# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-shane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:37:30.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-shane"
name: "Paul Shane"
slug: "paul-shane"
description: "George Frederick Speight, was a British actor and comedian. He was known for his television work, in particular for playing Ted Bovis in the 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!."
tagline: "British comedian and actor (1940–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Shane.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: "1940-06-19"
deathDate: "2013-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.52
  momentum:             0.2631578947368421
  historical:           10.14887066666667
  currentAttention:     10.16
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574542/"
    handle:    "nm0574542"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1427634"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پول شان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Шэйн, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shane"
    title: "Paul Shane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2185565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1684130"
    title: "Shane Paul McGhie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump