Michael Elphick
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Play for Today
Peter
1970
Series
Coronation Street
Douglas Wormold
1960
Series
EastEnders
Harry Slater
1985
Series
Playhouse
Frank
1974
Series
Playhouse
Charlie
1974
Series
Playhouse
Eddie
1974
Series
Crown Court
Simon Chase
1972
Series
Crown Court
Frank Hollins
1972
Series
Crown Court
Neville Griffiths QC
1972
Series
The Professionals
Sergeant Garbett
1977
Series
The Sweeney
Jimmy Fleet
1975
Series
The Bill
George Stubbs
1984
Series
ITV Playhouse
Norma's friend
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Oscar
1967
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Series
Modern Times
1995
Series
Boon
Ken Boon
1986
Series
Justice
Peter Rodwell
1971
Film
The Elephant Man
Night Porter
1980
Film
Krull
Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Bill Todd
1991
Series
Private Schulz
Gerhard Schulz
1981
Series
Shoestring
Pete Johnson
1979
Series
New Scotland Yard
Al Farmer
1972
Series
New Scotland Yard
Joss Adrian
1972
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Gorenflot
1973
Series
Department S
Police Motorcyclist (uncredited)
1969
Series
David Copperfield
Barkis
1999
Series
Dangerfield
Brian Taylor
1995
Series
The Brothers
2nd Patrolman
1972
Series
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
1982
Film
Withnail & I
Jake
1987
Second City Firsts
Policeman
1973
Series
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Magowan
1983
Series
Super Gran
Roly Roofless
1985
Series
Smiley's People
Detective Chief Inspector
1982
Film
Gorky Park
Pasha
1983
Premiere
Hank
1977
Series
Masada
Vettius
1981
Series
Hazell
Griffiths
1978
The Sunday Drama
Ralph Winters
1977
Harry
Harry Salter
1993
Series
Cribb
Sol Herriott
1980
Film
Curse of the Pink Panther
Valencia Police Chief
1983
Film
Asterix and the Big Fight
Crysus (voice- English version)
1989
Film
The First Great Train Robbery
Burgess
1978
Series
Hadleigh
Brian Ainsworth
1969
Film
Richard III
2nd Murderer
1995
Series
Country Matters
Jack
1972
Film
Quadrophenia
Father
1979
Series
Oxbridge Blues
Curly Bonaventura
1984
Film
Pirates
Sentry
1986
Series
The Misfit
Mike Halloran
1970
Series
The Ghosts of Motley Hall
Captain Narcissus Bullock
1976
Film
The Krays
George - Prisoner
1990
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Michel
1976
Film
Little Dorrit
Mr. Merdle
1987
Film
O Lucky Man!
Man at Stag Party
1973
Film
Ordeal by Innocence
Inspector Huish
1984
Film
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Drunk
1973
Series
The Nearly Man
Ron Hibbert
1974
Series
Three Up, Two Down
Sam Tyler
1985
Film
Valhalla
Udgaardsloki (voice)
1986
Film
The Betrayal
Tom
1969
Film
The Element of Crime
Fisher
1984
Film
Treasure Island
Billy Bones
1995
Andy Robson
Jack Carnaby
1982
Series
The Roads to Freedom
Lieutenant of Chasseurs
1970
Series
Stanley and the Women
Bert Hutchinson
1991
Series
Pirates
Chief Inspector Hornbeam
1994
Film
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Ernst Röhm
1985
Film
See No Evil
Gypsy Tom
1971
Film
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Inspector Cleaver
1990
Series
This Year Next Year
Jack Shaw
1977
Series
Adam Smith
Ben Davies
1972
Series
Armchair Theatre
Robert Delmonds
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Chopper - Best Man
1956
Series
Parkin's Patch
Thomas
1969
Norma
Norma's Friend
1974
The Sound of Laughter
Ernie Randle
1977
Film
Let Him Have It
Prison Officer Jack
1991
Film
Pig Bin
Policeman
1974
Film
Play Things
Frank
1976
Film
Where's Jack?
Hogarth
1969
Holding On
Charlie Wheelwright
1977
Film
Adult Fun
Garage Manager
1972
Film
Cry of the Banshee
Burke
1970
Send in the Girls
Jimmy
1978
Film
Memed My Hawk
Jabbar
1984
Film
The Knowledge
Gordon Weller
1979
Albert and Victoria
Nigel Godfrey
1970
Film
Privates on Parade
Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
1983
Late Starter
Jack Owen
1985
Film
Which Side Are You On?
Narrator (voice)
1985
Series
Jenny's War
Schumann
1985
The Best Things In Life
Jed Lucas
1969
Bloomfield
Billy Gibbs
1983
Film
The Odd Job
Raymonde
1978
Film
Buddy's Song
Des
1991
Film
The Fix
Peter Campling
1997
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Dogberry
1984
Film
Three Men in a Boat
2nd Porter
1975
Film
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Wallace Parnell
1978
Film
Hamlet
Captain
1969
Film
The Supergrass
Constable Collins
1985
Pull The Other One
Sidney Mundy
1984
The Little Farm
Jack
1973
Film
Blue Remembered Hills
Peter
1979
A Good Human Story
1977
Film
The Buttercup Chain
The Driver
1970
Film
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Michel
1978
Out of Bounds
Lionel Stubbs
2003
Film
Last Summer
Oscar
1977
Film
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Len
1984
Film
The Nearly Man
Ron Hibbert
1974
Film
Bird Fancier
Joe Desmond
1985
Film
Pocketful of Dreams
Charlie
1982
Film
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
1992
Film
Red Shift
Thomas Venables
1978
Film
Hanging Around
Hank
1978
Film
Streetwise
Narrator
1996
Man Charged
Robert Delmonds
1971
Film
Black Island
Jack Daker
1979
That Sinking Feeling
Chopper
1973
Cold Harbour
Barrister at Party
1978
Film
Chains
Eddie
1982
Film
C.Q.
Norman
1984
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
Self - Actor/Fisher
1984
Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Stanley
1981
Metropolis
Andrew Kaplan
2000