Michael Elphick
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.331 |
| Birthday | 1946-09-19 |
| Place of Birth | Chichester, Sussex, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Michael John Elphick, |
1980
The Elephant Man
8.034/3481
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revea...
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The Elephant Man
1979
Quadrophenia
7/257
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While af...
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Quadrophenia
1974
Pig Bin
0/0
"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets...
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Pig Bin
1983
Gorky Park
6.3/290
Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his s...
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Gorky Park
1984
The Element of Crime
6.367/199
Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to fin...
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The Element of Crime
1987
Little Dorrit
6.5/11
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young sea...
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Little Dorrit
1987
Withnail & I
7.285/556
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid...
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Withnail & I
1990
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
5.6/50
When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals...
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I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
1983
Krull
6.052/546
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
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Krull
1969
Hamlet
5.6/12
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almo...
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Hamlet
1985
Bird Fancier
0/0
There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a natural winner. But Joe's lucky streak with the bi...
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Bird Fancier
1983
Privates on Parade
4.7/19
It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malay...
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Privates on Parade
2003
Out of Bounds
4.3/3
Louise is an alienated boarding school student in the midst of a hot and heavy affair with the husband of her headmistress, Veronica. Suspicion and pa...
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Out of Bounds
1970
The Buttercup Chain
4.9/8
Born to twin sisters on the same day in London, France and Margaret are more like brother and sister than cousins. The close relationship between the...
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The Buttercup Chain
1974
The Nearly Man
0/0
A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.
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The Nearly Man
1969
The Betrayal
5.7/8
A seductive and ruthless spy in the service of Germany steals state secrets- including the formula for poison gas-from England and France during World...
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The Betrayal
1997
The Fix
4.5/2
The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jai...
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The Fix
1984
C.Q.
0/0
Life changes dramatically for radio amateur Norman when he gets in touch with a round-the-world yachtsman who introduces him to a different life - and...
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C.Q.
1984
Memed My Hawk
5/3
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province'...
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Memed My Hawk
1984
Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
0/0
Behind the scenes documentary of Lars von Trier's The Element of Crime (1984).
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Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
4.7/174
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...
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Curse of the Pink Panther
1971
See No Evil
6.5/112
In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her n...
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See No Evil
1978
Red Shift
7.4/4
Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a...
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Red Shift
1984
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
7/4
Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant.
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Arthur's Hallowed Ground
1979
The Knowledge
6.3/8
Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.
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The Knowledge
1990
The Krays
6/101
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and...
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The Krays
1978
Cold Harbour
0/0
A beautiful Chilean exile called Tina is stranded in a new country.
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Cold Harbour
1974
Norma
0/0
Norma is a woman who appears to be leading a very complicated emotional life; she's involved with no less than four men. Michael is the friend she tur...
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Norma
1973
That Sinking Feeling
0/0
At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to...
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That Sinking Feeling
1971
Man Charged
0/0
A procedural routine murder investigation written by a former Detective Inspector
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Man Charged
1979
Blue Remembered Hills
6.5/2
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, t...
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Blue Remembered Hills
1979
Black Island
6/1
Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
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Black Island
1970
Cry of the Banshee
5.3/65
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers hav...
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Cry of the Banshee
1978
The First Great Train Robbery
6.7/367
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
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The First Great Train Robbery
1969
Where's Jack?
7.2/2
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
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Where's Jack?
1975
Three Men in a Boat
5.9/13
One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh...
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Three Men in a Boat
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
4.5/9
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brillian...
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1991
Buddy's Song
5.8/5
Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...
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Buddy's Song
1986
Pirates
6.3/265
The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
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Pirates
1978
Saturday, Sunday, Monday
0/0
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage a...
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday
1996
Streetwise
0/0
This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by London's black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ev...
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Streetwise
1991
Let Him Have It
6.6/45
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangs...
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Let Him Have It
1985
Which Side Are You On?
6.5/4
The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.
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Which Side Are You On?
1978
The Odd Job
5.9/8
Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and...
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The Odd Job
1992
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
0/0
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy is a very funny spaghetti western-Peckinpah-Leone pastiche that sees Michael Elphick's charlatan elixir s...
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The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
1995
Richard III
6.685/176
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil...
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Richard III
1984
Much Ado About Nothing
7/2
Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend, Claudio, Be...
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Much Ado About Nothing
1985
The Supergrass
6.2/11
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girl...
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The Supergrass
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
4.548/21
Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed...
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Ordeal by Innocence
1977
A Good Human Story
0/0
A trio of journalists look into the murder of a young girl in a seaside town. For the men though it’s more about who gets the big story than solving t...
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A Good Human Story
1973
O Lucky Man!
6.804/97
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
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O Lucky Man!
1986
Valhalla
6.7/43
Two children in the Viking age find their way into the magical world of Norse mythology.
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Valhalla
1995
Treasure Island
5.5/2
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribb...
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Treasure Island
1978
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
0/0
Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.
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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1977
Last Summer
0/0
A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.
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Last Summer
1978
Hanging Around
0/0
How do you kill time when you're 15 years old, have no money and live in a dull London suburb? Rod, Kip and Mul may be short of cash, but not ideas.
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Hanging Around
1976
Play Things
0/0
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a deprived London area. Adapted by Peter Prince from his own novel.
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Play Things
1982
Pocketful of Dreams
0/0
At the moment money is scarce and times are hard for everyone -even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could change...
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Pocketful of Dreams
1982
Chains
0/0
Eddie's 40th birthday party reunites friends not seen since the old days of ton-up bikes and early rock and roll. It could be a chance to relive those...
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