Paul Young | |||||
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Desperate Housewives character | |||||
Portrayed by | Mark Moses | ||||
Duration | 2004–06, 2007, 2010–11 | ||||
First appearance | "Pilot" 1x01, October 3, 2004 |
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Last appearance | "Making the Connection" 8x02, October 2, 2011 |
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Created by | Marc Cherry | ||||
Profile | |||||
Other names | Todd Forrest (birth name) | ||||
Occupation | Prison Inmate Former Businessman |
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Residence |
Salt Lake City in Utah State - until March 1990 4352 Wisteria Lane in Fairview, Eagle State - March 1990 until end of season 2 4353 Wisteria Lane in Fairview, Eagle State - season 7 Prison in Fairview, Eagle State - season 3-6 and since season 8 |
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Spouse |
Mary Alice Young (until beginning of season 1) Beth Young (season 7) |
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Children | Zach Young (adoptive son) |
Paul Young is a fictional character on ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character is played by actor Mark Moses, and is the widower of Mary Alice Young, the show's narrator. After leaving the show in the third season, Paul returned in the sixth season's finale and becomes a regular again in the seventh season, in which he is the center of the yearly mystery.
Mark Moses was part of the original cast of the series, and continued his starring role throughout the second season of the series. After his character is imprisoned in the second season finale, Moses left the main cast, but still made some guest appearances in the third season.
Moses returned to the series as a series regular after appearing briefly in the sixth season finale. On his return, Moses commented, "There was some talk about [me coming back] a year ago. And there’s often talk in Hollywood. Sometimes it pans out, sometimes it doesn’t. I don’t get super-excited about a 'maybe' in this town, because there are lots of maybes that don’t happen. But then this last year they called up my agent and said, 'We're really thinking seriously about [this].' And eventually, they made an offer, and I was very pleased." After his character's mystery ended in episode "And Lots of Security...", Moses left again the main cast and only made one last guest appearance in the eighth and final season of the series.