Man About the House (film) Man About the House (film) Man About the House is a 1974 British comedy film, a spinoff of the sitcom of the same name, starring all of the main cast of the series. It was the last in a series of big screen adaptations of popular TV shows made by Hammer Films though a "George & Mildred" film (featuring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy) would be made in 1980 by another studio. The Ropers learn that Mr Pluthero, a real estate developer, wants to buy their building. The roommates circulate a petition to stop the development which attracts the interest
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