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
Krull
The Elephant Man
Asterix and the Big Fight
Withnail & I
The First Great Train Robbery
Pirates
Curse of the Pink Panther
Adult Fun
Quadrophenia
Gorky Park
The Krays
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Richard III
The Element of Crime
Valhalla
O Lucky Man!
Cry of the Banshee
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Ordeal by Innocence
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
See No Evil
Treasure Island
Fraulein Doktor
Let Him Have It
Memed My Hawk
Much Ado About Nothing
Play Things
Little Dorrit
Where's Jack?
The Supergrass
Pig Bin
Three Men in a Boat
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
The Odd Job
Red Shift
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
The Knowledge
Blue Remembered Hills
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Streetwise
TV Shows
Play for Today
ITV Playhouse
The Professionals
Playhouse
The Sweeney
New Scotland Yard
Boon
Shoestring
Justice
Modern Times
Department S
Dangerfield
Murder Most Horrid
The Kenny Everett Television Show
The Brothers
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
David Copperfield
Super Gran
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Smiley's People
Masada
Hadleigh
Three Up, Two Down
Hazell
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Country Matters
Cribb
Private Schulz
Oxbridge Blues
Armchair Theatre
Parkin's Patch
The Roads to Freedom
This Year Next Year
Laurence Olivier Presents
The Misfit
Pirates
Adam Smith
Stanley and the Women
The Nearly Man
