Alec Guinness
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Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Nominated
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), and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Mr. Emerson in A Room with a View (1985).
1986 Winner BAFTA Film Award. Best Actor in a Supporting Role; Defense of the Realm
- May 31, 1922
- October 6, 1992
May 13, 2024 · Denholm Elliott was a British actor who appeared in many supporting character roles in theater, in motion pictures, and on television during his 47-year career. He was a three-time winner of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for best supporting actor.
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In 1983 he won a BAFTA Award for his role as the butler in Trading Places and followed it with a Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in A Private Function. Prior to that he won an Evening Standard Best Actor award for Bad Timing.
- January 1, 1
- Kensington, London, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain
In 1983 he won a BAFTA Award for his role as the butler in Trading Places and followed it with a Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in A Private Function. Prior to that he won an Evening Standard Best Actor award for Bad Timing.
- May 31, 1922
- October 6, 1992
Nominated Work. British Academy Television Award for Best Leading Actor. BBC2 Playhouse","Blade on the Feather","Tales of the Unexpected. BBC2 Playhouse Episode: In Hiding","BBC2 Playhouse Episode: Gentle Folk","Tales of the Unexpected Episode: Episode: The Stinker.
Oct 6, 1992 · Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits. In the nineteen eighties, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years.
