
Michael Elphick
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1946-09-19
- Died
- 2002-09-07
- Place of birth
- Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Michael John Elphick · مایکل الفیک
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.
Known For
TV Shows (36)

Play for Today
1970
as Peter

Crown Court
1972
as Simon Chase

The Professionals
1977
as Sergeant Garbett

The Sweeney
1975
as Jimmy Fleet

Playhouse
1974
as Frank / Charlie / Eddie

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Norma's friend / Oscar
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self

Boon
1986
as Ken Boon

Justice
1971
as Peter Rodwell

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Captain Narcissus Bullock

Murder Most Horrid
1991
as Bill Todd

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Al Farmer / Joss Adrian

Shoestring
1979
as Pete Johnson
Second City Firsts
1973
as Policeman

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Gorenflot

Country Matters
1972
as Jack

Cribb
1980
as Sol Herriott

Super Gran
1985
as Roly Roofless

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
as Magowan

David Copperfield
1999
as Barkis
Harry
1993
as Harry Salter

Masada
1981
as Vettius

Hazell
1978
as Griffiths

The Misfit
1970
as Mike Halloran

Smiley's People
1982
as Detective Chief Inspector

Three Up, Two Down
1985
as Sam Tyler

Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Michel
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Ralph Winters

Private Schulz
1981
as Gerhard Schulz

Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Curly Bonaventura

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Robert Delmonds / Chopper - Best Man

This Year Next Year
1977
as Jack Shaw

Modern Times
1995

Stanley and the Women
1991
as Bert Hutchinson

The Nearly Man
1974
as Ron Hibbert
Pull The Other One
1984
as Sidney Mundy
Movies (60)

The Elephant Man
1980
as Night Porter

Krull
1983
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)

Gorky Park
1983
as Pasha

The Element of Crime
1984
as Fisher

The First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Burgess

Treasure Island
1995
as Billy Bones

Quadrophenia
1979
as Father

Valhalla
1986
as Udgaardsloki (voice)

Withnail & I
1987
as Jake

Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Valencia Police Chief

Richard III
1995
as 2nd Murderer

Pirates
1986
as Sentry

The Krays
1990
as George - Prisoner

O Lucky Man!
1973
as Man at Stag Party

Little Dorrit
1987
as Mr. Merdle

Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Inspector Huish

Let Him Have It
1991
as Prison Officer Jack

The Betrayal
1969
as Tom

Where's Jack?
1969
as Hogarth

Much Ado About Nothing
1984
as Dogberry

The Fix
1997
as Peter Campling

Privates on Parade
1983
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond

Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Ernst Röhm

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
as Wallace Parnell

See No Evil
1971
as Gypsy Tom

Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1984
as Len

The Knowledge
1979
as Gordon Weller

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1990
as Inspector Cleaver

Buddy's Song
1991
as Des

The Supergrass
1985
as Constable Collins

Hamlet
1969
as Captain

The Nearly Man
1974
as Ron Hibbert

Black Island
1979
as Jack Daker

Three Men in a Boat
1975
as 2nd Porter

Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Burke

Red Shift
1978
as Thomas Venables
Norma
1974
as Norma's Friend

The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
1992
as Dr. Nathaniel Bonner

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1978
as Michel
Out of Bounds
2003
as Lionel Stubbs

The Buttercup Chain
1970
as The Driver

Blue Remembered Hills
1979
as Peter

The Odd Job
1978
as Raymonde
That Sinking Feeling
1973
as Chopper
Man Charged
1971
as Robert Delmonds

Bird Fancier
1985
as Joe Desmond

C.Q.
1984
as Norman

Hanging Around
1978
as Hank
The Little Farm
1973
as Jack
A Good Human Story
1977

Streetwise
1996
as Narrator

Pig Bin
1974
as Policeman

Memed My Hawk
1984
as Jabbar

Last Summer
1977
as Oscar
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
1984
as Self - Actor/Fisher

Chains
1982
as Eddie

Which Side Are You On?
1985
as Narrator (voice)

Pocketful of Dreams
1982
as Charlie
Cold Harbour
1978
as Barrister at Party

Play Things
1976
as Frank
About Michael Elphick
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. With 96 credits spanning from 1956 to 2003, Michael Elphick has appeared in 60 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael Elphick Movies
- The Elephant Man (1980) — as Night Porter
- Krull (1983) — as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
- Gorky Park (1983) — as Pasha
- The Element of Crime (1984) — as Fisher
- The First Great Train Robbery (1978) — as Burgess
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