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Versatile character actor Paul Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams in Gravesend, Kent on 20 December 1966. Whilst not from a show business family, he had strong thespian connections as his mother was a class-mate of comic actor Bernard Cribbins and his father attended the same school as the great comedian and writer Eric Sykes; whom Paul would portray in the TV drama 'Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This.' In the last decade of the twentieth century and beginning of the 2000s he built up an enviable roster of stage roles, working with the National Theatre in 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun', 'All My Sons', 'Coram Boy', 'The Hot-House', 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- time' and more recently as John Major in 'The Audience'. For the Royal Shakespeare company he took part in a host of classical plays including 'Troilus and Cressida' and 'The White Devil' and in 2009, along with co-stars Amanda Root, Jessica Hynes and Stephen Mangan, he was nominated for a Tony award when the Old Vic's revival of 'The Norman Conquests' played on Broadway. In the second decade of the twenty-first century he became one of television's most welcome ubiquitous actors in such varied parts as a Scots vicar in 'Mapp and Lucia', a mother-dominated gay spy in 'The Game', in police dramas 'Vera' and 'No Offence' and as Pistol in the BBC's adaptation of 'Henry IV', for which performance the Telegraph newspaper described him as 'an actor destined for greatness soon'. However, he was arguably best known for playing eccentric, usually shirtless Martin Goodman hosting his 'bambinos' for their 'Friday Night Dinner' in the Channel 4 sitcom of that name. Paul, succumbing to a brain tumour, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on 5th April 2021 at the age of 54.- Actor
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Stanley Lebor was born on 24 September 1934 in East Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Flash Gordon (1980) and Holocaust (1978). He died on 23 November 2014 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- Actor
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One of the most familiar faces in British comedy, Eric Barker got his start in show business during World War II, when he was part of the armed forces radio show "Merry Go Round". After the war the show continued, though renamed "The Waterlogged Spa", with Barker and his wife, Pearl Hackney. The show's success led to Barker's starring in other radio shows, where he achieved a rather sizable following due to his versatility at doing voices. By the mid-1950s Barker had made the move to films, and found his niche in playing variations on the busybody sticking his nose in everyone's business, or, in the case of the "Carry On" comedies, the gang's boss or some other authority figure who was usually on the receiving end of their shenanigans, most memorably in Carry on Constable (1960).- Actor
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Pat Hagan was born on 19 March 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Fallout: New Vegas (2010), Robbery Under Arms (1957) and Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935). He died on 15 September 1987 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- Lesley Wareing was born on 16 October 1913 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Terror (1938), Trapped in a Submarine (1932) and The Rivals (1938). She died on 13 April 1988 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.
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David Litvinoff was born in 1928 in East End, London, England, UK. He is known for Performance (1970) and Sunshine City (1973). He died in 1975 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.- H.V. Tollemach was born on 14 August 1896 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Cherry Ripe (1921) and The Street of Adventure (1921). He died in 1989 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.
- Maurice Leitch was born on 5 July 1933 in Muckamore, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. He was a writer, known for Man Alive (1965), Premiere (1977) and Screenplay (1986). He was married to Sandra HIll and Isobel Scott. He died on 26 September 2023 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.
- Christine Russell was an actress, known for Big Deal (1984), A Roof Over My Head (1977) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). She died on 4 September 2014 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK.