Deayton biography

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Angus Deayton

This article is about the English actor and television presenter. For the economist, see Angus Deaton.

English television presenter, actor, writer, and comedian (born )

Gordon Angus Deayton (; born 6 January )^[1] is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster.

Deayton was the original presenter of the satirical panel game show Have I Got News for You (—), the host of British panel show Would I Lie to You? (—), and a regular cast member of the David Renwick sitcom One Foot in the Grave (—). He also played George Windsor in the series Waterloo Road.

Early life

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The youngest of three sons of a Prudential insurance broker/manager English father and a home economics school teacher Scottish mother,^[2]^[3] Deayton was brought up in Banstead, Surrey, and attended Oakhurst Grange School and Caterham School. He showed early promise as a footballer and had a trial with Crystal Palace.^[4]^[5] He was captain of the Caterham U16 Rugby team.

Deayton read French and German at New College, Oxford,^[5] where, in ,^[2] he was recruited into the Oxford Revue, performing with them at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This led to the creation of the parody band the Hee Bee Gee

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Angus Deayton

Angus Deayton
Deayton in March
Born	Gordon Angus Deayton () 6 January (age&#;69) Surrey, England
Occupations	Actor television presenter writer musician comedian broadcaster
Years&#;active	–present
Known&#;for
Style	Political satire character comedy
Television	One Foot in the Grave (–) Have I Got News for You (–) Nighty Night (–) Pramface (–) Waterloo Road (–)
Partner(s)	Helen Atkinson-Wood Stephanie de Sykes Lise Mayer (–)
Children	1

Gordon Angus Deayton (born 6 January ) is an Englishactor, television presenter, writer, musician, comedian, and broadcaster. He was the original presenter of the BBC satirical panel game show Have I Got News for You. He was fired from the show in October , after more negative tabloid articles about his personal life. From to , he was the host of the BBC One British comedy panel show Would I Lie to You?.

He also played Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the BBC One comedy series One Foot in the Grave (–), and George Windsor in the final three series of the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (–).

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Angus Deayton Biography

Date of Birth:
Jan 6, Opening Place:
London, England, UK

Biography

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