Did anyone meet Michael Elphick ??

[stevie boy]

I did in the eighties, he co owned a pub in Henley on Arden and I think he was starring in Boon at the time. He was off the beer and looked quite fit, I sat on a table with him and his lady friend and had a good evening. A shame that he ended up on Eastenders and the booze ultimately killed him. I always smile when I see him on the box, he was a good actor.

[scholes]

Originally Posted by stevie boy I did in the eighties, he co owned a pub in Henley on Arden and I think he was starring in Boon at the time. He was off the beer and looked quite fit, I sat on a table with him and his lady friend and had a good evening. A shame that he ended up on Eastenders and the booze ultimately killed him. I always smile when I see him on the box, he was a good actor.

His role as Private Schulz was very memorable.
The very idea that Germany could destroy the British economy with a flood of forged £5 notes was quite extraordinary.
Boon also introduced Neil Morissey in the form of the brummie biker Rocky .

[Brooksey13]

Good shout Stevie. His role as nutter Magowan in Auf Weidersehen pet was quality. a good actor was mike. Shame the vodka got him in the end.

[dremble wedge]

I never met him as such but I was stood next to him at a bar where he was chatting to another actor.

It was a very small pub and he was a huge fellow at the time and had quite a presence.

He seemed quite amiable although he was fairly far gone and left after a couple, whereupon the other actor he was chatting to shook his head and said to his companion what a tragedy it was...

He died about 6 months later.

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by scholes His role as Private Schulz was very memorable. The very idea that Germany could destroy the British economy with a flood of forged £5 notes was quite extraordinary.

It was based on a true story!

There really was a plot to do that, Operation Bernhard, although it was planned but never carried out.

But the strangest thing about it was that the Nazis had to use Jewish forgers to do it because the German forgers weren't anywhere near good enough, or had already been killed as criminals.

Steve

[s20076037]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook It was based on a true story! There really was a plot to do that, Operation Bernhard, although it was planned but never carried out.

I'm sure I remember reading that at one point - either during, or after WWII - one quarter of all English bank notes were German fakes. German spies in England used to use the money.

[kezzy]

The story of the Jewish forgers is told well in last years's German film Die Falscher (with an umlaut on the a).

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by s20076037 I'm sure I remember reading that at one point - either during, or after WWII - one quarter of all English bank notes were German fakes. German spies in England used to use the money.

You probably read it in the Daily Mail
It's the sort of thing they would make up

Steve

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook You probably read it in the Daily Mail It's the sort of thing they would make up Steve

The Daily Mail is essential, when I go camping(you need something to start the fire)

[Hackett]

Originally Posted by stevie boy I did in the eighties, he co owned a pub in Henley on Arden and I think he was starring in Boon at the time. He was off the beer and looked quite fit, I sat on a table with him and his lady friend and had a good evening. A shame that he ended up on Eastenders and the booze ultimately killed him. I always smile when I see him on the box, he was a good actor.

I meet him at the same pub "The White Swan" Henley in Arden on the way back from Warwick races. He had agreed to buy some alligator steaks to try out in the restaurant and was happy to tell everyone who came in the story of how he had sealed the deal. Nice man, I don't recall him drinking much, he may even have been drinking pop. Spent a pleasent couple of hours waiting for the traffic to die down. He did a lot of listening to what other people had to say not much ego at all. I think he would have made a good landlord. Just seemed like a nice down to earth bloke.

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by Hackett I meet him at the same pub "The White Swan" Henley in Arden on the way back from Warwick races. He had agreed to buy some alligator steaks to try out in the restaurant and was happy to tell everyone who came in the story of how he had sealed the deal. Nice man, I don't recall him drinking much, he may even have been drinking pop. Spent a pleasent couple of hours waiting for the traffic to die down. He did a lot of listening to what other people had to say not much ego at all. I think he would have made a good landlord. Just seemed like a nice down to earth bloke.

Agree 100 percent, no ego, sad loss