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

• 2003Out of Bounds — Lionel Stubbs
• Metropolis — Andrew Kaplan
• David Copperfield — Barkis
• 1997The Fix — Peter Campling
• 1996Streetwise — Narrator
• Dangerfield — Brian Taylor
• Modern Times
• 1995Richard III — 2nd Murderer
• 1995Treasure Island — Billy Bones
• Pirates — Chief Inspector Hornbeam
• Harry — Harry Salter
• 1992The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy — Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
• 1991Buddy's Song — Des
• 1991Let Him Have It — Prison Officer Jack
• Murder Most Horrid — Bill Todd
• Stanley and the Women — Bert Hutchinson
• 1990I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle — Inspector Cleaver
• 1990The Krays — George - Prisoner
• 1989Asterix and the Big Fight — Crysus (voice- English version)
• 1987Little Dorrit — Mr. Merdle
• 1987Withnail & I — Jake
• Boon — Ken Boon
• 1986Pirates — Sentry
• 1986Valhalla — Udgaardsloki (voice)
• 1985Bird Fancier — Joe Desmond
• EastEnders — Harry Slater
• 1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil — Ernst Röhm
• Jenny's War — Schumann
• Late Starter — Jack Owen
• Super Gran — Roly Roofless
• 1985The Supergrass — Constable Collins
• Three Up, Two Down — Sam Tyler
• 1985Which Side Are You On? — Narrator (voice)
• 1984Arthur's Hallowed Ground — Len
• 1984C.Q. — Norman
• 1984Memed My Hawk — Jabbar
• 1984Much Ado About Nothing — Dogberry
• 1984Ordeal by Innocence — Inspector Huish
• Oxbridge Blues — Curly Bonaventura
• Pull The Other One — Sidney Mundy
• The Bill — George Stubbs
• 1984The Element of Crime — Fisher
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet — Magowan
• Bloomfield — Billy Gibbs
• 1983Curse of the Pink Panther — Valencia Police Chief
• 1983Gorky Park — Pasha
• 1983Krull — Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
• 1983Privates on Parade — Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
• Andy Robson — Jack Carnaby
• 1982Chains — Eddie
• 1982Pocketful of Dreams — Charlie
• Smiley's People — Detective Chief Inspector
• The Kenny Everett Television Show — Various
• Masada — Vettius
• Private Schulz — Gerhard Schulz
• Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore — Stanley
• Cribb — Sol Herriott
• 1980The Elephant Man — Night Porter
• 1979Black Island — Jack Daker
• 1979Blue Remembered Hills — Peter
• 1979Quadrophenia — Father
• Shoestring — Pete Johnson
• 1979The Knowledge — Gordon Weller
• 1978Cold Harbour — Barrister at Party
• 1978Hanging Around — Hank
• Hazell — Griffiths
• 1978Red Shift — Thomas Venables
• 1978Saturday, Sunday, Monday — Michel
• Send in the Girls — Jimmy
• 1978The First Great Train Robbery — Burgess
• 1978The Odd Job — Raymonde
• 1978The One and Only Phyllis Dixey — Wallace Parnell
• 1977A Good Human Story
• Holding On — Charlie Wheelwright
• 1977Last Summer — Oscar
• Premiere — Hank
• The Professionals — Sergeant Garbett
• The Sound of Laughter — Ernie Randle
• The Sunday Drama — Ralph Winters
• This Year Next Year — Jack Shaw
• Laurence Olivier Presents — Michel
• 1976Play Things — Frank
• The Ghosts of Motley Hall — Captain Narcissus Bullock
• The Sweeney — Jimmy Fleet
• 1975Three Men in a Boat — 2nd Porter
• 1974Norma — Norma's Friend
• 1974Pig Bin — Policeman
• Playhouse — Frank, Charlie, Eddie
• 1974The Nearly Man — Ron Hibbert
• The Nearly Man — Ron Hibbert
• 1973And Now the Screaming Starts! — Drunk
• 1973O Lucky Man! — Man at Stag Party
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries — Gorenflot
• Second City Firsts — Policeman
• 1973That Sinking Feeling — Chopper
• 1973The Little Farm — Jack
• Adam Smith — Ben Davies
• 1972Adult Fun — Garage Manager
• Country Matters — Jack
• Crown Court — Simon Chase, Frank Hollins, Neville Griffiths QC
• New Scotland Yard — Al Farmer, Joss Adrian
• The Brothers — 2nd Patrolman
• Justice — Peter Rodwell
• 1971Man Charged — Robert Delmonds
• 1971See No Evil — Gypsy Tom
• Albert and Victoria — Nigel Godfrey
• 1970Cry of the Banshee — Burke
• Play for Today — Peter
• 1970The Buttercup Chain — The Driver
• The Misfit — Mike Halloran
• The Roads to Freedom — Lieutenant of Chasseurs
• Department S — Police Motorcyclist (uncredited)
• Hadleigh — Brian Ainsworth
• 1969Hamlet — Captain
• Parkin's Patch — Thomas
• The Best Things In Life — Jed Lucas
• 1969The Betrayal — Tom
• 1969Where's Jack? — Hogarth
• ITV Playhouse — Norma's friend, Oscar
• Coronation Street — Douglas Wormold
• Armchair Theatre — Robert Delmonds, Chopper - Best Man

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Pebble Mill — Self
• 1984Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime — Self - Actor/Fisher