Michael Elphick
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.
Known For
All Movies (60)
- Out of Bounds2003 · as Lionel Stubbs
- The Fix1997 · as Peter Campling
- Streetwise1996 · as Narrator
- Richard III1995 · as 2nd Murderer
- Treasure Island1995 · as Billy Bones
- The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy1992 · as Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
- Let Him Have It1991 · as Prison Officer Jack
- Buddy's Song1991 · as Des
- I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle1990 · as Inspector Cleaver
- The Krays1990 · as George - Prisoner
- Little Dorrit1987 · as Mr. Merdle
- Withnail & I1987 · as Jake
- Valhalla1986 · as Udgaardsloki (voice)
- Pirates1986 · as Sentry
- The Supergrass1985 · as Constable Collins
- Which Side Are You On?1985 · as Narrator (voice)
- Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil1985 · as Ernst Röhm
- Bird Fancier1985 · as Joe Desmond
- Much Ado About Nothing1984 · as Dogberry
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground1984 · as Len
- Ordeal by Innocence1984 · as Inspector Huish
- Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime1984 · as Self - Actor/Fisher
- The Element of Crime1984 · as Fisher
- Memed My Hawk1984 · as Jabbar
- C.Q.1984 · as Norman
- Gorky Park1983 · as Pasha
- Curse of the Pink Panther1983 · as Valencia Police Chief
- Krull1983 · as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
- Privates on Parade1983 · as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
- Chains1982 · as Eddie
- Pocketful of Dreams1982 · as Charlie
- The Elephant Man1980 · as Night Porter
- Quadrophenia1979 · as Father
- Blue Remembered Hills1979 · as Peter
- The Knowledge1979 · as Gordon Weller
- Black Island1979 · as Jack Daker
- The First Great Train Robbery1978 · as Burgess
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey1978 · as Wallace Parnell
- Hanging Around1978 · as Hank
- The Odd Job1978 · as Raymonde
- Cold Harbour1978 · as Barrister at Party
- Red Shift1978 · as Thomas Venables
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday1978 · as Michel
- Last Summer1977 · as Oscar
- A Good Human Story1977
- Play Things1976 · as Frank
- Three Men in a Boat1975 · as 2nd Porter
- Pig Bin1974 · as Policeman
- Norma1974 · as Norma's Friend
- The Nearly Man1974 · as Ron Hibbert
- That Sinking Feeling1973 · as Chopper
- O Lucky Man!1973 · as Man at Stag Party
- The Little Farm1973 · as Jack
- Man Charged1971 · as Robert Delmonds
- See No Evil1971 · as Gypsy Tom
- The Buttercup Chain1970 · as The Driver
- Cry of the Banshee1970 · as Burke
- Hamlet1969 · as Captain
- Where's Jack?1969 · as Hogarth
- The Betrayal1969 · as Tom
All TV Shows (42)
- David Copperfield1999 · as Barkis
- Modern Times1995
- Harry1993 · as Harry Salter
- Stanley and the Women1991 · as Bert Hutchinson
- Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Bill Todd
- Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
- Boon1986 · as Ken Boon
- Three Up, Two Down1985 · as Sam Tyler
- Super Gran1985 · as Roly Roofless
- Oxbridge Blues1984 · as Curly Bonaventura
- Pull The Other One1984 · as Sidney Mundy
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet1983 · as Magowan
- Smiley's People1982 · as Detective Chief Inspector
- Private Schulz1981 · as Gerhard Schulz
- Masada1981 · as Vettius
- Cribb1980 · as Sol Herriott
- Shoestring1979 · as Pete Johnson
- Send in the Girls1978 · as Jimmy
- Hazell1978 · as Griffiths
- The Professionals1977 · as Sergeant Garbett
- The Sunday Drama1977 · as Ralph Winters
- This Year Next Year1977 · as Jack Shaw
- Laurence Olivier Presents1976 · as Michel
- The Ghosts of Motley Hall1976 · as Captain Narcissus Bullock
- The Sweeney1975 · as Jimmy Fleet
- The Nearly Man1974 · as Ron Hibbert
- Playhouse1974 · as Frank
- Playhouse1974 · as Charlie
- Playhouse1974 · as Eddie
- Second City Firsts1973 · as Policeman
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Gorenflot
- Crown Court1972 · as Simon Chase
- Country Matters1972 · as Jack
- New Scotland Yard1972 · as Al Farmer
- New Scotland Yard1972 · as Joss Adrian
- Justice1971 · as Peter Rodwell
- Play for Today1970 · as Peter
- The Misfit1970 · as Mike Halloran
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Norma's friend
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Oscar
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Robert Delmonds
- Armchair Theatre1956 · as Chopper - Best Man