Brian Murphy (born Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, September 25th 1933) is a British actor. Location within the British Isles. ... The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England, opposite Southampton. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Although a prolific actor in many films and theatre productions for almost half a century, it is as the henpecked husband George Roper in the sitcoms Man About The House and spin-off George and Mildred for which he is best known. Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Husband may refer to: the male spouse in a marriage a husband pillow. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Man About the House was a British sitcom which ran from 1973 to 1976 on ITV and told the story of a man who moves into a London flat with two girls after they found him asleep in the bathtub after a party. ... George and Mildred was a British sitcom of the 1970s. ...

Murphy was a jobbing actor in the 1960s and early 1970s, combining his theatre work with appearances in television shows such as The Avengers, Z Cars and Dixon of Dock Green, before being cast in the role which would make him a household name. The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The most famous incarnation of The Avengers, John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) appear on the cover of a 1994 reprint of an Avengers novel co-written by Macnee. ... Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars, and always pronounced zed, never zee) was a British television drama series centred around the work of regular beat police officers in the fictional town of Newtown, near Liverpool, in the north-west of England. ... Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. ...

In Man About The House, Murphy played the lazy and scheming George Roper, a sub-letting landlord of a house converted into flats who had a young man and two women renting the flat above. His wife, Mildred, was played by Yootha Joyce. Her domineering, social-climbing characteristic was a sharp contrast to George's desire for an easy and quiet life and the pairing were an instant hit. When Man About The House reached a conclusion in 1976, a spin-off was created for Murphy and Joyce, entitled George and Mildred. This ran for five series' until 1979. Murphy reprised his role in feature films of both sitcoms. Minge. ... Yootha Joyce (August 20, 1927 - August 24, 1980) was a British actress. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Joyce died in 1980 of hepatitis and Murphy, who was at her bedside as her closest friend, was left devastated. He returned to the theatre but has been sporadically on television ever since, with memorable roles in Lame Ducks (as a private investigator); The Bill (as a drunken tramp dressed as an elf at Christmas); and Last of the Summer Wine (as Alvin Smedley), as well as countless others. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. ... A private investigator, or PI, is a person who undertakes investigations. ... The Bill is a long-running British police drama shown on ITV1. ... A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a mythical creature of Germanic mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ... Christmas is a holiday, observed in much of the world on December 25, but in Finland the holiday is on 24th of December. ... Last of the Summer Wine, written by Roy Clarke, is a British sitcom, which has run longer than any other comedy series in the world, now in its twenty-sixth series. ...

Murphy and his wife have, over the years, fostered a number of children, many of whom returned to thank him during his appearance on This Is Your Life. Foster may refer to: People Foster, Abiel (1735-1806), U.S. clergyman, Congressman for New Hampshire Foster, Al, musician Foster, Alan Dean (born 1946), U.S. science fiction writer Foster, Bob (born 1938), world champion boxer Foster, Brendan Foster, Cecil, Canadian writer Foster, David, composer DeShaun Foster,NFL runningback Foster... This Is Your Life was a television show hosted by Ralph Edwards, first broadcast in the United States from 1952 to 1961 on NBC. It originated as a radio show airing from 1948 to 1952. ...

External links

• Brian Murphy at the Internet Movie Database