Editing Denholm Elliott

{{Short description|English actor (1922–1992)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Denholm Elliott
| honorific_suffix   = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
| image              = Actor_Denholm_Elliott.jpg
| caption            = Elliott in 1985
| alt                =
| birth_name         = Denholm Mitchell Elliott
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1922|5|31|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Kensington]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1992|10|6|1922|5|31|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Eulària des Riu]], [[Ibiza]], Spain
| education          = [[Malvern College]]
| alma_mater         = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| other_names        =
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1949–1992
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Virginia McKenna]]|1954|1957|reason=divorce}}
* {{marriage|Susan Robinson|1962}}
}}
| children           = 2
}}

'''Denholm Mitchell Elliott''' (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor. He appeared in numerous productions on stage and screen, receiving BAFTA awards for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] for ''[[Trading Places]]'' (1983), ''[[A Private Function]]'' (1984) and ''[[Defence of the Realm]]'' (1986),{{efn|to this day, a still-unbeaten record.}} and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his portrayal of Mr. Emerson in ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (1985). He is also known for his performances in ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' (1966), ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)|A Doll's House]]'' (1973), ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' (1977), ''[[Maurice (1987 film)|Maurice]]'' (1987), ''[[September (1987 film)|September]]'' (1987), and ''[[Noises Off (film)|Noises Off]]'' (1992). He portrayed [[List of Indiana Jones characters#Marcus Brody|Marcus Brody]] in ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' (1981) and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989). On television, Elliott won the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA Award for Best Actor]] in 1981 and was nominated for a second for [[Hotel du Lac (film)|''Hotel du Lac'']] (1986).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actor |url=https://www.bafta.org/awards/television/actor-television |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Bafta |language=en}}</ref>

The American film critic [[Roger Ebert]] described Elliott as "the most dependable of all British [[character actor]]s."<ref>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Ebert |title=Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews 1967–2007|year=2008|page=655|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|isbn=978-0740771798}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' called him "a star among supporting players" and "an accomplished scene-stealer".<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/07/obituaries/denholm-elliott-actor-70-dies-a-star-among-supporting-players.html | title= Denholm Elliott, Actor, 70, Dies; A Star Among Supporting Players | work=The New York Times | location=New York | first=Bruce | last=Lambert | date=7 October 1992 | access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) by Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in 1988.

==Early life==
Elliott was born 31 May 1922, in [[Kensington]], [[London]],<ref name=":0" /> the son of Nina ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] Mitchell; 1893–1966) and Myles Layman Farr Elliott, [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (1890–1933),<ref name=":0">{{cite ODNB | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51023|title = The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year = 2004}}</ref> a [[barrister]] who had read [[law]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] before fighting with the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] on [[Gallipoli]] and in [[Mesopotamia]]. In 1930, Myles Elliott was appointed solicitor-general to the [[Mandatory Palestine|Mandatory Government in Palestine]]. Three years later, following a series of controversial government prosecutions, he was assassinated outside the [[King David Hotel]] and buried in the [[Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem|Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary Neil Elliott|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1427451/Neil-Elliott.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1427451/Neil-Elliott.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2016|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=14 April 2003}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
Elliott's elder brother Neil Emerson Elliott (1920–2003) was a [[land agent]] to [[Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck]].

Elliott attended [[Malvern College]] and joined the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] (RADA) in London.<ref name="rada">{{cite web |url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/denholm-elliott/ |title= RADA Student & graduate profiles: Denholm Elliott |work= rada.ac.uk |access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> He was asked to leave after one term. As Elliott later recalled, "They wrote to my mother and said, 'Much as we like the little fellow, he's wasting your money and our time. Take him away!'"<ref>BBC Radio. ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', 14 September 1974.</ref>

