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Brian Murphy
British actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Lived 1932 to 2025 · aged 92
Brian Trevor John Murphy was an English actor. He was best known as the henpecked husband George Roper in the popular sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off series George and Mildred.
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Man About the House: 50 Years of LaughsFilm2013
PlebsSeries, Victor2012
Run For Your WifeFilm, Allotment Man2008Cash in the Celebrity AtticSeries2006
The Booze Cruise III: The ScatteringFilm, Maurice2005
Room 36Film, George Roberts2003
The Booze CruiseSeries, Maurice2002
A Gentleman's GameFilm, Brian Seaman1997
Jonathan CreekSeries, Ken Speed1993
Sooty & Co.Series1985
On Your Way, Riley!Film, Arthur Lucan1981
Black JackFilm, Archibald1980
George & MildredFilm, George Roper1978
ButterfliesSeries1976
I'm Not Feeling Myself TonightFilm, Caretaker1973
Last of the Summer WineSeries, Alvin1972
The Ragman's DaughterFilm, Tony's father1970
The MisfitSeries, The DrunkA Sound from the SeaFilm, 1970Driver1967
Just Like a WomanFilm, Policeman (uncredited)1965
San Ferry AnnFilm, Englishman at Garage1963
Sparrows Can't SingFilm, Jack1962
Z-CarsSeries1955
Dixon of Dock GreenSeries, Percy Sinclair1932Born25 September 1932People around Brian
Ken Russell Directed The Devils (1971)- Roy Kinnear Also in George and Mildred
- Yootha Joyce Also in George and Mildred (1980)
Barbara Windsor Also in Sparrows Can't Sing and San Ferry Ann
Bernard Cribbins Also in The Plank and It's Your Move
Anne Reid Also in The Booze Cruise (2003)
Murray Melvin Also in The Devils and Sparrows Can't Sing
Mark Benton Also in The Booze Cruise (2003)
Neil Pearson Also in The Booze Cruise (2003)
Norman Eshley Also in George and Mildred
Peter Maxwell Davies Wrote The Devils and The Boy Friend
Amanda Abbington Also in The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (2005)
Andrew Sachs Also in It's Your Move and Run For Your Wife- Sylvia Syms Also in It's Your Move and Run For Your Wife
Arthur Lowe Also in Man About the House and The Plank- Dudley Sutton Also in The Devils and George & Mildred
- Bill Pertwee Also in Man About the House (1974)
Max Adrian Also in The Boy Friend and The Devils- Harry H. Corbett Also in Sparrows Can't Sing and The Plank
Avril Elgar Also in George and Mildred- Stratford Johns Also in George and Mildred and George & Mildred
Lionel Blair Also in The Plank and Run For Your Wife
Georgina Hale Also in The Devils and The Boy Friend
Jimmy Edwards Also in The Plank and It's Your Move
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He also played Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine, and other notable roles included Stan the shopkeeper in the 1990s children's series Wizadora, and Maurice in the comedy drama series The Booze Cruise. He also had a prolific career on stage.
