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Michael John Elphick (19 September 1946 – 7 September 2002) 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.
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Known For
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Night Porter
The First Great Train Robbery
(1978)
Burgess
Quadrophenia
(1979)
Father
Krull
(1983)
Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Pirates
(1986)
Sentry
Richard III
(1995)
2nd Murderer
Curse of the Pink Panther
(1983)
Valencia Police Chief
Withnail & I
(1987)
Jake
O Lucky Man!
(1973)
Man at Stag Party
Gorky Park
(1983)
Pasha
The Krays
(1990)
George - Prisoner
The Element of Crime
(1984)
Fisher
See No Evil
(1971)
Gypsy Tom
Full Filmography
Acting
Where's Jack?
(1969)
Hogarth
Hamlet
(1969)
Captain
The Betrayal
(1969)
Tom
The Buttercup Chain
(1970)
The Driver
Cry of the Banshee
(1970)
Burke
Man Charged
(1971)
Robert Delmonds
See No Evil
(1971)
Gypsy Tom
O Lucky Man!
(1973)
Man at Stag Party
That Sinking Feeling
(1973)
Chopper
The Nearly Man
(1974)
Ron Hibbert
Norma
(1974)
Norma's Friend
Pig Bin
(1974)
Policeman
Three Men in a Boat
(1975)
2nd Porter
Last Summer
(1977)
Oscar
A Good Human Story
(1977)
Red Shift
(1978)
Thomas Venables
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
(1978)
Wallace Parnell
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
(1978)
Michel
The Odd Job
(1978)
Raymonde
Cold Harbour
(1978)
Barrister at Party
The First Great Train Robbery
(1978)
Burgess
Blue Remembered Hills
(1979)
Peter
The Knowledge
(1979)
Gordon Weller
Black Island
(1979)
Jack Daker
Quadrophenia
(1979)
Father
The Elephant Man
(1980)
Night Porter
Krull
(1983)
Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Privates on Parade
(1983)
Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
Curse of the Pink Panther
(1983)
Valencia Police Chief
Gorky Park
(1983)
Pasha
Memed My Hawk
(1984)
Jabbar
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
(1984)
Len
The Element of Crime
(1984)
Fisher
C.Q.
(1984)
Norman
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
(1984)
Self - Actor/Fisher
Much Ado About Nothing
(1984)
Dogberry
Ordeal by Innocence
(1984)
Inspector Huish
Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil
(1985)
Ernst Röhm
The Supergrass
(1985)
Constable Collins
Which Side Are You On?
(1985)
Narrator (voice)
Bird Fancier
(1985)
Joe Desmond
Valhalla
(1986)
Udgaardsloki (voice)
Pirates
(1986)
Sentry
Little Dorrit
(1987)
Mr. Merdle
Withnail & I
(1987)
Jake
The Krays
(1990)
George - Prisoner
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
(1990)
Inspector Cleaver
Let Him Have It
(1991)
Prison Officer Jack
Buddy's Song
(1991)
Des
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
(1992)
Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
Richard III
(1995)
2nd Murderer
Treasure Island
(1995)
Billy Bones
Streetwise
(1996)
Narrator
The Fix
(1997)
Peter Campling
Out of Bounds
(2003)
Lionel Stubbs