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Paul Shearer is an English actor, best known for his roles in The Fast Show and The Russ Abbot Show. Together with Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie Shearer was a member of the Cambridge University's Footlights ensemble which won the first ever Perrier Comedy Award in 1981. Currently Shearer works as a property journalist.




Personal life and education


Shearer attended Lancing College between 1973 and 1978. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1981 with a degree in computer science. After graduating he lived in a flat with Peter Cook and Hugh Laurie. He married actor Vicky Licorish in 1994. On 30 October 2024, their 25-year-old child Cal Shearer, who was transgender, non-binary and autistic, was found dead in their dorm room at St John's College, Oxford, in an apparent suicide by hanging.




Footlights


On the Footlight committee, Shearer held the position of "Club Falconer", which, according to Fry, "went back to the days when the Footlights were quartered in Falcon Yard." He partnered with Nick Hytner in a sketch Graffiti on the Wall. He also wrote for A Sense of Nonsense and The Cellar Tapes.




Television


A selection of television appearances include:

Also, Les Dennis Laughter Show, Abracadabra – children's comedy, CHBC, The Max Headroom Show and Who Dares Wins.




Film


1997: Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997: The Man Who Knew Too Little




Radio






Theatre


1988: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at Cambridge Arts Theatre
1991: Teechers at Duke's Theatre




Writing


Shearer was a writer on the following shows:

1982: There's Nothing to Worry About
1983 – 1984: Alfresco
1985: Once Upon a Time… BBC Radio 4
1994: The Fast Show
1994: Nice Day at the Office – sitcom for BBC
1995: If You're So Clever, Why Aren't You Rich? – Radio 4 comedy
1999 – 2001: See It Saw It children's game show for BBC One
2011: Kees & Co
As a property journalist Shearer has written for The Financial Times, The Times and France magazine.




See also



Fry, Stephen The Fry Chronicles (2011) Pub. Penguin ISBN 0-7181-5791-5




References

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• Norma Shearer
• The Wanters
• Andrew Cole
• Daftar VJ MTV
• Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 1996
• Ballon d'Or
• Liga Utama Inggris
• Sadie Thompson (film)
• Blackburn Rovers F.C.
• Der Blaue Reiter
• Paul Shearer
• Alan Shearer
• Harry Shearer
• Norma Shearer
• The Fast Show
• Alice Paul
• Hugh Laurie
• Paul Althouse
• Roisin Conaty
• Rose Matafeo