Derek Elphinstone was born on October 15, 1913 in Guildford, Surrey, England as Derek Eldred Montague Elphinstone. He was an actor and writer, known for In Which We Serve (1942), The Red Shoes (1948) and The Four Feathers (1939). He was married to Daphne Elphinstone. He died on February 19, 1999 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England.