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Simon Paul Adams (20 December 1966 – 5 April 2021), known professionally as Paul Ritter, was an English actor. He had roles in films including Son of Rambow (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), The Eagle (2011), and Operation Mincemeat (2021), as well as television programmes including Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020), Vera (2011–2013), The Hollow Crown (2012), The Last Kingdom (2015), Chernobyl (2019), Belgravia (2020) and Resistance. Early life Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams on 20 December 1966 in Gravesend, Kent. His father Ken Adams, a toolmaker, worked at various power stations; his mother Joan (née Mooney) was a school secretary. His family were Catholic and he had four older sisters. Adams attended Gravesend Grammar School where he acquired an A Level in Theatre Studies. He went on to study Modern Languages at St John's College, Cambridge. After graduating, he went to the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany. Upon returning to the UK, he took the stage name Ritter, of German origin. He took this name because another Simon Adams was registered with the acting trade union, Equity, and he admired a German actor with the surname Ritter. Ritter studied alongside the actor Stephen Mangan and they later acted together in the 2009 play The Norman Conquests. Career Ritter's screen work included roles in Nowhere Boy, the 2007 television serial Instinct, the comedy drama Pulling and the role of Pistol in Henry IV, Part II and Henry V in BBC Two's cycle of William Shakespeare's history plays, The Hollow Crown; The Daily Telegraph described Ritter as "an actor who is surely destined for greatness very soon. His Pistol conveyed perfectly the shock of a man who reluctantly had left behind the rowdy cheer of Eastcheap, and found himself in middle age contemplating the melancholy of a medieval autumn." Ritter also played comic actor Eric Sykes in Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This and took a lead role in BBC One's 2014 serialised Cold War spy drama, The Game. From 2005 to 2006, Ritter played Otis Gardiner in the original Royal National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. He was nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 for his role in The Norman Conquests. In 2012, he appeared as the protagonist's father in the stage version of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the National Theatre and in 2013 as John Major in the premiere of Peter Morgan's The Audience. He appeared in the first three series (2011-13) of the popular British crime drama, Vera, as pathologist Dr. Billy Cartwright. He also appeared in a main role as Anatoly Dyatlov, the deputy chief engineer, in the HBO and Sky Max miniseries Chernobyl. Ritter's performance in the latter was critically acclaimed. From 2011 to 2020, Ritter starred as Martin Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy series, Friday Night Dinner. For this role, he received a posthumous nomination at the 2021 British Academy Television Awards for the Best Male Comedy Performance. Ritter's final performance was in the movie Operation Mincemeat as Bentley Purchase. The film was released posthumously and was dedicated to his memory. Personal life and death In 1996, Ritter married Polly Radcliffe, a research fellow at King's College London. He lived in Faversham, Kent. He had two sons named Frank and Noah. Ritter died of a brain tumour on 5 April 2021, aged 54, in his home, surrounded by his family. Long-time friend Stephen Mangan tweeted: "Trying to find a way to talk about Paul Ritter and struggling. My friend since we were students together. So much talent and it shone from him even as a teenager. I was so lucky to know him and lucky too to work with him many times over the years. Wonderful man." Fellow Friday Night Dinner cast members also paid tribute. A tenth anniversary retrospective of Friday Night Dinner aired on 28 May 2021. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links Paul Ritter at IMDb. Discover the Paul Adams popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Paul Adams books.
Best Seller Paul Adams Books of 2024
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Flowers in the Attic
V.C. AndrewsA major Lifetime movie eventthe novel that captured the world's imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. Book One of the Dollanganger Family series.At the to...
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State Idaho v. Paul E. Adams
Court of Appeals of Idaho No. 14874Upon a plea of guilty, Paul Adams was convicted of robbery. The district court sentenced him to the custody of the Board of Corrections for an indeterminate term not exceeding twen...
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Independent Dames
Laurie Halse AndersonRead about the forgotten half of the American Revolution and those tough, independent dames who helped make it happen. Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led...
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FERIEN VOM ICH von Paul Keller
Paul KellerDiese Ausgabe von "FERIEN VOM ICH" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Paul Keller (18731932) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Publizist. Ke...
