- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 14, 1955
- Place of Birth
- Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Died
- March 28, 2023
Paul O'Grady
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 to London in the late-1970s, there working as a peripatetic care officer for Camden Council. It was here in 1978 that he developed his drag act, basing the character of Lily Savage upon traits found amongst female relatives. Touring northern England as part of drag mime duo, the Playgirls, he eventually went solo as a stand-up comedian. Performing as Savage for eight years at a South London gay p…
Filmography
movieKen Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness
2025
movieThe Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
tvPaul O'Grady's Great Elephant Adventure
2024 · Self
movieThe Life and Death of Lily Savage
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieFor the Love of Paul O'Grady
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieMaisie
2022 · Self
tvThe Madame Blanc Mysteries
2021 · David
tvPaul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
2021 · Self - Presenter, Creator
movieOur Cilla: The One and Only
2021 · Self
tvPaul O'Grady's Great British Escape
2020 · Self - Presenter
movieThe National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020 · Self
movieThe London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018 · Self
tvPaul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - India
2018 · Self - Host
movieThe Paul O'Grady Story
2017 · Self - Lily Savage (archive footage)
moviePaul O'Grady's Favourite Fairy Tales
2016 · Self - Presenter
movieOur Cilla
2015 · Self
tvBob Monkhouse: Million Joke Man
2015
tvGood Morning Britain
2014 · Self
tvPaul O'Grady's Animal Orphans
2014 · Self
Paul O Grady's Working Britain
tvPaul O Grady's Working Britain
2013
tvFor the Love of Dogs
2012 · Self - Host
tvPlayhouse Presents
2012 · Neville, Writer
tvPerspectives
2011
Coronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments
tvCoronation Street - 50 Years, 50 Moments
2010
Death In Venice
tvDeath In Venice
2009
tvKate Garraway's Life Stories
2009 · Self
tvLet's Dance for Comic Relief
2009 · Self
movieStanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008 · Self
tvAlan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008 · Self
tvThe Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Paul O'Grady
Comic Aid
movieComic Aid
2005
tvThe Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · Self - Host
tvParkinson
2004
tvCelebrity Mastermind
2003
tvEyes Down
2003 · Ray Temple
Celebrity Driving School
tvCelebrity Driving School
2003
Outtake TV
tvOuttake TV
2002
tvHarry Hill's TV Burp
2002 · Self - Special Guest
tvAnt & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · Self
tvFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self
Lily Live!
tvLily Live!
2000 · Lily Savage
County Kilburn
movieCounty Kilburn
2000 · Paul O'Grady
tvThe British Soap Awards
1999 · Self - Presenter
tvParkinson
1998 · Lily Savage, Self
movieLily Savage: The Live Show
1998 · Lily Savage
movieThe Untransmittable Lily Savage Show
1997 · Lily Savage, Writer
tvThe Lily Savage Show
1997 · Lily Savage
movieAn Evening with Lily Savage
1996 · Self, Writer
movieLily Savage: Live And Outrageous
1995 · Lily Savage
tvThe Ant & Dec Show
1995
movieFairest of Them All
1994 · Lily Savage (voice)
movieFilth!
1994 · Lily Savage, Writer
movieIn the Name of the Father
1993 · Prisoner
tvEurotrash
1993
Viva Cabaret
tvViva Cabaret
1993 · Self
movieLily Savage Live: Paying the Rent
1993 · Lily Savage/Kitty Kelly
tvThe Big Breakfast
1992 · Lilly Savage (On the Bed Interviewer)
movieLily Savage Live from the Hackney Empire
1991 · Lily Savage
tvChimera
1991 · Donaldson
tvThis Morning
1988 · Self
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
tvSmash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988 · Self
tvThe New Statesman
1987 · Marlene Dietrich
tvThe Bill
1984
tvBlankety Blank
1979 · Lily Savage - Presenter
tvAn Audience with...
1978 · Self
tvTop of the Pops
1964 · Lilly Savage (Host)