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Michael Elphick

Actor

Michael Elphick

Born September 19, 1946 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UKDied September 7, 200260 films

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.

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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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The Elephant Man posterFirst watchThe Elephant Man19808.1as Night PorterA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Withnail & I poster7.2Withnail & I1987Asterix and the Big Fight poster6.3Asterix and the Big Fight1989The First Great Train Robbery poster6.7The First Great Train Robbery1978Quadrophenia poster7.0Quadrophenia1979Krull poster6.1Krull1983Gorky Park poster6.3Gorky Park1983Pirates poster6.3Pirates1986Richard III poster6.8Richard III1995

Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. 2003Out of BoundsLionel Stubbs
  2. 1997The FixPeter Campling
  3. 1995Richard III2nd Murderer
  4. 1995Treasure IslandBilly Bones
  5. 1992The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney CowboyDr. Nathaniel Bonner
  6. 1991Let Him Have ItPrison Officer Jack
  7. 1991Buddy's SongDes
  8. 1990I Bought a Vampire MotorcycleInspector Cleaver
  9. 1990The KraysGeorge - Prisoner
  10. 1989Asterix and the Big FightCrysus (voice- English version)
  11. 1987Little DorritMr. Merdle
  12. 1987Withnail & IJake
  13. 1986ValhallaUdgaardsloki (voice)
  14. 1986PiratesSentry
  15. 1985The SupergrassConstable Collins
  16. 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in EvilErnst Röhm
  17. 1985Bird FancierJoe Desmond
  18. 1984Much Ado About NothingDogberry
  19. 1984Arthur's Hallowed GroundLen
  20. 1984Ordeal by InnocenceInspector Huish
  21. 1984The Element of CrimeFisher
  22. 1984Memed My HawkJabbar
  23. 1984C.Q.Norman
  24. 1983Gorky ParkPasha
  25. 1983Curse of the Pink PantherValencia Police Chief
  26. 1983KrullRhun (voice) (uncredited)
  27. 1983Privates on ParadeSergeant Major Reg Drummond
  28. 1982ChainsEddie
  29. 1982Pocketful of DreamsCharlie
  30. 1980The Elephant ManNight Porter
  31. 1979QuadropheniaFather
  32. 1979Blue Remembered HillsPeter
  33. 1979The KnowledgeGordon Weller
  34. 1979Black IslandJack Daker
  35. 1978The First Great Train RobberyBurgess
  36. 1978The One and Only Phyllis DixeyWallace Parnell
  37. 1978Hanging AroundHank
  38. 1978The Odd JobRaymonde
  39. 1978Cold HarbourBarrister at Party
  40. 1978Red ShiftThomas Venables
  41. 1978Saturday, Sunday, MondayMichel
  42. 1977Last SummerOscar
  43. 1977A Good Human Story
  44. 1976Play ThingsFrank
  45. 1975Three Men in a Boat2nd Porter
  46. 1974Pig BinPoliceman
  47. 1974NormaNorma's Friend
  48. 1974The Nearly ManRon Hibbert
  49. 1973That Sinking FeelingChopper
  50. 1973And Now the Screaming Starts!Drunk
  51. 1973O Lucky Man!Man at Stag Party
  52. 1973The Little FarmJack
  53. 1972Adult FunGarage Manager
  54. 1971Man ChargedRobert Delmonds
  55. 1971See No EvilGypsy Tom
  56. 1970The Buttercup ChainThe Driver
  57. 1970Cry of the BansheeBurke
  58. 1969HamletCaptain
  59. 1969Where's Jack?Hogarth
  60. 1969The BetrayalTom