Elijah — Moby Dick Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Royal Dano

Appears in

Moby Dick (1956)

Role

Minor

Relationships (2)

• Elijah — Narrative Ominous Prophet — Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck)

  Elijah acts as a prophetic figure delivering a fatal warning to Ahab.

• Elijah — Social Voyage Companions — Ishmael (Richard Basehart)

  Ishmael and Elijah share the voyage, with Ishmael preserving Elijah's warning.

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