George and Mildred star Yootha Joyce’s death was incredibly tragic – and it took place just weeks after wrapping her final film project. Yootha played Mildred Roper for years on the classic ...

Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce in London, 1976 Credit: PA George and Mildred would never have worked a fraction as well as it did, had it not been for the interplay between Murphy and Joyce.

He played George Roper, the henpecked, unkempt and terminally idle husband of his over-sexed, social-climbing spouse Mildred, played by Yootha Joyce. The warring pair, subletting landlords ...

Norman Fell’s character — on the British sitcoms that would be adapted for ‘Three’s Company’ and ‘The Ropers.’ ...

Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce in 1979 (PA) Mr Bowington described it as “a sudden attack and cut down” as Murphy had developed a pain in his back around three weeks ago, and after getting a ...

RIP sweetheart." Murphy first came to prominence playing landlord George Roper in Man About The House, starring alongside the late Yootha Joyce. The show began in 1973 and was considered ...

Murphy died aged 92 at his home in Kent on Sunday morning with his wife, Hi-de-Hi! actress Linda Regan, by his side, his ...