Michael Elphick

Known for: Acting
Born: September 19, 1946, Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Died: September 7, 2002
Movies: 63

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.0

The Elephant Man

1980

6.3

Asterix and the Big Fight

1989

6.1

Krull

1983

7.2

Withnail & I

1987

6.7

The First Great Train Robbery

1978

6.3

Gorky Park

1983

6.3

Pirates

1986

7.0

Quadrophenia

1979

6.4

The Element of Crime

1984

4.6

Curse of the Pink Panther

1983

Filmography

2003	Out of Bounds	Lionel Stubbs
1997	The Fix	Peter Campling
1996	Streetwise	Narrator
1995	Richard III	2nd Murderer
1995	Treasure Island	Billy Bones
1992	The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy	Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
1991	Let Him Have It	Prison Officer Jack
1991	Buddy's Song	Des
1990	I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle	Inspector Cleaver
1990	The Krays	George - Prisoner
1989	Asterix and the Big Fight	Crysus (voice- English version)
1987	Little Dorrit	Mr. Merdle
1987	Withnail & I	Jake
1986	Valhalla	Udgaardsloki (voice)
1986	Pirates	Sentry
1985	The Supergrass	Constable Collins
1985	Which Side Are You On?	Narrator (voice)
1985	Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil	Ernst Röhm
1985	Bird Fancier	Joe Desmond
1984	Much Ado About Nothing	Dogberry
1984	Arthur's Hallowed Ground	Len
1984	Ordeal by Innocence	Inspector Huish
1984	Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime	Self - Actor/Fisher
1984	The Element of Crime	Fisher
1984	Memed My Hawk	Jabbar
1984	C.Q.	Norman
1983	Gorky Park	Pasha
1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	Valencia Police Chief
1983	Krull	Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
1983	Privates on Parade	Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
1982	Chains	Eddie
1982	Pocketful of Dreams	Charlie
1980	The Elephant Man	Night Porter
1979	Quadrophenia	Father
1979	Blue Remembered Hills	Peter
1979	The Knowledge	Gordon Weller
1979	Black Island	Jack Daker
1978	The First Great Train Robbery	Burgess
1978	The One and Only Phyllis Dixey	Wallace Parnell
1978	Hanging Around	Hank
1978	The Odd Job	Raymonde
1978	Cold Harbour	Barrister at Party
1978	Red Shift	Thomas Venables
1978	Saturday, Sunday, Monday	Michel
1977	Last Summer	Oscar
1977	A Good Human Story
1976	Play Things	Frank
1975	Three Men in a Boat	2nd Porter
1974	Pig Bin	Policeman
1974	Norma	Norma's Friend
1974	The Nearly Man	Ron Hibbert
1973	That Sinking Feeling	Chopper
1973	And Now the Screaming Starts!	Drunk
1973	O Lucky Man!	Man at Stag Party
1973	The Little Farm	Jack
1972	Adult Fun	Garage Manager
1971	Man Charged	Robert Delmonds
1971	See No Evil	Gypsy Tom
1970	The Buttercup Chain	The Driver
1970	Cry of the Banshee	Burke
1969	Hamlet	Captain
1969	Where's Jack?	Hogarth
1969	Fraulein Doktor	Tom

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