George and Mildred star Brian Murphy leaves family huge amount in will after his death aged 92
The will of George and Mildred star, Brian Murphy, has revealed the huge sum of money he left to his wife and two sons.
Sitcom legend Brian Murphy - star of Man About The House and George and Mildred - left his family a staggering amount in his will, it has been revealed. The actor passed away at home in Kent in February at the age of 92, leaving his wife, Hi-de-Hi! star Linda Regan, and sons Trevor and Kevin, from a previous marriage.
It has now been revealed his final wish was to leave tidy sum of £617,000 in a trust to Linda, 75, who he married in 1995, and the children.
After becoming a household name in the 1970s, actor Brian saw a resurgence in popularity after joining later series of BBC classic, Last Of The Summer Wine.
After his death, Linda paid an emotional tribute to him, saying: "I was lucky to have in my lifetime found my soulmate, Brian, who I will love forever."
Born in 1932 on the Isle of Wight, he trained at The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art after completing National Service with the RAF. He started his career in the 1950s as a member of the Theatre Workshop, founded by Joan Littlewood, and appeared in both the stage and 1962 film version of Littlewood’s comedy Sparrows Can’t Sing, the latter starring Barbara Windsor and James Booth.
Murphy came to national prominence as George Roper in the classic sitcoms Man About The House and George and Mildred. In his later years on screen, he featured in the likes of Holby City, The Catherine Tate Show, and ITV's Benidorm.
In 2023, Murphy and Linda joined podcast sitcom, Barmy Dale, starring as Felicity Palmer, Mayoress of Barmy Dale and Lord Palmer, her husband.
In a 2016 interview with the Express, he said he appreciated being able to spend more time with his wife as he cut his workload, adding: "It’s nice not working so much now because I can spend time at home with Linda. We met while appearing in Wife Begins At 40 at Eastbourne. She played my wife and we hit it off straight away.
"We married in 1995. I can’t grumble about my lot because I’m very happy. I’ve brought up a family and been working relatively solidly for 60 years. It has been a lot of fun."
Friend and agent Thomas Bowington said the actor was told he had cancer in his spine and shoulders after “a sudden attack” that saw the actor develop a pain in his back around three weeks before his death. He remembered him as a “sprinkler of joy on stage, screen and in life” and as a person who was “joyful, warm, kind and caring to everyone”.
Murphy had not retired, and was filming for a comedy before Christmas and had been due to start production on a road movie in June in which he would star alongside Regan as a husband and wife duo.