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Brian Murphy

1932 - 2025

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Brian Trevor John Murphy (25 September 1932 – 1 February 2025) was an English comic 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. He also played Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine. Other notable roles included Stan the shopkeeper in the 1990s children's series Wizadora, and Maurice in the comedy drama series The Booze Cruise. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Murphy is the 4,966th most popular actor (up from 7,924th in 2019), the 4,048th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,561st in 2019) and the 575th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brian Murphy ranks 4,966 out of 13,578Before him are Amanda Bearse, Molly Ringwald, Rosalind Chao, Alexa PenaVega, Bernadette Peters, and Edward Platt. After him are Danuta Szaflarska, Patrick Malahide, Kevin Smith, Ernesto Alonso, Megumi Ogata, and Sunny Deol.

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Among people born in 1932, Brian Murphy ranks 371Before him are Robert B. Parker, Clifton Williams, Gavril Dejeu, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Billie Whitelaw, and Ben Bova. After him are Vasili Kuznetsov, Cesare Perdisa, Paul Anderson, Bronius Kutavičius, Casey Kasem, and John Lyons. Among people deceased in 2025, Brian Murphy ranks 205Before him are Bernd Cullmann, Ileana Silai, David Johansen, Alvaro Vitali, Angie Stone, and Joseph Wambaugh. After him are Nikola Pokrivač, Juan Aguilera, David Souter, Pauli Nevala, Robert Jarvik, and Wings Hauser.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Murphy ranks 4,049 out of 8,785Before him are John Wilkinson (1728), John Byng (1704), Edgar Syers (1863), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Ron Tauranac (1925), and Chris Blackwell (1937). After him are Ben Nicholson (1894), Patrick Malahide (1945), William Henry Smyth (1788), Claire Williams (1976), George Galloway (1954), and Dean Smith (1971).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Brian Murphy ranks 575Before him are Ian McNeice (1950), James Donald (1917), Billie Whitelaw (1932), Annabelle Wallis (1984), David Morrissey (1964), and Shirley Eaton (1937). After him are Patrick Malahide (1945), Robert Douglas (1909), Rupert Friend (1981), Kevin McKidd (1973), Robert James-Collier (1976), and Peter Firth (1953).