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- Birth namePaul Pond
- Paul Jones was born on February 24, 1942 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for The Gentlemen (2019), Pirate Radio (2009) and The Princess Diaries (2001). He has been married to Fiona Hendley since 1984. He was previously married to Sheila MacLeod.
- SpousesFiona Hendley(1984 - present)Sheila MacLeod(1963 - 1976) (divorced, 1 child)
- In 1962 he was approached by a 20-year-old musician named Brian Jones about joining a band that would become The Rolling Stones, but he declined the offer as he had just auditioned to be a singer with a dance band.
- He was the lead singer of the 1960s band Manfred Mann.
- Has occasionally been mistaken for actor-singer Paul Nicholas, actor Bill Nighy and as a member of British pop group The Hollies. His wife-to-be Fiona Hendley thought he was Peter Noone (of Herman's Hermits) when she first met him.
- He was photographed for the front cover of the Radio Times (15 - 21 December 1973) with his son Matthew, Jon Pertwee, Michael Parkinson and Vanessa Miles.
- Steve Brookstein, who's probably never lived down the fact that he was the first winner on X Factor, but he does have a terrific voice.
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