Michael Elphick
Nacimiento : 1946-09-19, Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
Muerte : 2002-09-07
Historia
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Michael John Elphick (19 September 1946 – 7 September 2002) 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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Lionel Stubbs
Louise (Sophia Myles) is an alienated boarding school student in the midst of a hot and heavy affair with the husband of her headmistress, Veronica (Sophie Ward). Suspicion and passion hang in the air of the isolated campus until Matthew (George Asprey) suddenly disappears. Fearing the worst, Louise struggles to uncover what happened to her lover, but is foiled at every turn by Veronica, who begins to take a sadistic glee in the psychological torment she inflicts upon her. When a mysterious woman appears around the campus, Louise becomes convinced that she is being framed for the murder of Matthew, or even worse, being set up to be the next victim. Alone and friendless, Louise must keep herself alive long enough to uncover the truth of Mathew"s disappearance.
Peter Campling
The story of the British betting scandal of 1964, uncovered by journalist Mike Gabbert which saw a number of British professional footballers were jailed and banned from football for life for conspiring to fix the results of matches. Prominent among those jailed and banned were the Sheffield Wednesday F.C. stars Peter Swan, Tony Kay and David Layne.
Narrator
This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by London's black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will ever take. It takes years to get to grips with the intricate road network and tangle of streets that weave their way through the heart of the capital and 70 per cent of applicants fail to finish. With repeat appearances at the Public Carriage Office to take the examination, it's a bumpy road to the coveted green badge.
2nd Murderer
Inglaterra, 1930. Versión actualizada del drama homónimo de Shakespeare. Ricardo III, un hombre al que la naturaleza le ha negado todo encanto físico, vive dominado por la ambición de poder. La conspiración, el crimen y el engaño son sus armas naturales; y la piedad, la compasión y la amistad sólo artimañas para someter a quienes le rodean.
Billy Bones
Ken Russell's 1995 TV movie adaptation. This is a re-working of the Treasure Island theme with Long Jane Silver instead of Long John Silver. Hetty Baynes plays this role in the style of Marilyn Monroe.
Dr. Nathaniel Bonner
The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy is a very funny spaghetti western-Peckinpah-Leone pastiche that sees Michael Elphick's charlatan elixir seller, Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes as the notorious and the not so notorious Irish bounty hunters all in pursuit of Kid Divine (Jesse Birdsall) a baby faced killer with a $25,000 price tag on his head.
Prison Officer Jack
En Inglaterra, corriendo la década de los 50, el torpe Derek Bentley se incorpora a un grupo de delincuentes menores que lidera Chris Craig, un adolescente que se deshace por los filmes de gángsteres norteamericanos. La amistad que surge entre ambos les conduce hacia la implicación en un caso auténtico en el que el jurado condenó a muerte a Derek Bentley por el asesinato de un oficial de la policía pistola en mano. El caso Bentley hizo mella en la conciencia social de Inglaterra poniendo en duda la razón de ser de la pena capital.
Des
Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...
Inspector Cleaver
Cuando el miembro de una banda de motoristas mata a un ocultista, el espíritu diabólico que la víctima evocaba se encarna en una moto. Tras ser comprada y arreglada revelará su auténtica naturaleza y buscará vengarse del motero que causó su muerte.
George - Prisoner
Narra la vida de dos gemelos, Ronald y Reginald Kray, nacidos en Londres en 1943, que con el uso desmedido de la violencia y las amenazas, llegan a convertirse en los gángsters más importantes del suburbio en el que se criaron.
Mr. Merdle
Narra la historia de Arthur Clennam, un joven amable pero al que la suerte suele dar la espalda. Cuando aún era un niño se vio forzado a salir de casa, desde el cálido cobijo de su madre pasó al frío mundo exterior.
Jake
Producida por George Harrison, es una película independiente británica que narra la vida de dos jóvenes actores en Londres durante un invierno frío y desalentador.
Udgaardsloki (voice)
Narra las aventuras de dos hermanos, Tjalfe y Røskvam, y su encuentro con algunos dioses de la mitología nórdica, como Thor, Loki u Odín.
Sentry
El temido Capitán Red es un pirata que ha sobrevivido cuatro años en una isla desierta y al que todos dan por muerto. Por fin, un día, se hace a la mar en una destartalada balsa, y tiene la suerte de ser rescatado por un galeón español que esconde un objeto muy valioso (un trono de oro). Red utilizará todas sus artimañas para provocar un motín y apoderarse del tesoro.
Constable Collins
While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn
Narrator (voice)
The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.
Ernst Röhm
Dos hermanos descubren lo más oscuro del nazismo tras alistarse en la SS y las SA. (FILMAFFINITY)
Dogberry
Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend, Claudio, Benedick has to choose which side he's on. But unknown to all, Claudio's been tricked by the bastard Don John, and (unfortunately), it's up to Dogberry and Verges to solve the case.
Len
Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant.
Inspector Huish
Cuando el doctor Calgary visita a la familia Argyle para darles la agenda de Jack, se entera de que éste ha sido condenado y ejecutado por el asesinato de su esposa.
Fisher
Fisher, un inspector de policía, regresa a El Cairo después de haber estado investigando un asesinato en Europa. Se encuentra en un estado de confusión que lo lleva a buscar la ayuda de un psicoterapeuta. Su objetivo es intentar reconstruir, por medio de la hipnosis, el crimen a partir de los datos que ha ido recopilando.
