Acting · Chichester, Sussex, England, UK · Born September 19, 1946
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.
Out of Bounds
2003
as Lionel Stubbs
TVDavid Copperfield
1999
as Barkis
MovieThe Fix
1997
as Peter Campling
MovieStreetwise
1996
as Narrator
MovieRichard III
1995
as 2nd Murderer
MovieTreasure Island
1995
as Billy Bones
TVModern Times
1995
Harry
1993
as Harry Salter
MovieThe Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
1992
as Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
TVStanley and the Women
1991
as Bert Hutchinson
TVMurder Most Horrid
1991
as Bill Todd
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
MovieLet Him Have It
1991
as Prison Officer Jack
MovieBuddy's Song
1991
as Des
MovieI Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1990
as Inspector Cleaver
MovieThe Krays
1990
as George - Prisoner
MovieLittle Dorrit
1987
as Mr. Merdle
MovieWithnail & I
1987
as Jake
MovieValhalla
1986
as Udgaardsloki (voice)
MoviePirates
1986
as Sentry
TVBoon
1986
as Ken Boon
MovieThe Supergrass
1985
as Constable Collins
TVThree Up, Two Down
1985
as Sam Tyler
MovieWhich Side Are You On?
1985
as Narrator (voice)
MovieHitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Ernst Röhm
TVSuper Gran
1985
as Roly Roofless
MovieBird Fancier
1985
as Joe Desmond
MovieMuch Ado About Nothing
1984
as Dogberry
TVOxbridge Blues
1984
as Curly Bonaventura
MovieArthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
as Len
MovieOrdeal by Innocence
1984
as Inspector Huish
Pull The Other One
1984
as Sidney Mundy
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
1984
as Self - Actor/Fisher
MovieThe Element of Crime
1984
as Fisher
MovieMemed My Hawk
1984
as Jabbar
MovieC.Q.
1984
as Norman
MovieGorky Park
1983
as Pasha
TVAuf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Magowan
MovieCurse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Valencia Police Chief
MovieKrull
1983
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
MoviePrivates on Parade
1983
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
Bloomfield
1983
as Billy Gibbs
TVSmiley's People
1982
as Detective Chief Inspector
MovieChains
1982
as Eddie
MoviePocketful of Dreams
1982
as Charlie
TVPrivate Schulz
1981
as Gerhard Schulz
TVMasada
1981
as Vettius
MovieThe Elephant Man
1980
as Night Porter
TVCribb
1980
as Sol Herriott
TVShoestring
1979
as Pete Johnson
MovieQuadrophenia
1979
as Father
MovieBlue Remembered Hills
1979
as Peter
MovieThe Knowledge
1979
as Gordon Weller
MovieBlack Island
1979
as Jack Daker
MovieThe First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Burgess
MovieThe One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Wallace Parnell
MovieHanging Around
1978
as Hank
MovieThe Odd Job
1978
as Raymonde
Cold Harbour
1978
as Barrister at Party
Send in the Girls
1978
as Jimmy
MovieRed Shift
1978
as Thomas Venables
TVHazell
1978
as Griffiths
MovieSaturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Michel
TVThe Professionals
1977
as Sergeant Garbett
The Sound of Laughter
1977
as Ernie Randle
MovieLast Summer
1977
as Oscar
A Good Human Story
1977
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Ralph Winters
TVThis Year Next Year
1977
as Jack Shaw
Holding On
1977
as Charlie Wheelwright
TVLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Michel
MoviePlay Things
1976
as Frank
TVThe Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Captain Narcissus Bullock
MovieThree Men in a Boat
1975
as 2nd Porter
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Jimmy Fleet
MoviePig Bin
1974
as Policeman
Norma
1974
as Norma's Friend
MovieThe Nearly Man
1974
as Ron Hibbert
TVThe Nearly Man
1974
as Ron Hibbert
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Frank
That Sinking Feeling
1973
as Chopper
Second City Firsts
1973
as Policeman
TVOrson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Gorenflot
MovieO Lucky Man!
1973
as Man at Stag Party
The Little Farm
1973
as Jack
TVCrown Court
1972
as Simon Chase
TVCountry Matters
1972
as Jack
TVNew Scotland Yard
1972
as Al Farmer
Man Charged
1971
as Robert Delmonds
TVJustice
1971
as Peter Rodwell
MovieSee No Evil
1971
as Gypsy Tom
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Peter
MovieThe Buttercup Chain
1970
as The Driver
MovieCry of the Banshee
1970
as Burke
TVThe Misfit
1970
as Mike Halloran
MovieHamlet
1969
as Captain
MovieWhere's Jack?
1969
as Hogarth
MovieThe Betrayal
1969
as Tom
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Norma's friend
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Robert Delmonds
