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| birth_place = [[Ventnor]], [[Isle of Wight]], England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1960–present
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| spouse = {{marriage|Carol Gibson|1957|end=divorced}} <br /> {{marriage|[[Linda Regan]]<br>|1995}}
| children = 2
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'''Brian Trevor John Murphy''' (born 25 September 1932) is an English actor and comedian. He is best known as the henpecked husband [[George Roper (character)|George Roper]] in the popular sitcom ''[[Man About the House]]'' and its spin-off series ''[[George and Mildred]]'', and as Alvin Smedley in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''. Other notable roles include Stan the shopkeeper in the 90s children's series ''[[Wizadora]]'' and in ''[[The Booze Cruise]]'' comedy drama series.

==Life and career==
Murphy was born on 25 September 1932 in [[Ventnor]], [[Isle of Wight]], the son<ref name="video">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v5xhlmyp4VKw|title=Brian Murphy – This Is Your Life. 5th January , 1998}}</ref> of grocer's assistant Gerald Murphy and his wife Mabel, both of whom later became restaurateurs. His two brothers Ken and Eric died during active service in the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl|title=FreeBMD – Search|work=freebmd.org.uk|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> He was called up to do his [[national service]] at [[RAF Northwood]], where he met future ''[[The Good Life (1975 TV series)|The Good Life]]'' actor [[Richard Briers]]. On leaving the RAF the two aspiring actors both performed in productions by the Dramatic Society at the [[Borough Polytechnic Institute]], now [[London South Bank University]]. 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 (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Callan (TV series)|Callan]]'' 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 George Roper, whose 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 was an instant hit. A contributing factor to their immediate chemistry was that they had been friends for many years. Aside from their Theatre Workshop years, Murphy also featured in ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' (1963) with Joyce and other Theatre Workshop colleagues, including Barbara Windsor.

When ''Man About The House'' ended in 1976, a spin-off was created for Murphy and Joyce, entitled ''George and Mildred''. This ran for five series until 1979. In 1978 he released the single 'Jogging' (B Side 'The Great Gnome Robbery') on the [[Pye Records]] Label. Murphy reprised his role in feature films of both sitcoms. Joyce died in 1980, and the planned final series of ''George and Mildred'' was cancelled. The following year, another sitcom was created for Murphy with him in the title role in ''The Incredible Mr. Tanner'' along with ''Man About The House'' and ''George and Mildred'' co-star [[Roy Kinnear]], but the show failed to gain popularity. He moved to the BBC in 1982 for the driving school sitcom ''[[L For Lester]]'', but this was also a ratings failure and was cancelled after just six episodes.

Murphy was the subject of [[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|''This Is Your Life'']] in 1997.

Murphy continued to appear regularly on television, most notably as "Alvin Smedley" in ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' from 2003 to 2010, that was promoted by a cast return to [[Rose Theatre, Kingston|Rose Theatre]] site and also with roles in ''[[On Your Way, Riley]]'' (1985) as [[Arthur Lucan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339338/|title=On Your Way Riley|date=2 January 1985|access-date=22 December 2016|via=IMDb}}</ref> ''[[Lame Ducks (TV show)|Lame Ducks]]'' (as a [[private investigator]]); ''[[The Bill]]'' (as a drunken tramp dressed as an elf at Christmas); comedy series ''[[Pond Life (TV series)|Pond Life]]'', an animation series, as Len Pond, the father of protagonist Dolly Pond ([[Sarah Ann Kennedy]]), ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' starring [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] (playing a character called Mr Foskett);,<ref>[http://uk-tv-guide.com/programme-details/UKTV+Gold/23+September+2007/23:10/One+Foot+in+the+Grave/Sitcom 'Mr Foskett'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816114534/http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/UKTV+Gold/23+September+2007/23:10/One+Foot+in+the+Grave/Sitcom |date=16 August 2011 }} Retrieved 24 September 2007</ref> ''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]''; and as a shopkeeper called Stan in the pre-school children's TV series ''[[Wizadora]]''. In 2010 he appeared in an episode of ''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]'' called "The Thieving Mistake". He has more recently made appearances in comedy shows ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]'', ''[[This is Jinsy]]'' and ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]''. Murphy can also be seen in all three episodes of the ITV comedy ''[[The Booze Cruise]]'', playing Maurice. He also appeared as Frank Dobson in ''[[The Café (UK TV series)|The Cafe]]'' from 2011 and 2013. He also appeared in the [[Channel 4]] comedy ''[[Man Down (TV series)|Man Down]]'' as music teacher Frank Field-Williams in the 2013 Christmas special.

