Yootha Joyce died at the age of just 53 after struggling with long-term alcoholism - and her co-star Brian Murphy was at her ...

Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce in London, 1976 Credit: PA George and Mildred would never have worked a fraction as well as it did, had it not been for the interplay between Murphy and Joyce.

He played George Roper, the henpecked, unkempt and terminally idle husband of his over-sexed, social-climbing spouse Mildred, played by Yootha Joyce. The warring pair, subletting landlords ...

Murphy first came to prominence playing landlord George Roper in Man About The House, starring alongside the late Yootha Joyce. The show began in 1973 and was considered controversial for the time ...

Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce in 1979 (PA) The show featured landlords George and Mildred Roper, played by the late Yootha Joyce, and was considered controversial for the time because it featured ...

Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce in 1979 (PA) Mr Bowington described it as “a sudden attack and cut down” as Murphy had developed a pain in his back around three weeks ago, and, after getting a ...