Michael Elphick
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-09-19
Day of Death
2002-09-07 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
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.
Acting
(2003)
Out of Bounds
as Lionel Stubbs
(1997)
The Fix
as Peter Campling
(1996)
Streetwise
as Narrator
(1995)
Richard III
as 2nd Murderer
(1995)
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
(1992)
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
as Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
(1991)
Let Him Have It
as Prison Officer Jack
(1991)
Buddy's Song
as Des
(1990)
The Krays
as George - Prisoner
(1990)
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
as Inspector Cleaver
(1987)
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Merdle
(1987)
Withnail & I
as Jake
(1986)
Pirates
as Sentry
(1986)
Valhalla
as Udgaardsloki (voice)
(1985)
Bird Fancier
as Joe Desmond
(1985)
The Supergrass
as Constable Collins
(1985)
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Ernst Röhm
(1985)
Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice)
(1984)
The Element of Crime
as Fisher
(1984)
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
as Len
(1984)
Much Ado About Nothing
as Dogberry
(1984)
Ordeal by Innocence
as Inspector Huish
(1984)
C.Q.
as Norman
(1984)
Memed My Hawk
as Jabbar
(1984)
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
as Self - Actor/Fisher
(1983)
Krull
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
(1983)
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Valencia Police Chief
(1983)
Gorky Park
as Pasha
(1983)
Privates on Parade
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
(1982)
Pocketful of Dreams
as Charlie
(1982)
Chains
as Eddie
(1980)
The Elephant Man
as Night Porter
(1979)
Quadrophenia
as Father
(1979)
The Knowledge
as Gordon Weller
(1979)
Black Island
as Jack Daker
(1979)
Blue Remembered Hills
as Peter
(1978)
Red Shift
as Thomas Venables
(1978)
Hanging Around
as Hank
(1978)
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Michel
(1978)
The First Great Train Robbery
as Burgess
(1978)
Cold Harbour
as Barrister at Party
(1978)
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Wallace Parnell
(1978)
The Odd Job
as Raymonde
(1977)
(1977)
Last Summer
as Oscar
(1976)
Play Things
as Frank
(1975)
Three Men in a Boat
as 2nd Porter
(1974)
The Nearly Man
as Ron Hibbert
(1974)
Norma
as Norma's Friend
(1974)
Pig Bin
as Policeman
(1973)
O Lucky Man!
as Man at Stag Party
(1973)
That Sinking Feeling
as Chopper
(1971)
See No Evil
as Gypsy Tom
(1971)
Man Charged
as Robert Delmonds
(1970)
The Buttercup Chain
as The Driver
(1970)
Cry of the Banshee
as Burke
(1969)
Hamlet
as Captain
(1969)
Where's Jack?
as Hogarth
(1969)
The Betrayal
as Tom