Paul Clayton (actor)

This article is about the actor. For the fictional character of the same name in Coronation Street, see Paul Clayton (Coronation Street).

Paul Clayton
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Born	(1957-03-08) 8 March 1957 Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Actor, director, author

Paul Clayton (born 8 March 1957) is an English actor, director and author.

Clayton played Ian Chapman in award-winning Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. In 2011, Clayton portrayed Sam Foster, father of Frank Foster in Coronation Street. Clayton also appears in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her where he plays Graham. In 2013 and 2014, he played Superintendent Marlow in Hollyoaks, until his character was murdered on 21 April.

Clayton has made other notable television appearances in Doctor Who, My Family, Doctors and Wire in the Blood as well as films such as Ali G Indahouse. He also features in the British crime thriller, The Rise (originally called Wasteland]).

On stage, Clayton was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company where he appeared alongside actors including Judi Dench and Zoe Wanamaker. In the West End, Clayton played the leading role of Tony in the improvised comedy whodunnit Scissor Happy at the Duchess Theatre alongside the Comedy Store Players.

Directing credits include Privates on Parade at the Greenwich Theatre, starring Tony Slattery, The Comedy of Errors at Nottingham Playhouse starring Robert Bathurst, The Pocket Dream at York Theatre Royal starring Lucy Benjamin and seven productions at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury.

Clayton is also an established actor, presenter, director and trainer in the corporate sector with over 1,400 corporate event credits. He has recently written a guide to corporate acting called So You Want to Be A Corporate Actor, published by Nick Hern Books.

Clayton is Chairman of the Actors' Centre in Covent Garden and a former member and associate artist of the National Youth Theatre.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Episode
2015	Wolf Hall	Sir William Kingston	2 episodes
2015	Mr Selfridge	Auctioneer	Episode 3.3
2013-2014	Hollyoaks	Supt. Marlow	9 episodes
2012-2013	Him & Her	Graham	5 episodes
2013	Vera	Hotel Manager	Prodigal Son
2012	Gambit	Sweaty Man	Film
2012	The Secret of Crickley Hall	Ted Mason	Episode 1
2012	The Rise	Albert Rendell	Film
2012	VIP	The Daily Mail	1 episode
2011	Coronation Street	Sam Foster	3 episodes
2011	Sugartown	Panel Member 1	Episode 2
2011	Law & Order: UK	Kenny	Crush
2007 -2010	Peep Show	Ian Chapman	5 episodes
2010	Doctors	Rowly Calderone	5 episodes
2009	The Queen	Benard Ingham	The Rivals
2009	Monday Monday	William Campbell	Episode No. 1.6
2009	My Family	Peter	A Difficult Undertaking
2008	Wire in the Blood	Governor Williams	3 episodes
2008	Affinity	Mr. Vincy	TV Film
2008	Doctor Who	Mr Bartle	Planet of the Ood
2008	He Kills Coppers	Tweed Suit	1 episode
2008	Doctors	Eddie Martindale	Holding Back
2007	Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest	Mergrass (voice)	3 episodes
2007	Hotel Babylon	Businessman	Episode No. 2.4
2007	Rich Man, Poor Man: Ben Dover Straightens Up	Himself – Acting Coach	Documentary
2006	The Amazing Mrs Pritchard	John Hughes MP	Episode No. 1.1
2006	The Bad Food Guide	Raymond Postgate	Drama documentary
2006	Save Lullingstone Castle	Himself - Narrator	Six Part documentary
2005	Coronation Street	Mal Quillan	Episode No. 1.6108
2005	55 Degrees North	Charles Bellows	Episode No. 2.4
2004	Fakers	Henry Price	Film
2003	Georgian Underworld	Ordinary	Invitation to a Hanging
2002	My Family	Director	The Second Greatest Story Ever Told
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Alan Swan	Film
2001	Doctors	John Lanson	Coming Home
2000	One Foot in the Grave	Mitch Werner	The Futility of the Fly
2000	The Man Who Cried	Second Official	Film
1999	Kiss Me Kate	Client	Money Matters
1999	Tabs Tales	Various	Multiple Episodes
1996	Drop the Dead Donkey	Mike	Luck
1989	Forever Green	Commentator 2	Episode No. 1.2
1988	Salome's Last Dance	1st Nazarean	Film
1982 /3	Jigsaw	Himself - Presenter	Multiple Episodes
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Tom Markham	Orphans of the Storm
1980	All Creatures Great and Small	Brian Weeting	If Wishes Were Horses
1979	Screenplay	Major Von Richter (Barricade Major)	Gossip from the Forest
1979	Mersey Pirate	Himself - Presenter	Multiple episodes

External links

• Official website
• Paul Clayton at the Internet Movie Database