EMILY PRESCOTT: Hugh Laurie looks razor-sharp on his city e-bike outing in London

It wasn’t long ago that Hugh Laurie’s budding beard, below, suggested he’d landed a role as a wild chieftain.

But as he maneuvered his rented electric bike through London last week, I was delighted to see the multiple Golden Globe winner once again presenting a clean-shaven face to the world.

But did the 63-year-old Old Etonian get lost? At one point, onlookers saw him standing at traffic lights above, consulting his cell phone — a perfectly legal, if not recommended, action.

But did the 63-year-old Old Etonian get lost? At one point, onlookers saw him standing at traffic lights above, consulting his cell phone – a perfectly legal, if not recommended, action

Hugh Laurie walks the dog in North London on August 2 this year with his big gray beard

However, Hugh, who lives in north London with his wife Jo, still faced danger when he refused to wear a helmet during his jaunt through the city streets during busy school hours.

Best known for her starring role in the American medical drama House, Laurie loves motorcycles more than pedal bikes – and once joked about the pleasure of feeling the wind in his bald spot!

Members of Radio HP — the swanky Gumtree-esque website where the super-rich advertise for butlers and sell their yachts — have been victims of a cyberattack. The hacker managed to infiltrate the organization’s email system and tried to access passwords.

When Radio HP – founded in 2015 by Nigel Haddon-Paton, a former truffle entrepreneur and “Fulham’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg” – discovered the scam, it sent a genuine email alert to members, describing the issue as “most exhausting.”