What is Paul Shane?
[[File:Paul Shane.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Shane in July 2011]] '''Paul Shane''' ('''George Frederick Speight'''; 19 June 1940 &ndash; 16 May 2013) was an [[English people|English]] comedian and actor, best known for his television work such as playing the part of Ted Bovis in ''[[Hi-de-Hi!]]'', a sitcom broadcast on the [[BBC]] in the mid 1980s. Shane was born on 19 June 1940 in [[Thrybergh]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]]. He was married to Dory Shane until her death in 2001. They had three children. Shane died on 16 May 2013 in [[Rotherham]], [[South Yorkshire]], England from an [[illness]], aged 72.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22563351|publisher=BBC News|date=16 May 2013|accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://paulshane.co.uk/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324092638/http://paulshane.co.uk/ |date=2013-03-24 }} * {{IMDb name|0574542}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shane, Paul}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2013 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Yorkshire]] [[Category:Comedians from Yorkshire]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in England]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:English voice actors]] {{actor-stub}}