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.

Any boy who grew up in the Seventies will recall with a shudder watching Yootha Joyce's predatory Mildred Roper in the saucy sitcom Man About The House. The terrifying teeth, the bright orange ...

George and Mildred star Yootha Joyce’s death was incredibly tragic – and it took place just weeks after wrapping her final film project. Yootha played Mildred Roper for years on the classic ...

Brian Murphy, the actor, who has died aged 92, achieved his greatest success in the ITV sitcom Man About the House (1973-76) and its spin-off series George and Mildred (1976-79).