Michael Elphick
Actor
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
Withnail & I
as Jake 1987
Krull
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited) 1983
The First Great Train Robbery
as Burgess 1978
Gorky Park
as Pasha 1983
Pirates
as Sentry 1986
Quadrophenia
as Father 1979
The Element of Crime
as Fisher 1984
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Valencia Police Chief 1983
Richard III
as 2nd Murderer 1995
See No Evil
as Gypsy Tom 1971
The Krays
as George - Prisoner 1990
O Lucky Man!
as Man at Stag Party 1973
Cry of the Banshee
as Burke 1970
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
as Inspector Cleaver 1990
Valhalla
as Udgaardsloki (voice) 1986
Let Him Have It
as Prison Officer Jack 1991