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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Out of Bounds
Character:Lionel Stubbs
Release Date:31/10/2003
The Fix
Character:Peter Campling
Release Date:04/01/1997
Streetwise
Character:Narrator
Release Date:24/04/1996
Richard III
Character:2nd Murderer
Release Date:29/12/1995
Treasure Island
Character:Billy Bones
Release Date:27/09/1995
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
Character:Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
Release Date:01/01/1992
Let Him Have It
Character:Prison Officer Jack
Release Date:04/10/1991
Buddy's Song
Character:Des
Release Date:01/03/1991
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Character:Inspector Cleaver
Release Date:06/07/1990
The Krays
Character:George - Prisoner
Release Date:27/04/1990
Little Dorrit
Character:Mr. Merdle
Release Date:11/12/1987
Withnail & I
Character:Jake
Release Date:19/06/1987
Valhalla
Character:Udgaardsloki (voice)
Release Date:12/05/1986
Pirates
Character:Sentry
Release Date:08/05/1986
The Supergrass
Character:Constable Collins
Release Date:08/11/1985
Which Side Are You On?
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:08/04/1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Character:Ernst Röhm
Release Date:17/02/1985
Bird Fancier
Character:Joe Desmond
Release Date:15/01/1985
Much Ado About Nothing
Character:Dogberry
Release Date:22/12/1984
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Character:Len
Release Date:30/10/1984
Ordeal by Innocence
Character:Inspector Huish
Release Date:22/06/1984
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
Character:Self - Actor/Fisher
Release Date:31/05/1984
The Element of Crime
Character:Fisher
Release Date:14/05/1984
Memed My Hawk
Character:Jabbar
Release Date:10/05/1984
C.Q.
Character:Norman
Release Date:01/01/1984
Gorky Park
Character:Pasha
Release Date:15/12/1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
Character:Valencia Police Chief
Release Date:12/08/1983
Krull
Character:Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/07/1983
Privates on Parade
Character:Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
Release Date:18/03/1983
Chains
Character:Eddie
Release Date:18/06/1982
Pocketful of Dreams
Character:Charlie
Release Date:12/03/1982
The Elephant Man
Character:Night Porter
Release Date:09/10/1980
Quadrophenia
Character:Father
Release Date:14/09/1979
Blue Remembered Hills
Character:Peter
Release Date:30/01/1979
The Knowledge
Character:Gordon Weller
Release Date:01/01/1979
Black Island
Character:Jack Daker
Release Date:01/01/1979
The First Great Train Robbery
Character:Burgess
Release Date:14/12/1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Character:Wallace Parnell
Release Date:01/11/1978
Hanging Around
Character:Hank
Release Date:02/10/1978
The Odd Job
Character:Raymonde
Release Date:31/08/1978
Cold Harbour
Character:Barrister at Party
Release Date:25/04/1978
Red Shift
Character:Thomas Venables
Release Date:17/01/1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Character:Michel
Release Date:01/01/1978
Last Summer
Character:Oscar
Release Date:22/07/1977
A Good Human Story
Character:
Release Date:17/07/1977
Play Things
Character:Frank
Release Date:07/05/1976
Three Men in a Boat
Character:2nd Porter
Release Date:31/12/1975
Pig Bin
Character:Policeman
Release Date:28/10/1974
Norma
Character:Norma's Friend
Release Date:15/10/1974
The Nearly Man
Character:Ron Hibbert
Release Date:10/10/1974
That Sinking Feeling
Character:Chopper
Release Date:13/11/1973
O Lucky Man!
Character:Man at Stag Party
Release Date:25/03/1973
Man Charged
Character:Robert Delmonds
Release Date:12/10/1971
See No Evil
Character:Gypsy Tom
Release Date:02/09/1971
The Buttercup Chain
Character:The Driver
Release Date:24/09/1970
Cry of the Banshee
Character:Burke
Release Date:22/07/1970
Hamlet
Character:Captain
Release Date:21/12/1969
Where's Jack?
Character:Hogarth
Release Date:01/04/1969
The Betrayal
Character:Tom
Release Date:24/01/1969
Television Appearances
David Copperfield
Character:Barkis
Harry
Character:Harry Salter
Murder Most Horrid
Character:Bill Todd
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
Boon
Character:Ken Boon
Three Up, Two Down
Character:Sam Tyler
Super Gran
Character:Roly Roofless
Oxbridge Blues
Character:Curly Bonaventura
Pull The Other One
Character:Sidney Mundy
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Character:Magowan
Smiley's People
Character:
Private Schulz
Character:Gerhard Schulz
Masada
Character:Vettius
Shoestring
Character:
Hazell
Character:Griffiths
The Professionals
Character:Sergeant Garbett
This Year Next Year
Character:Jack Shaw
Laurence Olivier Presents
Character:Michel
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Character:
The Sweeney
Character:Jimmy Fleet
The Nearly Man
Character:Ron Hibbert
Playhouse
Character:Frank
Playhouse
Character:Charlie
Playhouse
Character:Eddie
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character:Gorenflot
Crown Court
Character:Simon Chase
New Scotland Yard
Character:
Justice
Character:Peter Rodwell
Play for Today
Character:Peter
The Misfit
Character:Mike Halloran
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