Michael Elphick
Acting
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.
Born: September 19, 1946
Place of Birth: Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Known For
The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
The Sweeney
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
Smiley's People
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.
The Professionals
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Red Shift
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 1970s young man. Somehow they seem linked through an energy within the hill and an axe. Is history doomed to repeat itself or can loving another person free them?
Withnail & I
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday "by mistake" at the country house of Withnail's flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty, they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.
Where's Jack?
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
David Copperfield
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
Masada
Masada is a 1981 American historical drama television miniseries aired on ABC under the tentpole ABC Novel for Television. The screenplay by Joel Oliansky is based on Ernest Gann's 1971 novel The Antagonists. A dramatization of the historical siege of the Masada citadel in Roman Palestine by legions of the Roman Empire in AD 73. A siege that ended when the Roman armies entered the fortress, only to discover the mass suicide by the Jewish defenders when defeat became imminent.
Filmography
as Barkis
as Peter Campling
as Narrator
as 2nd Murderer
as Billy Bones
as Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
as Bill Todd
as Prison Officer Jack
as Des
as Inspector Cleaver
as George - Prisoner
as Mr. Merdle
as Jake
as Udgaardsloki (voice)
as Sentry
as Ken Boon
as Constable Collins
as Sam Tyler
as Narrator (voice)
as Ernst Röhm
as Roly Roofless
as Joe Desmond
as Dogberry
as Curly Bonaventura
as Len
as Inspector Huish
as Fisher
as Jabbar
as Norman
as Pasha
as Magowan
as Valencia Police Chief
as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
as Eddie
as Charlie
as Gerhard Schulz
as Vettius
as Night Porter
as Father
as Peter
as Gordon Weller
as Jack Daker
as Burgess
as Wallace Parnell
as Hank
as Raymonde
as Thomas Venables
as Griffiths
as Michel
as Sergeant Garbett
as Oscar
as Jack Shaw
as Michel
as Frank
as 2nd Porter
as Jimmy Fleet
as Policeman
as Ron Hibbert
as Ron Hibbert
as Frank
as Charlie
as Eddie
as Gorenflot
as Man at Stag Party
as Simon Chase
as Peter Rodwell
as Gypsy Tom
as Peter
as The Driver
as Burke
as Mike Halloran
as Captain
as Hogarth
as Tom