Jabbar
In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a group of outlaws fighting against the wealthy and powerful landowners who control the lives of the locals and make life miserable for them. The outlaws' successes prompt the governor to call in the Turkish army to capture or kill them.
Norman
Life changes dramatically for radio amateur Norman when he gets in touch with a round-the-world yachtsman who introduces him to a different life - and a taste of fame.
Pasha
Tres cadáveres desfigurados aparecen en el parque Gorky, en el centro de Moscú. El detective de policía Arkady Renko se hace cargo de la investigación, pero tropieza con ciertas trabas burocráticas. Por otra parte, el estado de los cuerpos, que presentan numerosas mutilaciones, impide que sean identificados. A medida que la investigación avanza, Renko empieza a sospechar que ciertos miembros de las altas esferas políticas están relacionados con estos asesinatos. Una historia de intriga, espionaje y romance durante la época de la Guerra Fría.
Valencia Police Chief
El inspector Clouseau ha desaparecido y "el mejor detective del mundo" es requerido para encontrarle. Un ordenador será el encargado de seleccionar a ese detective, pero es boicoteado y la misión le es encargada al "peor detective del mundo".
Rhun (voice) (uncredited)
El planeta Krull es atacado por un monstruo y todo un ejército de alienígenas asesinos. Para hacerles frente, dos naciones enemigas deciden juntar sus fuerzas uniendo en matrimonio al príncipe Colwyn y a la princesa Lyssa, pero el día de la ceremonia el palacio es asaltado, la princesa secuestrada y Colwyn herido. Lo primero que debe hacer el príncipe es encontrar una espada voladora con poderes extraordinarios que le servirá para encontrar a la princesa y librar al planeta de la amenaza de la bestia.
Sergeant Major Reg Drummond
It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, bible-bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) is in command of the unit. Flack is accompanied by an ageing, theatrical drama queen, Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) who hopes to entertain the troops with his flamboyant impressions, but the bored troops find other ways to enjoy themselves.
Night Porter
A finales del siglo XIX, el doctor Frederick Treves descubre en un circo a un hombre llamado John Merrick. Se trata de un ciudadano británico con la cabeza monstruosamente deformada, que vive en una situación de constante humillación y sufrimiento al ser exhibido diariamente como una atracción de feria.
Father
Londres, 1964. El nacimiento de dos sectas juveniles rivales (los "mods" y los "rockers") tiene consecuencias devastadoras. Para Jimmy y sus compinches, una pandilla bien trajeada, adicta a las pastillas y siempre a lomos de sus scooters, ser un mod es una forma de vida, es pertenecer a su generación. La cuadrilla de Jimmy se va a Brighton, dispuesta a vivir una salvaje aventura de drogas, emociones y batallas campales contra los rockers.
Peter
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times revealing their own insecurities and petty vindictiveness.
Jack Daker
Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.
Gordon Weller
Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.
Burgess
Pierce es un experto ladrón de mediados de siglo XIX y convence a dos compinches para robar 25.000 libras en oro de un tren en marcha. Sin embargo, antes de poder acercarse al botín, la banda criminal tendrá que conseguir hacerse con cuatro llaves que cuatro personas distintas tienen en su posesión.
Wallace Parnell
Aspiring dancer Phyllis Dixey makes her name as a stripper.
Raymonde
Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him...
Thomas Venables
Three men at three different times in history come to Mow Top hill in search of sanctuary from their troubles. A Roman soldier, a medieval rebel and a 1970s young man. Somehow they seem linked through an energy within the hill and an axe. Is history doomed to repeat itself or can loving another person free them?
Michel
One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage are in ruins.
Oscar
A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.
A trio of journalists look into the murder of a young girl in a seaside town. For the men though it’s more about who gets the big story than solving the crime. (Memorable TV)
2nd Porter
One hot June day, three friends decide there is nothing they would like to do more than to get away from London. A boating holiday with lots of fresh air and exercise would be just the very thing, or so their doctors tell them. So, after debating the merits of hotel or camp beds and what to pack, they set off on their voyage - a trip up the Thames from Henley to Oxford - but very quickly find themselves ill-equipped for the trials of riverbank life.
Policeman
"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets his hero.
Ron Hibbert
A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.
Man at Stag Party
Original y surrealista crítica al capitalismo a través de las aventuras de un joven vendedor de café. Brillante reparto. Música de Alan Price, candidato en 1974 a un Globo de Oro por la mejor banda sonora y galardonado por la Academia Británica con el premio "Anthony Asquith". Arthur Lowe fue elegido en el mismo año, mejor actor secundario por la Academia Británica.
Gypsy Tom
Una joven ciega llega a casa de unos familiares para pasar un tiempo. Esa misma noche, su tío sufre un pequeño altercado con un joven; un psicópata sediento de venganza.
The Driver
Born to twin sisters on the same day in London, France and Margaret are more like brother and sister than cousins. The close relationship between the cousins is suspended when Margaret is sent abroad for schooling. Now a young woman, Margaret returns to London and resumes her intimate connection with France.
Burke
Una bruja intenta vengarse del reino de sangre que impone un noble, impartiéndole una terrible maldición a él y a su familia. Un demonio con forma de hombre joven es enviado a asesinar a la familia del terrateniente.
Captain
Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot almost entirely in close up, focusing the attention on faces and language rather than action.
Hogarth
Obra basada en las aventuras de Jack Sheppard, el ladrón y experto en fugarse de la cárcel, que se convirtió en un héroe popular en el Londres de los años 20 del siglo XVIII.