Paul J. Medford
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Paul J. Medford (born in London in 1967) is a British actor and performer, most famous for his role as Kelvin Carpenter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. A role that he played from the shows inception in 1985 to 1987.
Other television credits include This Life (1997), Casualty (2003) and The Professionals (1983).
Medford is more recently known for his roles in London West End musicals - appearing as 'Banzai' in The Lion King; as Little Mo in Five Guys Named Moe; as Fitzroy in The Queen And I and as Hud in Hair among others.
Medford earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination in 1991 for Best Actor in the Musical Five Guys Named Moe and in 1995 he received the Society of Black Arts Achievement Award.
He is a trained singer with a High Baritone range and his dancing repatee includes tap, ballet, jazz, contemporary and latin.
During his stint on EastEnders Paul even managed minor musical chart success with fellow 'EastEnder' Letitia Dean who played Sharon Watts. A song penned for the pair as part of a plotline in the show prompted them to release a single entitled "Something Outa Nothing", which made number 12 in the UK singles chart in November 1986.
In recent years he has played the presenter Blake Wordsworth in the children's BBC programme The Story Makers.
