Trivia
- Denholm Elliott won the Peter Sellers Award for Comedy in 1985.
- Denholm Elliott was number 33 on the Top 100 Stars of the 1980s list.
- Denholm Elliott won the award for Best Actor at the International Mystery Film Festival of Cattolica in 1986 for Defence if the Realm.
- Denholm Elliott's stage debut was in The Drunkard at the Playhouse in Amersham in 1945.
- Denholm Elliott had two children, both from his second marriage, a son Mark and a daughter Jennifer who committed suicide in 2003.
- Denholm Elliott spent his honeymoon with Susan driving through France in his Mercedes SL 190 convertible, via Barcelona, to Ibiza.
- Denholm Elliott made his film debut in Dear Mr. Prohack in 1949.
- Whilst incarcerated in a POW camp during WWII Denholm Elliott formed a theatrical group, the No Name Players, to entertain the other POW's and keep up morale.
- Denholm Elliott was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the order of the British Empire) in 1988 for his services to acting.
- A charity, the Denholm Elliott Project, was set up by his widow as a support service to HIV positive people.
- Denholm Elliott was shot down over Germany in 1942 and he spent the remainder of WWII in Stalag 8B POW camp in Silesia.
- Denholm Elliott won a BAFTA (film) for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for Defense of the Realm, in 1985 for A Private Function, and in 1984 for Trading Places.
- Denholm Elliott was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a supporting role in 1987 for A Room with a View.
- Denholm Elliot was a radio operator and gunner in the Royal Air Force during World War II.
- Denholm was a bisexual.
- Denholm lost the top of his right thumb in a childhood accident.
- Denholm had two children.
Quotes
- Denholm Elliott: (About his role in Rising Damp) I am the cad, the scrounger. Despite that, I do expose each character's weaknesses or secrets. They kick me out but are left facing each other with their skeletons no longer locked in the cupboard. I enjoyed it. It was an excellent part.
- Denholm Elliott: When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like Hamlet.
- Denholm Elliott: I don't think of myself as a hero. I've always been drawn to parts that have a rich and somewhat shady character.
- Denholm Elliott: I like actors - such as Margaret Rutherford and Peter Lorre - who aren't afraid to over-act like real people. When I take a job I can always come up with ten different ways of doing the part. But I'll always choose the flashiest one. You've got to dress the window a bit,