In the [[Second World War]], he joined the [[Royal Air Force]], training as a wireless operator/air gunner and serving with [[No. 76 Squadron RAF]] under the command of [[Leonard Cheshire]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Encyclopædia Britannica| url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9000778/Denholm-Elliott|access-date=24 September 2007}}</ref> On the night of 23/24 September 1942, his [[Handley Page Halifax]] DT508<ref name="lost360">[http://www.lostaircraft.com/database.php?mode=viewentry&e=360 Record for Halifax DT508], LostAircraft.com</ref> bomber took part in an air raid on the [[U-boat]] pens at [[Flensburg]], [[Germany]]. The aircraft was hit by [[Anti-aircraft warfare|flak]] and subsequently ditched in the [[North Sea]] near [[Sylt]], Germany. Elliott and four of his crewmen survived, and he spent the rest of the war in [[Stalag VIII-B|Stalag Luft VIIIb]], a [[prisoner-of-war]] camp in Lamsdorf (now [[Łambinowice]]), [[Silesia]]. While imprisoned, he became involved in amateur dramatics. He formed a theatre group that was so successful it toured other POW camps playing ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.<ref name="Handbook">{{cite book|last= Falconer| first= Jonathon| title=The Bomber Command Handbook 1939–1945|year=1998|publisher=Sutton Publishing|location=[[Stroud]]|isbn=978-0-7509-1819-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rolfe|first=Mel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rNEcEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT54|title=Flying into Hell: The Bomber Command Offensive as Seen Through the Experiences of Twenty Crews|date=15 July 2008|publisher=Casemate Publishers|isbn=978-1-909166-32-5}}</ref>

==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>

==Personal life and death==
Secretly [[bisexual]],<ref name=Susan>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1549209/Susan-Elliott.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1549209/Susan-Elliott.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Susan Elliott obituary|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=24 April 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Elliott was married twice: first to actress [[Virginia McKenna]] in 1954, and later in an [[open marriage]] to American actress Susan Robinson, with whom he had two children, Mark and Jennifer (b. Manhattan, New York, USA 8 June 1964), the latter of whom died by suicide at her father's home in [[Santa Eulària des Riu]] on Ibiza, Spain, in May 2003, after being exposed by the ''[[News of the World]]'' as a drug-addicted prostitute.<ref> Privacy Is For Paedos - Paul McMullan (Yellow Press, London 2023)</ref>

Elliott was diagnosed with [[HIV]] in 1987<ref name=Susan/> and died of [[AIDS]]-related [[tuberculosis]] at his home in Santa Eulària des Riu on Ibiza, on 6 October 1992, aged 70. Tributes were paid by actors [[Donald Sinden]] and [[Peter Ustinov]], the dramatist [[Dennis Potter]], and Virginia McKenna. Sinden said: "He was one of the finest screen actors and a very special actor at that. He was one of the last stars who was a real gentleman. It is a very sad loss." Ustinov said: "He was a wonderful actor and a very good friend on the occasions that life brought us together." Potter called him "a complicated, sensitive, and slightly disturbing actor" and "a dry, witty, and slightly menacing individual." McKenna added, "It is absolutely dreadful, but the person I am thinking of at the moment more than anybody is his wife. It must be terrible for her."<ref name=Independent>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/denholm-elliott-dies-from-aidsrelated-tb-aged-70-1556004.html|title=Denholm Elliott dies from AIDS-related TB, aged 70|first=Steve|last=Boggan|work=The Independent|date=7 October 1992}}</ref> [[Ismail Merchant]] described Elliott as "an all-giving person, full of life ... He had an affection and feeling for other actors, which is very unusual in our business."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1992/scene/people-news/oscar-nominee-elliott-dies-of-aids-problems-101433|title=Oscar nominee Elliott dies of AIDS problems|work=Variety|date=7 October 1992}}</ref>

Elliott's widow set up a charity, the Denholm Elliott Project, and collaborated on his biography.<ref>Elliott, Susan; Turner, Barry (1994). ''Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love''.</ref> She worked closely with the [[UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS]]. She died on 12 April 2007, aged 65, in a fire in her flat in Hornsey, London.<ref name=Susan/>

