Michael Elphick

Michael Elphick was born on Sep 19, 1946 in UK. Michael Elphick's big-screen debut came with Fraulein Doktor directed by Alberto Lattuada in 1969, strarring Tom. Michael Elphick is known for David Copperfield directed by Simon Curtis, Daniel Radcliffe stars as Young David and Trevor Eve as Murdstone. The upcoming new tvshow Michael Elphick plays is David Copperfield - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 25, 1999.

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 (1986). 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.Best remembered for 'Boon', his career was no one-hit wonder. Elphick had been working in television for the past 33 years and his many excellent performances included Dennis Potter's Play for Today: Blue Remembered Hills (1979), as the bully, Peter; The Knowledge (1979), when he played a would-be London cab driver driven almost to despair by the sadistic examiner (played by Nigel Hawthorne); Private Schulz (1981), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) and Three Up Two Down (1985).His film career was arguably less successful but none-the-less featured a rich and varied vein of characterisations.His final role proved to be the film Out of Bounds, in which he unfortunately had quite a small role, and millions saw his final television role, in EastEnders (1985), where he excelled in a very different role, showing just what a fine actor he was.