Michael Elphick

Born: 1946-09-19, Chichester, Sussex, England, UK

Died: 2002-09-07

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.

Filmography

• Coronation Street (1960)
• EastEnders (1985)
• Crown Court (1972)
• The Professionals (1977)
• Playhouse (1974)
• Boon (1986)
• Smiley's People (1982)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• Krull (1983)
• Murder Most Horrid (1991)
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
• Dangerfield (1995)
• Hadleigh (1969)
• The Brothers (1972)
• The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
• Pirates (1986)
• Country Matters (1972)
• Gorky Park (1983)
• Withnail & I (1987)
• Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
• Cribb (1980)
• Oxbridge Blues (1984)
• Astérix et le Coup du menhir (1989)
• Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
• The Nearly Man (1974)
• Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
• Quadrophenia (1979)
• The Roads to Freedom (1970)
• Forbrydelsens element (1984)
• Fräulein Doktor (1969)