Denholm Elliott

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

Tales of the Unexpected

BBC Play of the Month

Suspense

Screen Two

Studio One

Playhouse

Playhouse

Playhouse

All Movies (125)

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2008 · as Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• Noises Off...1992 · as Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar
• One Against the Wind1991 · as Father LeBlanc
• A Murder of Quality1991 · as George Smiley
• Scorchers1991 · as Howler
• Toy Soldiers1991 · as Headmaster
• The Black Candle1991 · as William Filmore
• Sunday Pursuit1990 · as Thomas Wilkins
• The Love She Sought1990 · as James O'Hannon
• Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)1989 · as Nathy
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989 · as Marcus Brody
• Return from the River Kwai1989 · as Colonel Grayson
• Stealing Heaven1988 · as Fulbert
• Hanna's War1988
• Codename: Kyril1988 · as Povin
• Keys to Freedom1988 · as Inspector Basil Crisp
• A Child's Christmas in Wales1987 · as Old Geraint
• September1987 · as Howard
• Maurice1987 · as Dr. Barry
• The Happy Valley1987 · as Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton
• Scoop1987 · as Salter
• Past Caring1986 · as Victor
• The Whoopee Boys1986 · as Col. Phelps
• Defence of the Realm1986 · as Vernon Bayliss
• Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry1986 · as George Parker
• A Room with a View1986 · as Mr. Emerson
• Hotel du Lac1986 · as Philip Neville
• Underworld1985 · as Dr. Savary
• Camille1984 · as Count de Noilly
• A Private Function1984 · as Dr. Swaby
• The Razor's Edge1984 · as Elliott Templeton
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1983 · as Dr. Mortimer
• Trading Places1983 · as Coleman
• The Wicked Lady1983 · as Sir Ralph Skelton
• The Missionary1982 · as The Bishop of London
• Brimstone & Treacle1982 · as Tom Bates
• Raiders of the Lost Ark1981 · as Dr. Marcus Brody
• You're All Right, How Am I?1981 · as Psychiatrist
• Sunday Lovers1980 · as Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home")
• Blade on the Feather1980 · as Jack Hill
• Rising Damp1980 · as Charles Seymour
• In Hiding1980 · as Bernard
• Bad Timing1980 · as Stefan Vognic
• Gentle Folk1980 · as F J Dobbs
• Donkeys' Years1980 · as Alan Quine
• Cuba1979 · as Donald Skinner
• Game for Vultures1979 · as Raglan Thistle
• Zulu Dawn1979 · as Colonel Pulleine
• Saint Jack1979 · as William Leigh
• School Play1979 · as Jeffrey Treasure
• Death Becomes Me1979 · as Roland (archive footage)
• Watership Down1978 · as Cowslip (voice)
• The Boys from Brazil1978 · as Sidney Beynon
• Crest of a Wave1978 · as Jim
• Little Girl in Blue Velvet1978 · as Mike
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1978 · as Stapleton
• Sweeney 21978 · as Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp
• Shooting the Chandelier1977 · as Semyon
• Across the Andes by Frog1977 · as Mr. Gregory
• The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It1977 · as English Delegate
• A Bridge Too Far1977 · as RAF meteorologist officer
• Voyage of the Damned1976 · as Admiral Canaris
• The Signalman1976 · as The Signalman
• Brimstone and Treacle1976 · as Tom Bates
• Robin and Marian1976 · as Will Scarlet
• To the Devil a Daughter1976 · as Henry Beddows
• Partners1976 · as John Grey
• Russian Roulette1975 · as John Petapiece
• The Crazy Kill1975 · as Dr. Frank Henson
• Percy's Progress1974 · as Sir Emmanuel Whitbread
• The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz1974 · as Friar
• The Lady from the Sea1974 · as Dr. Wangel
• The Last Chapter1974 · as Robert Murray
• A Doll's House1973 · as Nils Krogstad
• The Vault of Horror1973 · as Diltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
• Anywhere but England1972 · as Miles
• Follow the Yellow Brick Road1972 · as Jack Black
• Night Duty1972 · as Swan
• Madame Sin1972 · as Malcolm De Vere
• Quest for Love1971 · as Tom Lewis
• The Wild Duck1971 · as Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father
• The House That Dripped Blood1971 · as Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")
• Percy1971 · as Emmanuel Whitbread
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer1970 · as Peter Niss
• Too Late the Hero1970 · as Captain Hornsby
• Scenes from Family Life1969 · as Walter
• The Sea Gull1968 · as Dr. Yevgeny Dorn
• The Night They Raided Minsky's1968 · as Vance Fowler
• Dracula1968 · as Count Dracula
• Let's Murder Vivaldi1968 · as Gerald
• Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush1968 · as Mr. George Beauchamp
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1968 · as George Devlin
• Maroc 71967 · as Inspector Barrada
• The Spy with a Cold Nose1966 · as Pond-Jones
• Alfie1966 · as The Abortionist
• The Fall of the House of Usher1966 · as Roderick Usher
• King Rat1965 · as Larkin
• You Must Be Joking1965 · as Captain Tabasco
• Man and Mirror1965 · as Geoffrey Manners
• The Holy Terror1965 · as Herbert
• A Little Temptation1965 · as Vincent
• The High Bright Sun1964 · as Baker
• Nothing But the Best1964 · as Charlie Prince
• The Invincible Mr. Disraeli1963 · as Montague Corry
• Station Six-Sahara1963 · as Macey
• Scent of Mystery1960 · as Oliver Larker
• The Moon and Sixpence1959 · as The Writer
• The Winslow Boy1958 · as Sir Robert Morton
• Wuthering Heights1958 · as Edgar Linton
• Twelfth Night1957 · as Sebastian
• The Lark1957 · as Warwick
• Pacific Destiny1956 · as Arthur Grimble
• The Night My Number Came Up1955 · as Fl. Lt. McKenzie
• The Man Who Loved Redheads1955 · as Denis
• Lease of Life1954 · as Martin Blake
• They Who Dare1954 · as Sergeant Corcoran
• Tonight in Britain1954 · as Self
• The Heart of the Matter1953 · as Wilson
• The Cruel Sea1953 · as Morell
• The Holly and the Ivy1952 · as Michael Gregory
• The Ringer1952 · as John Lemley
• The Sound Barrier1952 · as Christopher Ridgefield
• Dear Mr. Prohack1949 · as Oswald Morfrey

