Paul Young

Born: 1944-07-03

Scottish actor and presenter. Born in Edinburgh on 3rd July 1944 to an actor father, Paul made his debut as a child actor in the 1955 movie Geordie. In 1965, Paul became an off shore pirate radio DJ and and was the first voice heard when Radio Scotland launched, and presented the popular Ceilidh programme of traditional Scottish music. Returning to acting later in the decade, Paul has gone on to appear in numerous plays, films and television dramas. A keen angler, he has presented fishing programmes on Scottish television for many years. The first was Hooked on Scotland for the BBC. This was followed by Hooked on Scottish for ITV and more recently Hooked for the satellite and cable channel Discovery Home and Leisure.


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Chato's Land

as Brady Logan
Released: 1972-05-25

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that...

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S.O.S. Titanic

as First Officer Joseph Murdoch
Released: 1980-02-29

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

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Death Watch

as Police Officer
Released: 1980-01-23

In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even...

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Submarine X-1

as Leading Seaman Quentin
Released: 1968-03-22

After losing a submarine and fifty crew in a battle with a German ship during WWII, a Royal Navy...

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My Life So Far

as Doctor Gebbie
Released: 1999-08-25

A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a...

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Regeneration

as Dr. Brock
Released: 1997-08-27

Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, two of England's most important World War I poets are sent,...

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Complicity

as Frank
Released: 2000-05-06

Local journalist, Cameron Colley writes articles that are idealistic, from the viewpoint of the...

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A Change of Seasons

as Disco Deejay
Released: 1980-12-01

Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things...

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Madame Sin

as Naval Driver
Released: 1972-01-15

A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.

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Lorna Doone

as Neighbour
Released: 1990-12-26

A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her...

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Margaret's Museum

as Doctor 1
Released: 1995-09-13

In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single...

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Geordie

as Young Geordie
Released: 1955-09-02

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building...

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Another Time, Another Place

as Dougal
Released: 1983-05-13

Set in 1943 in Scotland during World War II. Janie is a young housewife married to a man named...

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One Last Chance

as Mr Clouston
Released: 2004-03-13

A group of slackers think they have found gold in the Highlands.

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Leaving

as Snodgrass
Released: 1989-02-05

A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland,...

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Willie Rough

as Sam Thomson
Released: 1976-03-09

In the dark days of 1914 Willie Rough set out to find work in Greenock. He becomes a...

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Let's Be Happy

as Page Boy Bobby
Released: 1957-05-07

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the...

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A Knight in Tarnished Armour

as Tom
Released: 1965-07-07

Tom is a working class Scots teenager, but he dreams of much more.

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My Fragile Heart

as DCI Owen Simmons
Released: 2000-09-17

Trina Lavery returns home to Stoke after 20 years, to look after her ill mother. She learns that...

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Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

as John Robb
Released: 1976-02-24

TV dramatisation of the trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.

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Ploughman's Share

as Chas Airlie
Released: 1979-02-27

When a farmer's land is wanted for a new town development, a lot of people find their lives put...

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Still Game: The Story So Far

as Himself / Shug
Released: 2014-12-31

A celebration of the sitcom Still Game, featuring interviews with the cast, celebrities who have...

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Still Game: Live in Glasgow

as Shug McLaughlin
Released: 2014-11-24

Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are back and reviving their much loved characters Jack Jarvis and...

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The Girl in the Picture

as Smiley
Released: 1986-01-01

Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As a very presentable Glaswegian...

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The Bevellers

as Joe Crosby
Released: 1974-11-21

An ambitious apprentice glassmaker clashes with his new colleagues in a Glasgow workshop.

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Charades

as Jock
Released: 1977-12-13

An innocent game during an opulent weekend at a Scottish castle annoys the sinister housekeeper...

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Facts of Life

as Harry
Released: 1988-10-11

Edinburgh 1963: Alice is 11 and fascinated by sex. But her mother's involvement with Francois...

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Brigadista

as uncredited
Released: 1985-02-05

When best-selling author James Fuller Hayes comes to Glasgow to publicise his personal account...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mr. McNeil
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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Natural World

as Narrator
First aired: 1983-10-30

Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and...

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The Crow Road

as Hamish McHoan
First aired: 1996-11-04

History student Prentice returns home to attend his grandmother’s funeral. As the McHoan family...

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Taggart

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-06

Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of...

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Still Game

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-06

Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their...

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The Tales of Para Handy

as Andrew Campbell
First aired: 1994-07-31

The Tales of Para Handy is a Scottish television series set in the western isles of Scotland in...

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City Lights

as Malky Boyd
First aired: 1986-10-14

Hapless bank clerk Willie Melvin dreams of being a successful writer but is held back by his own...

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No Job for a Lady

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-02-07

No Job for a Lady is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 7 February 1990 to 10 February...

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Sunset Song

as Will Guthrie
First aired: 1971-03-26

Chris Guthrie lives with her family on a bleak farm in North East Scotland at the beginning of...

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This Morning

as Self
First aired: 1988-10-03

This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle,...

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