Denholm Elliot

Since the last Indiana Jones film was released, we have been watching the previous three films. I always thought that Denholm Elliot, who played Marcus Brody in the first and third movies was excellent. Elliott was born May 31, 1922 in London, England and attended Malvern College. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. During World War II, he served as a radio operator and gunner. He was shot down over Denmark and was a POW in Czechoslovkia for the rest of the war.

He made his first film in 1949 and played various roles. In 1981, he was cast as Dr. Marcus Brody in the first Indiana Jones film - The Raiders of the Lost Ark. He would later reprise the role in 1989 in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He also appeared as Dan Aykroyd’s butler in the 1983 film Trading Places. His last role was in Noises Off in 1992.

Denholm was bisexual and was married to Virginia McKenna in 1954 for a few months and then to Susan Robinson with which he had two children. His daughter, Jennifer Elliot, hung herself in 2003. In 1987, Elliot was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and died in 1992 from complications due to the disease at his home in Spain. He was 70 years old.