Biographie

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Michael owned a pub, The White Swan, in the High Street, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. In September 2013, the new owners of the pub found a secret loft space (an old priest hole) where Michael used to go to write letters to his daughter and to learn scripts of programmes such as Boon (1986).

Friend of actor/writer/director Bruce Robinson. They were at London's Central School of Speech and Drama together. He appeared in Withnail et moi (1987) without fee.

Lived with Julia Alexander from 1963 until her death in 1996. They had a daughter, Kate, with whom Elphick lived until his own death.

After the death from cancer of his long-term partner Julia Alexander in 1996, he lived with TV stage manager Liz Summers whom he had met when they both worked on Boon (1986). Until his death in 2002, they lived in his house in north-west London, with his daughter Kate, her partner and their daughter.

Daughter, Kate Elphick (b. 1976).