Paul O'Grady
Actor/Actriz
21
Filmes
37
Séries
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 here in 1978 that he developed his drag act, basing the character of Lily Savage upon traits found amongst female relatives. Touring northern England as part of drag mime duo, the Playgirls, he eventually went solo as a stand-up comedian. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay pub, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT), he gained a popular following among the city's gay community and used his character to speak out for LGBT rights. After being nominated for a 1992 Perrier Award, he attracted mainstream attention and made various television, radio, and theatrical appearances. As Savage, he presented morning chat show The Big Breakfast (1995–96), game show Blankety Blank (1997–2002) and comedy series Lily Live! (2000–01), earning various awards and becoming a well known public figure. Seeking to diversify his career away from Savage, O'Grady starred in BBC sitcom Eyes Down (2003–04) and presented two travel documentaries for ITV. In 2004, he began presenting ITV's daytime chat show The Paul O'Grady Show, which proved a hit with audiences. After the network refused to transfer creative control of the series to O'Grady's production company, Olga TV, in 2006 he defected to rival Channel 4, where the show was rebranded as The New Paul O'Grady Show and ran until 2009. O'Grady subsequently presented a late night ITV show, Paul O'Grady Live (2010–11) as well as Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs (which ran from 2012 until his death in 2023) and Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans (2014–2016), while presenting BBC Radio 2's Paul O'Grady on the Wireless and publishing a four-volume autobiography. O'Grady received a variety of awards, among them honorary degrees and an MBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to entertainment. He died on 28th March 2023 aged 67.
Como Ator/Atriz
Doctor Who
Paul O'Grady
El show de Graham Norton
Self
Top of the Pops
Lilly Savage (Host)
The Bill
An Audience with...
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
Self - Host
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
Parkinson
Lily Savage
Blankety Blank
Lily Savage - Presenter
Playhouse Presents
Neville
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
Celebrity Mastermind
The New Statesman
Marlene Dietrich
Eurotrash
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Self - Special Guest
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
Self
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
David
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
Self
En el nombre del padre
Prisoner
Perspectives
Good Morning Britain
Self
The Big Breakfast
Lilly Savage (On the Bed Interviewer)
Eyes Down
Ray Temple
This Morning
Self
Chimera
Donaldson
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
Self
Parkinson
For the Love of Dogs
Self - Host
The Ant & Dec Show
The British Soap Awards
Self - Presenter