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