Glen Murphy
Actor, TV Actor
1957 –
Who is Glen Murphy?
Glen Murphy MBE is an English actor, perhaps best known as George Green between 1988 and 2002 on the television drama London's Burning.
He has also had roles on The Bill, Shine on Harvey Moon "Murphys Mob" Casualty and Doctor Who and more recently Fathers of Girls, Karl Howman's feature debut starring Ray Winstone.
He was awarded an MBE in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours for his charity work, and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 1995.
He now lives in Italy and Essex with his wife Linda, they have four children.
Murphy supports West Ham United and also likes horse riding, and has played guitar since first being asked to play bass guitar for a school band when he was 13. His father, his uncles, were all champion boxers. Glen's first fight was at the age of nine. He became a British Schoolboy Champion and went onto fight internationally. He trained in Karate for 6 years under Dickie Wu, Terry Stewart & Jamie O'Keefe. He graded for shodan in November 1989 and now trains in the kyokushin style with the BKK under Liam Keaveney. He has also studied fencing, tang soo doo,and shooting. Glen also played football for Chelsea as a schoolboy and became an apprentice with Charlton, and was registered with Enfield Town FC and Rainham Town FC in the FA Cup, and has played at Wembley 10 times.
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- Born
- Apr 6, 1957
West Ham - Also known as
- Glen Murphy MBE
- Parents
- Spouses
- Linda Murphy
(1975/02/14 - )
- Linda Murphy
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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