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Asinister stranger worms his way into a middle-aged couple's home by offering to take care of their comatose daughter - but it is only once he's part of the family that his true nature shines through. Drama based on Dennis Potter's TV play, starring Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright and Suzanna Hamilton
1982
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Sting
(Actor)
.. Martin Taylor
Denholm Elliott
(Actor)
.. Thomas Bates
Joan Plowright
(Actor)
.. Norma Bates
Suzanna Hamilton
(Actor)
.. Patricia Bates
Benjamin Whitrow
(Actor)
.. Businessman
Dudley Sutton
(Actor)
.. Stroller
Tim Preece
(Actor)
.. Clergyman
Mary McLeod
(Actor)
.. Valerie Holdsworth
Richard Loncraine
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sting
(Actor)
.. Martin Taylor
Denholm Elliott
(Actor)
.. Thomas Bates
Born:
May 31, 1922
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing eccentric English gentlemen.
Early-life:
Denholm Mitchell Elliott was born in London on May 31, 1922. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) but was asked to leave after only one term. While flying in a Halifax bomber during the Second World War in 1942, his aircraft was hit by flak and ditched in the North Sea near Germany. He spent the rest of the war in a prisoner of war camp in Silesia.
Career:
Elliott made his film debut in Dear Mr Prohack (1949) and went on to play a wide range of parts, usually in a supporting role. He won Bafta TV awards for BBC2 Playhouse (1974), Tales of the Unexpected (1979) and Blade on the Feather (1980). For his work on the big screen, he won Bafta film awards for Trading Places (1983), A Private Function (1985), A Room with a View (1985) and Defence of the Realm (1986). Other notable credits included the films Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and the TV miniseries Codename: Kyril (1988) and Bangkok Hilton (1989). He died at his home in Spain on October 6, 1992 at the age of 70.
Quote:
'I've been always very careful in my career to do theatre, it takes you out of the TV eye and people are glad to see you back again.'
Trivia:
Elliott was nominated for an Academy Award for A Room with a View and lost out to fellow Brit Michael Caine (Hannah and her Sisters).
Joan Plowright
(Actor)
.. Norma Bates
Suzanna Hamilton
(Actor)
.. Patricia Bates
Benjamin Whitrow
(Actor)
.. Businessman
Dudley Sutton
(Actor)
.. Stroller
Tim Preece
(Actor)
.. Clergyman
Mary McLeod
(Actor)
.. Valerie Holdsworth
Richard Loncraine
(Director)
