Hugh Paddick

Hugh Paddick Biography

Hugh William Paddick (22 August 1915 – 9 November 2000) was an English actor, whose most notable role was in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne, in sketches such as Charles and Fiona (as Charles) and Julian and Sandy (as Julian). Both he and Kenneth Williams are largely responsible for introducing the underground language polari to the British public.

Paddick also enjoyed success in The Boy Friend.

Life and career

Born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, Paddick preferred theatre to any other form of acting and spent most of his life on the stage, from his first role while at acting school in 1937 until his retirement. He appeared in the original Drury Lane production of My Fair Lady. He was also an accomplished musician - singer, pianist and organist. He can be heard at the piano accompanying Julian and Sandy in a number of their sketches on both Round the Horne and The Bona World of Julian and Sandy.

Paddick was gay and lived for over thirty years with his partner Francis, whom he met at a party in London. The two men were keen gardeners at their west London home. He was distantly related to Brian Paddick, Britan's first openly gay police commander.

Paddick died in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire in November 2000, aged 85.

Films

School for Scoundrels (1960)
We Shall See (1964)
San Ferry Ann (1965)
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Up Pompeii (1971)
Up the Chastity Belt (1971)

Television

Here and Now (1955)
The Larkins (1958)
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (episode 2, 1960)
Winning Widows (1961"1962)
Benny Hill (1963)
Frankie Howerd (1965"1966)
Pure Gingold (1965)
The Wednesday Play episode: The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
Before the Fringe (1967)
Beryl Reid Says Good Evening (1968)
Comedy Playhouse (1968)
The Jimmy Tarbuck Show (1968)
Wink to Me Only (1969)
Here Come the Double Deckers episode: Summer Camp (1970)
Father, Dear Father episode: Housie - Housie (1971), episode: Flat Spin (1973)
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971)
The Benny Hill Show series 4, episode 1 (1972)
That's Your Funeral (1972)
Pardon My Genie (1972) children's comedy series
Tell Tarby (1973)
PG Tips advertisement (1976) (provided the voice of a chimpanzee)
Sykes episode: Television Film (1978)
The Basil Brush Show (1979)
Can We Get On Now, Please? (1980)
The Morecambe and Wise Show (1980)
Rushton's Illustrated (1980)
The Jim Davidson Show (1980)
Babble (1983)
Jemima Shore Investigates episode: The Crime of the Dancing Duchess (1983)
Alas Smith and Jones episode 4.5 (1987)
Blackadder series 3 episode 4: Sense and Senility (1987)
And There's More episode 4.1 (1988)
Boon episode: Never Say Trevor Again (1988)
Campion (1990)
Jackson Pace: The Great Years (1990)

Theatre

Noah (1937) Embassy School of Acting
There's Always Tomorrow (1949) New Wimbledon Theatre
The Thunderbolt (1952) Liverpool Playhouse
The Two Bouquets (1953) St Martin's Theatre
The Boy Friend (1953) Embassy Theatre, (1954) Wyndham's Theatre
The Impressario From Smyrna (1954) Arts Theatre
For Amusement Only (1956) Apollo Theatre
She Smiled At Me (1956) Connaught Theatre
For Adults Only (1958) various theatres
My Fair Lady (1959"1961) Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
See You Inside (1963) Duchess Theatre
Let's Get A Divorce! (1966"1967) Mermaid Theatre
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1967) Oxford Playhouse
They Don't Grow on Trees (1968) Prince of Wales Theatre
When We Are Married (1971) Strand Theatre
Cinderella (1974) Casino Theatre
Play by Play (1975) The King's Head Theatre, Islington
Beauty and the Beast (1975) Oxford Playhouse
Some of My Best Friends are Husbands (1976) Mermaid Theatre, (1983) Watford Palace
Out on a Limb (1976) Vaudeville Theatre
Volpone (1977) Royal National Theatre
Half Life (1977"1978) Duke of York's Theatre
Gigi (1980) Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)
Soldier's Fortune (1981) Lyric Hammersmith
Venice Preserv'd (1984) Lyttelton Theatre
Wild Honey (1984) Lyttelton Theatre
Noises Off (1985) Savoy Theatre

Radio

Beyond Our Ken (1958"1964)
Gert and Daisy (1959)
Worm's Eye View (play) (1962)
The Men from the Ministry (1965)
Round the Horne (1965"1968)
Stop Messing About (1969)
Share and Share Alike (play) (1978)
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (play) (1979)
Just Before Midnight (1979)
I Love The 27-Year Itch (play) (1980)

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