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