Denholm Elliott's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Hancock (UK) Peter Dartf… The Wednesday Thriller (UK) John Fairch… Worlds Beyond (UK) Sir Oliver …

Main Movie Roles 1992 - Noises Off... 1991 - Toy Soldiers 1989 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1988 - Hanna's War 1987 - September 1986 - A Room with a View 1984 - The Razor's Edge 1983 - Trading Places 1981 - Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark 1980 - Bad Timing 1979 - Zulu Dawn 1978 - Watership Down 1978 - The Boys From Brazil 1977 - A Bridge Too Far 1977 - The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as we know it 1976 - Robin and Marian 1976 - To the Devil a Daughter 1970 - Too Late the Hero 1968 - The Night They Raided Minsky's 1966 - Alfie 1965 - King Rat 1952 - The Ringer

BIOGRAPHY:

Much-loved character actor who specialised in playing slightly sleazy/slightly eccentric and often flawed upper middle class English gentlemen. His career spanned nearly 40 years, becoming a well-known face both in Britain and in the States.


TRIVIA:

• Served in the RAF during WWII. His plane was shot down over Germany in 1942 and he spent the rest of the War in Stalag 8B POW camp in Silesia.
• Rather than recast the role of Marcus Brody in _Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)_ (qv), director 'Steven Spielberg' (qv) and writer 'David Koepp' (qv) created a new character, Charles Stanforth, played by 'Jim Broadbent' (qv). The passing of Marcus Brody is acknowledged several times in the film, with a portrait of him hanging in the hallway outside Indy's classroom, a statue of him in a University courtyard, and a malt shop named "Brody's.".
• Father was Myles Layman Elliott and mother Nina Mitchell.
• Some sources state that he acquired the AIDS virus from a blood transfusion. However, his widow Susan documented their open marriage and her husband's bisexuality in her book "Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love", published two years after his death.
• Educated at Malvern College, Worcestershire.
• He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 New Year's Honours List for his services to Drama.
• Lost the top of his right thumb in a childhood accident.
• A bisexual, he tested HIV positive in 1987 and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988.