Denholm Elliott - Selected filmography

Actor, born in London, UK. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, prior to service in the RAF during World War 2, when he spent three years in a prisoner-of-war camp. A prolific performer in all media, and an inveterate scene-stealer, he won awards for both stage and screen, including British Film Awards for Trading Places (1983), A Private Function (1984), and Defence of the Realm (1985), and an Oscar nomination for A Room with a View (1986).

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (May 31, 1922 – October 6, 1992) was a distinguished British actor, well known for his appearances on stage, film and television.

Elliott was born in London to Myles Layman Elliott and Nina. He went on to play a large range of parts, often playing ineffectual and occasionally seedy characters, such as the journalist Bayliss in Defence of the Realm, the abortionist in Alfie, and the washed-up film director in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.

In the 1980s he won three BAFTA awards as 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.

Selected filmography

The Sound Barrier (1952) The Cruel Sea (1953) The Heart of the Matter (1953) King Rat (1965) Alfie (1966) Too Late the Hero (1970) A Doll's House (1973) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Robin and Marian (1976) A Bridge Too Far (1977) Watership Down (1978) (voice) The Boys from Brazil (1978) Zulu Dawn (1979) Saint Jack (1979) Bad Timing (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Brimstone and Treacle (1982) Trading Places (1983) The Razor's Edge (1984) A Room with a View (1985) Bleak House (1985) Maurice (1987) September (1987) Bangkok Hilton (1989) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Toy Soldiers (1991) A Murder of Quality (1991) Noises Off (1992)