Michael Elphick
Known for acting · Born 19 September 1946 · Died 7 September 2002 · aged 55 · Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
123 credits
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
Boon
1986
The Element of Crime
1984
Withnail & I
1987
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
Gorky Park
1983
The Elephant Man
1980
EastEnders
1985
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1990
Three Up, Two Down
1985
Crown Court
1972
Harry
Harry
1993
Privates on Parade
1983
Acting (123)
2003Out of BoundsLionel StubbsFilm
2000MetropolisAndrew Kaplan · 6 episodesSeries
1999David CopperfieldBarkis · 2 episodesSeries
1997The FixPeter CamplingFilm
1996StreetwiseNarratorFilm
1995Richard III2nd MurdererFilm
1995Treasure IslandBilly BonesFilm
1995DangerfieldBrian TaylorSeries
1995Modern TimesSeries
1994PiratesChief Inspector HornbeamSeries
1993HarryHarry Salter · 20 episodesSeries
1992The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney CowboyDr. Nathaniel BonnerFilm
1991Let Him Have ItPrison Officer JackFilm
1991Murder Most HorridBill ToddSeries
1991Buddy's SongDesFilm
1991Pebble MillSelfSeries
1991Stanley and the WomenBert Hutchinson · 4 episodesSeries
1990The KraysGeorge - PrisonerFilm
1990I Bought a Vampire MotorcycleInspector CleaverFilm
1989Asterix and the Big FightCrysus (voice- English version)Film
1987Withnail & IJakeFilm
1987Little DorritMr. MerdleFilm
1986PiratesSentryFilm
1986ValhallaUdgaardsloki (voice)Film
1986BoonKen Boon · 93 episodesSeries
1985EastEndersHarry Slater · 9 episodesSeries
1985Super GranRoly RooflessSeries
1985The SupergrassConstable CollinsFilm
1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilErnst RöhmFilm
1985Three Up, Two DownSam Tyler · 25 episodesSeries
1985Which Side Are You On?Narrator (voice)Film
1985Jenny's WarSchumann · 4 episodesSeries
1985Late StarterJack OwenSeries
1985Bird FancierJoe DesmondFilm
1984The Element of CrimeFisherFilm
1984The BillGeorge Stubbs · 2 episodesSeries
1984Ordeal by InnocenceInspector HuishFilm
1984Arthur's Hallowed GroundLenFilm
1984Much Ado About NothingDogberryFilm
1984Memed My HawkJabbarFilm
1984Oxbridge BluesCurly BonaventuraSeries
1984Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of CrimeSelf - Actor/FisherFilm
1984C.Q.NormanFilm
1984Pull The Other OneSidney Mundy · 6 episodesSeries
1983KrullRhun (voice) (uncredited)Film
1983Gorky ParkPashaFilm
1983Curse of the Pink PantherValencia Police ChiefFilm
1983Auf Wiedersehen, PetMagowan · 3 episodesSeries
1983Privates on ParadeSergeant Major Reg DrummondFilm
1983BloomfieldBilly Gibbs · 3 episodesSeries
1982Smiley's PeopleDetective Chief InspectorSeries
1982The Kenny Everett Television ShowVariousSeries
1982Andy RobsonJack CarnabySeries
1982Pocketful of DreamsCharlieFilm
1982ChainsEddieFilm
1981MasadaVettius · 2 episodesSeries
1981Private SchulzGerhard Schulz · 6 episodesSeries
1981Roger Doesn't Live Here AnymoreStanley · 3 episodesSeries
1980The Elephant ManNight PorterFilm
1980CribbSol HerriottSeries
1979QuadropheniaFatherFilm
1979The KnowledgeGordon WellerFilm
1979ShoestringPete JohnsonSeries
1979Blue Remembered HillsPeterFilm
1979Black IslandJack DakerFilm
1978The First Great Train RobberyBurgessFilm
1978The Odd JobRaymondeFilm
1978Red ShiftThomas VenablesFilm
1978HazellGriffithsSeries
1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayMichelFilm
1978Cold HarbourBarrister at PartyFilm
1978The One and Only Phyllis DixeyWallace ParnellFilm
1978Hanging AroundHankFilm
1978Send in the GirlsJimmySeries
1977The ProfessionalsSergeant GarbettSeries
1977Last SummerOscarFilm
1977This Year Next YearJack Shaw · 13 episodesSeries
1977The Sunday DramaRalph WintersSeries
1977PremiereHankSeries
1977A Good Human StoryFilm
1977Holding OnCharlie Wheelwright · 6 episodesSeries
1977The Sound of LaughterErnie RandleSeries
1976The Ghosts of Motley HallCaptain Narcissus BullockSeries
1976Laurence Olivier PresentsMichelSeries
1976Play ThingsFrankFilm
1975The SweeneyJimmy FleetSeries
1975Three Men in a Boat2nd PorterFilm
1974PlayhouseFrank, Charlie, EddieSeries
1974The Nearly ManRon Hibbert · 8 episodesSeries
1974Pig BinPolicemanFilm
1974The Nearly ManRon HibbertFilm
1974NormaNorma's FriendFilm
1973O Lucky Man!Man at Stag PartyFilm
1973And Now the Screaming Starts!DrunkFilm
1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesGorenflotSeries
1973That Sinking FeelingChopperFilm
1973The Little FarmJackFilm
1973Second City FirstsPolicemanSeries
1972Crown CourtSimon Chase · 3 episodes, Frank Hollins, Neville Griffiths QC · 21 episodesSeries
1972Country MattersJackSeries
1972The Brothers2nd PatrolmanSeries
1972Adult FunGarage ManagerFilm
1972New Scotland YardAl Farmer, Joss AdrianSeries
1972Adam SmithBen Davies · 6 episodesSeries
1971See No EvilGypsy TomFilm
1971JusticePeter RodwellSeries
1971Man ChargedRobert DelmondsFilm
1970Cry of the BansheeBurkeFilm
1970The Buttercup ChainThe DriverFilm
1970Play for TodayPeterSeries
1970The Roads to FreedomLieutenant of Chasseurs · 2 episodesSeries
1970Albert and VictoriaNigel GodfreySeries
1970The MisfitMike HalloranSeries
1969Department SPolice Motorcyclist (uncredited)Series
1969HamletCaptainFilm
1969The BetrayalTomFilm
1969HadleighBrian AinsworthSeries
1969Where's Jack?HogarthFilm
1969Parkin's PatchThomasSeries
1969The Best Things In LifeJed LucasSeries
1967ITV PlayhouseNorma's friend, OscarSeries
1960Coronation StreetDouglas Wormold · 2 episodesSeries
1956Armchair TheatreRobert Delmonds, Chopper - Best ManSeries