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Michael Elphick
Known for: ActingMichael 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 23
Boon
as Ken Boon 
The Elephant Man
as Night Porter 
David Copperfield
as Barkis 
Asterix and the Big Fight
as Crysus (voice- English version) 
The First Great Train Robbery
as Burgess 
Gorky Park
as Pasha 
Richard III
as 2nd Murderer 
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Valencia Police Chief 
Withnail & I
as Jake 
Ordeal by Innocence
as Inspector Huish 
Cry of the Banshee
as Burke 
Pirates
as Sentry 
Quadrophenia
as Father 
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
as Inspector Cleaver 
See No Evil
as Gypsy Tom 
The Element of Crime
as Fisher 
Valhalla
as Udgaardsloki (voice) 
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
as Ernst Röhm 
The Odd Job
as Raymonde 
Much Ado About Nothing
as Dogberry 
Hamlet
as Captain 
Which Side Are You On?
as Narrator (voice) 
Privates on Parade
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond