Stuart St. Paul

Stuart St. Paul is a stuntman, director, broadcaster and author.[1][2] St. Paul was born in Walthamstow and attended the McEntee Technical High School. He fought competitively in Judo attending two National Championships represented Sussex University in 1972.[3]

Career

St. Paul joined BBC Radio in 1973 working as a backroom assistant technical engineer to disc jockeys Tony Blackburn, Johnny Walker, David Hamilton and Noel Edmunds amongst others.[4]

In 1977 he left to join EMI and became the promotions manager at Capitol Records, breaking Mink DeVille's "Spanish Stroll" amongst other singles.

In 1978 he joined Metro Radio in Newcastle as the new breakfast DJ, and that year compered the main tent at the Tyneside Summer Exhibition introducing acts such as The New Seekers and The Bay City Rollers. After signing with agent Bill Steel he starred in Cinderella that year at the Sunderland Empire, alongside Bill Maynard. In 1979, St. Paul took over from Steve Wright on Radio Orwell in Ipswich when Wright left for BBC Radio 1.[5]

St. Paul worked on multiple films and television sets as an actor, including Minder, The Kenny Everett Video Show, Juliet Bravo and The Bill but soon moved into stunts although he later made an appearance in Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie.[5]

He worked on stunts for many pop videos and including doubling Elton John in "Passenger" and often working as double for Simon LeBon, as well as designing all the action in the short film and video "Wild Boys" where he worked alongside Arlene Philips.[6] St. Paul worked as a stunt coordinator and doubled for Dennis Waterman in Stay Lucky, performed many stunts for Noel's House Party and also choreographed fight sequences for Jean-Claude Van Damme.[7]

He also coordinated and choreographed A View to a Kill, Never Say Never Again, Lifeforce, The Krays, Pink Floyd: The Wall and also played the Queen Alien, in Aliens. He was stunt co-ordinator for Emmerdale for 26 years.[8][4][9]

St. Paul has directed several films including 1998’s The Scarlet Tunic starring Jean-Marc Barr, Simon Callow and Lynda Bellingham. He has directed several other films including 2004’s Devil’s Gate with Laura Fraser and Tom Bell which received a nomination at Fantasporto.[10][11][3][12]

St. Paul won Best Director at Breckenridge for the 2010 film Freight. It also won the Silva Palm at the Melbourne International Film Festival.[3][12]

Author

St. Paul has written a number of novels, including six novels in the CSCI series; Cruise Ship Heist, Cruise Ship Serial Killer, Cruise Traffic, Cruise Ship Art Theft, Disastrous Cruise Romance, and Bloods Diamonds.[13]

Personal life

St. Paul is married to the actress Jean Heard. He is the father of Laura Aikman.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dermot O'Leary - The World Cup Final of Great TV Sports Themes - BBC Sounds". BBC.
  2. 1 2 BBC Too Much TV on March 8, 2016 (Series 1, Episode 7)
  3. 1 2 3 "WALTHAMSTOW: Brothers in film success". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. April 27, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Consumer Guide No.134 Stuart St Paul (Stuart Aikman) with Mark Watkins
  5. 1 2 The Minder Podcast - Episode 32 – Stuart St. Paul interview
  6. ↑ "political - Good Film Guide".
  7. ↑ "Stuart St Paul". www.stuartstpaul.co.uk.
  8. ↑ Superior Firepower The Making of 'Aliens' 2003
  9. ↑ DV, admin (April 14, 2023). "Stan Winston created Queen Alien around Stuart St Paul who was Queen from design to film".
  10. ↑ "The Scarlet Tunic (1998) — Stuart St Paul" – via filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org.
  11. ↑ DV, admin (November 29, 2025). "The Scarlet Tunic - Trailer - Directed by Stuart St Paul. Played at Cannes, Verona & Cabourg".
  12. 1 2 "Freight (2010) — Stuart St Paul" – via filmsandfestivals.britishcouncil.org.
  13. ↑ "Meet the stuntman who co-ordinated action on one of Emmerdale's most famous episodes". Yorkshire Post. September 6, 2023.
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