Brian Murphy, known for Man About the House, George and Mildred and Last of the Summer Wine, died at home on Sunday ...

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 ...

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 controversial for the time ...

Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce in 1979 (PA ... the latter starring Barbara Windsor and James Booth. He also performed in First World War musical satire Oh, What A Lovely War.