Paudge Rodger Behan (/ˈpÉ"Ë dÊ' ˈbiË É™n/ PAWJ BEE-É™n; born 18
January 1965) is an Irish actor and writer. The son of IRA Chief of
Staff Cathal Goulding and Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, the widow of
playwright Brendan Behan, Paudge Behan worked briefly as a journalist
for a Dublin newspaper before turning to acting. After a series of
minor film and television roles in the 1990s, he was handpicked by
English novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford to appear as the male lead in
a 1999 dramatisation of her book A Secret Affair (1996).Behan has also
appeared in the feature films A Man of No Importance (1994),
Conspiracy of Silence (2003) and Veronica Guerin (2003), and has taken
leading roles in two short films, A Lonely Sky (2006) and Wake Up
(2007). He has also auditioned unsuccessfully for Neighbours and
popular UK black comedy, Doctors.Born in January 1965, Paudge Behan is
the son of Cathal Goulding (1923â€"1998), Chief of Staff of the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) and the Official IRA, and Beatrice Behan (née
ffrench-Salkeld) (1925â€"1993). As a teenager, Goulding was involved
with the IRA youth wing Fianna Éireann. After Brendan Behan's early
death at the age of 41 on 20 March 1964, Goulding had Paudge Behan
with Brendan's widow Beatrice. Paudge and his half-sister Blanaid grew
up at 5 Anglesea Road, a red-brick, semi-detached late Victorian house
in Ballsbridge, Dublin, which Brendan Behan bought for his wife
Beatrice in 1959 for IR£1,400. The house came into Paudge Behan's
ownership, and he sold it reluctantly for €1.65 million in February
2006.
January 1965) is an Irish actor and writer. The son of IRA Chief of
Staff Cathal Goulding and Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, the widow of
playwright Brendan Behan, Paudge Behan worked briefly as a journalist
for a Dublin newspaper before turning to acting. After a series of
minor film and television roles in the 1990s, he was handpicked by
English novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford to appear as the male lead in
a 1999 dramatisation of her book A Secret Affair (1996).Behan has also
appeared in the feature films A Man of No Importance (1994),
Conspiracy of Silence (2003) and Veronica Guerin (2003), and has taken
leading roles in two short films, A Lonely Sky (2006) and Wake Up
(2007). He has also auditioned unsuccessfully for Neighbours and
popular UK black comedy, Doctors.Born in January 1965, Paudge Behan is
the son of Cathal Goulding (1923â€"1998), Chief of Staff of the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) and the Official IRA, and Beatrice Behan (née
ffrench-Salkeld) (1925â€"1993). As a teenager, Goulding was involved
with the IRA youth wing Fianna Éireann. After Brendan Behan's early
death at the age of 41 on 20 March 1964, Goulding had Paudge Behan
with Brendan's widow Beatrice. Paudge and his half-sister Blanaid grew
up at 5 Anglesea Road, a red-brick, semi-detached late Victorian house
in Ballsbridge, Dublin, which Brendan Behan bought for his wife
Beatrice in 1959 for IR£1,400. The house came into Paudge Behan's
ownership, and he sold it reluctantly for €1.65 million in February
2006.
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