
Denholm Elliott
Highest Rated: 100% A Room With a View (1986)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Birthday: May 31, 1922
Birthplace: Ealing, London, England, UK
One of the most accomplished character actors of the 20th century, Denholm Elliott was an award-winning performer who embodied the extraordinary lives of ordinary men in films ranging from "Nothing But the Best" (1964) and "The Doll House" (1973) to "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), "Trading Places" (1983) and "Room with a View" (1985), which earned him an Oscar nomination. Elliott's stock in trade was his enormous capacity to strike an emotional chord within his characters, which tended towards officious professionals or outsiders contending with past regrets. He rose to fame in the early 1960s as a wayward aristocrat in "Nothing but the Best" and soon established himself as a versatile character actor on television and in numerous films. Elliott reached his apex in the early 1980s with a string of high-profile hits including "Raiders," "Trading Places" and "Room" before he was diagnosed with the HIV virus in 1987. He would spend the remaining years of his life active in features and TV before his death in 1992, which brought to a close a remarkable and well-respected career.
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Filmography
Movies
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61% | 84% | Noises Off |
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$2.2M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Scorchers | Howler (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 28% | A Murder of Quality | George Smiley (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Black Candle | William Filmore (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 86% | One Against the Wind | Father LeBlanc (Character) | - | 1991 |
33% | 65% | Toy Soldiers | Dr. Robert Gould (Character) | $13.4M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Green Journey | James O'Hannon (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Dad | Monty Berg (Character) | - | 1989 |
88% | 94% | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Marcus Brody (Character) | $195.1M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return to the River Kwai | Colonel Grayson (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return From the River Kwai | Colonel Grayson (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keys to Freedom | Inspector Basil Crisp (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Codename: Kyril | Povin (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Stealing Heaven | Fulbert (Character) | - | 1988 |
89% | 87% | Maurice | Doctor Barry (Character) | $45.9K | 1987 |
67% | 52% | September | Howard (Character) | $404.8K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Happy Valley | Sir Henry "Jock" Delves Broughton (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scoop | London - Salter (Character) | - | 1987 |
100% | 85% | A Room With a View | Mr. Emerson, an English tourist (Character) | $12M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | George Parker (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel du Lac | Philip Neville (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 68% | The Whoopee Boys | Col. Phelps (Character) | $240.5K | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Past Caring | Unknown (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Transmutations | Dr. Savary (Character) | - | 1985 |
100% | 68% | Defence of the Realm | Vernon Bayliss (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Camille | Count de Noilly (Character) | - | 1984 |
50% | 77% | The Razor's Edge | Elliott Templeton (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deep Cover | Jack Hill (Character) | - | 1984 |
88% | 63% | A Private Function | Dr. Charles Swaby (Character) | - | 1984 |
88% | 84% | Trading Places | Coleman (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blue Dress | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 51% | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Dr. Mortimer (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 36% | The Wicked Lady | Sir Ralph Skelton (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brimstone and Treacle | Tom Bates (Character) | - | 1982 |
100% | 41% | The Missionary | The Bishop (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rude Awakening | Norman Shenley (Character) | - | 1981 |
95% | 96% | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Marcus Brody (Character) | $248.2M | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Rising Damp | Charles Seymour (Character) | - | 1980 |
50% | 75% | Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession | Stefan Vognic (Character) | - | 1980 |
50% | 62% | Zulu Dawn | Colonel Pulleine (Character) | - | 1979 |
45% | 28% | Cuba | Donald Skinner (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bed of Roomers | Charles Seymour (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Game for Vultures | Raglan Thistle (Character) | - | 1979 |
69% | 76% | Saint Jack | William Leigh (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweeney 2 | Jupp (Character) | - | 1978 |
0% | 41% | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Stapleton (Character) | - | 1978 |
69% | 66% | The Boys From Brazil | Sidney Beynon (Character) | - | 1978 |
82% | 86% | Watership Down | Cowslip (Voice) | - | 1978 |
73% | 53% | Robin and Marian | Will Scarlett (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners | John Grey (Character) | - | 1976 |
40% | 37% | To the Devil a Daughter | Henry Beddows (Character) | - | 1976 |
83% | 53% | Voyage of the Damned | Admiral Canaris (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Crazy Kill | Dr. Frank Henson (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fear Is Spreading | Dr. Frank Henson (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Russian Roulette | Petapiece (Character) | - | 1975 |
93% | 72% | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Friar (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Percy's Progress | Sir Emmanuel Whitbread (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 43% | A Doll's House | Krogstad (Character) | - | 1973 |
80% | 51% | Vault of Horror | Diltant (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Percy | Emmanuel Whitbread (Character) | - | 1971 |
92% | 57% | The House That Dripped Blood | Charles Hillyer (Character) | - | 1971 |
40% | No Score Yet | Quest for Love | Tom Lewis (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Madame Sin | Malcolm De Vere (Character) | - | 1971 |
57% | 71% | Too Late the Hero | Capt. Hornsby (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Peter Niss (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 19% | Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Mr. Beauchamp (Character) | - | 1968 |
67% | 45% | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Vance Fowler (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Mr. George Devlin (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sea Gull | Dorn (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Spy With a Cold Nose | Pond-Jones (Character) | - | 1966 |
96% | 76% | Alfie | Abortionist (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McGuire, Go Home! | Baker (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Holy Terror | Herbert (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 86% | King Rat | Lt. G.D. Larkin (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Must Be Joking | Capt. Tabasco (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nothing but the Best | Charlie Prince (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Scent of Mystery | Oliver Larker (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Night My Number Came Up | Fl. Lt. McKenzie (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pacific Destiny | Arthur Grimble (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lease of Life | Martin Blake (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Who Dare | Sergeant Corcoran (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 85% | The Cruel Sea | Morell (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Heart of the Matter | Wilson (Character) | - | 1953 |
80% | 63% | Breaking the Sound Barrier | Christopher Ridgefield (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Holly and the Ivy | Michael Gregory (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ringer | John Lemley (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Wonderbird | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Mr. Prohack | Oswald Morfrey (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bourne Identity | Dr. Geoffrey Washburn (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Richard Braling (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marco Polo | Niccolò Polo (Character) | 1982-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hammer House of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ripping Yarns | Unknown (Character) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1951 |
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