==Filmography==
===Film===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes !! {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 1949 ||''[[Dear Mr. Prohack]]'' || Oswald Morfrey || ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1952
| ''[[The Sound Barrier]]'' || Christopher Ridgefield || ''Breaking the Sound Barrier'' in USA || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
|''[[The Holly and the Ivy (film)|The Holly and the Ivy]]'' || Michael Gregory || ||
|-
| ''The Ringer'' || John Lemley || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1953
| ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' || Morell || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| ''[[The Heart of the Matter (film)|The Heart of the Matter]]'' || Wilson || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1954
| ''[[Lease of Life]]'' || Martin Blake || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| ''[[They Who Dare]]'' || Sergeant Corcoran || || <ref name=Independent/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1955
| ''[[The Man Who Loved Redheads]]'' || Denis || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| ''[[The Night My Number Came Up]]'' || Mackenzie || ||
|-
| 1956 || ''[[Pacific Destiny]]'' || Arthur Grimble || ||<ref name=Obit/>
|-
| 1960 || ''[[Scent of Mystery]]'' || Oliver Larker || ||
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Station Six-Sahara]]'' || Macey || ||
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Nothing But the Best (film)|Nothing But the Best]]'' || Charlie Prince || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1965
| '' [[The High Bright Sun]]'' || Baker || ||
|-
| ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' || Larkin || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'' || The Abortionist || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| 1967 ||''[[Maroc 7]]'' || Inspector Barrada || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1968
|''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' || Vance Fowler || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| ''[[The Sea Gull]]'' || Dorn, a doctor || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1970
| ''[[Too Late the Hero (film)|Too Late the Hero]]'' || Captain Hornsby || || <ref name=Susan/>
|-
| ''[[The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer]]'' || Peter Niss || ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1971
| ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]'' || Emmanuel Whitbread || ||
|-
| ''[[The House That Dripped Blood]]'' || Charles Hillyer || Segment 1: ''Method for Murder'' ||
|-
| ''[[Quest for Love (1971)|Quest for Love]]'' || Tom Lewis || ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Madame Sin]]'' || Malcolm De Vere || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' || Diltant || Segment 5: ''Drawn and Quartered'' ||
|-
| ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)|A Doll's House]]'' || Krogstad || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| 1974 ||| ''[[The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film)|The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz]]'' || Friar || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Russian Roulette (film)|Russian Roulette]]'' || Commander Petapiece || ||
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1976
| ''[[Robin and Marian]]'' || Will Scarlet || ||
|-
| ''[[To the Devil a Daughter]]'' || Henry Beddows || ||
|-
| ''[[Partners (1976 film)|Partners]]'' || John Grey || ||
|-
| ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' || Admiral Canaris || ||
|-
| 1977 || ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'' || R.A.F. Met. Officer || ||
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1978
| ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' ||Stapleton|| ||
|-
| ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' || Cowslip || (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[The Boys from Brazil (film)|The Boys From Brazil]]'' || Sidney Beynon || ||
|-
| ''[[Sweeney 2]]'' || Detective Chief Superintendent Jupp || ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1979
| ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' || Colonel Pulleine || ||
|-
| ''[[Saint Jack (film)|Saint Jack]]'' || William Leigh || ||
|-
| ''[[Cuba (film)|Cuba]]'' || Donald Skinner || ||
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1980
| ''[[Bad Timing]]'' || Stefan Vognic || ||
|-
| ''[[Rising Damp (film)|Rising Damp]]'' || Charles Seymour || ||
|-
| ''[[Sunday Lovers]]'' || Parker || Segment: ''An Englishman's Home'' ||
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' || Dr. Marcus Brody || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
|1982
|''[[Brimstone and Treacle]]''
|Mr. Tom Bates
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| ''[[The Wicked Lady (1983 film)|The Wicked Lady]]'' || Sir Ralph Skelton ||
|-
