Michael Elphick
Michael Elphick | |
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Elphick as Ken Boon in Boon | |
| Born | Michael John Elphick 19 September 1946 Chichester, West Sussex, England |
| Died | 7 September 2002 (aged 55) Willesden Green, London, England |
| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1969–2002 |
| Television | Three Up, Two Down Boon Harry EastEnders |
| Partner | Julia Alexander (1963–1996) |
Michael John Elphick (19 September 1946 – 7 September 2002) was an English film and television actor. He played the eponymous private investigator in the ITV series Boon and Harry Slater in BBC's EastEnders. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1983 film Gorky Park. With his gruff Sussex accent and lip-curling sneer, he often played menacing hard men.
Elphick struggled with an addiction to alcohol; at the height of his problem, he admitted to consuming two litres (½ gallon) of spirits a day, which contributed to his death from a heart attack in 2002.