13 Facts About Paul Whitehouse

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Paul Julian Whitehouse was born on 17 May 1958 and is a Welsh actor, writer, presenter and comedian.

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Paul Whitehouse has acted in films appearing in Corpse Bride, Alice in Wonderland, and The Death of Stalin.

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Paul Whitehouse's father, Harry, worked for the National Coal Board and his mother, Anita, was a singer with the Welsh National Opera.

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Paul Whitehouse attended the University of East Anglia reading for a degree in Development Studies from autumn 1976, where he made friends with Charlie Higson.

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Paul Whitehouse dropped out and squatted in a council flat in Hackney, east London and occasionally worked as a plasterer.

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Paul Whitehouse created Enfield's character Stavros, and then Loadsamoney ; he appeared as Enfield's sidekick Lance on Saturday Live.

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Paul Whitehouse's characters included Rowley Birkin QC, Unlucky Alf, Arthur Atkinson, Ron Manager and Ted.

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Paul Whitehouse wrote, produced and appeared with Chris Langham in the 2005 comedy drama Help, for the BBC.

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Paul Whitehouse starred alongside Charlie Higson in the BBC2 comedy series Bellamy's People, with the first episode broadcast on 21 January 2010.

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In October 2014 Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse returned to the characters of Frank and George in a sketch for Channel 4's testicular cancer awareness comedy series The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night.

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In 2001, when asked about comedians who had influenced him, Paul Whitehouse said that Monty Python, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore were the main influences from when he was young.

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Paul Whitehouse then had his third daughter, Lauren, with costume designer Natalie Rogers.

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Paul Whitehouse met Mine Conkbayir, aged 23, when she was working in a shop while she studied.