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Stephen Elliott Biography

Birth Name:Elliott Pershing Stitzel

Birth Place:New York City, New York, United States

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

Named a founding member of The Actors Studio in the 1940s after being selected by Robert Lewis
Studied acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse in the early '40s with Sanford Meisner
Died of congestive heart failure in 2005 at the age of 86 in his California home
His first on-screen appearance came in a series of lives plays for the DuMont Television Network in the early 1950s
Served in WWII with the U․S․ Merchant Marines