==Family==
Murphy's second wife is ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'' actress [[Linda Regan]] whom he married in 1995; they live in Kent. Murphy has two adult children, Trevor and Kevin, from his first marriage to Carol Gibson.<ref>''[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2171839.stm 'Allo 'Allo star dies]'' BBC News. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2010.</ref> His grandson is the playwright Martin Murphy, whose play ''Manor'' was performed at the [[Tristan Bates Theatre]] in [[Covent Garden]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tristanbatestheatre.co.uk/Production_Details_Manor.asp|title=Tristan Bates Theatre |work=tristanbatestheatre.co.uk|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>

==Theatre==
* ''Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' ([[Christopher Bond]]), Theatre Royal Stratford East, Title role ([[Sweeney Todd]]), 1973
* ''On Your Way, Riley'' ([[Alan Plater]]), The Queen's Theatre, [[Arthur Lucan]] (Old Mother Riley), February–March 1983
* ''[[When We Are Married]]'' ([[J.B. Priestley]]), Whitehall Theatre, Herbert Soppitt, 1986
* ''Roll on Friday'' ([[Roger Hall (playwright)|Roger Hall]]), Watford Palace Theatre, Jim, October 1989

==Radio==
From October 1987 to July 1991, Murphy played Ernest Bond in [[BBC Radio 4]]'s drama series ''[[Citizens (radio show)|Citizens]]''.

