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Peter Childs (31 August 1939 – 1 November 1989) was an English character actor best known for playing Cockney Detective Sergeant Ronnie Rycott, nemesis of Arthur Daley in the top-rated ITV series, Minder. Biography Childs was born at Eastbourne, East Sussex, on 31 August 1939, and was educated at the local grammar school before training to be an actor. He trained at the Birmingham Theatre School, toiling 10 years doing repertory work before breaking into television, playing a small role in the Anton Rodgers crime series Zodiac. Later Childs gained valuable experience working with the Manchester 59 company, appearing in Erb, a show that transferred to London's West End. He also played a comical undertaker in Joe Orton's Loot to great effect. A regular performer at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, Childs gave an outstanding performance in Joan Littlewood's last performance there, So You Want to Be in Pictures. During this time he showed considerable gifts for comedy and improvisation. Childs also appeared in the Royal Court Theatre (and later in the West End) in David Storey's play The Changing Room, which was directed by Lindsay Anderson, who also cast him in the 1973 film O Lucky Man. On television, Childs' familiar features were seen in The Sweeney, The Onedin Line, Rumpole of the Bailey, Bergerac, Juliet Bravo and Ever Decreasing Circles. He had also appeared in a host of other dramas, including the first series of spin-off series to BBC children's series Grange Hill, Tucker's Luck. Also Childs featured in two separate appearances in Granada TV's popular soap opera, Coronation Street. Childs had made his name on television a number of years earlier, as Detective Ron Gash in the final series of Public Eye, transmitted in 1975. The following year he was cast as Det. Sgt Donald Grant in the final series of the long-running BBC police series Softly, Softly: Task Force. But it was the programme Minder that made Childs a household name in Great Britain. In the hugely popular series, his character had a burning desire to see Arthur Daley, played by George Cole, behind bars. Other movie appearances by Childs include Sweeney!, Ellis Island, If You Go Down in the Woods Today, An Officer and a Car Salesman and most memorably Minder on the Orient Express, where he reprised his role as Ronnie Rycott. In his personal life Childs was a fervent fan of racecourses and greyhound stadiums. Childs died of leukaemia aged 50, on 1 November 1989. External links Peter Childs at IMDb. Discover the Peter Childs popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Peter Childs books.
Best Seller Peter Childs Books of 2024
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The Case for Faith Student Edition
Lee StrobelPrepare yourself for an eyeopening, nopunchespulled investigation into eight of the toughest objections to Christianity. The answers will prove whether or not Jesus is who he says ...
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Peter and Amy Go On a Picnic
Sara Lissa Paulson & PS 347's Kindergarten class K-207This is an original story inspired by Ezra Jack Keats' stories featuring Peter, one of the first AfricanAmerican characters in picture books. These Peter stories include classics s...
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Redemption
Will JordanIntroducing Ryan Drake think Jason Bourne meets Jack Reacher...If you like Lee Child, Vince Flynn and David Baldacci, you will love this riveting and unputdownable thriller from b...
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Lost in the Never Woods
Aiden ThomasWhen children start to go missing in the local woods, a teen girl must face her fears and a past she can't remember to rescue them in this atmospheric YA novel, Lost in the Never W...
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The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich#1 New York Times bestselling author and “thriller master” (Mystery and Suspense Magazine) Janet Evanovich returns with the launch of a “tense, suspenseful, funny, and wise” (Lee C...
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Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie & Alison LurieGenerations of readers have traveled to Neverland and all the secret places of a child's heart. A story rich in adventure, humor, and sadness, J.M. Barrie's masterpiece remains a s...
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The Peter Rabbit Tales
Beatrix PotterThe Peter Rabbit Tales Enhanced Digital Children's Edition, is a remastered and enhanced edition of all six original Beatrix Potter classic children's stories with the character Pe...
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Distant Sons
Tim JohnstonThe paths of two young men collide and spark unexpected violence in a Wisconsin town where three boys went missing in the 1970s in this "intricate, haunting novel" (Michael Koryta,...
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Black Sun Light My Way
Jo SpurrierA complex, adult epic fantasy from a new Australian author ... original, dramatic, unputdownable ... Sierra has always battled to control her powers, but now her life and Isidro's ...
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The Greatest Fairytales Of All Time
Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Andrew Lang, James Matthew Barrie, Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Sharp, Maurice Maeterlinck, Georgette Leblanc, John Ruskin, Carl Sandburg, Marion St. John Webb, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Johnny Gruelle, R. Nisbet Bain, W. R. S. Ralston, Arthur Ransome & L. Frank Baumeartnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the mostcelebrated and bestloved fairy tales of all time: Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Complete Fa...
