Person

Michael Elphick

Acting · 1946–2002 · 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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  Play for Today

  Peter

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  ITV Playhouse

  Norma's friend

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  Crown Court

  Simon Chase

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  The Professionals

  Sergeant Garbett

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  Playhouse

  Frank

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  The Sweeney

  Jimmy Fleet

• Pebble Mill

  Self

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  Murder Most Horrid

  Bill Todd

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  Justice

  Peter Rodwell

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  New Scotland Yard

  Al Farmer

• 2003Out of BoundsLionel Stubbs
• 1999David CopperfieldBarkis
• 1997The FixPeter Campling
• 1996StreetwiseNarrator
• 1995Richard III2nd Murderer
• 1995Treasure IslandBilly Bones
• 1995Modern Times
• 1993HarryHarry Salter
• 1992The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney CowboyDr. Nathaniel Bonner
• 1991Stanley and the WomenBert Hutchinson
• 1991Murder Most HorridBill Todd
• 1991Pebble MillSelf
• 1991Let Him Have ItPrison Officer Jack
• 1991Buddy's SongDes
• 1990I Bought a Vampire MotorcycleInspector Cleaver
• 1990The KraysGeorge - Prisoner
• 1987Little DorritMr. Merdle
• 1987Withnail & IJake
• 1986ValhallaUdgaardsloki (voice)
• 1986PiratesSentry
• 1986BoonKen Boon
• 1985The SupergrassConstable Collins
• 1985Three Up, Two DownSam Tyler
• 1985Which Side Are You On?Narrator (voice)
• 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilErnst Röhm
• 1985Super GranRoly Roofless
• 1985Bird FancierJoe Desmond
• 1984Much Ado About NothingDogberry
• 1984Oxbridge BluesCurly Bonaventura
• 1984Arthur's Hallowed GroundLen
• 1984Ordeal by InnocenceInspector Huish
• 1984Pull The Other OneSidney Mundy
• 1984Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of CrimeSelf - Actor/Fisher
• 1984The Element of CrimeFisher
• 1984Memed My HawkJabbar
• 1984C.Q.Norman
• 1983Gorky ParkPasha
• 1983Auf Wiedersehen, PetMagowan
• 1983Curse of the Pink PantherValencia Police Chief
• 1983KrullRhun (voice) (uncredited)
• 1983Privates on ParadeSergeant Major Reg Drummond
• 1982Smiley's PeopleDetective Chief Inspector
• 1982ChainsEddie
• 1982Pocketful of DreamsCharlie
• 1981Private SchulzGerhard Schulz
• 1981MasadaVettius
• 1980The Elephant ManNight Porter
• 1980CribbSol Herriott
• 1979ShoestringPete Johnson
• 1979QuadropheniaFather
• 1979Blue Remembered HillsPeter
• 1979The KnowledgeGordon Weller
• 1979Black IslandJack Daker
• 1978The First Great Train RobberyBurgess
• 1978The One and Only Phyllis DixeyWallace Parnell
• 1978Hanging AroundHank
• 1978The Odd JobRaymonde
• 1978Cold HarbourBarrister at Party
• 1978Send in the GirlsJimmy
• 1978Red ShiftThomas Venables
• 1978HazellGriffiths
• 1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayMichel
• 1977The ProfessionalsSergeant Garbett
• 1977Last SummerOscar
• 1977A Good Human Story
• 1977The Sunday DramaRalph Winters
• 1977This Year Next YearJack Shaw
• 1976Laurence Olivier PresentsMichel
• 1976Play ThingsFrank
• 1976The Ghosts of Motley HallCaptain Narcissus Bullock
• 1975Three Men in a Boat2nd Porter
• 1975The SweeneyJimmy Fleet
• 1974Pig BinPoliceman
• 1974NormaNorma's Friend
• 1974The Nearly ManRon Hibbert
• 1974The Nearly ManRon Hibbert
• 1974PlayhouseFrank
• 1973That Sinking FeelingChopper
• 1973Second City FirstsPoliceman
• 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesGorenflot
• 1973O Lucky Man!Man at Stag Party
• 1973The Little FarmJack
• 1972Crown CourtSimon Chase
• 1972Country MattersJack
• 1972New Scotland YardAl Farmer
• 1971Man ChargedRobert Delmonds
• 1971JusticePeter Rodwell
• 1971See No EvilGypsy Tom
• 1970Play for TodayPeter
• 1970The Buttercup ChainThe Driver
• 1970Cry of the BansheeBurke
• 1970The MisfitMike Halloran
• 1969HamletCaptain
• 1969Where's Jack?Hogarth
• 1969The BetrayalTom
• 1967ITV PlayhouseNorma's friend
• 1956Armchair TheatreRobert Delmonds