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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Elephant Man
as Night Porter
1980
Quadrophenia
as Father
1979
Pig Bin
as Policeman
1974
Gorky Park
as Pasha
1983
The Element of Crime
as Fisher
1984
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Merdle
1987
Withnail & I
as Jake
1987
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
as Inspector Cleaver
1990
Krull
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Hamlet
as Captain
1969
Bird Fancier
as Joe Desmond
1985
Privates on Parade
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
1983
Out of Bounds
as Lionel Stubbs
2003
The Buttercup Chain
as The Driver
1970
The Nearly Man
as Ron Hibbert
1974
The Betrayal
as Tom
1969
The Fix
as Peter Campling
1997
C.Q.
as Norman
1984
Memed My Hawk
as Jabbar
1984
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
as Self - Actor/Fisher
1984
TV Appearances
Three Up, Two Down
as Sam Tyler
1985
Boon
as Ken Boon
1986
The Sweeney
as Jimmy Fleet
1975
Private Schulz
as Gerhard Schulz
1981
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Gorenflot
1973
Harry
as Harry Salter
1993
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
Pull The Other One
as Sidney Mundy
1984
New Scotland Yard
1972
Oxbridge Blues
as Curly Bonaventura
1984
Crown Court
as Simon Chase
1972
Laurence Olivier Presents
as Michel
1976