Michael Elphick, the gruff, hard-drinking Cockney actor who died in September, left only £50,000 net. Details of the 55-year-old actor's will showed that the former star of Boon and EastEnders ...

His mother Mrs Elphick, 84, still living in the actor's ... admitted being drunk every night. He said: "Even when my life has become uncontrollable, as it has at times, it hasn't affected my work." ...

Michael Elphick was as compelling playing a villain in The Sweeney as he was playing it for laughs in a Dickens adaptation. But yesterday it was revealed that the actor ... up drunk at the British ...

EastEnders stars led tributes to actor Michael Elphick, who died in hospital after a long battle against alcoholism. The 55-year-old star of comedy dramas like ITV's Boon most recently appeared in ...