Paul Young (born 3 July 1944) is a Scottish television actor and presenter. Young was born in Edinburgh, the son of the actor John Young. He was educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. A former child actor (he played the eponymous hero of the film Geordie as a boy), he played First Officer William Murdoch in the 1979 TV movie S. O. S. Titanic. Young also had a key supporting role in the Michael Winner made western Chato's Land (1972), which starred Charles Bronson, Jack Palance and Richard Basehart. Some of his later credits include The Tales of Para Handy, No Job for a Lady, Taggart, The Crow Road, Coronation Street and Still Game.