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   :-(   
      
   I thought he died years ago, until I saw him on a recent episode of   
   "Holby City", not looking that much different than he did in the 1970s!   
      
   For Americans, "Man About the House" was the original show that   
   Americans butchered into the inferior sitcom "Three's Company"   
   (although admittedly much better than most other American remakes of   
   British sitcoms!). "George & Mildred" was one of the spin-offs.   
      
      
       Sitcom actor Brian Murphy dies aged 92   
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       Brian Murphy, the actor and comedian best known for his role   
       in the 1970s British sitcoms Man About the House and George   
       and Mildred, has died aged 92.   
      
       Murphy, who passed away at his home in Kent on Sunday morning,   
       worked closely with theatre director Joan Littlewood   
       throughout his early career.   
      
       More recently, he appeared in episodes of BBC medical drama   
       Holby City, sketch programme The Catherine Tate Show and ITV   
       sitcom Benidorm, as well as comedy show Last of the Summer   
       Wine.   
      
       Paying tribute to his "talent and humanity", Murphy's friend   
       and agent Thomas Bowington described him as a "joyful and   
       profoundly good-hearted man".   
      
       Born on the Isle of Wight in 1932, Murphy's acting career   
       began in the 1950s when he became a member of the pioneering   
       Theatre Workshop.   
      
       Founded by Joan Littlewood and her partner Gerry Raffles, it   
       was dedicated to modernising theatre and reaching   
       working-class audiences.   
      
       Murphy performed in many Shakespeare productions directed by   
       Littlewood, and acted in her only feature film, the kitchen   
       sink comedy Sparrows Can't Sing.   
      
       He was best known for his role in Man About the House, an ITV   
       sitcom exploring the dynamics of one man and two women   
       flat-sharing in the 1970s.   
      
       He went on to star in the spin-off George and Mildred, in   
       which Murphy played a henpecked George Roper opposite fellow   
       Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his wife.   
      
       He is survived by his wife, Hi-de-Hi! actress Linda Regan, and   
       his two sons.   
      
       Ms Regan said: "I was lucky to have in my lifetime found my   
       soulmate, Brian, who I will love forever."   
      
      
          
      
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