David McGranaghan

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David McGranaghan
David McGranaghan in Jersey Boys 2013.jpg
McGranaghan in Jersey Boys 2013
Education Guildford School of Acting
Occupation(s) Actor, comedy writer
Notable work Game For Fame

David McGranaghan is an actor and comedy writer originally from Largs, Scotland. [1] [2] [3] [4] He trained at the Guildford School of Acting before performing in a number of theatre performances;

As well as acting, McGranaghan co-invented Game For Fame the Party Board Game with Joseph Pitcher. [8] [9] McGranaghan also has written and performed in his own YouTube comedy channel Dave McG TV which has had over 1,000,000 hits. [10] [11] Dave McG TV has been commissioned by AOL's comedy channel Quipstar and David is currently filming series 3. [12] [13]

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