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Acting

Denholm Elliott

Career: Active from 1949 to 1992, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 70
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: King Rat
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 86 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Denholm Elliott Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.6, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Wholesome
2.5, average 3.4
Pop Culture
1.3, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Social Commentary 8
Moral Ambiguity 6
Character Study 6
Class Conflict 6
Political Intrigue 5
Historical Setting 5
Historical Drama 4
Moral Dilemma 4
Intriguing Plot 3
Slow-Burn Tension 3
British Cinema 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

168

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 64

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

64

as Marcus Brody (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

9 titles · average score 63

Noises Off...

69

as Selsdon Mowbray / The Burglar

Love at First Sight

TV show · as Thomas Wilkins

A Murder of Quality

61

as George Smiley

Scorchers

55

as Howler

Toy Soldiers

55

as Headmaster

One Against the Wind

75

as Father LeBlanc

The Black Candle

57

as William Filmore

The Love She Sought

70

as James O'Hannon

Sunday Pursuit

as Thomas Wilkins

1980s

45 titles · average score 64

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

79

as Marcus Brody

Bangkok Hilton

73

TV show · as Hal Stanton

Killing Dad

49

as Nathy

Maurice

78

as Dr. Barry

A Room with a View

83

as Mr. Emerson

Defence of the Realm

82

as Vernon Bayliss

The Whoopee Boys

58

as Col. Phelps

Bleak House

70

TV show · as John Jarndyce

A Private Function

77

as Dr. Swaby

Trading Places

77

as Coleman

The Hound of the Baskervilles

60

as Dr. Mortimer

Marco Polo

72

TV show · as Niccolò Polo

1970s

54 titles · average score 60

Saint Jack

60

as William Leigh

Zulu Dawn

61

as Colonel Pulleine

The Hound of the Baskervilles

22

as Stapleton

The Boys from Brazil

62

as Sidney Beynon

Sweeney 2

63

as Ex-Det. Chief Superintendent Jupp

Robin and Marian

68

as Will Scarlet

To the Devil a Daughter

41

as Henry Beddows

Percy's Progress

38

as Sir Emmanuel Whitbread

Madame Sin

47

as Malcolm De Vere

The House That Dripped Blood

67

as Charles Hillyer (segment 1 "Method for Murder")

Percy

37

as Emmanuel Whitbread

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer

65

as Peter Niss

1960s

34 titles · average score 61

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

67

as George Devlin

Dracula

as Count Dracula

The Night They Raided Minsky's

53

as Vance Fowler

Let's Murder Vivaldi

as Gerald

The Sea Gull

54

as Dr. Yevgeny Dorn

The Fall of the House of Usher

as Roderick Usher

The Man in Room 17

TV show · as Imlac Defraits

You Must Be Joking

56

as Captain Tabasco

King Rat

88

as Larkin

The Holy Terror

as Herbert

Nothing But the Best

62

as Charlie Prince

Scent of Mystery

66

as Oliver Larker

1950s

22 titles · average score 68

Wuthering Heights

as Edgar Linton

Twelfth Night

as Sebastian

Pacific Destiny

as Arthur Grimble

The Night My Number Came Up

69

as Fl. Lt. McKenzie

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Jack Lyons / John Manbridge

They Who Dare

47

as Sergeant Corcoran

Lease of Life

71

as Martin Blake

The Cruel Sea

87

as Morell

The Heart of the Matter

67

as Wilson

The Sound Barrier

71

as Christopher Ridgefield

The Holly and the Ivy

69

as Michael Gregory

The Ringer

62

as John Lemley

1940s

3 titles · average score 63

Dear Mr. Prohack

62

as Oswald Morfrey

Suspense

62

TV show

Studio One

65

TV show · as Eric Inwood