He was 92. The actor was best known for his roles in Man About the House, where he played landlord George Roper, and George and Mildred, a spinoff about his character George and his wife Mildred ...

But then his luck changed. He said: “I’d been in the business for 20 years and suddenly it all happened.” Life really did begin at 40 as he became George Roper in Man About the House. George ...

He came to fame playing landlord George Roper in “Man About the House,” which ran from 1973-76. The show was revamped in the U.S. as “Three’s Company.” Murphy revived the character for t ...

RIP sweetheart.” The sitcom ran from 1973 to 1976 and starred Murphy as George Roper, a lazy landlord who allows a man to move into an apartment with two single women. The show was remade in the ...

He rose to prominence playing the landlord George Roper in the 1973 ITV sitcom Man About the House, which explored the dynamics between two women sharing a flat with a man. He acted alongside ...

where Murphy portrayed the henpecked George Roper alongside fellow Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his wife. Paying tribute to Murphy on Twitter (X) this morning, one fan penned ...