Paul O'Grady
Acting
Born June 14, 1955 · Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Biography
Paul James O'Grady, MBE DL (14 June 1955 - 28 March 2023) was an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio disc jockey. He achieved fame using his comedic drag queen character, "Lily Savage", and later became well known for presenting TV programmes as himself, such as The Paul O'Grady Show. Born to a working-class Irish family in Birkenhead, he attended Blessed Edward Campion Secondary Modern School, in Claughton Village, Birkenhead, Cheshire (now Merseyside). O'Grady moved to London in the late-1970s, there working as a peripatetic care officer for Camden Council. It was…
Known For · 40 titles
Top of the Pops
Doctor Who
The Graham Norton Show
Celebrity Mastermind
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Bill
Parkinson
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TFI Friday
Eurotrash
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Blankety Blank
An Audience with...
Playhouse Presents
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
The Big Breakfast
The New Statesman
For the Love of Dogs
Good Morning Britain
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
In the Name of the Father
Eyes Down
This Morning
Perspectives
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Parkinson
Outtake TV
The British Soap Awards
Chimera
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
Viva Cabaret
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
The Ant & Dec Show
Lily Live!
An Evening with Lily Savage
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Maisie