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Denholm Mitchell Elliott CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) 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), [a] and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Emerson in A ...
Defence of the Realm is a 1986 British political thriller film directed by David Drury, starring Gabriel Byrne, Greta Scacchi, and Denholm Elliott, with Robbie Coltrane in a minor role. The film takes its title from the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 , passed in the United Kingdom at the start of the First World War , which gave the government ...
Noises Off is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, [1] with a screenplay by Marty Kaplan based on the 1982 play by Michael Frayn. [2] Its ensemble cast includes Michael Caine, Carol Burnett, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter, Marilu Henner, Nicollette Sheridan, Julie Hagerty and Mark Linn-Baker, [1] as well as featuring the last performance of Denholm Elliott, who died in ...
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives cross when they are unwittingly made the subjects of ...
The Signalman is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Written by Andrew Davies, produced by Rosemary Hill, and directed by the series' creator, Lawrence Gordon Clark, it is based on the ghost story "The Signal-Man" (1866) by Charles Dickens, and first aired on BBC1 on 22 December 1976, the earliest airdate in the series relative to ...
They Who Dare is a 1954 British Second World War war film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott and Akim Tamiroff. [2] It was released by British Lion Films and in the United States by Allied Artists.
Scent of Mystery is a 1960 American mystery film directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Denholm Elliot and Peter Lorre. [4] It was the first film to use the Smell-O-Vision system to release odors at points in the film's plot, and the first film in which aromas were integral to the story, providing important details to the audience.
The cast were Denholm Elliott (Tom Bates), Michael Kitchen (Martin), Patricia Lawrence (Amy Bates) and Michelle Newell (Pattie); plus minor characters. The original 1976 play was withdrawn shortly before its scheduled transmission (despite being listed in the Radio Times ) because then Director of Television Programmes Alasdair Milne found it ...