Brian Murphy

AKA: Brian Trevor John Murphy
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1932-09-25

Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Biography

Brian Trevor John Murphy (25 September 1932 – 2 February 2025) was an English actor and comedian, best known as the henpecked husband George Roper in the popular sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off series George and Mildred, and Stan the shop owner in the children's series Wizadora.

Crew Roles

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George Roper

1980-10-10 8.3

George & Mildred

Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper is determined to make husband George celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Tipple

2000-10-24 0

The Mumbo Jumbo

A cynical young American, Thomas Doubting, stumbles upon a magical amulet which takes him on a mysterious journey to the island of Sinmouth. The eccentric locals believe he is the lost legend of "Mumb ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comedy

Chauffeur

1982-10-18 8.2

It's Your Move

A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tomm ...
Genre :Comedy

Geoff

2011-08-01 4

The Estate

The story of a bad boy hoodie & his gang that dominate their zone on a notorious South London Estate, and five families struggle with every day crime. Police corruption is at a high & residents are pu ...
Genre :Crime

Jack

1963-03-26 5.1

Sparrows Can't Sing

Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Self

2022-03-05 0

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars no longer with us, and celebrity fans, we learn t ...
Genre :Documentary

Caretaker

1976-02-15 2.786

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and no man is safe from the crotch-grabbing ...
Genre :Comedy

George Roberts

2005-09-15 2

Room 36

Room 36 is a low-budget British thriller shot in black-and-white from director Jim Groom. Hit man Conner is supposed to meet MP Helen Woods in a hotel room to exchange money for microfilm. Things get ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror, Thriller

Self/Archive Footage

2023-10-14 0

Man About the House: 50 Years of Laughs

An affectionate look at the 1970s sitcom, with interviews and a look behind the scenes. ...
Genre :Documentary

Tony's father

1972-01-01 3.2

The Ragman's Daughter

Based on the Alan Sillitoe short story. Tony, a worker at a cheese factory, is also a petty thief. He moves from robbery after robbery until he meets Doris, the daughter of the local ragman. Slowly, h ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Fletcher

1966-12-12 0

Vacant Possession

An estate agent arranges to meet a couple for a viewing at a flat. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

Allotment Man

2012-05-16 4.409

Run For Your Wife

John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves vary ...
Genre :Comedy

Guardsman / Tramp

1964-06-05 0

Comedy Workshop: Love and Maud Carver

Maud has two men in her life - George and Errol. In an effort to decide which boyfriend to keep, she visits a clairvoyant who tells her that her ideal partner may, in fact, be a third person she has y ...
Genre :

Brian Seaman

2002-08-20 4.8

A Gentleman's Game

A drama revolving around characters whose lives are transformed one summer at an exclusive East Coast country club. ...
Genre :Drama

Driver

1970-08-17 0

A Sound from the Sea

While hitchhiking towards the coast, two young men find themselves trapped at an inn by its strange landlord and his beautiful wife. ...
Genre :

Arthur Lucan

1985-01-02 8

On Your Way, Riley!

Biopic of Arthur Lucan, who portrayed Old Mother Riley for over twenty years on stage and screen. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Archibald

1981-09-14 0

Black Jack

Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities, and a hostage situation arises. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Maurice Stringer

2005-12-25 8

The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end u ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Maurice

2006-05-21 7.3

The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering

The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on the Yorkshire Moors. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Maurice

2003-09-07 7.3

The Booze Cruise

A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a booze cruise to France, with mixed success and many m ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

George Roper

1974-12-22 4.7

Man About the House

An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers ...
Genre :Comedy

Englishman at Garage

1965-07-01 6.3

San Ferry Ann

A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. The campervan family led by Dad and Mum (David Lodge and Joan Sims) creat ...
Genre :Comedy

Arthur

2011-04-30 0

Grave Tales

A young genealogist whiles-away her afternoon in an eerie graveyard to identify graves but stumbles upon an elderly gravedigger anxious to share horror stories with her. The gravedigger delights in te ...
Genre :Horror

Adam

1971-07-16 7.5

The Devils

Father Urbain Grandier’s unorthodox views of sex and religion make him a polarizing figure in 17th-century France. His outspokenness has amassed a passionate following of nuns and a respected reputati ...
Genre :Drama, History, Horror

Peter

1971-12-16 6.5

The Boy Friend

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance

Van Driver at Timber Yard

1979-12-17 7.4

The Plank

Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Gowing

1964-12-12 6

The Diary of a Nobody

Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril Elgar and Murray Melvin. Adapted by Ken Russell and Joh ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Mr Foskett

1994-12-25 1

The Man Who Blew Away

The Meldrews get a surprise visit from Mr. Foskett, whom they know only because they stayed in the same guest house 17 years ago. ...
Genre :Comedy

1978-11-10 7.1

Butterflies

Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly ...
Genre :Comedy

Ken Speed

1997-05-09 7.5

Jonathan Creek

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious ...
Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Drama