| ''[[Trading Places]] '' || Coleman || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| ''[[The Razor's Edge (1984 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'' || Elliott Templeton || || <ref>{{cite book|first=Brian |last=McFarlane|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=228|edition=4th|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&q=denholm+elliott+the+razor%27s+edge&pg=PA228|access-date=12 March 2017|isbn=9781526111975}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Private Function]]'' || Dr. Charles Swaby || || <ref name=Independent/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' || Mr. Emerson || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| ''[[Underworld (1985 film)|Underworld]]'' || Dr. Savary || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| ''[[Defence of the Realm]]'' || Vernon Bayliss || ||<ref name=Independent/>
|-
| ''[[The Whoopee Boys]]'' || Colonel Phelps || ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1987
|''[[September (1987 film)|September]]'' || Howard || ||
|-
| ''[[Maurice (1987 film)|Maurice]]'' || Dr. Barry || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Stealing Heaven]]'' || Fulbert || ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' || Dr. Marcus Brody || || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Killing Dad]]'' || Nathy|| ||
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1991
| ''[[Toy Soldiers (1991 film)|Toy Soldiers]]'' || Headmaster || ||
|-
| ''[[Scorchers (film)|Scorchers]]'' || Howler || ||
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Noises Off (film)|Noises Off]]'' || Selsdon Mowbray || Final film role || <ref name=Obit/>
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Jack Lyons
| Season 3 Episode 34: "The Crocodile Case"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| John Manbridge
| Season 4 Episode 21: "Relative Value"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Hancock (1963 TV series)|Hancock]]''
|Peter Dartford
| 1 episode
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Danger Man]]''
| Basil Jordan
| Season 3 Episode 18: ''[[The Hunting Party (Danger Man)|The Hunting Party]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1966
| ''[[The Man in Room 17]]''
| Defraits
| 13 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mystery and Imagination]]''
| Roderick Usher
| Episode: ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]''
|-
| 1968
|''[[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968 film)|The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
| [[George Devlin]]
| TV film
|-
| 1968
|''[[Mystery and Imagination]]''
| [[Count Dracula]]
| Episode: ''[[Dracula]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1972
| ''[[The Persuaders!]]''
| Roland
| Episode: ''A Death in the Family''
|-
| ''[[Follow the Yellow Brick Road]]''
| Jack Black
| TV play
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''
| Dr. Frank Henson
| Episode: ''The Crazy Kill''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1976
| ''[[Brimstone and Treacle]]''
| Mr. Tom Bates
| TV play: ''Play for Today''
|-
| ''[[The Clayhanger Family|Clayhanger]]''
| Tertius Ingpen
| 9 episodes
|-
| ''[[The Signalman (film)|The Signalman]]''
| The Signalman
| TV play
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1977
| ''[[Ripping Yarns]]''
| Mr. Gregory
| Episode: ''Across The Andes by Frog''
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Hammer House of Horror]]''
| Norman Shenley
| Episode: ''Rude Awakening''
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Blade on the Feather]]''
| Jack Hill
| TV film
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| Harold
| TV Series, Season 3 ep 7, 'The Stinker'
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Marco Polo (TV miniseries)|Marco Polo]]''
| Niccolò Polo
| 8 episodes
|-
|1983
|''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''
| Dr. Mortimer
| TV film
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Camille (1984 film)|Camille]]''
| Count de Noilly
| TV film
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)|Bleak House]]''
| John Jarndyce
| 7 episodes
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry]]''
| George Parker
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1987
| ''[[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac]]'' 
| Phillip Neville
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Scoop (1987 film)|Scoop]]''
| Mr. Salter
| TV film
|-
| ''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales]]''
| Old Geraint
| TV film
|-
| ''[[The Happy Valley]]''
| Sir Henry 'Jock' Delves Broughton
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1988
| ''[[Codename: Kyril]]''
| Povin
| 4 episodes
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Ray Bradbury Theater}}''
| Tom Cotter
| Episode: ''The Coffin''
|-
| ''[[The Bourne Identity (1988 film)|The Bourne Identity]]''
| Dr Geoffrey Washburn
| TV mini-series
|-
| ''[[Noble House (miniseries)|Noble House]]''
| Alastair Struan
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Bangkok Hilton]]''
| Hal Stanton
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''A Green Journey''
| James O'Hannon
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1991
| ''[[A Murder of Quality (film)|A Murder of Quality]]''
| [[George Smiley]]
| TV film
|-
| ''One Against the Wind''
| Father LeBlanc
| TV film
|-
| ''The Black Candle''
| William Filmore
| TV film
|-
|}

