Michael Elphick
Acting
September 19, 1946
Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Biography
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.
Movies
Krull
1983
The Elephant Man
1980
Gorky Park
1983
Much Ado About Nothing
1984
Withnail & I
1987
Richard III
1995
Pirates
1986
The Krays
1990
Last Summer
1977
The Supergrass
1985
C.Q.
1984
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
The Betrayal
1969
Red Shift
1978
Hamlet
1969
Valhalla
1986
The Element of Crime
1984
The Fix
1997
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Treasure Island
1995
TV Shows
Crown Court
1972
Play for Today
1970
The Professionals
1977
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
The Sweeney
1975
Justice
1971
Boon
1986
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Murder Most Horrid
1991
David Copperfield
1999
Masada
1981
Hazell
1978
Shoestring
1979
Super Gran
1985
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Smiley's People
1982
Three Up, Two Down
1985
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976