All TV Shows (70)

• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Love at First Sight1992 · as Thomas Wilkins
• Bangkok Hilton1989 · as Hal Stanton
• The Bourne Identity1988 · as Washburn
• Codename: Kyril1988 · as Povin
• Noble House1988 · as Alastair Struan
• Worlds Beyond1986 · as Sir Oliver
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as Richard Braling
• Bleak House1985 · as John Jarndyce
• Screen Two1985 · as Philip Neville
• Marco Polo1982 · as Niccolò Polo
• Hammer House of Horror1980 · as Norman Shenley
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Harold Tinker / Colonel Tinker
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Semyon
• Supernatural1977 · as Geoffrey Manners
• The Velvet Glove1977 · as C W Leadbeater
• Ripping Yarns1976 · as Mr. Gregory
• Clayhanger1976 · as Tertius Ingpen
• Shades of Greene1975 · as The Author
• Shades of Greene1975 · as William Wilditch
• Playhouse1974 · as Geoffrey Treasure
• Playhouse1974 · as Bernard
• Playhouse1974 · as Psychiatrist
• Playhouse1974 · as F.J. Dobbs
• Thriller1973 · as Dr. Frank Henson
• The Sextet1972 · as Ellis
• The Sextet1972 · as Swan
• The Sextet1972 · as Max Firebrace
• The Sextet1972 · as Jack Black
• The Sextet1972 · as Edgar
• The Sextet1972 · as Stanley
• The Sextet1972 · as Peter Lelliot
• The Sextet1972 · as Francis Ramsdale
• A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as The Signalman
• The Persuaders!1971 · as Roland
• Plays of Today1969 · as Walter
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Arthur Gosport
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Harry Griffin
• Omnibus1967 · as Self
• Coronet Blue1967 · as Roger Crowell - Imposter
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Roderick Usher
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Count Dracula
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Hjalmar Ekdal
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as The Interviewer
• The Wednesday Thriller1965 · as John Fairchild
• The Man in Room 171965 · as Imlac Defraits
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Vincent
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Gerald
• Detective1964 · as Reggie Fortune
• Sunday-Night Play1960
• Danger Man1960 · as Basil Jordan
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Geoffrey Manners
• Suspicion1957
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Charles Darnay
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Henry Thomas
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Miles
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Jack Lyons
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as John Manbridge
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Warwick
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Count
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Father LeBlanc
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Sebastian
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Montague Corry
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Herbert
• Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Dick
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Colby Simpkins
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Mr. Julien
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Stefan
• Suspense1949
• Studio One1948 · as Eric Inwood