
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

Asterix and the Big Fight

Gorky Park

Richard III

Curse of the Pink Panther

Pirates

Withnail & I

And Now the Screaming Starts!

Quadrophenia

Let Him Have It

O Lucky Man!

Ordeal by Innocence

Cry of the Banshee

The Krays

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

The Betrayal

The Element of Crime

See No Evil

Three Men in a Boat

Valhalla

Treasure Island

Little Dorrit

Much Ado About Nothing

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

Memed My Hawk

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

Where's Jack?

Privates on Parade

Pig Bin

The Fix

Play Things

The Odd Job

Buddy's Song

Adult Fun

The Knowledge

Blue Remembered Hills

Hamlet
TV Shows

Crown Court

The Bill

Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

The Professionals

The Sweeney

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Justice

New Scotland Yard

Modern Times

Shoestring

Murder Most Horrid

Department S

Boon

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Smiley's People

Cribb

Super Gran

David Copperfield

The Brothers

Dangerfield

The Misfit

Hadleigh

Hazell

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Three Up, Two Down

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

Laurence Olivier Presents

Masada

Country Matters

Oxbridge Blues

Armchair Theatre

Stanley and the Women

This Year Next Year

The Roads to Freedom

Pirates

The Nearly Man

Adam Smith

Jenny's War


