== Stage ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role(s)
!Notes
!Ref.
|-
|1946
|''[[The Guinea Pig (play)|The Guinea Pig]]''
|
|[[West End theatre|West End]] debut
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Denholm Elliott |url=https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Denholm-Elliott/311134 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=Britannica Kids }}</ref>
|-
|1950
|''[[Venus Observed]]''
|Edgar
|
|<ref>{{cite book |last=Wearing |first=J.&nbsp;P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g2PBAAAQBAJ&dq=venus+observed+london+stage+1950-1959&pg=PA2 |title=The London Stage 1950–1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |date=16 September 2014 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8108-9308-5 }}</ref>
|-
|1950
|''[[Ring Round the Moon]]''
|Frederic, Hugo
|Broadway debut
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Ring Round the Moon (Broadway, Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 1950) |url=https://playbill.com/production/ring-round-the-moon-martin-beck-theatre-vault-0000008283 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=[[Playbill]]}}</ref>
|-
|1951
|''[[The Green Bay Tree]]''
|Julian
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Green Bay Tree – Broadway Play – 1951 Revival {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-green-bay-tree-1911#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1951
|''[[A Sleep of Prisoners]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Actors Leonard White, Denholm Elliott and Stanley Baker during... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/actors-leonard-white-denholm-elliott-and-stanley-baker-news-photo/551441881 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=Getty Images |date=27 April 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|1953
|''[[The Confidential Clerk]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Elliott, Denholm (1922–1992) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/452513/index.html |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>
|-
|1957
|''Monique''
|Fernand Ravinel
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Monique (Broadway, John Golden Theatre, 1957) |url=https://playbill.com/productions/monique-john-golden-theatre-vault-0000008458 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=[[Playbill]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=4 November 1957 |title=The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 4, 1957 |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,867897-2,00.html |access-date=17 September 2023 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
|-
|1958
|''[[Le Voyageur sans bagage|Traveller Without Luggage]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Image of TRAVELLER WITHOUT LUGGAGE, Elizabeth Sellars, Denholm Elliott, The Arts Theater |url=https://www.bridgemanimages.com/en/noartistknown/traveller-without-luggage-elizabeth-sellars-denholm-elliott-the-arts-theater-club-1958/photo/asset/5807634 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.bridgemanimages.com }}</ref>
|-
|1960
|''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
|Bassanio
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Search {{!}} RSC Performances {{!}} MER196004 – The Merchant of Venice {{!}} Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/mer196004/search/rsc_person:elliott-denholm-mitchell/page/1/view_as/grid |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}}</ref>
|-
|1960
|''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]''
|Valentine
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Search {{!}} RSC Performances {{!}} TWO196004 – The Two Gentlemen of Verona {{!}} Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/two196004 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}}</ref>
|-
|1960
|''[[Troilus and Cressida]]''
|Troilus
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Troilus and Cressida timeline {{!}} Royal Shakespeare Company |url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/troilus-and-cressida/past-productions/troilus-and-cressida-timeline |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.rsc.org.uk }}</ref>
|-
|1961
|''[[Write Me a Murder]]''
|The Hon. Clive Rodingham
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Write Me a Murder – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/write-me-a-murder-2892#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1964
|''[[The Seagull]]''
|Trigorin
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Seagull – Broadway Play – 1964 Revival {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-seagull-3059#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1964
|''[[The Crucible]]''
|Reverend John Hale
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Crucible – Broadway Play – 1964 Revival {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-crucible-3060#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1967