Murphy also played Robert Collins in an episode of the audio series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]] in an episode entitled "The Home Guard" in November 2019.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1963 || ''[[Sparrows Can't Sing]]'' || Jack ||
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|1964 || ''Love and Maud Carver'' || Guardsman ||
|-
|1965 || ''[[San Ferry Ann]]'' || British Tourist at Garage ||
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|1969 || ''[[The Activist (1969 film)|The Activist]]'' || Member of Steering Committee ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]'' || Adam ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[The Boy Friend (1971 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' || Peter ||
|-
|1972 || ''[[The Ragman's Daughter]]'' || Tony's Father ||
|-
|1974 || ''[[Man About the House (film)|Man About the House]]''|| George Roper ||
|-
|1976 || ''[[I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight]]'' || Caretaker ||
|-
|1979 || ''[[The Plank (1979 film)|The Plank]]'' || Truck Driver ||
|-
|1980 || ''[[George and Mildred (film)|George and Mildred]]'' || George Roper ||
|-
|1981 || ''Black Jack'' || Archibald ||
|-
|1982 || ''[[It's Your Move (1982 film)|It's Your Move]]'' || Chauffeur ||
|-
|1997 || ''Day Release'' || ||
|-
|2000 || ''The Mumbo Jumbo'' || Mr. Tipple ||
|-
|2003 || ''[[The Booze Cruise]]'' || Maurice Stringer ||
|-
|2005 || ''Room 36'' || George Roberts ||
|-
|2005 || ''[[The Booze Cruise|The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt]]'' || Maurice Stringer ||
|-
|2006 || ''[[The Booze Cruise|The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering]]'' || Maurice Stringer ||
|-
|2011 || ''[[Grave Tales]]'' || Arthur ||
|-
|2011 || ''The Estate'' || Geoff ||
|-
|2012 || ''Blitz and Bananas'' || Clarence Spratt ||
|-
|2012 || ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run For Your Wife]]'' || Allotment Man || Cameo
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1960 || ''Probation Officer'' || Max Fletcher || Episode: "#2.1"
|-
|1961 || ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''|| Haslam || Episode: "The Springers"
|-
|1961 || ''[[The Interrogator (TV play)|The Interrogator]]'' || Corporal Doggart || TV film
|-
|1962 || ''[[Z Cars]]'' || Wallace Brackett || 2 episodes
|-
|1963 || ''ITV Television Playhouse'' || Man with Alsatian || Episode: "The Wedding Dress"
|-
|1963 || ''[[The Plane Makers]]'' || Sorbo || Episode: "Costigan's Rocket"
|-
|1964 || ''Six'' || Mr. Gowing || Episode: "The Diary of a Nobody: The Domestic Jottings of a City Clerk"
|-
|1965 || ''[[Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life]]'' || Various || 24 episodes
|-
|1965 || ''A World of Comedy'' || Motorist || 2 episodes
|-
|1965 || ''Blackmail'' || Talbut || Episode: "Cobb"
|-
|1966 || ''[[Hope and Keen]]'' || || Episode: "S.S. Bounty"
|-
|1966 || ''[[Drama 61-67]]''|| Nick || Episode: "Drama '66: A Hero of Modern Industry"
|-
|1966 || ''Blackmail'' || Fletcher || Episode: "Vacant Possession"
|-
|1967 || ''The White Rabbit'' || Perkins || Episode: "The Beginning"
|-
|1967 || ''Baker's Half-Dozen'' || Various || 5 episodes
|-
|1968 || ''[[Love Story (British TV series)|Love Story]]'' || Party guest || Episode: "S for Sugar, A for Apple, M for Missing"
|-
|1968 || ''Resurrection'' || Kriltsov || 2 episodes
|-
|1969 || ''[[Sez Les]]'' || Various || 12 episodes
|-
|1970 || ''[[The Misfit (TV series)|The Misfit]]'' || The drunk || Episode: "On Protest"
|-
|1970 || ''[[ITV Playhouse]]'' || Driver || Episode: "A Sound from the Sea"
|-
|1972 || ''[[The Moonstone (1972 TV series)|The Moonstone]]'' || Septimus Luker || 3 episodes
|-
|1972 || ''[[Callan]]'' || Reeves || Episode: "None of Your Business"
|-
|1972 || ''[[Alcock and Gander]]'' || Pluthero || Episode: "Soho Is Too Small"
|-
|1972 || ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Percy Sinclair || Episode: "Ada"
|-
|1973 || ''[[The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club]]'' || Detective || Episode: "Mr. Oliver"
|-
|1973–1976 || ''[[Man About the House]]'' || [[George Roper (character)|George Roper]] || All 39 episodes
|-
|1974 || ''South Riding'' || Mr Hubbard || Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
|-
|1976–1979 || ''[[George and Mildred]]'' || George Roper || All 38 episodes
|-
|1981 || ''[[The Incredible Mr Tanner]]'' || Ernest Tanner || All 6 episodes
