Stephen Elliott
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