Paul Ritter

Paul Ritter

Born: December 20, 1966
Died: April 5, 2021
in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
Paul Ritter (20 December 1966 - 5 April 2021) was an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his roles in films including Quantum of Solace, Son of Rambow, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and The Eagle, as well as television programmes including Friday Night Dinner, Vera, The Hollow Crown, The Last Kingdom and Chernobyl. Wikipedia

Movies for Paul Ritter...

Operation Mincemeat
Title: Operation Mincemeat
Character: Bentley Purchase
Released: April 1, 2022
Type: Movie
In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.
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Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Title: Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Character: Himself
Released: May 28, 2021
Type: Movie
With exclusive interviews and outtakes, this anniversary special celebrates a decade of Robert Popper's iconic comedy, from celebrity fans to Paul Ritter's infamous squirrel-based catchphrase
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Title: Belgravia
Character: Turton
Released: March 15, 2020
Type: TV
A tale of secrets and scandals set in 1840s London. When the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful evening of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode.
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Title: Catherine the Great
Character: Alexander Suvorov
Released: October 3, 2019
Type: TV
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
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Greed
Title: Greed
Character: Lewis
Released: September 7, 2019
Type: Movie
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
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Title: The Capture
Character: Marcus Levy
Released: September 3, 2019
Type: TV
When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once again.
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Title: Chernobyl
Character: Anatoly Dyatlov
Released: May 6, 2019
Type: TV
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
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Title: Resistance
Character: General Ormonde Winter
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: TV
This follow up to the Rebellion miniseries unfolds at the height of what became known as Ireland's War of Independence, and follows the lives of those caught up in the vicissitudes of history.
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Title: Hang Ups
Character: Werner Lienhard
Released: August 8, 2018
Type: TV
After the collapse of his previous group therapy practice, Richard is no longer able to conduct the traditional 50-minute sessions most therapists have with their patients. Instead, he's developed a new form of therapy - weekly quick-fire sessions with his patients which take place online, through a webcam.
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Title: Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Character: Franklyn
Released: September 17, 2017
Type: TV
A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.
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Their Finest
Title: Their Finest
Character: Raymond Parfitt
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: Movie
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.
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Title: Urban Myths
Character: Dave
Released: January 19, 2017
Type: TV
Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly tongue in cheek, mischievous – and deliberately ambiguous – look at what might have happened...
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NW
Title: NW
Released: November 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Two friends from a northwest London housing estate are reunited when one of them faces a messy personal crisis.
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The Limehouse Golem
Title: The Limehouse Golem
Character: Augustus Rowley
Released: October 18, 2016
Type: Movie
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
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Inferno
Title: Inferno
Character: CRC Tech Arbogast
Released: October 13, 2016
Type: Movie
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
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Title: Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Released: May 26, 2016
Type: TV
A unique collection of extraordinary fantastical short stories from the pen of Neil Gaiman, directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. With a score by Jarvis Cocker and starring a host of British acting talent led by Tom Hughes, Johnny Vegas, George MacKay, Rita Tushingham and Kenneth Cranham.
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Title: Houdini & Doyle
Character: Bram Stoker
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: TV
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini and Stratton are tasked with the cases that nobody else can solve. It challenges their sense of what is real and what is not. Houdini is a skeptic, while Doyle believes in the unseen. Their diverse viewpoints make solving crime a challenge and often Stratton is put in the middle. The trio will take on cases that involve vampires, ghosts, monsters and poltergeists…or are they a ruse to conceal murder?
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We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
Title: We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story
Character: Jimmy Perry
Released: December 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Comedy drama about the beginnings of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's writing partnership and their struggles to get Dad's Army on the screen in 1968.
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Title: No Offence
Character: Randolph Miller
Released: May 5, 2015
Type: TV
Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
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Suite Française
Title: Suite Française
Character: Monsieur Dubois
Released: March 12, 2015
Type: Movie
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.
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Title: Wolf Hall
Character: Sir John Seymour
Released: January 21, 2015
Type: TV
Following the fact-based historical book of the same name, this drama follows the rise of Cromwell as he becomes Henry the VIII's closest advisor. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?
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Title: Mapp and Lucia
Character: Rev. Kenneth 'Padre' Bartlett
Released: December 29, 2014
Type: TV
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
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Title: The Game
Character: Bobby Waterhouse
Released: November 5, 2014
Type: TV
"The Game" is a 1970s Cold War spy thriller set in the world of espionage. It tells the story of the invisible war fought by MI5 as it battles to protect the nation from the threats of the Cold War.
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Title: Lovesick
Character: Peter
Released: October 2, 2014
Type: TV
After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.
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Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Title: Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Character: Eric Sykes
Released: April 21, 2014
Type: Movie
The life and times of Tommy Cooper
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National Theatre Live: The Audience
Title: National Theatre Live: The Audience
Character: John Major
Released: June 12, 2013
Type: Movie
For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace, a meeting like no other in British public life, it is private.
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Title: Plebs
Character: Angelo
Released: March 25, 2013
Type: TV
Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.
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Wodehouse In Exile
Title: Wodehouse In Exile
Character: Mackintosh
Released: March 25, 2013
Type: Movie
