A bisexual, he tested HIV positive in 1987 and was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988.
Best known to movie audiences as the bumbling Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones series. He appeared in both Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade.
Educated at Malvern College, Worcestershire.
Father of Jennifer Elliott
Father was Myles Layman Elliott and mother Nina Mitchell.
Has a son named Mark.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 New Year's Honours List for his services to Drama.
His daughter Jennifer was addicted to heroin and she hanged herself 2003.
His wife Susan, born March 7th, 1942 in Cleveland, died from injuries from a fire in her one bedroom flat April 12, 2007 in north London. Her neighbour, journalist Rob Lyons, tried to save her during the fire and was able to move her from her wheelchair down to the street waiting for the ambulance to arrive, she died a day later.
Lost the top of his right thumb in a childhood accident.
Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Rather than recast the role of Marcus Brody in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), director Steven Spielberg and writer David Koepp created a new character, Charles Stanforth, played by Jim Broadbent. The passing of Marcus Brody is acknowledged several times in the film, with a portrait of him hanging in the hallway outside Indy's classroom, a statue of him in a University courtyard, and a malt shop named "Brody's.".
Served in the RAF during WWII. His plane was shot down over Germany in 1942 and he spent the rest of the War in Stalag 8B POW camp in Silesia.
Some sources state that he acquired the AIDS virus from a blood transfusion. However, his widow Susan documented their open marriage and her husband's bisexuality in her book "Denholm Elliott: Quest for Love", published two years after his death.