Born on the Isle of Wight in 1932, Murphy’s performing profession started within the Fifties when he turned a member of the pioneering Theatre Workshop.

Based by Joan Littlewood and her companion Gerry Raffles, it was devoted to modernising theatre and reaching working-class audiences.

Murphy carried out in lots of Shakespeare productions directed by Littlewood, and acted in her solely characteristic movie, the kitchen sink comedy Sparrows Cannot Sing.

He was finest identified for his function in Man Concerning the Home, an ITV sitcom exploring the dynamics of 1 man and two ladies flat-sharing within the Nineteen Seventies.

He went on to star within the spin-off George and Mildred, during which Murphy performed a henpecked George Roper reverse fellow Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his spouse.

He’s survived by his spouse, Hello-de-Hello! actress Linda Regan, and his two sons.

Ms Regan stated: “I used to be fortunate to have in my lifetime discovered my soulmate, Brian, who I’ll love without end.”