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Michael Elphick (I) (1946–2002)

Actor

Michael Elphick was a fantastic and very popular actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Ken Boon in the hit series Boon. He died tragically at the early age of 55. He had been in ill-health for some years, caused by a long-running battle with alcohol, which was exacerbated by the early death of his partner of many years... See full bio »

Born:

in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK

Died:

(age 55) in Willesden, London, England, UK
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2003 Out of Bounds
Lionel Stubbs
 
2001 EastEnders (TV series)
Harry
– Episode dated 4 October 2001 (2001) … Harry
– Episode dated 1 October 2001 (2001) … Harry
– Episode dated 28 September 2001 (2001) … Harry
– Episode dated 25 September 2001 (2001) … Harry
– Episode dated 24 September 2001 (2001) … Harry
See all 28 episodes »
 
2001 Baddiel's Syndrome (TV series)
Drugs tsar
– Calligrula (2001) … Drugs tsar
 
2001 The Bill (TV series)
George Stubbs
– Long Shadows: Part 2 (2001) … George Stubbs
– Long Shadows: Part 1 (2001) … George Stubbs
 
2000 Metropolis (TV mini-series)
 
1999 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Barkis
 
1997 The Fix (TV movie)
Peter Campling
 
1997 Dangerfield (TV series)
Brian Taylor
– Happy Families (1997) … Brian Taylor
 
1995 Treasure Island (TV movie)
Billy Bones
 
1986-1995 Boon (TV series)
Ken Boon
– Thieves Like Us (1995) … Ken Boon
– Shot in the Dark (1992) … Ken Boon
– Whispering Grass (1992) … Ken Boon
– Blackballed (1992) … Ken Boon
– Love or Money (1992) … Ken Boon
See all 93 episodes »
 
1993-1995 Harry (TV series)
Harry Salter
– Episode #2.8 (1995) … Harry Salter
– Episode #2.7 (1995) … Harry Salter
– Episode #2.6 (1995) … Harry Salter
– Episode #2.5 (1995) … Harry Salter
– Episode #2.4 (1995) … Harry Salter
See all 20 episodes »
 
1994 Murder Most Horrid (TV series)
Bill Todd
– Smashing Bird (1994) … Bill Todd
 
1992 The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy
Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
 
1991 Stanley and the Women (TV mini-series)
Bert Hutchinson
 
1991 Let Him Have It
Prison Officer Jack
 
1991 Buddy's Song
Des King
 
1990 I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Inspector Cleaver
 
1990 The Krays
George - Prisoner (uncredited)
 
1989 Asterix and the Big Fight
Crysus (voice: English version)
 
1985-1989 Three Up, Two Down (TV series)
Sam Tyler
– Cheltenham (1989) … Sam Tyler
– The Driving Test (1989) … Sam Tyler
– Golf (1989) … Sam Tyler
– Omelettes and Optimism (1989) … Sam Tyler
– On the Radio (1989) … Sam Tyler
See all 25 episodes »
 
1988 Little Dorrit
Mr. Merdle
 
1987 Withnail & I
Jake
 
1986 Valhalla
Udgaardsloki (voice: English version)
 
1986 Pirates
Sentry
 
1985 The Supergrass
Constable Collins
 
1985 Jenny's War (TV movie)
Schumann
 
1985 Late Starter (TV series)
Jack Owen
 
1985 Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (TV movie)
Ernst Röhm (SA Chief)
 
1985 Super Gran (TV series)
Roly Roofless
– Supergran and the Skimmer (1985) … Roly Roofless
 
1984 Much Ado About Nothing (TV movie)
Dogberry
 
1984 Oxbridge Blues (TV series)
Curly Bonaventura
– Oxbridge Blues (1984) … Curly Bonaventura
 
1984 Arthur's Hallowed Ground (TV movie)
Len
 
1984 Pull the Other One (TV series)
Sidney Mundy
– Grandma Gets Fit (1984) … Sidney Mundy
– Grandma Does It Herself (1984) … Sidney Mundy
– Grandma Steals the Show (1984) … Sidney Mundy
– Grandma Strikes Back (1984) … Sidney Mundy
– Grandma Goes East (1984) … Sidney Mundy
See all 6 episodes »
 
