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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-19 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Chichester, Sussex, England, UK

Michael Elphick

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael John Elphick (19 September 1946 – 7 September 2002) 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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Known For

Acting

2003

Out of Bounds as Lionel Stubbs

1999

1997

The Fix as Peter Campling

1996

Streetwise as Narrator

1995

Richard III as 2nd Murderer
Treasure Island as Billy Bones

1993

Harry as Harry Salter

1992

1991

Let Him Have It as Prison Officer Jack
Murder Most Horrid as Bill Todd
Pebble Mill as Self

1990

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle as Inspector Cleaver
The Krays as George - Prisoner

1987

Little Dorrit as Mr. Merdle
Withnail & I as Jake

1986

Pirates as Sentry
Valhalla as Udgaardsloki (voice)
Boon as Ken Boon

1985

Bird Fancier as Joe Desmond
Which Side Are You On? as Narrator (voice)
The Supergrass as Constable Collins
Three Up, Two Down as Sam Tyler
Super Gran as Roly Roofless

1984

C.Q. as Norman
Memed My Hawk as Jabbar
Ordeal by Innocence as Inspector Huish
Pull The Other One as Sidney Mundy
Oxbridge Blues as Curly Bonaventura

1983

Gorky Park as Pasha
Krull as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Privates on Parade as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
Curse of the Pink Panther as Valencia Police Chief

1982

Chains as Eddie

1981

Private Schulz as Private Gerhard Schulz
Masada as Vettius

1980

The Elephant Man as Night Porter

1979

Quadrophenia as Father
The Knowledge as Gordon Weller
Black Island as Jack Daker

1978

Red Shift as Thomas Venables
Cold Harbour as Barrister at Party
The Odd Job as Raymonde

1977

Last Summer as Oscar
The Professionals as Sergeant Garbett
This Year Next Year as Jack Shaw

1976

Play Things as Frank

1975

Three Men in a Boat as 2nd Porter
The Sweeney as Jimmy Fleet

1974

Pig Bin as Policeman
The Nearly Man as Ron Hibbert
Norma as Norma's Friend

1973

O Lucky Man! as Man at Stag Party

1972

Crown Court as Simon Chase

1971

See No Evil as Gypsy Tom
Man Charged as Robert Delmonds
Justice as Peter Rodwell

1970

The Buttercup Chain as The Driver

1969

Hamlet as Captain
Where's Jack? as Hogarth