A statement from his agent said Cope “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Wednesday, with his wife and family by his side.
In Randall and Hopkirk, Cope played Marty Hopkirk, a man who is murdered but returns as a ghost.
The show, first broadcast in 1969 and 1970, developed a cult following and was remade in 2000 by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer…..