# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-darrow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:21:28.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-darrow"
name: "Paul Darrow"
slug: "paul-darrow"
description: "Paul Darrow was an English actor and writer. He became best known for playing Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7 between 1978 and 1981. His many television roles included two appearances in another BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who, playing Captain Hawkins in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and Tekker in Timelash (1985). He was also the voice of \"Jack\" on independent radio stations JACKfm and Union JACK, whose lines included dry-witted comments pertaining to current events."
tagline: "English actor (1941-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Darrow.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1941-05-02"
deathDate: "2019-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.52280133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201696/"
    handle:    "nm0201696"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.avon-paul-darrow.co.uk/"
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    title: "Paul Darrow"
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    title: "پول دارو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Darrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Darrow"
    title: "Paul Darrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Darrow"
    title: "Paul Darrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Darrow"
    title: "Paul Darrow"
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  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Darrow"
    title: "Paul Darrow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Darrow"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3370982"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Paul Darrow"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump