Hugh Paddick

Hugh Paddick

Born: August 22, 1915
Died: November 9, 2000
in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Hugh William Paddick was an English stage, screen, televison and radio actor.

His most famous role was in the 1960s BBC radio series "Round the Horne", in the high-camp "Julian and Sandy" sketeches, in which he played Julian, to Kenneth Williams' Sandy. Paddick and Williams were largely responsible for introducing the gay underground language "polari" to the British public.

Movies for Hugh Paddick...

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
Title: Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
Character: (Archive footage)
Released: April 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Documentary and celebration of the life and career of British comedian Kenneth Williams.
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Title: Jackson Pace: The Great Years
Character: Lord Taggon
Released: October 11, 1990
Type: TV
Comedy series about an Indiana Jones-style adventurer.
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Title: Campion
Character: 'Beaut' Siegfried
Released: January 22, 1989
Type: TV
Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates. A total of eight novels were adapted, four in each series, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. Peter Davison sang the title music for the first series himself; in the second series, it was replaced with an instrumental version.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Keanrick
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: The Cannon & Ball Show
Character: The Interior Designer
Released: July 28, 1979
Type: TV
A comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.
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Title: Tell Tarby
Released: October 29, 1973
Type: TV
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That's Your Funeral
Title: That's Your Funeral
Character: Window Dresser
Released: December 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
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Title: Pardon My Genie
Released: April 10, 1972
Type: TV
Pardon My Genie was a children's comedy series produced by British ITV contractor Thames Television, and written by Bob Block who later created Rentaghost. The premise was that a magic genie appeared in present-day Britain, summoned by a young apprentice named Hal Adden, a pun that goes some way towards characterising the series. Various comical misunderstandings arise, primarily aimed at youngsters. Arthur White replaced Paddick for the second run of thirteen episodes. Throughout both series, Hal was played by Ellis Jones, with Roy Barraclough as his long-suffering boss, Mr Cobbledick. The first series of 13 episodes was released on DVD on 22 September 2009. The second series of 13 episodes was released on 1 July 2013.
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Up the Chastity Belt
Title: Up the Chastity Belt
Character: Robin Hood
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...
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Up Pompeii
Title: Up Pompeii
Character: Priest
Released: March 11, 1971
Type: Movie
A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.
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Title: Wink To Me Only
Released: June 10, 1969
Type: TV
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The Killing of Sister George
Title: The Killing of Sister George
Character: Freddie
Released: September 1, 1968
Type: Movie
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught realizes that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character 'Sister George', a lovable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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The End of Arthur's Marriage
Title: The End of Arthur's Marriage
Character: House Agent
Released: November 17, 1965
Type: Movie
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
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San Ferry Ann
Title: San Ferry Ann
Character: French Commercial Traveller
Released: July 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. The campervan family led by Dad and Mum (David Lodge and Joan Sims) create chaos from the moment they set their tires on the shore resulting in frequent run-ins with the Gendarme, while Lewd Grandad (Wilfred Brambell) finds his own misadventures with a newly acquainted friend, a mad German ex-soldier (Ron Moody). Also aboard for the ride is a saucy hitchhiker (Barbara Windsor) who causes a few heads to turn including that of a fellow traveller (Ronnie Stevens) who pursues her affection with comic results. By the end of this weekend the French may well be wishing to say 'au revoir' to these trouble-making tourists. San Ferry Ann is a humorous take on the tradition of the British get-away. A classic sound effect comedy that sits with the likes of similarly praised titles such as 'The Plank', 'Futtock's End' and 'Rhubarb Rhubarb'.
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Title: Round the Horne
Character: Julian
Released: March 7, 1965
Type: TV
A radio comedy sketch show, presented as a local variety show with Kenneth Horne as the host.
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We Shall See
Title: We Shall See
Character: Connell
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The controlling wife of a pilot wants her husband to quit flying.
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School for Scoundrels
Title: School for Scoundrels
Character: Instructor
Released: March 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
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Title: The Larkins
Character: Osbert Rigby-Soames
Released: September 19, 1958
Type: TV
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.
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Title: Cooper (or Life With Tommy)
Released: March 25, 1957
Type: TV