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Shadow Puppets
Orson Scott CardBestselling author Orson Scott Card brings to life a new chapter in the saga of Ender's Earth and The Shadow Series.Earth and its society have been changed irrevocably in the after...
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The Blood Is Still
Douglas SkeltonA riveting, immersive thriller from the author of Thunder Bay"If you don't know Skelton, now's the time" (Ian Rankin). When a man in eighteenthcentury Highland dress is f...
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Winter Be My Shield
Jo SpurrierA complex, adult epic fantasy from a new Australian author ... original, dramatic, unputdownable ...Sierra has a despised and forbidden gift she raises power from the suffering of...
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Trauma-Proofing Your Kids
Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. & Maggie KlineUnderstand the different types of upsets and traumas your child may experienceand learn how to teach them how to be resilient, confident, and even joyful The number of anxious, dep...
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Denial
Peter JamesIntroducing policeman Glenn Branson...When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son, Thomas, is heartbroken. Something must be wrong with a world in which such a t...
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The Other Couple
Sarah J. NaughtonTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'I am sleep deprived having stayed awake desperate to find out what happened!' reader reviewFor fans of Clare Mackintosh's LET ME LIE, Cara Hunter's CLOSE...
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I Am Peter
Penguin Young Readers & Andrew BatesMeet the newly animated Peter Rabbit! Donned in his father's blue coat, Peter is as frisky and adventurous as ever. His mother has given him his father's old journalfull of adventu...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Other Rabbit Stories
Beatrix PotterThis book features the original text and fullcolor original Beatrix Potter art. The stories included inside are "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", "The Tale ...
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Peter Pan
J.M. BarrieFly away with Peter Pan to the enchanted island of Neverland! This first chapter book adaptation of the classic novel, originally published in 1911, tells the story of the boy who ...
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Talks to Farmers
Charles H. SpurgeonWhat can God’s creation teach us about ourselves, our communities, and modern Christianity? Talks to Farmers: Inspiring, Uplifting, FaithBuilding Meditations, written by world...
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Steeped in Malice
Vicki DelanyWith a “beautifully described setting and a cast of charming, smalltown characters” (Booklist), this delightful cozy mystery series set in a Cape Cod tea shop will be irresistible ...
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Peter Pan
J.M. Barrie, Cathy East Dubowski & Jean ZallingerConsidered a masterpiece since its first appearance on stage in 1904, Peter Pan is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work and arguably the greatest of all children’s stories. While it is ...
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Sweet Heart
Peter James'This book inflicts more shocks than an electric fence.' Daily MailCharley has a strange feeling when she sees the idyllic mill house with its cluster of outbuildings, the lake and...
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Sacrifice
Will JordanLet bestselling author Will Jordan take you on a breakneck speed ride with CIA agent Ryan Drake in this compelling and unmissable thriller. Fans of Lee Child, Vince Flynn and David...
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The Right Side
Spencer QuinnIn this "brilliant...deeply felt" (Stephen King) novel by the New York Times bestselling author of the Chet and Bernie mystery series, a deeply damaged female soldier home from the...
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Elle Croft'Utterly absorbing and thoughtprovoking' Caz Frear'What a premise, and packed with suspense' Victoria Selman'A dark, delicious triumph' Niki MackayIf what they said was true, then ...
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Case for Faith for Kids
Lee StrobelAnswers questions about faith that even adults struggle to answer. You meet skeptics every day. They ask questions like: Why does God allow bad things to happen? Can you have doubt...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix PotterThis book features the original text and fullcolor original Beatrix Potter art. Mrs Rabbit tells her children not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden. But naughty Peter Rabbit disobey...
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Nurturing Resilience
Kathy L. Kain & Stephen J. TerrellA practical, integrated approach for therapists working with child and adult patients impacted by developmental trauma and attachment difficultiesfeaturing a foreword by Waking the...
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The Twyford Code
Janice HallettThe mysterious connection between a teacher’s disappearance and an unsolved code in a children’s book is explored in this new novel from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Ti...
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The Littlest Bigfoot
Jennifer WeinerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a “cheerful” (The New York Times Book Review) and “charming” (People) tale of friendship, furry creatures, and findi...
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Faith
Peter JamesHow perfect is too perfect?Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful, and certainly one of the richest, plastic surgeons in the business. Such a ma...
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Her Last Breath
Alison BelshamA gripping new detective series set in Brighton for readers who enjoy Peter James' Roy Grace series.When a young woman is attacked and left fighting to survive in hospital, the pol...
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The Case for Faith
Lee StrobelWas God telling the truth when he said, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart"?In The Case for Faith, bestselling author, journalist, and former a...
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The Payback
Simon KernickA gripping thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick, the UK's answer to Harlan Coben."Pace, pace pace is what Kernick...