|''[[The Imaginary Invalid]]''
|Dr. Diaforus
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Imaginary Invalid – Broadway Play – 1967 Revival {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-imaginary-invalid-2941#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1967
|''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''
|Cornelius Melody
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=A Touch of the Poet – Broadway Play – 1967 Revival {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/a-touch-of-the-poet-2942#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1967
|''[[Tonight at 8.30]]''
|[[Still Life (play)|Alec Harvey]]
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Tonight at 8:30 – Broadway Play – 1967 Revival {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tonight-at-830-2943#OpeningNightCast |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1970
|''Come As You Are''
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Theater: 'Come as You Are,' Comic Report on Sex |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/28/specials/mortimer-come.html |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>
|-
|1975
|''[[The Return of A. J. Raffles]]''
|A.&nbsp;J. Raffles
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Search {{!}} RSC Performances {{!}} RET197512 – The Return of A J Raffles {{!}} Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/ret197512/search/rsc_person:elliott-denholm-mitchell/page/1/view_as/grid |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}}</ref>
|-
|1977
|''[[The New York Idea]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Crossette |first=Barbara |date=18 March 1977 |title='New York Idea' Revived in Brooklyn |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/18/archives/new-jersey-weekly-new-york-idea-revived-in-brooklyn.html |access-date=17 September 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|1977
|''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''
|
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=BAM Archive |url=https://levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/occurrences/705 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=levyarchive.bam.org}}</ref>
|-
|1989
|''[[A Life in the Theatre]]''
|Robert
|
|<ref>{{cite news |date=2 November 1989 |title=Billington On A Life In The Theatre |pages=30 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-billington-on-a-life-in-the/66119696/ |access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nomination
! Result
|-
|[[59th Academy Awards|1986]] || [[Academy Awards]] || [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || ''[[A Room with a View (1986 film)|A Room with a View]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[27th British Academy Film Awards|1973]] || rowspan=7|[[British Academy Film Awards]] || rowspan=7|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]] || ''[[A Doll's House (1973 Garland film)|A Doll's House]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[33rd British Academy Film Awards|1979]] || ''[[Saint Jack (film)|Saint Jack]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[35th British Academy Film Awards|1981]] || ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|[[37th British Academy Film Awards|1983]] || ''[[Trading Places]]'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[38th British Academy Film Awards|1984]] || ''[[A Private Function]]'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[39th British Academy Film Awards|1985]] || ''[[Defence of the Realm]]'' || {{won}}
|-
|[[40th British Academy Film Awards|1986]] || ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' || {{nom}}
|-
|1981 || rowspan="2" |[[British Academy Television Awards]] || rowspan="2" | [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]|| [[BBC2 Playhouse|''BBC2 Playhouse'']]: ''Gentlefolk'' & ''In Hiding''
''Blade on the Feather''  <br/>''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]: The Stinker''
| {{won}}
|-
|1986 || ''[[Screen Two]]: [[Hotel du Lac (film)|Hotel du Lac]]''|| {{nom}}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Film|Television}}
* [[List of British actors]]
* [[List of people from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|List of people from Kensington]]
* [[List of RADA alumni]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1186}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20220501000000/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0918428 Denholm Elliott] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* {{Screenonline name|452513}}
* {{IBDB name}}
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Denholm&surname=ELLIOTT&job=Actor&pid=4444&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Performances in the Theatre Archive University of Bristol]

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