Paul Paddick

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Paul Paddick (b. 1967) is the current portrayal of Captain Feathersword, doing the role since 1993.

Paddick met Anthony Field in 1993. Field needed a hernia operation, so he asked Paddick to temporarily take over for him; for that tour, he not only stepped in for Field as the Blue Wiggle, the Captain, and Dorothy the Dinosaur, he also played Wags the Dog, who was performed by Murray Cook, the Red Wiggle. A job that was supposed to end in five weeks resulted in Paddick touring and appearing with The Wiggles full-time since 1995.

The first official Wiggles video to feature Paddick as the Captain was Wake Up Jeff (1996).

Paul Paddick has become so closely associated with the band that he has been referred to as "the Fifth Wiggle", a name also given to Phillip Wilcher.