Where to watch Michael Elphick in the UK
Find every Michael Elphick film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
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.
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- Crown Court (1972) as Simon Chase
- Play for Today (1970) as Peter
- Playhouse (1974) as Frank
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Norma's friend
- The Professionals (1977) as Sergeant Garbett
- The Sweeney (1975) as Jimmy Fleet
- Pebble Mill (1991) as Self
- Justice (1971) as Peter Rodwell
- Murder Most Horrid (1991) as Bill Todd
- Shoestring (1979) as Pete Johnson
- Boon (1986) as Ken Boon
- The Sunday Drama (1977) as Ralph Winters
- Cribb (1980) as Sol Herriott
- The Elephant Man (1980) as Night Porter
- Masada (1981) as Vettius
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) as Magowan
- Krull (1983) as Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
- Hazell (1978) as Griffiths
- Quadrophenia (1979) as Father
- Super Gran (1985) as Roly Roofless
- David Copperfield (1999) as Barkis
- Country Matters (1972) as Jack
- Harry (1993) as Harry Salter
- Smiley's People (1982) as Detective Chief Inspector
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) as Gorenflot
- The Misfit (1970) as Mike Halloran
- The Ghosts of Motley Hall (1976) as Captain Narcissus Bullock
- Oxbridge Blues (1984) as Curly Bonaventura
- Laurence Olivier Presents (1976) as Michel
- Withnail & I (1987) as Jake
- Private Schulz (1981) as Gerhard Schulz
- Three Up, Two Down (1985) as Sam Tyler
- New Scotland Yard (1972) Cast
- Pirates (1986) as Sentry
- The First Great Train Robbery (1978) as Burgess
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) as Valencia Police Chief
- Gorky Park (1983) as Pasha
- Richard III (1995) as 2nd Murderer
- The Krays (1990) as George - Prisoner
- Ordeal by Innocence (1984) as Inspector Huish
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Robert Delmonds
- Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985) as Ernst Röhm
- O Lucky Man! (1973) as Man at Stag Party
- Let Him Have It (1991) as Prison Officer Jack
- Cry of the Banshee (1970) as Burke
- Stanley and the Women (1991) as Bert Hutchinson
- The Element of Crime (1984) as Fisher
- The Fix (1997) as Peter Campling
- See No Evil (1971) as Gypsy Tom
- The Nearly Man (1974) as Ron Hibbert
- Valhalla (1986) as Udgaardsloki (voice)
- Privates on Parade (1983) as Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
- The Betrayal (1969) as Tom
- The Supergrass (1985) as Constable Collins
- Little Dorrit (1987) as Mr. Merdle
- The Knowledge (1979) as Gordon Weller
- This Year Next Year (1977) as Jack Shaw
- Modern Times (1995) Cast
- Memed My Hawk (1984) as Jabbar
- Much Ado About Nothing (1984) as Dogberry
- Buddy's Song (1991) as Des
- I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990) as Inspector Cleaver
- Hamlet (1969) as Captain
- Where's Jack? (1969) as Hogarth
- Three Men in a Boat (1975) as 2nd Porter
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1978) as Michel
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978) as Wallace Parnell
- The Odd Job (1978) as Raymonde
- Arthur's Hallowed Ground (1984) as Len
- Pull The Other One (1984) as Sidney Mundy
- Cold Harbour (1978) as Barrister at Party
- Out of Bounds (2003) as Lionel Stubbs
- That Sinking Feeling (1973) as Chopper
- A Good Human Story (1977) Cast
- Blue Remembered Hills (1979) as Peter
- The Buttercup Chain (1970) as The Driver
- Treasure Island (1995) as Billy Bones
- Ennenstadt Europa – The Making of The Element of Crime (1984) as Self - Actor/Fisher
- Play Things (1976) as Frank
- Red Shift (1978) as Thomas Venables
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Where can I watch Michael Elphick films in the UK?
Michael Elphick's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Michael Elphick's most popular films?
Most-watched Michael Elphick films currently: The Elephant Man (1980), Krull (1983), Quadrophenia (1979), Withnail & I (1987), Pirates (1986).
What TV shows has Michael Elphick appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Crown Court (1972), Play for Today (1970), Playhouse (1974), ITV Playhouse (1967), The Professionals (1977).
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