EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor said: "Michael has left such ... "He was lovely to work with and he was a great actor." To many, Michael Elphick, who worked with Laurence Olivier in the theatre ...

Michael Elphick was as compelling playing ... Guinness at the BBC bar and he began forgettting lines. His co-star Barbara Windsor refused to kiss him during their romantic scenes, saying he ...

Former EastEnders star Michael Elphick has died aged 55 ... Harry Slater in EastEnders. Barbara Windsor, Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap, paid tribute to the "terrific actor." ...

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Elphick had battled with alcohol addiction and once 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." Boon ...

For many television viewers, the enduring image of Michael Elphick will be as the motorbike-mad private investigator Ken Boon in the hit ITV series. His trademark was the craggy face and croaky voice, ...

Michael Elphick, the actor, who has died aged 55, made his name in the early 1980s playing a collection of villains for television; he went on to star in Boon, the popular television series about ...