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Blast Off
Paul AdamsHere is your magic portal to the world of childhood fantasy. Take a fantastic trip of the imagination, all the way to the moon. In an intimate, playful time alone with your child, ...
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Remarkable Golf Courses
Iain T. SpraggRemarkable Golf Courses encompasses the extremes of the sport – from the highest golf course in La Paz, Bolivia, to the lowest, in Death Valley, USA; from the most northerly in the...
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The Book of Virtues
William J. BennettResponsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop...
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Sober
Tony AdamsTHE BRILLIANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. ‘A searingly honest account of the Arsenal legend’s quest to recover from alcoholism. Unflinchingly brave.’ Sunday Mirror Being Addicte...
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Eddie Turnbull
Eddie Turnbull & Martin HannanAs the first British player to score a goal in European club competition in 1955, Hibs hero Eddie Turnbull holds a unique place in footballing history. In Eddie Turnbull: Having a ...
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Paul Michael Adams and Joanne Adams v. J
First District No. 1-1179A 311 Court of Appeals of IndianaROBERTSON, P.J. This is a medical malpractice case. The facts, most favorable to the appellant, are that the plaintiffappellant, Paul Michael Adams (Adams), first saw the defendant...
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Road of Bones
Christopher GoldenAn American documentarian travels a haunted highway across the frozen tundra of Siberia in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden’s Road of Bones, a “tightly wound, a...
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Borneo, Celebes, Aru
Alfred Russel WallaceRacked with fever, virtually broke and earning a precarious living through sending back to London the plumes of beautiful birds, Wallace (18231913) ultimately became one of the mos...
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Raiders of Spanish Peaks
Zane GreyThe Lindsay family has come west hoping to help the father, John, recover from an illness. When they arrive, they are induced to purchase Spanish Peaks Ranch, an abandoned United S...
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Unlocked
David McDonald & Mick CliffordThe Number One BestsellerFor over thirty years, David McDonald worked in Ireland's biggest prisons. This is his story.As a young officer, McDonald got a baptism of fire in Mountjoy...
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John Adams
David McCulloughThe Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master hist...
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Cry of the Wild
Charles Foster'Evocative and beautifully written, it's a deeply immersive read' Observer'Charles Foster is the most original voice in nature writing today funny, urgent, poetic, philosophical a...
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Congressional Dysfunction
Paul AdamsAn analysis of why the 21st Century Congress represents the worst nightmares of the Founding Fathers. Examines the Ensign & Weiner scandals, excessive Congressional pay and be...
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Easy Target
Adam Blum‘I was an easy target. You didn’t have to be a trained sniper to take the shot.’Easy Target is the inspirational story of a young man’s journey from being an easy target and v...
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The Conservative Mind
Russell Kirk"It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor." WILLIAM F BUCKLEY "A profound critique of co...
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Alonzo A. Adams v. Paul B. Witmer
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.This action was filed for the purpose of procuring a judicial review of an administrative order of the Bureau of Land Management which denied the appellants applications for patent...
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Treason in America
Jules Archer & Brianna DuMontTreason can be defined as “the breach of the allegiance which a person owes to the state under whose protection he lives.” But what exactly does it mean to be guilty of a “breach o...
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The Boston Massacre
Serena Zabin“Historical accuracy and human understanding require coming down from the high ground and seeing people in all their complexity. Serena Zabin’s rich and highly enjoyable ...
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Ethics 101
Brian BooneExplore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modernday issues ranging f...
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Adams V. Paul
Supreme Court Of California"The most common error of the attorney engaged in litigation is the failure to file the client's claim or cause of action within the time required by a statute of limitations." (2 ...
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Strange and Obscure Stories of the Revolutionary War
Tim RowlandAstonishing Events from the American Revolution That They Don’t Teach in School!We all know about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and Betsy Ross’s stitching together the Star...
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Hooked
Paul MersonShortlisted for the 2022 Sports Book Awards'brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... I would recommend this book to everyone.' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live'so ...
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Give Me a Fast Ship
Tim McGrathWINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE“A meticulous, adrenalinefilled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”New York Times Bestselling Author...