Paul Young | |
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 3 July 1944
Nationality | Scottish |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Presenter |
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Paul Young (born 3 July 1944) is a Scottish television actor and presenter.
Paul Young was born in Edinburgh on 3 July 1944, the son of the actor John Young. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. [1]
Young started acting as a child. His first performance was as Tiny Tim in the Edinburgh Gateway Company's production of A Christmas Carol in 1953, [2] and he played the eponymous hero of the film Geordie in 1955. He played First Officer William Murdoch in the 1979 TV movie S. O. S. Titanic . Young also had a key supporting role in the Michael Winner made western Chato's Land (1972), which starred Charles Bronson, Jack Palance and Richard Basehart. Some of his later credits include The Tales of Para Handy , No Job for a Lady , Taggart , The Crow Road , Coronation Street and Still Game .
Young has gone on to find long-lasting fame among the fishing community, fronting a series of fishing TV shows, which began with "Hooked On Scotland" on the BBC in 1991. The show enjoyed somewhat unexpected success,[ citation needed ] winning a BAFTA for the first series. After two series, the show switched to ITV (Scottish TV), with the name changing to Hooked on Scottish and Paul's brief widening to include trips to fishing hot-spots around the world.
In 1999, Young was hooked by Scottish, and the show - with much the same format of Paul catching fish in many interesting places, each episode showcasing a different type of fish - was taken on by the Discovery Channel with the name changing again to "Hooked on Fishing". This ran successfully for six series up to 2004.[ citation needed ]
Young plays the character of Hugh "Shug" McLaughlin in Still Game, appearing occasionally in the early series but by series 5 and 6 becoming a regular cast member. Nicknamed "Shug the Lug" on the account of his distinctively large ears. Shug is generally the only pensioner that knows about gadgets and new technology in the group, owing to his service in the Royal Navy as a radio operator during World War II.
Young was involved in the lost Beatles interview, [3] recorded in April 1964 at the Scottish Television studios, Cowcaddens, Glasgow. The reel of film was found in a rusting film can in South London.
Young played a Canadian character called Keith in a rather touristy short film of Irvine, Ayrshire made in the 1970s.
Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
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1953 | A Christmas Carol | Tiny Tim | Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh | James Gibson | |
1972 | Willie Rough | Sam Thomson | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Bill Bryden | |
1972 | Kidnapped | David Balfour | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Bill Bryden | adaptation by Keith Dewhurst |
1981 | Let Wives Tak Tent | Walter | The Scottish Theatre Company | David Thompson | play by Robert Kemp |
1982 | An Satyre of the Thrie Estaites | Wantonness | The Scottish Theatre Company | Tom Fleming | play by Sir David Lyndsay, adapted by Robert Kemp |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | Geordie | Young Geordie | |
1957 | Let's Be Happy | Page Boy Bobby | |
1968 | Submarine X-1 | Leading Seaman Quentin | |
1972 | Madame Sin | Naval Driver | |
1972 | Chato's Land | Brady Logan | |
1980 | Death Watch | Police Officer | |
1980 | A Change of Seasons | Disco Deejay | |
1983 | Another Time, Another Place | Dougal | |
1985 | The Girl in the Picture | Smiley | |
1995 | Margaret's Museum | Doctor 1 | |
1997 | Regeneration | Dr Brock | |
1999 | My Life So Far | Doctor Gebbie | |
2000 | Complicity | Frank | |
2004 | One Last Chance | Mr. Clouston |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1958 | The Devil as a Roaring Lion | Joel Mackenzie | TV film |
1963 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Delivery Boy | "Possessed of Devils" |
1965 | The Wednesday Play | Tom | "A Knight in Tarnished Armour" |
1965 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Ian Buchanan | "Off the Hook" |
1966 | Scottish Playbill | Ken Villiers | "The Inward Lens" |
1967 | The Dark Number | Jo-Jo | "Episode 1.2" |
1967 | This Man Craig | Hector McInnes | "The Day's Run" |
1967 | St. Ives | Officer | "Lion Rampant" |
1967 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Tex | "The Gun" |