1962-01-02 7

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...
Genre :Drama

George Roper

1976-09-06 6.8

George and Mildred

A middle-aged housewife feels frustrated with her mean and miserable husband, the married couple adapting to life in an up-market housing estate. ...
Genre :Comedy

Haslam

1961-01-07 7.7

The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assista ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Larry

2004-02-24 7.7

Hustle

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alvin

1973-01-04 7.1

Last of the Summer Wine

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their ...
Genre :Comedy

1967-07-08 7

Callan

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Percy Sinclair

1955-07-09 5.3

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were l ...
Genre :Drama

1984-10-22 6

Lame Ducks

Lame Ducks is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1984 and written by Peter J. Hammond. In one of the more dark and surreal plotlines, it starred John Duttine as Brian Drake, a man who, wh ...
Genre :Comedy

1993-01-05 5

Wizadora

Wizadora is a children's television programme broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 1998. However, it was first used as a language teaching tool for children to learn the English languag ...
Genre :

Maurice

2003-09-07 6.7

The Booze Cruise

The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. The first episode in the series was first shown on ITV in 2003. The ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1996-12-03 7.5

Pond Life

Pond Life is a British animated television series that was written and directed by Candy Guard and follows the misadventures of its neurotic and self-obsessed protagonist, Dolly Pond. Two series were ...
Genre :Animation, Comedy

1981-02-19 0

The Incredible Mr Tanner

Genre :

1999-02-22 6

Mrs Merton and Malcolm

Mrs Merton and Malcolm was a six-episode BBC One sitcom produced by Granada Television, and transmitted by BBC One in 1999. The series was written by Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash and Henry Normal. Net ...
Genre :Comedy

1964-12-12 0

Six

Genre :Drama

Sid Dawson

1999-01-16 3.5

Sunburn

Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Neville

2004-02-16 6.9

The Catherine Tate Show

Comedy legend Catherine Tate plays all her best-loved characters in this riotous sketch show. Expect sulky teens, offensive nans and the most tactless women in the world. ...
Genre :Comedy

Walter Burnley

1986-09-06 6.1

Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives. ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Self

2008-07-07 0

Cash in the Celebrity Attic

Genre :

Jack Dobson

2011-11-23 6.8

The Café

A family-owned seaside café in Weston-super-Mare hosts some colorful customers in this warm comedy series. ...
Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Victor

2013-03-25 7.274

Plebs

Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome. ...
Genre :Comedy

1993-09-06 7.2

Sooty & Co.

Second incarnation of the childrens puppet show, picking up almost directly where "The Sooty show" left off Sooty, Sweep, Soo and little cousin Scampi continue their adventures with Matthew. ...
Genre :Kids, Comedy

The Drunk

1970-03-03 0

The Misfit

The Misfit is an ATV sitcom created by Roy Clarke, broadcast from 1970 to 1971 on ITV. Basil Allenby-Johnson returns from Colonial Malaya to an England just emerging from the swinging sixties, a home ...
Genre :Comedy

Taffy

1967-09-22 0

Baker's Half-Dozen

Follows the misadventures of RAF pilot officer Joe Baker as he navigates various escapades and encounters. The short-lived comedy series also features Toni Palmer, Brian Murphy, John Carlin, and Char ...
Genre :Comedy

Ernie Dexter

1967-09-22 0

Baker's Half-Dozen

Follows the misadventures of RAF pilot officer Joe Baker as he navigates various escapades and encounters. The short-lived comedy series also features Toni Palmer, Brian Murphy, John Carlin, and Char ...
Genre :Comedy

Barman

1967-09-22 0

Baker's Half-Dozen

Follows the misadventures of RAF pilot officer Joe Baker as he navigates various escapades and encounters. The short-lived comedy series also features Toni Palmer, Brian Murphy, John Carlin, and Char ...
Genre :Comedy

Tom Parker

1967-09-22 0

Baker's Half-Dozen

Follows the misadventures of RAF pilot officer Joe Baker as he navigates various escapades and encounters. The short-lived comedy series also features Toni Palmer, Brian Murphy, John Carlin, and Char ...
Genre :Comedy

Capt. Skelton

1967-09-22 0

Baker's Half-Dozen

Follows the misadventures of RAF pilot officer Joe Baker as he navigates various escapades and encounters. The short-lived comedy series also features Toni Palmer, Brian Murphy, John Carlin, and Char ...
Genre :Comedy

1967-09-22 0

Baker's Half-Dozen

Follows the misadventures of RAF pilot officer Joe Baker as he navigates various escapades and encounters. The short-lived comedy series also features Toni Palmer, Brian Murphy, John Carlin, and Char ...
Genre :Comedy

Septimus Luker

1972-01-16 6

The Moonstone

A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

George Roper

1973-08-15 7.1

Man About the House

Man About the House is a British sitcom created and written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer, and starring Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Richard O'Sullivan, Brian Murphy, and Yootha Joyce. Six seri ...
Genre :Comedy