His Movie Debut
His first notable role in a movie with real significance was still minor. But that small part was in a movie with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Yes, he had a part in the classic western, ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.’ Okay, so Elliott didn’t even have a name for this role and was known as Card Player #2.
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But still, it was nevertheless a big break for the budding actor, especially since the film became a box office hit and millions of people got to see his face. In a nice case of happenstance, Katharine Ross, who played one of the leads in the movie Kid ended up becoming Elliott’s wife. They didn’t know each other on set, though, only having met until a decade later and getting married in 1994.