1984 Ordeal by Innocence
Inspector Huish
 
1984 Memed My Hawk
Jabbar
 
1984 The Element of Crime
Fisher
 
1983-1984 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV series)
Magowan
– When the Boat Goes Out (1984) … Magowan
– The Alien (1984) … Magowan
– The Girls They Left Behind (1983) … Magowan
 
1983 Gorky Park
Pasha
 
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
Valencia Police Chief
 
1983 Krull
Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
 
1983 The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV series)
Various
– Episode #2.7 (1983) … Various
 
1983 Privates on Parade
Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
 
1973-1983 Crown Court (TV series)
Neville Griffiths QC / Simon Chase / Neville Griffiths Q.C. / …
– Night Fever: Part 1 (1983) … Neville Griffiths QC
– Too Bad for Tobias: Part 1 (1982) … Neville Griffiths QC
– Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother: Part 1 (1979) … Neville Griffiths QC
– Treewomen of Jagden Crag: Part 1 (1976) … Neville Griffiths QC
– Drunk, Who Cares: Part 1 (1976) … Neville Griffiths QC
See all 14 episodes »
 
1983 Bloomfield (TV series)
Billy Gibbs
 
1983 Bird Fancier (TV movie)
 
1982 Smiley's People (TV mini-series)
Detective Chief Superintendent
– Episode #1.1 (1982) … Detective Chief Superintendent
 
1982 Andy Robson (TV series)
Jake Carnaby
– Hue and Cry (1982) … Jake Carnaby
 
1976-1982 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Charlie / Eddie / Frank
– Chains (1982) … Eddie
– A Pocketful of Dreams (1980) … Charlie
– Play Things (1976) … Frank
 
1981 Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore (TV series)
Stanley
– Episode #1.5 (1981) … Stanley
– Episode #1.3 (1981) … Stanley
– Episode #1.2 (1981) … Stanley
 
1981 Private Schulz (TV series)
Private Schulz
– Episode #1.6 (1981) … Private Schulz
– Episode #1.5 (1981) … Private Schulz
– Episode #1.4 (1981) … Private Schulz
– Episode #1.3 (1981) … Private Schulz
– Episode #1.2 (1981) … Private Schulz
See all 6 episodes »
 
1981 Masada (TV mini-series)
Vettius
– Part II (1981) … Vettius
– Part I (1981) … Vettius
 
1980 Shoestring (TV series)
Pete Johnson
– The Dangerous Game (1980) … Pete Johnson
 
1980 The Elephant Man
Night Porter
 
1980 Cribb (TV series)
Sol Herriott
– Wobble to Death (1980) … Sol Herriott
 
1979 The Professionals (TV series)
Sergeant Garbett
– Backtrack (1979) … Sergeant Garbett
 
1979 Quadrophenia
Father
 
1974-1979 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Barrister at party / Jack / Norma's friend / …
– The Quiz Kid (1979) … Jack
– Cold Harbour (1978) … Barrister at party
– Last Summer (1977) … Oscar
– Norma (1974) … Norma's friend
 
1978-1979 Play for Today (TV series)
Peter / Thomas Venables
– Blue Remembered Hills (1979) … Peter
– Red Shift (1978) … Thomas Venables
 
1979 Black Island
Jack Daker
 
1979 The Quiz Kid
Jack
 
1979 The Knowledge (TV movie)
Gordon Weller
 
1978 The Great Train Robbery
Burgess
 
1978 The Sweeney (TV series)
Jimmy Fleet
– One of Your Own (1978) … Jimmy Fleet
 
1978 The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (TV movie)
Wallace Parnell
 
1978 The Odd Job
Raymonde
 
1978 The Ghosts of Motley Hall (TV series)
Captain Narcissus Bullock
– Narcissus Bullock's Bell (1978) … Captain Narcissus Bullock
 
1978 Send in the Girls (TV series)
Jimmy
– The Wild Bunch (1978) … Jimmy
 
1978 Hazell (TV series)
Griffiths
– Hazell and the Walking Blur (1978) … Griffiths
 
1978 Saturday, Sunday, Monday (TV movie)
Michel
 
1977 ITV Sunday Night Drama (TV series)
– A Good Human Story (1977)
 
1977 Last Summer (TV movie)
Oscar
 
1977 This Year Next Year (TV mini-series)
Jack Shaw
– Full Circle (1977) … Jack Shaw
– The Edge (1977) … Jack Shaw
– Storm Warning (1977) … Jack Shaw
– Profit and Loss (1977) … Jack Shaw
– Conjugal Rights (1977) … Jack Shaw
See all 9 episodes »
 
