HUGH’S A STAR

HUGH Laurie will join the likes of Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The British actor will be honoured at the famous landmark on Hollywood Boulevard, where his longtime collaborator Stephen Fry will be a guest speaker.

Laurie ( right) is known to millions of American telly viewers for his lead role in the medical drama series

House, which he starred in from 2004 to 2012.

Laurie, 57, from Oxford, had already achieved fame in the UK with his successful comedy double act with Fry and his roles on TV series including Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster. He also starred opposite Tom Hiddleston in the BBC drama The Night Manager.

Laurie’s star is number 2,593 and will be unveiled in front of the Pig n’ Whistle British pub, joining those of fellow famous Britons including Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Sir Ridley Scott and Dame Helen Mirren.