Paul Bown is an English actor. He is best known as one of the leading roles of the Granada Television

Granada Television

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 comedy Watching

Watching

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(1987–93). Bown has also appeared in various plays and shows, including an advert for Toffee Crisp

Toffee Crisp

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 in the 1980s and more recently as Philip Reid in BBC

BBC

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's Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

. Paul also appeared in November 2007 in acclaimed British drama Britz

Britz (TV serial)

Britz is a two-part drama serial written and directed by BAFTA-winning director Peter Kosminsky and first screened by Channel 4 in the UK in October and November 2007....

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He also appeared in the first episode of Mr.Bean as "The Student". He was in an episode of New Tricks on 25 August 2008.

He also starred as an AA Patrolman is the BBC television series "The Last Salute" in the late 1990s.

In 2009 he appeared briefly as Mike Bamber

Mike Bamber

Mike Bamber was the Chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion from October 1972. He famously brought Brian Clough to the club later that year and then appointed Alan Mullery, who led the football club to the First Division in the 1978/79 season. He also appointed Jimmy Melia as Manager who led the club to...

, chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club in the Brian Clough

Brian Clough

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 bio-pic "The Damned United

The Damned United

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". In the 2010 Christmas Special of "My Family", he played a grand father of a Mary, a young girl, who Ben met whilst filling in for Father Christmas

Father Christmas

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