ACTOR

Brian Murphy

1932 - 2025

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Brian Trevor John Murphy (25 September 1932 – 2 February 2025) was an English comic actor. He was best known as the henpecked husband George Roper in the popular sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off series George and Mildred. He also played Alvin Smedley in Last of the Summer Wine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brian Murphy has received more than 49,385 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Brian Murphy is the 7,927th most popular actor (down from 7,156th in 2019), the 5,561st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,025th in 2019) and the 890th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 49k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brian Murphy ranks 7,927 out of 13,578. Before him are Shelley Hennig, Daniella Alonso, Hoot Gibson, Betty Thomas, Vanity, and George K. Arthur. After him are Sun Li, Austin Stowell, Irving Bacon, Kuno Becker, Marguerite Chapman, and Renata Litvinova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Brian Murphy ranks 530. Before him are Mae Faggs, Voitto Hellsten, Alberto Dines, Howard Hodgkin, Derog Gioura, and Bruno Visintin. After him are Eeva Ruoppa, Michael McClure, Edward Egan, Shirley Cawley, Duke Pearson, and Udupi Ramachandra Rao. Among people deceased in 2025, Brian Murphy ranks 41. Before him are Ayla Erduran, Mike Ratledge, Maria Teresa Horta, Dick Button, Barbie Hsu, and Greg Bell. After him are Thelma Hopkins, Julius Chan, Cristóbal Ortega, Fred Newhouse, Baldur Preiml, and Peter Yarrow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Brian Murphy ranks 5,561 out of 8,785. Before him are Johnny Douglas (1882), Dominic Howard (1977), Paul Jones (1942), Miles Malleson (1888), Tom Chaplin (1979), and George K. Arthur (1899). After him are Peter Broadbent (1933), Terry Griffiths (1947), Alfred Austin (1835), Alex McLeish (1959), Pat Fry (1964), and Peter Giles (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Brian Murphy ranks 890. Before him are Aslı Enver (1984), Alex Pettyfer (1990), Pamela Brown (1917), Nora Swinburne (1902), Miles Malleson (1888), and George K. Arthur (1899). After him are Hans Matheson (1975), Lucy Gordon (1980), Elizabeth Allan (1910), Sandrine Holt (1972), Finola Hughes (1959), and Marsha Thomason (1976).

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