George and Mildred 2, Brian Murphy revealed that there had been plans for a sixth series of eight episodes of the show. These were to have been recorded in late 1980. Murphy also revealed that this was due to have been the final series of "George and Mildred", as he and Yootha Joyce were afraid of being typecast after playing the characters since 1973 on television and in two films. However, despite scripts being written, Joyce's hospitalisation and subsequent death brought a premature end to the show. Her funeral took place on the day the cast were due to begin rehearsals for the
Michael Murphy (actor) "Me Lay" Marston, IV in "M*A*S*H" (1970), as Frank Shaft in "Brewster McCloud" (1970), as John Triplette in "Nashville" (1975), and as the title character in "Tanner '88" (a role he reprised in the 2004 miniseries "Tanner on Tanner"). Other Altman films and television series in which Murphy appeared include the World War II TV series "Combat!" (in which Murphy appeared in 1963, on the show's second of its five seasons), "Countdown" (1968), "That Cold Day in the Park" (1969), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971), "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" (1988) and "Kansas City" (1996). Other notable film roles include