Paul Young

Paul Young is a Scottish actor and presenter who works in stage, film, television and radio, born in Edinburgh as the son of the actor John Young, and he started performing as a child, playing Tiny Tim for the Edinburgh Gateway Company in A Christmas Carol in 1953 and the title part in the film Geordie in 1955. He went on to a long career in supporting screen roles, including the Michael Winner western Chato's Land (1972), with Charles Bronson and Jack Palance, and First Officer William Murdoch in the 1979 television film S.O.S. Titanic. His television credits include The Crow Road, Taggart, Coronation Street, The Tales of Para Handy and Still Game, in which he plays Hugh McLaughlin. He also presented a run of fishing programs, beginning with Hooked On Scotland for the BBC in 1991, whose first series won a BAFTA, and later versions for ITV and the Discovery Channel.