Acting

Michael Elphick

Born 1946-09-19 · Chichester, Sussex, England, UK

Died 2002-09-07

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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Out of Bounds
as Lionel Stubbs
2003
Metropolis
as Andrew Kaplan
2000
David Copperfield
as Barkis
1999
The Fix
as Peter Campling
1997
Streetwise
as Narrator
1996
Richard III
as 2nd Murderer
1995
Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
1995
Modern Times
1995
Dangerfield
as Brian Taylor
1995
Pirates
as Chief Inspector Hornbeam
1994
Harry
as Harry Salter
1993
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
as Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
1992
Stanley and the Women
as Bert Hutchinson
1991
Murder Most Horrid
as Bill Todd
1991
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
Let Him Have It
as Prison Officer Jack
1991
Buddy's Song
as Des
1991
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
as Inspector Cleaver
1990
The Krays
as George - Prisoner
1990
Asterix and the Big Fight
as Crysus (voice- English version)
1989
Little Dorrit
as Mr. Merdle
1987
Withnail & I
as Jake
1987
Valhalla
as Udgaardsloki (voice)
1986
Pirates
as Sentry
1986
Boon
as Ken Boon
1986
The Supergrass
as Constable Collins
1985
Jenny's War
as Schumann
1985
Three Up, Two Down
as Sam Tyler
1985
Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice)
1985
Late Starter
as Jack Owen
1985
EastEnders
as Harry Slater
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Ernst Röhm
1985
Super Gran
as Roly Roofless
1985
Bird Fancier
as Joe Desmond
1985
Much Ado About Nothing
as Dogberry
1984
Oxbridge Blues
as Curly Bonaventura
1984
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
as Len
1984
The Bill
as George Stubbs
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
as Inspector Huish
1984
Pull The Other One
as Sidney Mundy
1984
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
as Self - Actor/Fisher
1984
The Element of Crime
as Fisher
1984
Memed My Hawk
as Jabbar
1984
C.Q.
as Norman
1984
Gorky Park
as Pasha
1983
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
as Magowan
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Valencia Police Chief
1983
Krull
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Privates on Parade
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
1983
Bloomfield
as Billy Gibbs
1983
Smiley's People
as Detective Chief Inspector
1982
Chains
as Eddie
1982
Andy Robson
as Jack Carnaby
1982
Pocketful of Dreams
as Charlie
1982
The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Various
1982
Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Stanley
1981
Private Schulz
as Gerhard Schulz
1981
Masada
as Vettius
1981
The Elephant Man
as Night Porter
1980
Cribb
as Sol Herriott
1980
Shoestring
as Pete Johnson
1979
Quadrophenia
as Father
1979
Blue Remembered Hills
as Peter
1979
The Knowledge
as Gordon Weller
1979
Black Island
as Jack Daker
1979
The First Great Train Robbery
as Burgess
1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
as Wallace Parnell
1978
Hanging Around
as Hank
1978
The Odd Job
as Raymonde
1978
Cold Harbour
as Barrister at Party
1978
Send in the Girls
as Jimmy
1978
Red Shift
as Thomas Venables
1978
Hazell
as Griffiths
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
as Michel
1978
The Professionals
as Sergeant Garbett
1977
Premiere
as Hank
1977
The Sound of Laughter
as Ernie Randle
1977
Last Summer
as Oscar
1977
A Good Human Story
1977
The Sunday Drama
as Ralph Winters
1977