Editing Denholm Elliott (section)

==Career==
After making his film debut in ''[[Dear Mr. Prohack]]'' (1949) Elliott went on to play a wide range of parts, including an officer in ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953), and often ineffectual and occasionally seedy characters, including the criminal abortionist in ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' (1966) and the washed-up film director in ''[[The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film)|The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'' (1974).  Elliott and [[Natasha Parry]] played the main roles in the 1955 [[television play]] ''[[The Apollo of Bellac]]''.<ref name=times>"Giraudoux Play On Television 'The Apollo Of Bellac'", ''[[The Times]]'', 13 August 1955.</ref> He took over for an ill [[Michael Aldridge]] for one season of ''[[The Man In Room 17/The Fellows (Late of Room 17)|The Man in Room 17]]'' (1966).

Elliott made many television appearances, which included plays by [[Dennis Potter]] such as ''[[Follow the Yellow Brick Road]]'' (1972), ''[[Brimstone and Treacle]]'', (1976) and ''[[Blade on the Feather]]'' (1980). He starred in the BBC's adaptation of [[Charles Dickens]]'s short story ''[[The Signalman (film)|The Signalman]]'' (1976). He also co-starred with [[Jack Palance]] in the Canadian-American television film ''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968 film)|The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1968).

In the 1980s, Elliott won three consecutive [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA) Awards for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]], for playing the butler to [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Eddie Murphy]] in the American comedy film ''[[Trading Places]]'' (1983), Dr. Swaby in the British comedy film ''[[A Private Function]]'' (1984), and the drunken journalist Vernon Bayliss in the British political thriller film ''[[Defence of the Realm]]'' (1986). He received an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nomination for playing Mr. Emerson in ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (1985). He also played [[Marcus Brody|Dr. Marcus Brody]], an academic and friend of [[Indiana Jones (character)|Indiana Jones]], in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989). A photograph of his character appears in  ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (2008), and a reference is made to Brody's death. A statue was also dedicated to Brody outside Marshall College, the school where Indiana Jones teaches. In 1988 Elliott played the Russian [[mole (espionage)|mole]] Povin, around whom the entire plot revolves, in the television miniseries ''[[Codename: Kyril]]''.

Having filmed [[Michael Winner]]'s ''[[The Wicked Lady (1983 film)|The Wicked Lady]]'' (1983), Elliott was quoted in a [[BBC Radio]] interview as saying that [[Marc Sinden]] and he "are the only two British actors I am aware of who have ever worked with Winner more than once, and it certainly wasn't for love. But curiously, I never, ever saw any of the same crew twice." (Elliott in ''You Must Be Joking!'' (1965) and ''The Wicked Lady'' and Sinden in ''The Wicked Lady'' and ''[[Decadence (film)|Decadence]]''). Elliott had worked with Sinden's father, [[Donald Sinden]], in ''The Cruel Sea''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8309346/Michael-Winner-The-life-Ive-lived-the-girls-Ive-had...-its-been-incredible.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8309346/Michael-Winner-The-life-Ive-lived-the-girls-Ive-had...-its-been-incredible.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Woods |first=Judith|title=Michael Winner: 'The life I've lived, the girls I've had... it's been incredible'|date=8 February 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He co-starred with [[Katharine Hepburn]] and [[Harold Gould]] in the television film ''[[Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry]]'' (1986) and with [[Nicole Kidman]] in ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]'' (1989).

In 1988, Elliott was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) for his services to acting. His career included many stage performances, including with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], and an acclaimed turn as the twin brothers in [[Jean Anouilh]]'s ''[[Ring Round the Moon]]''. His scene-stealing abilities led [[Gabriel Byrne]], his co-star in ''Defence of the Realm'', to say, "Never act with children, dogs, or Denholm Elliott."<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-denholm-elliott-1555931.html|title=Obituary: Denholm Elliott|work=The Independent|date=7 October 1992}}</ref>

Described by the [[British Film Institute]]'s [[Screenonline]] as an actor of "versatile understanding and immaculate technique,"<ref name="Screen Online">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/452513/index.html|title=British Film Institute Biography|access-date=24 September 2007}}</ref> Elliott described himself as an instinctive actor and was a critic of [[Stanislavski's system]] of acting, saying, "I mistrust and am rather bored with actors who are of the Stanislavski school who think about detail."<ref name="Los Angeles Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-07-mn-473-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Denholm Elliott; Veteran Character Actor|date=7 October 1992|access-date=22 July 2014}}</ref>