Person
Denholm Elliott
Actor· Ealing, London, England, UK
Denholm Elliott, CBE, navigated the realms of stage and screen with an understated grace, amassing over 120 film and television roles in a career that spanned decades. His performances were marked by a quiet intensity and versatility, most notably in the 1980s when he clinched the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role three years running. Elliott’s presence was as much defined by his understated charm as by his remarkable consistency, making him a reliable and luminous presence in British cinema.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1992 | Noises Off... | Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar | Film |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | Headmaster | Film |
| 1991 | One Against the Wind | Father LeBlanc | Film |
| 1991 | The Black Candle | William Filmore | Film |
| 1991 | A Murder of Quality | George Smiley | Film |
| 1991 | Scorchers | Howler | Film |
| 1990 | The Love She Sought | James O'Hannon | Film |
| 1989 | Bangkok Hilton | Hal Stanton | TV |
| 1989 | Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) | Nathy | Film |
| 1989 | Return from the River Kwai | Colonel Grayson | Film |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Marcus Brody | Film |
| 1988 | Stealing Heaven | Fulbert | Film |
| 1988 | Keys to Freedom | Inspector Basil Crisp | Film |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity | Washburn | TV |
| 1988 | Noble House | Alastair Struan | TV |
| 1987 | Scoop | Salter | Film |
| 1987 | September | Howard | Film |
| 1987 | A Child's Christmas in Wales | Old Geraint | Film |
| 1987 | Maurice | Dr. Barry | Film |
| 1986 | Defence of the Realm | Vernon Bayliss | Film |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | Col. Phelps | Film |
| 1986 | Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry | George Parker | Film |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Mr. Emerson | Film |
| 1986 | Hotel du Lac | Philip Neville | Film |
| 1985 | Bleak House | John Jarndyce | TV |
| 1985 | Underworld | Dr. Savary | Film |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge | Elliott Templeton | Film |
| 1984 | A Private Function | Dr. Swaby | Film |
| 1984 | Camille | Count de Noilly | Film |
| 1983 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Dr. Mortimer | Film |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady | Sir Ralph Skelton | Film |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Coleman | Film |
| 1982 | Marco Polo | Niccolò Polo | TV |
| 1982 | The Missionary | The Bishop of London | Film |
| 1982 | Brimstone & Treacle | Tom Bates | Film |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Dr. Marcus Brody | Film |
| 1980 | Bad Timing | Stefan Vognic | Film |
| 1980 | Blade on the Feather | Jack Hill | Film |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers | Parker (segment "An Englishman's Home") | Film |
| 1980 | Rising Damp | Charles Seymour | Film |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | William Leigh | Film |
| 1979 | Cuba | Donald Skinner | Film |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Colonel Pulleine | Film |
| 1978 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Stapleton | Film |
| 1978 | Sweeney 2 | Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp | Film |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil | Sidney Beynon | Film |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Cowslip (voice) | Film |
| 1977 | The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | English Delegate | Film |
| 1976 | To the Devil a Daughter | Henry Beddows | Film |
| 1976 | Robin and Marian | Will Scarlet | Film |
| 1976 | The Signalman | The Signalman | Film |
| 1976 | Brimstone and Treacle | Tom Bates | Film |
| 1974 | The Lady from the Sea | Dr. Wangel | Film |
| 1974 | The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | Friar | Film |
| 1974 | Percy's Progress | Sir Emmanuel Whitbread | Film |
| 1974 | The Last Chapter | Robert Murray | Film |
| 1973 | The Vault of Horror | Diltant (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered") | Film |
| 1972 | Madame Sin | Malcolm De Vere | Film |
| 1971 | Quest for Love | Tom Lewis | Film |
| 1971 | The Wild Duck | Hjalmar Ekdal, Hedvig's father | Film |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder") | Film |
| 1971 | Percy | Emmanuel Whitbread | Film |
| 1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Peter Niss | Film |
| 1970 | Too Late the Hero | Captain Hornsby | Film |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Vance Fowler | Film |
| 1968 | Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush | Mr. George Beauchamp | Film |
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | George Devlin | Film |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Dr. Yevgeny Dorn | Film |
| 1967 | Maroc 7 | Inspector Barrada | Film |
| 1966 | Alfie | The Abortionist | Film |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 | Imlac Defraits | TV |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking | Captain Tabasco | Film |
| 1965 | King Rat | Larkin | Film |
| 1964 | The High Bright Sun | Baker | Film |
| 1964 | Nothing But the Best | Charlie Prince | Film |
| 1963 | Station Six-Sahara | Macey | Film |
| 1960 | Scent of Mystery | Oliver Larker | Film |
| 1958 | Wuthering Heights | Edgar Linton | Film |
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