Michael Elphick

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.

Filmography (93 Appearances)

Out of Bounds

2003

David Copperfield

1999

The Fix

1997

Streetwise

1996

Richard III

1995

Treasure Island

1995

Modern Times

1995

Harry

1993

The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy

1992

Murder Most Horrid

1991

Pebble Mill

1991

Let Him Have It

1991

Buddy's Song

1991

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

1990

The Krays

1990

Little Dorrit

1987

Withnail & I

1987

Valhalla

1986

Pirates

1986

Boon

1986

The Supergrass

1985

Three Up, Two Down

1985

Which Side Are You On?

1985

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil

1985

Super Gran

1985

Bird Fancier

1985

Much Ado About Nothing

1984

Oxbridge Blues

1984

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

1984

Ordeal by Innocence

1984

Pull The Other One

1984

Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime

1984

The Element of Crime

1984

Memed My Hawk

1984

C.Q.

1984

Gorky Park

1983

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

1983

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

Krull

1983

Privates on Parade

1983

Smiley's People

1982

Chains

1982

Pocketful of Dreams

1982

Private Schulz

1981

Masada

1981

The Elephant Man

1980

Cribb

1980

Shoestring

1979

Quadrophenia

1979

Blue Remembered Hills

1979

Black Island

1979

The Knowledge

1979

The First Great Train Robbery

1978

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

1978

Hanging Around

1978

The Odd Job

1978

Cold Harbour

1978

Red Shift

1978

Hazell

1978

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

1978

The Professionals

1977

Last Summer

1977

A Good Human Story

1977

This Year Next Year

1977

Laurence Olivier Presents

1976

Play Things

1976

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

1976

Three Men in a Boat

1975

The Sweeney

1975

Pig Bin

1974

Norma

1974

The Nearly Man

1974

The Nearly Man

1974

Playhouse

1974

That Sinking Feeling

1973

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

O Lucky Man!

1973

The Little Farm

1973

Crown Court

1972

Country Matters

1972

New Scotland Yard

1972

Man Charged

1971

Justice

1971

See No Evil

1971

Play for Today

1970

The Buttercup Chain

1970

Cry of the Banshee

1970

The Misfit

1970

Hamlet

1969

Where's Jack?

1969

The Betrayal

1969 Debut

ITV Playhouse

1967

Armchair Theatre

1956
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