Denholm Elliott
1922–1992 · British actor
Denholm Mitchell Elliott was an English actor. He appeared in numerous productions on stage and screen, receiving BAFTA Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Trading Places (1983), A Private Function (1984) and Defence of the Realm (1986), and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Emerson in A Room with a View (1985). He is also known for his performances in Alfie (1966), A Doll's House (1973), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Maurice (1987), September (1987), and Noises Off (1992). He portrayed Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). On television, Elliott won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in 1981 and was nominated for a second for Hotel du Lac (1986).
Denholm Elliott, in order
- 1952 The Sound Barrier: acted · directed by David Lean · critics 77%, audiences 59% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy
- 1953 The Cruel Sea: acted · directed by Charles Frend
- 1953 The Heart of the Matter: acted · directed by George More O'Ferrall
- 1954 They Who Dare: acted · directed by Lewis Milestone
- 1955 Appointment with Drama (TV series): acted
- 1955 The Man Who Loved Redheads: acted · directed by Harold French
- 1955 The Night My Number Came Up: acted · directed by Leslie Norman
- 1956 Pacific Destiny: acted · directed by Wolf Rilla
- 1958 DuPont Show of the Month, season 2 (TV series): acted
- 1959 The Moon and Sixpence (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Mulligan
- 1960 Scent of Mystery: acted · directed by Jack Cardiff
- 1962 Station Six-Sahara: acted · directed by Seth Holt
- 1964 Nothing But the Best: acted · directed by Clive Donner
- 1964 The High Bright Sun: acted · directed by Ralph Thomas
- 1965 King Rat: acted · directed by Bryan Forbes
- 1965 You Must Be Joking!: acted · directed by Michael Winner
- 1966 Alfie: acted · directed by Lewis Gilbert
- 1968 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush: acted · directed by Clive Donner
- 1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's: acted · directed by William Friedkin
- 1968 The Sea Gull: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · audiences 33%
- 1968 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV movie): acted · directed by Charles Jarrott
- 1970 Too Late the Hero: acted · directed by Robert Aldrich
- 1971 Percy: acted · directed by Ralph Thomas
- 1971 The House That Dripped Blood: acted · directed by Peter Duffell
- 1972 Follow the Yellow Brick Road (TV series): acted · directed by Alan Bridges
- 1972 Madame Sin: acted · directed by David Greene
- 1973 A Doll's House: acted · directed by Patrick Garland
- 1973 The Vault of Horror: acted · directed by Roy Ward Baker
- 1974 Percy's Progress: acted · directed by Ralph Thomas
- 1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz: acted · directed by Ted Kotcheff · critics 94%, audiences 72% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1975 Russian Roulette: acted · directed by Lou Lombardo
- 1976 Robin and Marian: acted · directed by Richard Lester
- 1976 To the Devil a Daughter: acted · directed by Peter Sykes
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg · critics 82%, audiences 50% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Pluto TV
- 1977 A Bridge Too Far: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough
- 1977 The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It: acted · directed by Joseph McGrath
- 1978 Little Girl in Blue Velvet: acted · directed by Alan Bridges
- 1978 Sweeney 2: acted · directed by Tom Clegg
- 1978 The Boys from Brazil: acted · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles: acted · directed by Paul Morrissey
- 1979 Cuba: acted · directed by Richard Lester
- 1979 Game for Vultures: acted · directed by James Fargo
- 1979 Saint Jack: acted · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 80%, audiences 74% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
- 1979 Zulu Dawn: acted · directed by Douglas Hickox
- 1980 An Englishman's Home (short film): acted · directed by Bryan Forbes
- 1980 Bad Timing: acted · directed by Nicolas Roeg
- 1980 Sunday Lovers: acted · directed by Bryan Forbes and Dino Risi
- 1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 94%, audiences 96% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1982 Brimstone and Treacle: acted · directed by Richard Loncraine
- 1982 Marco Polo: acted · directed by Giuliano Montaldo
- 1982 The Missionary: acted · directed by Richard Loncraine
- 1983 The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV movie): acted · directed by Douglas Hickox
- 1983 The Wicked Lady: acted · directed by Michael Winner
- 1983 Trading Places: acted · directed by John Landis
- 1984 A Private Function: acted · directed by Malcolm Mowbray · streaming on Criterion Channel
- 1984 Camille (TV movie): acted · directed by Desmond Davis · audiences 38% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Plex
- 1984 The Razor's Edge: acted · directed by John Byrum
- 1985 Defence of the Realm: acted · directed by David Drury · critics 100%, audiences 68% · streaming on Prime Video, Fawesome, Tubi
- 1985 Underworld: acted · directed by George Pavlou
- 1986 A Room with a View: acted · directed by James Ivory · critics 100%, audiences 85% · streaming on HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV, YouTube (free)
- 1986 Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (TV movie): acted · directed by George Schaefer
- 1986 The Whoopee Boys: acted · directed by John Byrum
- 1987 Maurice: acted · directed by James Ivory · critics 81%, audiences 87% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Kanopy
- 1987 Scoop (TV movie): acted · directed by Gavin Millar
- 1987 September: acted · directed by Woody Allen · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1988 Codename: Kyril (TV series): acted · directed by Ian Sharp
- 1988 Stealing Heaven: acted · directed by Clive Donner
- 1988 The Bourne Identity (TV movie): acted · directed by Roger Young
- 1989 Bangkok Hilton (TV movie): acted · directed by Ken Cameron · streaming on Plex
- 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 84%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1989 Return from the River Kwai: acted · directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1991 A Murder of Quality (TV movie): acted · directed by Gavin Millar
- 1991 Scorchers: acted · directed by David Beaird
- 1991 Toy Soldiers: acted · directed by Daniel Petrie · critics 47%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Fawesome
- 1992 Noises Off: acted · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 61%, audiences 84% · streaming on Hoopla