Off...

1992

as Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar

Toy Soldiers

as Headmaster

A Murder of Quality

as George Smiley

One Against the Wind

as Father LeBlanc

Scorchers

as Howler

The Black Candle

as William Filmore

Sunday Pursuit

as Thomas Wilkins

The Love She Sought

as James O'Hannon

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989

as Marcus Brody

7.8

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

1989

as Nathy

3.0

Return from the River Kwai

1989

as Colonel Grayson

5.0

Codename: Kyril

1988

as Povin

Hanna's War

Stealing Heaven

as Fulbert

Keys to Freedom

as Inspector Basil Crisp

3.0

The Bourne Identity

1988

as Washburn

Maurice

as Dr. Barry

Scoop

as Salter

September

as Howard

The Happy Valley

as Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton

5.8

Brimstone and Treacle

1987

as Tom Bates

6.0

A Child's Christmas in Wales

as Old Geraint

A Room with a View

as Mr. Emerson

Defence of the Realm

as Vernon Bayliss

Hotel du Lac

as Philip Neville

The Whoopee Boys

as Col. Phelps

Past Caring

as Victor

Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

as George Parker

Transmutations

as Dr. Savary

The Razor's Edge

as Elliott Templeton

Camille

as Count de Noilly

A Private Function

as Dr. Swaby

Trading Places

as Coleman

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Dr. Mortimer

The Wicked Lady

as Sir Ralph Skelton

The Missionary

as The Bishop of London

5.5

Brimstone & Treacle

1982

as Tom Bates

5.8

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981

as Dr. Marcus Brody

7.9

You're All Right, How Am I?

1981

as Psychiatrist

Rising Damp

1980

as Charles Seymour

5.5

Sunday Lovers

1980

as Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home")

Bad Timing

as Stefan Vognic

Gentle Folk

as F J Dobbs

Donkeys' Years

1980

as Alan Quine

In Hiding

1980

as Bernard

Blade on the Feather

as Jack Hill

Saint Jack

as William Leigh

Zulu Dawn

as Colonel Pulleine

School Play

as Jeffrey Treasure

Cuba

as Donald Skinner

Game for Vultures

as Raglan Thistle

Death Becomes Me

as Roland

The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Stapleton

Watership Down

as Cowslip (voice)

The Boys from Brazil

as Sidney Beynon

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

1978

as Mike

4.5

Sweeney 2

1978

as Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp

6.1

Crest of a Wave

1978

as Jim

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as RAF meteorologist officer

7.2

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

1977

as English Delegate

6.2

Shooting the Chandelier

1977

as Semyon

Across the Andes by Frog

1977

as Mr. Gregory

To the Devil a Daughter

as Henry Beddows

Voyage of the Damned

as Admiral Canaris

Robin and Marian

as Will Scarlet

The Signalman

as The Signalman

Partners

as John Grey

Russian Roulette

1975

as John Petapiece

4.8

The Crazy Kill

1975

as Dr. Frank Henson

The Lady From the Sea

1974

as Dr. Wangel

3.0

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974

as Friar

5.9

Percy's Progress

1974

as Sir Emmanuel Whitbread

The Last Chapter

as Robert Murray

The Vault of Horror

as Diltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")

A Doll's House

as Nils Krogstad

Madame Sin

as Malcolm De Vere

Night Duty

as Swan

Anywhere but England

1972

as Miles

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

1972

as Jack Black

Percy

1971

as Emmanuel Whitbread

3.8

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

as Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")

Quest for Love

as Tom Lewis

The Wild Duck

as Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father

Too Late the Hero

1970

as Captain Hornsby

6.4

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

1970

as Peter NIss

5.9

Scenes from Family Life

1969

as Walter

The Night They Raided Minsky's

as Vance Fowler

The Sea Gull

as Dr. Yevgeny Dorn

Dracula

as Count Dracula

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1968

as George Devlin

6.5

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

1968

as Mr. George Beauchamp

5.5

Let's Murder Vivaldi

1968

as Gerald

Maroc 7

as Inspector Barrada

Alfie

as The Abortionist

The Fall of the House of Usher

1966

as Roderick Usher

The Spy with a Cold Nose

1966

as Pond-Jones

2.8

The Holy Terror

1965

as Herbert

King Rat

as Larkin

You Must Be Joking

as Captain Tabasco

Man and Mirror

as Geoffrey Manners

A Little Temptation

1965

as Vincent

The High Bright Sun

as Baker

Nothing But the Best

as Charlie Prince

Station Six-Sahara

as Macey

The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

as Montague Corry

Scent of Mystery

as Oliver Larker

The Moon and Sixpence

1959

as The Writer

Wuthering Heights

1958

as Edgar Norton

The Winslow Boy

1958

as Sir Robert Morton

Twelfth Night

1957

as Sebastian

The Lark

1957

as Warwick

Pacific Destiny

1956

as Arthur Grimble

5.2

The Man Who Loved Redheads

1955

as Denis

4.5

The Night My Number Came Up

as Fl. Lt. McKenzie

Tonight in Britain

as Self

They Who Dare

as Sergeant Corcoran

Lease of Life

as Martin Blake

The Cruel Sea

as Morell

The Heart of the Matter

as Wilson

The Ringer

as John Lemley

The Holly and the Ivy

1952

as Michael Gregory

6.5

The Sound Barrier

1952

as Christopher Ridgefield

6.5

Dear Mr. Prohack

1949

as Oswald Morfrey

6.0

Television (36)

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Love at First Sight

as Thomas Wilkins

Bangkok Hilton

as Hal Stanton

The Bourne Identity

as Washburn

Noble House

as Alastair Struan

Codename: Kyril

as Povin

Worlds Beyond

as Sir Oliver

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Richard Braling

Bleak House

as John Jarndyce

Marco Polo

as Niccolò Polo

Hammer House of Horror

1980

as Norman Shenley

7.0

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker

6.7

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Semyon

Supernatural

as Geoffrey Manners

Ripping Yarns

Clayhanger

as Tertius Ingpen

Playhouse

as Geoffrey Treasure

Thriller

as Dr. Frank Henson

The Sextet

The Sextet

as Ellis

The Persuaders!

1971

as Roland

7.6

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as The Signalman

Omnibus

as Self

Mystery and Imagination

1966

as Roderick Usher

5.5

BBC Play of the Month

as Hjalmar Ekdal

The Man in Room 17

as Imlac Defraits

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Geoffrey Manners

Suspicion

1957

5.9

DuPont Show of the Month

as Charles Darnay

Armchair Theatre

as Henry Thomas

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Jack Lyons

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Warwick

Sunday Night Theatre

as Colby Simpkins

Lux Video Theatre

as Dick

Suspense

Studio One

as Eric Inwood