Michael Elphick
- Acting
- September 19, 1946 · Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
- September 7, 2002
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Out of Bounds · Lionel Stubbs
- Metropolis · Andrew Kaplan
- David Copperfield · Barkis
- The Fix · Peter Campling
- Streetwise · Narrator
- Richard III · 2nd Murderer
- Treasure Island · Billy Bones
- Modern Times
- Dangerfield · Brian Taylor
- Pirates · Chief Inspector Hornbeam
- Harry · Harry Salter
- The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy · Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
- Stanley and the Women · Bert Hutchinson
- Murder Most Horrid · Bill Todd
- Pebble Mill · Self
- Let Him Have It · Prison Officer Jack
- Buddy's Song · Des
- I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle · Inspector Cleaver
- The Krays · George - Prisoner
- Asterix and the Big Fight · Crysus (voice- English version)
- Little Dorrit · Mr. Merdle
- Withnail & I · Jake
- Valhalla · Udgaardsloki (Voice)
- Pirates · Sentry
- Boon · Ken Boon
- The Supergrass · Constable Collins
- Jenny's War · Schumann
- Three Up, Two Down · Sam Tyler
- Which Side Are You On? · Narrator (Voice)
- Late Starter · Jack Owen
- EastEnders · Harry Slater
- Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil · Ernst Röhm
- Super Gran · Roly Roofless
- Bird Fancier · Joe Desmond
- Much Ado About Nothing · Dogberry
- Oxbridge Blues · Curly Bonaventura
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground · Len
- The Bill · George Stubbs
- Ordeal by Innocence · Inspector Huish
- Pull The Other One · Sidney Mundy
- Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime · Self
- The Element of Crime · Fisher
- Memed My Hawk · Jabbar
- C.Q. · Norman
- Gorky Park · Pasha
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet · Magowan
- Curse of the Pink Panther · Valencia Police Chief
- Krull · Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
- Privates on Parade · Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
- Bloomfield · Billy Gibbs
- Smiley's People · Detective Chief Inspector
- Chains · Eddie
- Andy Robson · Jack Carnaby
- Pocketful of Dreams · Charlie
- The Kenny Everett Television Show · Various
- Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore · Stanley
- Private Schulz · Gerhard Schulz
- Masada · Vettius
- The Elephant Man · Night Porter
- Cribb · Sol Herriott
- Shoestring · Pete Johnson
- Quadrophenia · Father
- Blue Remembered Hills · Peter
- The Knowledge · Gordon Weller
- Black Island · Jack Daker
- The First Great Train Robbery · Burgess
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey · Wallace Parnell
- Hanging Around · Hank
- The Odd Job · Raymonde
- Cold Harbour · Barrister at Party
- Send in the Girls · Jimmy
- Red Shift · Thomas Venables
- Hazell · Griffiths
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday · Michel
- The Professionals · Sergeant Garbett
- Premiere · Hank
- The Sound of Laughter · Ernie Randle
- Last Summer · Oscar
- A Good Human Story
- The Sunday Drama · Ralph Winters