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steve_cain05 — 18 years ago(January 12, 2008 03:59 AM)

I'm a fan of denholm elliott but I remember reading something somewher about him being deemed a failure when he attended RADA. Can anyone elaborate on this?

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This is covered in his TRIVIA section here.

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As an aside, Jon Pertwee was another actor expelled from RADA who had a very successful career after that. Bizarrely, Pertwee was expelled after refusing to play the part of a wind in a Greek play. Maybe Elliott was expelled for something equally as silly?

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Thank you, I wonder under what circumstances?

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According to this biography, he was expelled:
http://www.leonardrossiter.com/risingdamp/BiogsSupp.html
After an education at Malvern College, Denholm Elliott joined RADA, but was later expelled.

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