Elliott had been diving since the age of 12 at the Marshall Street swimming pool, when he was approached by Sid Dalton, an Olympic coach. He trained seriously and represented Britain in the
Olympic Games of 1948 and 1952, in London, England. He won a bronze medal in high diving at the
1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Elliott later became a pop singer and was a resident ballad singer on ATV's
Oh Boy!. He wrote a number of successful film scores, two of which won awards at
Cannes Film Festivals. ==Filmography==