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Hugh Paddick

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Hugh William Paddick (22 August 1915 – 9 November 2000)<ref name="indiobit">Template:Cite news</ref> was an English actor. He starred in the 1960s BBC radio show Round the Horne, performing in sketches such as "Charles and Fiona" (as Charles) and "Julian and Sandy" (as Julian).<ref name="Stevens"/> He and Kenneth Williams were largely responsible for introducing the underground language Polari to the British public.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Paddick also enjoyed success as Percival Browne in the original West End production of The Boy Friend, in 1954.<ref name="Stevens">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

BiographyEdit

Born in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, Paddick preferred theatre to any other form of acting and spent most of his life on the stage, from his first role at acting school in 1937<ref name="times">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> until his retirement. He appeared in the original Drury Lane production of My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering. He was an accomplished musician – singer, pianist and organist. He can be heard at the piano accompanying Julian and Sandy in several of their sketches on both Round the Horne and The Bona World of Julian and Sandy.

In his diaries, Kenneth Williams, so often scathing of his colleagues, spoke warmly of Paddick's kindness as a man, and of his "subtlety and brilliance" as a performer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Paddick was gay<ref name="polari">Template:Cite news</ref> and lived for over thirty years with his partner Francis, whom he met at a party in London.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Paddick was very guarded about his privacy, and he and his partner were keen gardeners at their home in Bedfordshire.<ref>The Quiet One: The understated art of Hugh Paddick. Comedy Chronicles, by Graham McCann. 26 January 2025.</ref>

He was distantly related to Brian Paddick, now Lord Paddick, Britain's first openly gay police commander.Template:Citation needed

Paddick died in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on 9 November 2000, aged 85.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In popular cultureEdit

In the 2006 BBC television film Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!, about the life of Williams, Paddick was portrayed by Guy Henry.

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