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Denholm Mitchell Elliott CBE
Birth name	Denholm Mitchell Elliott
Born	31 May 1922 Ealing, London
Died	6 October 1992 Ibiza, Spain
Years active	1949–1992
Spouse(s)	Virginia McKenna (1954) Susan Robinson (1962-death)
BAFTA Awards
Best Supporting Actor 1983 Trading Places 1984 A Private Function 1985 Defence of the Realm

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Selected filmography 4 References 5 External links

Elliott was born in London to Myles Layman Elliott and Nina. He attended Malvern College and afterwards served in the RAF during World War Two. In 1942 he was shot down over Denmark and spent the rest of the war in a P.O.W. camp in Silesia. 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, the abortionist in Alfie, and 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 as Dan Aykroyd's kindly butler, 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 wider audience as the well meaning but ineffectual 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. His career included many stage performances, including with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Elliott was married twice, the first time to the British actress, Virginia McKenna for a few months in 1954, and the second to Susan Robinson, with whom he had two children. His daughter Jennifer died by suicide in 2003. Elliott died of AIDS-related tuberculosis at the age of 70. (He had been infected with HIV from a blood transfusion.) His widow Susan set up a charity, European and UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and Aids, in his memory.

• The Sound Barrier (1952)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• The Heart of the Matter (1953)
• Nothing But the Best (1964)
• King Rat (1965)
• Alfie (1966)
• Too Late the Hero (1970)
• A Doll's House (1973)
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
• Robin and Marian (1976)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• Watership Down (1978) (voice)
• The Boys from Brazil (1978)
• Zulu Dawn (1979)
• Saint Jack (1979)
• Bad Timing (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Brimstone and Treacle (1982)
• Trading Places (1983)
• The Razor's Edge (1984)
• A Room with a View (1985)
• Bleak House (1985)
• Maurice (1987)
• September (1987)
• Bangkok Hilton (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Toy Soldiers (1991)
• A Murder of Quality (1991)
• Noises Off (1992)

• Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love (1994) by Susan Elliott & Barry Turner.

• Denholm Elliott at the Internet Movie Database
• Denholm Elliott at the BFI's Screenonline

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NAME	Elliott, Denholm Mitchell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	actor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ealing, London
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1992
PLACE OF DEATH	Ibiza, Spain