Paul O'Grady
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
In the Name of the Father
Prisoner
Doctor Who
Paul O'Grady
For the Love of Dogs
Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Big Breakfast
Lilly Savage (On the Bed Interviewer)
The Paul O'Grady Story
Self - Lily Savage (archive footage)
The Paul O'Grady Show
Self - Host
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
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Filmography
Acting (68)
Movies (23)
Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
The Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024as Self (archive footage)
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
For the Love of Paul O'Grady
2023as Self (archive footage)
Maisie
2022as Self
Our Cilla: The One and Only
2021as Self
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020as Self
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018as Self
The Paul O'Grady Story
2017as Self - Lily Savage (archive footage)
Paul O'Grady's Favourite Fairy Tales
2016as Self - Presenter
Our Cilla
2015as Self
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008as Self
Comic Aid
2005 County Kilburn
2000as Paul O'Grady
Lily Savage: The Live Show
1998as Lily Savage
The Untransmittable Lily Savage Show
1997as Lily Savage
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996as Self
Lily Savage: Live And Outrageous
1995as Lily Savage
Filth!
1994as Lily Savage
Fairest of Them All
1994as Lily Savage (voice)
In the Name of the Father
1993as Prisoner
Lily Savage Live: Paying the Rent
1993as Lily Savage/Kitty Kelly
Lily Savage Live from the Hackney Empire
1991as Lily Savage
Television (45)
Paul O'Grady's Great Elephant Adventure
2024as Self
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
2021as David
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
2021as Self - Presenter
Paul O'Grady's Great British Escape
2020as Self - Presenter
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - India
2018as Self - Host
Good Morning Britain
2014as Self
Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
2014as Self
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
2013
Playhouse Presents
2012
For the Love of Dogs
2012as Self - Host
For the Love of Dogs
2012as Self - Host
Perspectives
2011 Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments
2010
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
2009as Self
Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009as Self
Death In Venice
2009
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
Doctor Who
2005as Paul O'Grady
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004as Self - Host
Parkinson
2004
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Eyes Down
2003as Ray Temple
Celebrity Driving School
2003
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002as Self
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002as Self - Special Guest
Outtake TV
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001as Self
Lily Live!
2000as Lily Savage
The British Soap Awards
1999as Self - Presenter
Parkinson
1998as Lily Savage
The Lily Savage Show
1997as Lily Savage
The Ant & Dec Show
1995 Viva Cabaret
1993as Self
The Big Breakfast
1992as Lilly Savage (On the Bed Interviewer)
Chimera
1991as Donaldson
This Morning
1988as Self
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988as Self
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988
The New Statesman
1987as Marlene Dietrich
The Bill
1984
Blankety Blank
1979as Lily Savage - Presenter
An Audience with...
1978as Self
Top of the Pops
1964as Lilly Savage (Host)
Crew (4)
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