Paul Young
Acting • Born 1944-07-03
Biography
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.
Filmography
45 credits
Still Game: Live in Glasgow
Movie • 2014
Shug McLaughlin
Seychelles: Jewels of a Lost Continent
Movie • 2000
Narrator
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
Movie • 1965
Tom
My Fragile Heart
Movie • 2000
DCI Owen Simmons
Facts of Life
Movie • 1988
Harry
One Day in Irvine
Movie • 1971
S.O.S. Titanic
Movie • 1980
First Officer Joseph Murdoch
Still Game: The Story So Far
Movie • 2014
Self - Shug
Something's Got to Give
Movie • 1982
Simon
Brigadista
Movie • 1985
Leaving
Movie • 1989
Snodgrass
Another Time, Another Place
Movie • 1983
Dougal
One Last Chance
Movie • 2004
Mr Clouston
Geordie
Movie • 1955
Young Geordie
Lorna Doone
Movie • 1990
Neighbour
Chato's Land
Movie • 1972
Brady Logan
Submarine X-1
Movie • 1968
Leading Seaman Quentin
Regeneration
Movie • 1997
Dr. Brock
The Girl in the Picture
Movie • 1986
Smiley
Death Watch
Movie • 1980
Police Officer
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Movie • 1976
John Robb
The Bevellers
Movie • 1974
Joe Crosby
Charades
Movie • 1977
Jock
Willie Rough
Movie • 1976
Sam Thomson
Complicity
Movie • 2000
Frank
My Life So Far
Movie • 1999
Doctor Gebbie
Margaret's Museum
Movie • 1995
Doctor 1
A Change of Seasons
Movie • 1980
Disco Deejay
Madame Sin
Movie • 1972
Naval Driver
Let's Be Happy
Movie • 1957
Page Boy Bobby
Ploughman's Share
Movie • 1979
Chas Airlie
Ashes
Movie • 1990
Wee Three
Movie • 1998
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Still Game
TV • 2002
Taggart
TV • 1983
The Tales of Para Handy
TV • 1994
Andrew Campbell
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV • 1981
Self
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Mr. McNeil
City Lights
TV • 1986
Malky Boyd
The Crow Road
TV • 1996
Hamish McHoan
No Job for a Lady
TV • 1990
Ken Miller
I, Lovett
TV • 1993
Matted Lump (voice)
Natural World
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Salute
TV • 1998
Mr Bannerman