Norman Frederick Charles III (25 July 1941 – 22 August 2019[4]) was an English professional wrestler who was known worldwide under the name Murphy the Surfie.

Initially Charles competed both in North American and international promotions as part of The Royal Kangaroos with his cousin Jonathan Boyd.

[15] Boyle and Charles worked mainly for Pacific Northwest Wrestling in Oregon, capturing their first NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship from Kurt and Karl Von Steiger on 11 July 1971,[16] their first reign lasted only 6 weeks but the cousins would win the tag team title a further four times between June 1971 and December 1975.

[16] After working for Pacific Northwest, the Royal Kangaroos headed further north to join Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion.

[16] After their run in Stampede together the Royal Kangaroos broke up after a disagreement in Calgary Canada over differences in how to promote themselves.