1977 Holding On (TV series)
Charlie Wheelwright
– Episode #1.6 (1977) … Charlie Wheelwright
– Episode #1.5 (1977) … Charlie Wheelwright
– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Charlie Wheelwright
 
1976 Hadleigh (TV series)
Brian Ainsworth
– Favours (1976) … Brian Ainsworth
 
1975 Three Men in a Boat (TV movie)
2nd Porter
 
1975 The Nearly Man (TV series)
Ron Hibbert
– Casualties: August 1975 (1975) … Ron Hibbert
– Confrontation: July 1975 (1975) … Ron Hibbert
– Re-Shuffle: June 1975 (1975) … Ron Hibbert
– Millie: May 1975 (1975) … Ron Hibbert
– Power Base: April 1975 (1975) … Ron Hibbert
 
1974 The Brothers (TV series)
Patrolman
– The Guilt Beneath the Gingerbread (1974) … Patrolman
 
1974 The Nearly Man (TV movie)
 
1973-1974 New Scotland Yard (TV series)
Al Farmer / Joss Adrian
– Death by Misadventure (1974) … Joss Adrian
– Weight of Evidence (1973) … Al Farmer
 
1974 Coronation Street (TV series)
Douglas Wormold
– Episode #1.1364 (1974) … Douglas Wormold
– Episode #1.1360 (1974) … Douglas Wormold
– Episode #1.1359 (1974) … Douglas Wormold
– Episode #1.1358 (1974) … Douglas Wormold
– Episode #1.1357 (1974) … Douglas Wormold
 
1971-1973 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Chopper - best man / Robert Delmonds
– That Sinking Feeling (1973) … Chopper - best man
– Man Charged (1971) … Robert Delmonds
 
1973 Great Mysteries (TV series)
Gorenflot
– La Grande Breteche (1973) … Gorenflot
 
1973 Justice (TV series)
Peter Rodwell
– Trespass to the Person (1973) … Peter Rodwell
 
1973 -- And Now the Screaming Starts!
Drunk (uncredited)
 
1973 O Lucky Man!
 
1973 Adam Smith (TV series)
Ben Davies
– Episode #2.27 (1973) … Ben Davies
– Episode #2.26 (1973) … Ben Davies
– Episode #2.25 (1973) … Ben Davies
– Episode #2.24 (1973) … Ben Davies
– Episode #2.23 (1973) … Ben Davies
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973 Country Matters (TV mini-series)
Jack
– The Little Farm (1973) … Jack
 
1972 Adult Fun
Garage manager
 
1971 Albert and Victoria (TV series)
Nigel Godfrey
– The Elopement (1971) … Nigel Godfrey
 
1971 See No Evil
Gypsy Tom
 
1971 The Misfit (TV series)
Mike Halloran
– On Europe and Foreigners and Things (1971) … Mike Halloran
 
1970 The Buttercup Chain
The Driver
 
1970 Cry of the Banshee
Burke
 
1970 The Best Things in Life (TV series)
Jed Lucas
– Coral Wedding (1970) … Jed Lucas
 
1970 Parkin's Patch (TV series)
Thomas
– The Link (1970) … Thomas
 
1969 Hamlet
Captain
 
1969 Where's Jack?
Hogarth
 
1969 Fraulein Doktor
Tom
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1995 Celebration Concert - It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator
 
1994 Q.E.D. (TV series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
– The Maggot Mogul (1994) … Himself - Narrator
 
1993 Masterchef (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.1 (1993) … Himself
 
1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly (TV movie)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1984 Ennenstadt Europa - Om Lars von Trier og 'Forbrydelsens element' (TV documentary)
Himself - Actor/Fisher (also archive footage)
 
1981 The Theatre Quiz (TV series)
Himself - Panellist
– Episode #1.7 (1981) … Himself - Panellist
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2002 RIP 2002 (TV documentary)
 

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Star Sign:

Virgo