Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy (born 25 September 1933 in Ventnor, Isle of Wight) is a British actor. Although a prolific actor in many films and theatre productions for almost half a century, Murphy's most famous role was as the henpecked husband George Roper in the sitcom Man About the House and spin-off George and Mildred. He was called up to do his military service at RAF Northwood, where he met future The Good Life actor Richard Briers. Murphy was a member of... more

Brian Murphy (born 25 September 1933 in Ventnor, Isle of Wight) is a British actor. Although a prolific actor in many films and theatre productions for almost half a century, Murphy's most famous role was as the henpecked husband George Roper in the sitcom Man About the House and spin-off George and Mildred. He was called up to do his military service at RAF Northwood, where he met future The Good Life actor Richard Briers. Murphy was a member of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop (alongside Yootha Joyce), and 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. 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,... less