Actor Richard O’Sullivan, whose roles included Robin Tripp in 1970s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin’s Nest, has died aged 82.<\/p>\n
He was also known for starring in Doctor at Large, Dick Turpin, and the 1980s sitcom Me and My Girl, alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor, Joanne Ridley and Joan Sanderson.<\/p>\n
O’Sullivan died surrounded by close family at Brinsworth House, the Royal Variety Charity’s care home, in west London where he had lived for 23 years.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Giles Cooper of the Royal Variety said: “Richard O’Sullivan was a master of effortless charm and impeccable comic timing, bringing pure warmth, wit, and unforgettable joy to millions of living rooms as a true giant of British television.”<\/p>\n
Cooper added Sullivan would be “sorely missed by us all at the Royal Variety Charity”. <\/p>\n
The actor’s son James O’Sullivan said in a statement issued via the charity: “My dad was as funny and charming in real life as he appeared on our TV screens over the years. <\/p>\n
“Always kind-spirited, good humoured, a doting grandfather and a wonderful dad \u2013 I will miss him dearly.<\/p>\n
“Although much of his career happened before I was born, I was fortunate enough to be able to enjoy and witness his incredible talents on the countless re-runs of his shows that made him the respected and loved actor that he was.”<\/p>\n
He thanked the staff at Brinsworth House for their “love, kindness and care”. <\/p>\n
Man About the House co-starred Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy in six series on ITV. <\/p>\n
It was about a man sharing a London flat with two single women – quite a daring storyline for that era. <\/p>\n
In Me and My Girl, he played a widow living with his adolescent daughter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Richard O’Sullivan, whose roles included Robin Tripp in 1970s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-759620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}