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

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

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2014Still Game: The Story So Far — Self - Shug
• This Morning — Self
• Natural World — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Six Fifty-Five Special — Self