Michael Elphick
Acting
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.
Filmography 99
Movies (60)
- Out of Bounds2003Lionel Stubbs
The Fix1997Peter Campling
Streetwise1996Narrator
Richard III19952nd Murderer
Treasure Island1995Billy Bones
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy1992Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
Let Him Have It1991Prison Officer Jack
Buddy's Song1991Des
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle1990Inspector Cleaver
The Krays1990George - Prisoner
Little Dorrit1987Mr. Merdle
Withnail & I1987Jake
Valhalla1986Udgaardsloki (voice)
Pirates1986Sentry
The Supergrass1985Constable Collins
Which Side Are You On?1985Narrator (voice)
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil1985Ernst Röhm
Bird Fancier1985Joe Desmond
Much Ado About Nothing1984Dogberry
Arthur's Hallowed Ground1984Len
Ordeal by Innocence1984Inspector Huish- Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime1984Self - Actor/Fisher
The Element of Crime1984Fisher
Memed My Hawk1984Jabbar
C.Q.1984Norman
Gorky Park1983Pasha
Curse of the Pink Panther1983Valencia Police Chief
Krull1983Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Privates on Parade1983Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
Chains1982Eddie
Shows (39)
David Copperfield1999Barkis
Modern Times1995- Harry1993Harry Salter
Stanley and the Women1991Bert Hutchinson
Murder Most Horrid1991Bill Todd- Pebble Mill1991Self
Boon1986Ken Boon
Three Up, Two Down1985Sam Tyler
Super Gran1985Roly Roofless
Oxbridge Blues1984Curly Bonaventura- Pull The Other One1984Sidney Mundy
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet1983Magowan- Bloomfield1983Billy Gibbs
Smiley's People1982Detective Chief Inspector
Private Schulz1981Gerhard Schulz
Masada1981Vettius
Cribb1980Sol Herriott
Shoestring1979Pete Johnson- Send in the Girls1978Jimmy
Hazell1978Griffiths
The Professionals1977Sergeant Garbett- The Sound of Laughter1977Ernie Randle
- The Sunday Drama1977Ralph Winters
This Year Next Year1977Jack Shaw
Laurence Olivier Presents1976Michel
The Ghosts of Motley Hall1976Captain Narcissus Bullock
The Sweeney1975Jimmy Fleet
The Nearly Man1974Ron Hibbert
Playhouse1974Frank- Second City Firsts1973Policeman