Richard O'Sullivan

Richard O'Sullivan became one of Britain's best-loved sitcom stars as student chef Robin Tripp in Man About the House (1973 to 1976), the series that inspired the American hit Three's Company, and in its spin-off Robin's Nest (1977 to 1981). He also played the title role in ITV's Dick Turpin and starred in the sitcom Me and My Girl. Born in Chiswick in 1944, he began acting as a child in the early 1950s. His son James said he died on September 4 at Brinsworth House, the entertainers' care home in west London, surrounded by close family. He was 82.