1967 | The Revenue Men | Various characters | 3 episodes |
1968 | The Flight of the Heron | Lieutenant Sharpe | |
1969 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Peter | "Single or Return" |
1969 | The Wednesday Play | Laurie Kyle | "Patterson O.K." |
1969 | The Doctors | Registrar | "Episode 1.6" |
1970 | The Borderers | Mat | "Hostage" |
1972 | The Regiment | Gilmour | "Wine and Retribution" |
1972 | Sunset Song | Will Guthrie | |
1973 | The View from Daniel Pike | Purser | "A Slight Case of Absalom" |
1973 | Weir of Hermiston | Dand Elliott | |
1973 | Sutherland's Law | Advocate Depute | "The House" |
1974 | The Haggard Falcon | Bastien | |
1975 | The Hill of the Red Fox | Policeman | "Episode 1.5" |
1976 | Sutherland's Law | Hugh Giles | "Shades of Black" |
1976 | The Sullivans | Phil Chambers | |
1979 | The Omega Factor | Frank | "Visitations" |
1979 | S.O.S. Titanic | First Officer: William Murdoch | TV film |
1979 | The Camerons | Warrick | "Episode 1.5 - 1.6" |
1980 | Airport Chaplain | Andy Blair | "The Eye of Faith" & "Arrivals and Departures" |
1980 | Square Mile of Murder | Rutherford Clark | "The Sandyford Place Mystery" |
1980 | Doom Castle | Simon MacTaggart | |
1981 | The Walls of Jericho | Dr. Juckes | "Rivals in Arms" |
1981 | The House on the Hill | McGregor | "Man of Straw" |
1982 | ITV Playhouse | Simon | "Something's Got to Give" |
1984 | The Odd Job Man | Victor | "Episode 1.1" |
1984 | Scotland's Story | Andrew Hardie | "Of Government and Man" |
1986 | The Holy City | Matthew | TV film |
1986 | City Lights | Malky Boyd | "Talent" |
1987 | Brond | Senior Officer | "Episode 1.2 - 1.3" |
1987 | First Sight | Det. Insp. Mackie | "Extras" |
1987 | Taggart | Colin Davidson | “Funeral Rites” |
1987–1990 | Take the High Road | Reverend Gerald Parker | |
1988 | Dramarama | Roddy McDonald | "The Secret of Croftmore" |
1989 | Screen Two | Snodgrass | "Leaving" |
1989 | The Justice Game | Derek Crawford | "Episode 1.1 - 1.4" |
1989 | Albert and the Lion | MacNulty | TV film |
1990 | The Campbells | Dr. Robert Armstrong | "Old Ways and New" & "Truth Will Out" |
1990 | Lorna Doone | Neighbour | TV film |
1990–1992 | No Job for a Lady | Ken Miller | |
1991 | Poirot | Mr. McNeil | "The Million Dollar Bond Robbery" |
1992 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Lawyer | "That's Entertainment" |
1993 | I, Lovett | Matted Lump | "Baldy" |
1993 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Doctor | "Wean" |
1993 | Strathblair | Max Crichton | "Episode 2.7" |
1994 | The Bill | Michael Sturridge | "RTA" |
1994 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Radio Announcer (voice) | "Eorpa" |
1994–1995 | The Tales of Para Handy | Andrew Campbell | |
1995 | The Plant | Dick the Programme Controller | TV film |
1995 | Backup | Chief Insp. Best | "Mouth and Trousers" |
1995 | Taggart | Patrick Liddell | "Legends Part One" |
1996 | Soldier Soldier | Gen MacDonald Brown | "Dear Joe..." |
1996 | The Crow Road | Hamish McHoan | |
1998–1999 | The Last Salute | Mr. Bannerman | |
1999 | Coronation Street | Jock MacCall | 3 episodes |
2000 | My Fragile Heart | DCI Owen Simmons | TV film |
2000 | Brotherly Love | Desmond Wilkie | "Time Gentlemen Please" |
2001 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Inspector Woodhuish | "O Happy Isle" |
2002–2019 | Still Game | Shug |
Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
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8 January 2004 | Bampot Central [4] | Mackay/Captain Finlay Craig | Lu Kemp | BBC Radio 3 The Wire |
30 July 2007 | Be Prepared: The Amateur Assassin [5] | Reader | Kirsty Williams | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Reading |
17 March 2008 | The Singing Sands [6] | Reader | - | BBC Radio 7 repeated on Radio4Extra, 21 to 24 May 2012 |
7 January 2009 | The Intelligence of Hearts [7] | Reader | Eilidh McCreadie | BBC Radio 4 Scottish Shorts |
11 November 2012 – 18 November 2012 | The Black Book [8] | Torrance & Vanderhyde | Bruce Young | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
18 February 2014 | McLevy: A Different Path [9] | Craddock | Bruce Young | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama |
4 March 2014 | McLevy: A Sore Convulsion [10] | Craddock | Bruce Young | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama |
13 February 2016 – 20 February 2016 | A Question of Blood [11] | Fogg | Bruce Young | BBC Radio 4 The Saturday Play |
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