Michael Elphick
Known for: Acting
Born: September 19, 1946
Died: September 7, 2002
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
63 movies · 60 TV shows, newest first
5.3
Out of Bounds
2003NR
Metropolis
2000
7.1
David Copperfield
1999
3.8
The Fix
1997
NR
Streetwise
1996
6.8
Richard III
1995
5.5
Treasure Island
1995
9.0
Modern Times
1995
7.0
Dangerfield
1995
NR
Pirates
19945.3
Harry
1993
7.0
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
1992
6.5
Stanley and the Women
1991
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
19914.1
Pebble Mill
1991
6.6
Let Him Have It
1991
5.7
Buddy's Song
1991
5.3
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1990
6.0
The Krays
1990
6.3
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989
6.4
Little Dorrit
1987
7.2
Withnail & I
1987
6.8
Valhalla
1986
6.3
Pirates
1986
5.8
Boon
1986
6.1
The Supergrass
1985
6.7
Jenny's War
1985
6.3
Three Up, Two Down
1985
6.6
Which Side Are You On?
19856.0
Late Starter
1985
4.2
EastEnders
1985
4.9
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
6.4
Super Gran
1985
NR
Bird Fancier
1985
6.8
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
7.0
Oxbridge Blues
1984
7.0
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
6.8
The Bill
1984
5.1
Ordeal by Innocence
1984NR
Pull The Other One
19848.0
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
1984
6.4
The Element of Crime
1984
6.0
Memed My Hawk
1984
NR
C.Q.
1984
6.3
Gorky Park
1983
7.9
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
4.6
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
6.0
Krull
1983
4.9
Privates on Parade
1983NR
Bloomfield
1983
7.7
Smiley's People
1982
NR
Chains
19829.7
Andy Robson
1982NR
Pocketful of Dreams
1982
7.3
The Kenny Everett Television Show
19826.0
Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1981
5.3
Private Schulz
1981
7.0
Masada
1981
8.1
The Elephant Man
1980
8.0
Cribb
1980
7.7
Shoestring
1979
7.0
Quadrophenia
1979
7.3
Blue Remembered Hills
1979
6.5
The Knowledge
1979
8.0
Black Island
1979
6.7
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
NR
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
NR
Hanging Around
1978
5.9
The Odd Job
1978NR
Cold Harbour
1978NR
Send in the Girls
1978
7.7
Red Shift
1978
5.2
Hazell
1978
7.0
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
7.6
The Professionals
19777.0
Premiere
1977NR
The Sound of Laughter
1977
10.0
Last Summer
1977NR
A Good Human Story
19775.0
The Sunday Drama
1977
7.0
This Year Next Year
1977NR
Holding On
1977
7.0
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
NR
Play Things
1976
7.5
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
6.1
Three Men in a Boat
1975
8.1
The Sweeney
1975
NR
Pig Bin
1974NR
Norma
1974
NR
The Nearly Man
1974
10.0
The Nearly Man
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974NR
That Sinking Feeling
1973NR
Second City Firsts
1973
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
5.9
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
6.8
O Lucky Man!
1973NR
The Little Farm
1973
7.5
Adult Fun
1972
5.7
Crown Court
1972
4.6
Country Matters
1972
6.3
New Scotland Yard
1972
4.0
The Brothers
1972
8.5
Adam Smith
1972NR
Man Charged
1971
7.3
Justice
1971
6.5
See No Evil
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
4.1
The Roads to Freedom
1970
4.7
The Buttercup Chain
1970
5.4
Cry of the Banshee
19706.5
Albert and Victoria
1970
9.0
The Misfit
1970
5.8
Hamlet
1969
NR
Parkin's Patch
1969
7.8
Hadleigh
1969
5.5
Department S
1969NR
The Best Things In Life
1969
7.5
Where's Jack?
1969
5.4
The Betrayal
1969
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.4
Coronation Street
1960
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956