An all-star cast heads up this intimate film about how author, P.G.Wodehouse, came to face a charge of treason during the Second World War and how this quintessential Englishman, creator of Jeeves and Wooster, became an exile from his own country and never set foot on English soil again.
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Complicit
Title: Complicit
Character: Thomas
Released: February 16, 2013
Type: Movie
An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
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National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Title: National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Character: Ed
Released: September 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
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Title: The Hollow Crown
Character: Pistol
Released: June 30, 2012
Type: TV
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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Title: Great Expectations
Character: Wemmick
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: TV
The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
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Title: Hidden
Released: October 6, 2011
Type: TV
Hidden is a 2011 British television drama starring Philip Glenister, Thekla Reuten, Anna Chancellor, Michael Winder, Andrew Scarborough and David Suchet which debuted on BBC One on 6 October 2011. The four part series was directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Christopher Hall and written by Ronan Bennett.
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Title: Vera
Character: Billy Cartwright
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: TV
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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The Night Watch
Title: The Night Watch
Character: Mr Pearce
Released: April 4, 2011
Type: Movie
Four Londoners are inseparably linked by their wartime experiences. In a time when the barriers of sexuality and social convention have been broken down, they enjoy a freedom never experienced before.
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Eliminate: Archie Cookson
Title: Eliminate: Archie Cookson
Character: Ennis Miller
Released: March 13, 2011
Type: Movie
A burnt-out British spy becomes the recipient of tapes implicating senior MI-6 officers in some light treason. Before he even knows what he has, most of his office has already been killed.
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Title: Friday Night Dinner
Character: Martin Goodman
Released: February 25, 2011
Type: TV
Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
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The Eagle
Title: The Eagle
Character: Galba
Released: February 8, 2011
Type: Movie
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
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No Pressure
Title: No Pressure
Character: Manager
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
No Pressure is a controversial 2010 short film produced by the global warming mitigation campaign 10:10. Intended for cinema and television advertisements, No Pressure is composed of scenes in which a variety of people in every-day situations are graphically blown to pieces for failing to be sufficiently enthusiastic about the 10:10 campaign to reduce CO2 emissions. The film's makers said that they viewed No Pressure as "a funny and satirical tongue-in-cheek little film in the over-the-top style of Monty Python or South Park".
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Title: Money
Character: Terry Linex
Released: May 23, 2010
Type: TV
A two-part adaptation of Martin Amis's cult '80s novel with Nick Frost as John Self, a dysfunctional director who goes to America to make his debut movie but ends up speeding towards self-destruction.
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Nowhere Boy
Title: Nowhere Boy
Character: Pobjoy, headmaster
Released: December 25, 2009
Type: Movie
The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years in Liverpool and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood.
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Title: Land Girls
Character: Frank Tucker
Released: September 7, 2009
Type: TV
The lives, loves and highs and lows of four members of the Women's Land Army working at the Hoxley Estate during World War II.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Character: Eldred Worple
Released: July 15, 2009
Type: Movie
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemorts defenses and to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, romance blossoms for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but danger lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
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Quantum of Solace
Title: Quantum of Solace
Character: Guy Haines
Released: October 29, 2008
Type: Movie
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.
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Love You More
Title: Love You More
Character: Record Shop Owner
Released: February 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.
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Title: Instinct
Released: February 26, 2007
Type: TV
Instinct is a two-part drama serial which premièred on ITV on 26 February 2007. It was created and written by Lizzie Mickery, and produced by Tightrope Pictures for ITV. The serial follows Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Flynn, played by Anthony Flanagan, as he hunts a serial killer in the Lancashire Pennines, while dealing with a troubled personal life.
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Son of Rambow
Title: Son of Rambow
Character: Geography Teacher
Released: January 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.
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Title: Pulling
Released: November 23, 2006
Type: TV
Donna narrowly escapes making a huge mistake by marrying Karl and instead opts for moving in with her friends Karen and Louise in South London. The three girls learn about life and love in this funny and modern comedy.
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Nostradamus
Title: Nostradamus
Character: Cosimo Ruggieri
Released: May 17, 2006
Type: Movie
The trials and horrific visions that made the most famous mystic of all time.
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On a Clear Day
Title: On a Clear Day
Character: Mad Bob
Released: August 18, 2005
Type: Movie
After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel.
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The Girl in the Café
Title: The Girl in the Café
Character: Robert
Released: June 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
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The Libertine
Title: The Libertine
Character: Chiffinch
Released: September 16, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
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Fields of Gold
Title: Fields of Gold
Character: Chris Oatier
Released: June 8, 2002
Type: Movie
A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital. But why is the new environment minister keeping tabs on their every move? The TV movie tackles controversial topics like genetically modified plants, the role of large pharmaceutical companies and the question of control of state and government
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Title: Waking the Dead
Character: Alan Pierce
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Esther Kahn
Title: Esther Kahn
Character: Alman, the photographer
Released: October 4, 2000
Type: Movie
A Jewish girl in 19th century London dreams of becoming a stage actress.
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The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Title: The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Character: Dave
Released: March 1, 2000
Type: Movie
The last day of creation. A stranger arrives in London. No one knows who he is or where he has come from. By the time he leaves, the entire universe will have been erased.
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G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Title: G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Character: Drug Buyer
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Harry Fleetwood
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.