Michael Elphick
Born September 19, 1946 · Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Elephant Man
Krull
Withnail & I
The First Great Train Robbery
Quadrophenia
Pirates
Curse of the Pink Panther
O Lucky Man!
Richard III
The Krays
Gorky Park
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Ordeal by Innocence
The Element of Crime
Little Dorrit
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
The Betrayal
See No Evil
Cry of the Banshee
Where's Jack?
Valhalla
Treasure Island
Let Him Have It
Memed My Hawk
Pig Bin
The Knowledge
Privates on Parade
TV Shows
The Professionals
The Sweeney
Boon
New Scotland Yard
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Murder Most Horrid
Justice
Modern Times
Shoestring
Super Gran
Masada
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
David Copperfield
Smiley's People
Hazell
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Country Matters
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Misfit
Three Up, Two Down
Oxbridge Blues
Cribb
Private Schulz
Armchair Theatre
This Year Next Year
The Nearly Man
Stanley and the Women
More Movies
The Fix
Play Things
Three Men in a Boat
The Buttercup Chain
Blue Remembered Hills
The Supergrass
Buddy's Song
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Hamlet
The Nearly Man
Much Ado About Nothing
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Pocketful of Dreams
The Odd Job
Red Shift
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Which Side Are You On?
Bird Fancier
Last Summer
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
Chains
C.Q.
Streetwise
Hanging Around