|-
|1981 || ''Theatre Box'' || Hubert Dibble || Episode: "Reasons to Be Cheerful"
|-
|1982 || ''[[L For Lester]]'' || Lester Small || All 6 episodes
|-
|1984–1985 || ''[[Lame Ducks (TV series)|Lame Ducks]]'' || Ansell || 11 episodes
|-
|1985 || ''[[On Your Way Riley]]'' || Arthur Lucan / Old Mother Riley || TV film
|-
|1986 || ''Reasons to Be Cheerful'' || King || Episode: "Charlie Chuckles"
|-
|1986 || ''Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On'' || Amnesia || TV film
|-
|1987 || ''[[All in Good Faith]]'' || Greg Sproat || Episode: "The Patience of Job"
|-
|1992 || ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'' || Buster || Episode: "Shot in the Dark"
|-
|1993–1997 || ''[[Wizadora]]'' || Stan || Unknown episodes
|-
|1994 || ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' || Mr. Foskett || Episode: "The Man Who Blew Away"
|-
|1995 || ''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]'' || George Manners || 5 episodes
|-
|1995 || ''[[Next of Kin (TV series)|Next of Kin]]'' || Salesman || Episode: "Expansion"
|-
|1995 || ''Paul Merton's Life of Comedy'' || Grandad's friend || 2 episodes
|-
|1996 || ''[[Delta Wave]]'' || Mr. Seffel || Episode: "Dodgy Jammers: Part 2"
|-
|1996 || ''[[Mike and Angelo]]'' || Mervyn K. Mertz || Episode: "An Actor's Life for Me"
|-
|1996–2000 || ''[[Pond Life (TV series)|Pond Life]]'' || Len Pond || 11 episodes
|-
|1997 || ''[[The Famous Five (1995 TV series)|The Famous Five]]'' || Mr. Wooh || Episode: "Five Are Together Again"
|-
|1997 || ''Western Lights: Laugh Until You Die'' || Ricky Chapple || TV film
|-
|1997 || ''[[Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...]]'' || Father || Episode: "Visiting Day"
|-
|1997 || ''[[Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's...]]'' || Uncle Arthur || Episode: "Being of Sound Mind"
|-
|1998 || ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' || Ken Speed || Episode: "Mother Redcap"
|-
|1999 || ''Mrs Merton & Malcolm'' || Mr Capstick || All 6 episodes
|-
|1999 || ''[[Hilltop Hospital]]'' || Dr. Atticus || Voice; Episode: "Gracey Greyshell's Last Day"
|-
|1999 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Walter Burnley || Episode: "To Have and to Hold"
|-
|1999 || ''[[The Bill]]''|| Danny the Elf || Episode: "When the Snow Lay Round About"
|-
|2000 || ''[[Sunburn (TV series)|Sunburn]]''|| Sid Dawson || Episode: #2.2
|-
|2001 || ''[[Comedy Lab]]'' || || Voice; Episode: "Knife & Wife"
|-
|2003–2010 || ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' || Alvin Smedley || 73 episodes
|-
|2004 || ''[[Monkey Trousers]]'' || Various || TV film
|-
|2005–2006 || ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]'' || Neville || 5 episodes
|-
|2010 || ''[[The Slammer]]'' || Alan || Episode: #1.12
|-
|2010 || ''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]'' || Larry || Episode: "The Thieving Mistake"
|-
|2010 || ''[[Paul O'Grady Live]]'' || Alvin || Episode: #1.6
|-
|2010 || ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' || Clive Mitchell || Episode: "Christmas Special"
|-
|2011 || ''[[White Van Man (TV series)|White Van Man]]'' || Albert || Episode: "Beginnings and Ends"
|-
|2011 || ''[[This is Jinsy]]'' || Melty Harris || Episode: "Kelpman"
|-
|2011–2013 || ''[[The Café (UK TV series)|The Cafe]]'' || Jack Dobson || 9 episodes
|-
|2013 || ''[[Plebs (TV series)|''Plebs'']]'' || Victor || Episode: "Bananae"
|-
|2013 || ''[[Man Down (TV series)|Man Down]]'' || Mr Frank Field-Williams || Episode: "Christmas Special"
|-
|2014 || ''It's An Unknown World'' || George Timemile || Unknown episodes
|-
|2014 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || Charlie Evans || Episode: "The Art of Losing"
|-
|2016 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Frank Haines || Episode: "Hopelessly Addicted"
|-
|2018 || ''Claude'' || Mr. Lovelybuns || Voice; Episode: "Gone Sock"
|-
|2019 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || Buster Kitchener || Episode: "The Wrong Horse"
|-
|2020–2021 || ''Mighty 6'' || Old Man L. || Voice; 2 episodes
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0614120|Brian Murphy}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|people|brian_murphy}}
* [https://archive.today/20130128035621/http://www.lovefilm.com/visitor/browse_contributor/59015/Brian_Murphy.html Brian Murphy role reviews]

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