Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott CBE
Elliott as Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Born	Denholm Mitchell Elliott (1922-05-31)31 May 1922 Ealing, Middlesex, England
Died	6 October 1992(1992-10-06) (aged 70) Santa Eulària des Riu, Ibiza, Spain
Cause of death	Tuberculosis caused by AIDS
Resting place	Cremains scattered in Ibiza
Nationality	British
Education	Malvern College
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1949–1992
Spouse(s)	Virginia McKenna (1954; divorced) Susan Robinson (1962–92; his death)

Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English film, television and theatre actor with more than 120 film and television credits. His well-known roles included Dr Marcus Brody in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Coleman in Trading Places (1983) and Mr. Emerson in A Room with a View (1985).

Elliott earned critical acclaim in his later career. He became nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Room with a View, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years in the 1980s, the only actor ever to have achieved this. Film critic Roger Ebert described him as "the most dependable of all British character actors".The New York Times called him "a star among supporting players" and "an accomplished scene-stealer".

Elliott was born in London, the son of Nina (née Mitchell) and Myles Laymen Farr Elliott. His elder brother Neil was land agent to Lady Anne Cavendish-Bentinck. Myles was a barrister who had read Law and Arabic at Cambridge before fighting with the Glosters at Gallipoli and in Mesopotamia. In 1930 Myles Elliott was appointed Solicitor-General to the Mandatory Government in Palestine. Three years later, following a series of controversial government prosecutions, he was assassinated outside the King David Hotel, and buried in the Protestant Cemetery on Mount Zion.