Anthony Murphy (actor)
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Anthony Murphy is an Argentinian-born English
painter and former actor. Murphy was the eponymous hero in the British television serial, Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971), which won Emmys
for Murphy as 'Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries' for his role as Tom Brown
and as 'Best Miniseries' after it was screened by PBS in 1973. Despite the critical acclaim, he never again worked as an actor.
Murphy attended New College
at Oxford University from 1970-1975 to study Philosophy, Psychology and Physiology. He then married his first wife and moved to Ireland, working as a potter and an aerial photographer. But after four years Murphy divorced, and subsequently he returned to school to study law. Despite lacking passion for the law, Murphy pursued a career as a corporate lawyer, first in England then in Paris
, France. In Paris he met and married his second wife. Murphy began to paint “to relieve the boredom of corporate law.”http://www.kevinwalsh.co.uk/tb.htm Murphy’s first painting exhibition in 1991 in London was a great success, and his colorful Gauguin-esque paintings became highly desirable.
In 1992, Murphy and his new wife relocated from Paris to a large country house near Carcassonne
in the south of France. He continues to paint and exhibit work, but he rarely leaves Provence
.
Kevin Walsh’s 2003 article on Anthony Murphy http://www.kevinwalsh.co.uk/tb.htm
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
painter and former actor. Murphy was the eponymous hero in the British television serial, Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971), which won Emmys
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for Murphy as 'Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries' for his role as Tom Brown
Tom Brown (character)
Tom Brown is a fictional character created by author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical work Tom Brown's Schooldays which is set at a real English public school — Rugby School for Boys — in the 1830s when Hughes himself had been a pupil there...
and as 'Best Miniseries' after it was screened by PBS in 1973. Despite the critical acclaim, he never again worked as an actor.
Murphy attended New College
New College, Oxford
New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.- Overview :The College's official name, College of St Mary, is the same as that of the older Oriel College; hence, it has been referred to as the "New College of St Mary", and is now almost always...
at Oxford University from 1970-1975 to study Philosophy, Psychology and Physiology. He then married his first wife and moved to Ireland, working as a potter and an aerial photographer. But after four years Murphy divorced, and subsequently he returned to school to study law. Despite lacking passion for the law, Murphy pursued a career as a corporate lawyer, first in England then in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France. In Paris he met and married his second wife. Murphy began to paint “to relieve the boredom of corporate law.”http://www.kevinwalsh.co.uk/tb.htm Murphy’s first painting exhibition in 1991 in London was a great success, and his colorful Gauguin-esque paintings became highly desirable.
In 1992, Murphy and his new wife relocated from Paris to a large country house near Carcassonne
Carcassonne
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the former province of Languedoc.It is divided into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse. Carcassone was founded by the Visigoths in the fifth century,...
in the south of France. He continues to paint and exhibit work, but he rarely leaves Provence
Provence
Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
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External links
Anthony Murphy’s Online Gallery http://www.murphygallery.com/index.phpKevin Walsh’s 2003 article on Anthony Murphy http://www.kevinwalsh.co.uk/tb.htm