Glen Murphy (born 6 April 1957) is a British actor and producer, best known as Firefighter George Green between 1988 and 2002 on the television drama '' London's Burning''.

Career

Murphy was the only actor to remain throughout the entire run of ''London's Burning'', which attracted 18.92 million viewers for its 5th series, and averaging 15 million in its 14-year reign. He was the subject of '' This Is Your Life'' in 1992. After ''London's Burning'' he appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', the Karl Howman directed drama ''

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'', and alongside

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in ''

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''. His later work includes as a producer and lead actor in the film " Lords of London "(2014). It won best film at the New York Hell's Kitchen Film Festival, and he won the best Actor award at the Abruzzo film festival in Italy; it is released in the United States by

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on 1 September 2015. In 2020, he appeared in the

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biopic ''Finger of Suspicion''. He had a leading role in the

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production of Patrick Marber's ''

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'' (

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) in the West End of London in 1995. Glen played the lead in the national tour of ''A Gentle Hook'' in 2004-05.

Early life

He attended

St Bonaventure's Catholic School St Bonaventure's is a Roman Catholic boys' secondary school and sixth form in Forest Gate, London, England. The school was founded in 1875. History St Bonaventure's was founded as a private Roman Catholic school in 1855, by members of the F ...

Forest Gate Forest Gate is a district of West Ham in the London Borough of Newham, East London, England. It is located northeast of Charing Cross. The area's name relates to its position adjacent to Wanstead Flats, the southernmost part of Epping Forest. ...

, where he was a

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in a local

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band, Bon's Boy. He won

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and

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championships in

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and

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in his youth, & also boxing internationally. And playing semi professional football with Enfield FC After spells with

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& Charlton FC Murphy has a 3rd Dan black belt (martial arts) black belt in karate">black_belt.html" ;"title="black belt (martial arts) black belt">black belt (martial arts) black belt in karate in the Kyokushin style and has trained in martial arts for over 40 years. His brother, Darren Murphy was a guitarist in the punk band Wasted Youth (British band), Wasted Youth. His career began in the play ''Johnny Boxer'' at Half Moon Theatre in Alie St, East London, and then on to ''Guilty Generation'' staged at his father Terence Murphy pub, The Bridge House in

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, and then off down the road to

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, in their TIE Company Theatre Venturefor a year.

Awards

He was awarded the

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in 1995. He was also awarded a

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in 2007 for his charity work.

References

External links

Official website
(archived March 5, 2016) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Glen English male stage actors Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire English male television actors 1957 births Male actors from Essex People educated at St Bonaventure's Catholic School