Denholm Elliott
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| Denholm Elliott CBE |
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| Born | Denholm Mitchell Elliott 31 May 1922 Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | October 6, 1992 (aged 70) Ibiza, Spain |
| Cause of death | AIDS |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Malvern College |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1949–1992 |
| Spouse | Virginia McKenna (1954; divorced) Susan Robinson (1962–1992; his death) |
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English film, television and theatre actor. He was in more than 120 movies and televisio programmes.[1] In the 1980s, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years.
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Early life [change]
Elliott was born in London, England. He was the son of Nina (née Mitchell) and Myles Laymen Farr Elliott.[2] He attended Malvern College and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Career [change]
In the 1980s, he won three consecutive British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards – 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 addlepated Dr. Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. A photograph of his character appears in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and a reference is made to Brody's death. In 1988, Elliott played the Russian mole Povin in the television miniseries Codename: Kyril.
Death [change]
Elliott was diagnosed with HIV in 1987. He died of AIDS-related tuberculosis at his home on Ibiza, Spain, in 1992. His widow set up a charity, the Denholm Elliott Project, in his honour and collaborated on his biography.[3]
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References [change]
- ↑ "British Film Institute Biography". http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/452513/index.html. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
- ↑ [unreliable source?] "Denholm Elliott Biography (1922–1992)". Filmreference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Denholm-Elliott.html.
- ↑ Elliott, Susan; Turner, Barry (1994). Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love.
