Portrait of Michael Elphick

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.

Born: September 19, 1946

Place of Birth: Chichester, Sussex, England, UK

Filmography

1999
1997
The Fix

as Peter Campling

1996
Streetwise

as Narrator

1995
Richard III

as 2nd Murderer

1995
Treasure Island

as Billy Bones

1991
Murder Most Horrid

as Bill Todd

1991
Let Him Have It

as Prison Officer Jack

1991
1990
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

as Inspector Cleaver

1990
The Krays

as George - Prisoner

1987
Little Dorrit

as Mr. Merdle

1987
1986
Valhalla

as Udgaardsloki (voice)

1986
Pirates

as Sentry

1986
Boon

as Ken Boon

1985
The Supergrass

as Constable Collins

1985
Three Up, Two Down

as Sam Tyler

1985
Which Side Are You On?

as Narrator (voice)

1985
Super Gran

as Roly Roofless

1985
Bird Fancier

as Joe Desmond

1984
1984
Oxbridge Blues

as Curly Bonaventura

1984
Ordeal by Innocence

as Inspector Huish

1984
Memed My Hawk

as Jabbar

1984
C.Q.

as Norman

1983
Gorky Park

as Pasha

1983
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther

as Valencia Police Chief

1983
Krull

as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)

1983
Privates on Parade

as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond

1982
Chains

as Eddie

1982
1981
Private Schulz

as Private Gerhard Schulz

1981
Masada

as Vettius

1980
The Elephant Man

as Night Porter

1979
Quadrophenia

as Father

1979
The Knowledge

as Gordon Weller

1979
Black Island

as Jack Daker

1978
1978
1978
The Odd Job

as Raymonde

1978
Red Shift

as Thomas Venables

1978
Hazell

as Griffiths

1977
The Professionals

as Sergeant Garbett

1977
Last Summer

as Oscar

1977
1976
Play Things

as Frank

1975
Three Men in a Boat

as 2nd Porter

1975
The Sweeney

as Jimmy Fleet

1974
Pig Bin

as Policeman

1974
The Nearly Man

as Ron Hibbert

1974
The Nearly Man

as Ron Hibbert

1974
Playhouse

as Frank

1974
Playhouse

as Charlie

1974
Playhouse

as Eddie

1973
O Lucky Man!

as Man at Stag Party

1972
Crown Court

as Simon Chase

1971
Justice

as Peter Rodwell

1971
See No Evil

as Gypsy Tom

1970
1970
The Buttercup Chain

as The Driver

1970
1970
The Misfit

as Mike Halloran

1969
Hamlet

as Captain

1969
Where's Jack?

as Hogarth

1969