Michael Elphick
Known for Acting
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
The Elephant Man
1980
as Night Porter
Krull
1983
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
Gorky Park
1983
as Pasha
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
as Burgess
Quadrophenia
1979
as Father
Withnail & I
1987
as Jake
Pirates
1986
as Sentry
The Krays
1990
as George - Prisoner
Let Him Have It
1991
as Prison Officer Jack
Richard III
1995
as 2nd Murderer
O Lucky Man!
1973
as Man at Stag Party
See No Evil
1971
as Gypsy Tom
The Element of Crime
1984
as Fisher
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
as Valencia Police Chief
Ordeal by Innocence
1984
as Inspector Huish
Valhalla
1986
as Udgaardsloki (voice)
Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Burke
Little Dorrit
1987
as Mr. Merdle
Hamlet
1969
as Captain
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985
as Ernst Röhm