Paul O'Grady
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
Paul O'Grady's Great Elephant Adventure
2024
as Self
For the Love of Paul O'Grady
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Maisie
2022
as Self
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021
as Self
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
2021
as Self - Presenter
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
2021
as David
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Self
Paul O'Grady's Great British Escape
2020
as Self - Presenter
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018
as Self
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - India
2018
as Self - Host
The Paul O'Grady Story
2017
as Self - Lily Savage (archive footage)
Paul O'Grady's Favourite Fairy Tales
2016
as Self - Presenter
Our Cilla
2015
as Self
Bob Monkhouse: Million Joke Man
2015
Good Morning Britain
2014
as Self
Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
2014
as Self
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
2013
For the Love of Dogs
2012
as Self - Host
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Neville
Perspectives
2011
Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments
2010
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009
as Self
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009
as Self
Death In Venice
2009
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
as Self
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008
as Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Comic Aid
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Paul O'Grady
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
as Self - Host
Parkinson
2004
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Parkinson
2004
as Lily Savage
Eyes Down
2003
as Ray Temple
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Celebrity Driving School
2003
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
as Self - Special Guest
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self
Outtake TV
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
County Kilburn
2000
as Paul O'Grady
Lily Live!
2000
as Lily Savage
The British Soap Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
Lily Savage: The Live Show
1998
as Lily Savage
Parkinson
1998
as Lily Savage
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show
1997
as Lily Savage
The Lily Savage Show
1997
as Lily Savage
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
as Self
TFI Friday
1996
Lily Savage: Live And Outrageous
1995
as Lily Savage
The Ant & Dec Show
1995
Filth!
1994
as Lily Savage
Fairest of Them All
1994
as Lily Savage (voice)
Lily Savage Live: Paying the Rent
1993
as Lily Savage/Kitty Kelly
In the Name of the Father
1993
as Prisoner
Viva Cabaret
1993
as Self
Eurotrash
1993
The Big Breakfast
1992
as Lilly Savage (On the Bed Interviewer)
Lily Savage Live from the Hackney Empire
1991
as Lily Savage
Chimera
1991
as Donaldson
This Morning
1988
as Self
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988
as Self
The New Statesman
1987
as Marlene Dietrich
The Bill
1984
Blankety Blank
1979
as Lily Savage - Presenter
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Top of the Pops
1964
as Lilly Savage (Host)