Michael Elphick
Acting
Born: 1946-09-19 · Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Died: 2002-09-07
Biography
Michael John Elphick was an English actor. Elphick was known in the UK for his trademark croaky voice and his work on British television, in particular his roles as the eponymous private investigator in the ITV series Boon and later Harry Slater in BBC's EastEnders. Elphick struggled with a highly publicised addiction to alcohol; at the height of his problem he admitted to consuming two litres of spirits a day, which contributed towards his death from a heart attack in 2002.
🎬 Movies (20)
Out of Bounds
2003
Lionel Stubbs
The Fix
1997
Peter Campling
Streetwise
1996
Narrator
Richard III
1995
2nd Murderer
Treasure Island
1995
Billy Bones
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
1992
Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
Let Him Have It
1991
Prison Officer Jack
Buddy's Song
1991
Des
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1990
Inspector Cleaver
The Krays
1990
George - Prisoner
Little Dorrit
1987
Mr. Merdle
Withnail & I
1987
Jake
Valhalla
1986
Udgaardsloki (voice)
Pirates
1986
Sentry
The Supergrass
1985
Constable Collins
Which Side Are You On?
1985
Narrator (voice)
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
Ernst Röhm
Bird Fancier
1985
Joe Desmond
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
Dogberry
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
Len
📺 TV Shows (20)
David Copperfield
1999
Barkis
Modern Times
1995
Harry
1993
Harry Salter
Stanley and the Women
1991
Bert Hutchinson
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Bill Todd
Pebble Mill
1991
Self
Boon
1986
Ken Boon
Three Up, Two Down
1985
Sam Tyler
Super Gran
1985
Roly Roofless
Oxbridge Blues
1984
Curly Bonaventura
Pull The Other One
1984
Sidney Mundy
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Magowan
Smiley's People
1982
Detective Chief Inspector
Private Schulz
1981
Gerhard Schulz
Masada
1981
Vettius
Cribb
1980
Sol Herriott
Shoestring
1979
Pete Johnson
Hazell
1978
Griffiths
The Professionals
1977
Sergeant Garbett
The Sunday Drama
1977
Ralph Winters