Paul Henry Smith was born in the Shard End district of Birmingham to Harry and Freda and married Sheila on the 4th December1969, had a daughter Justine born 1970 and son Anthony born 1873, He as a sister, Tracy and a brother Tony,, While he was at school he ran in the All English Championships, Hi first job was as an apprentice at British Leyland which lasted a year then he joined Bimingham Drama School at 18 for 3 years appearing in their production of West Side Story then joined Birmingham Repertory Company and joined ATV's serial of Crossroads, in 1974 playing the part of Benny,