Tributes pour in for Chernobyl star Paul Ritter who has died aged 54

Simon Bird has written an emotional tribute to his late Friday Night Dinner co-star Paul Ritter.  Ritter died “peacefully at home” on Friday (2 April) aged 54 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his agent announced on Tuesday (6 April).

Tamsin Greig has praised Paul Ritter's "enormous courage and effort" after he filmed a drama with her just a few weeks before he died. The 'Friday Night Dinner' actress has paid tribute to her late co-star - who died of a brain tumour this week, aged 54 - and admitted she was "honoured" that he was prepared to shoot a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Anne Youngson’s novel 'Meet Me at the Museum' alongside her when he was "so ill".

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Tamsin Greig has shared a beautiful tribute to the late Paul Ritter, revealing that the pair collaborated on a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the novel Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson just a few weeks before he passed away.

British actor Paul Ritter, who was most recently seen in the hit HBO series Chernobyl, passed away on 6 April. The 54-year-old actor was battling brain tumor and succumbed to the same.

Friday Night Dinner actor Paul Ritter has died; he was 54.The news was confirmed earlier today (April 6) by Ritter’s agent to The Guardian, who said Ritter passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Monday (April 5). He’d been suffering from a brain tumour.The statement read: “It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night.

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Gone too soon. British actor Paul Ritter, known for his performances in the Harry Potter and James Bond franchises, has died at age 54 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.

Paul Ritter, the English screen and stage star whose list of credits includes Harry Potter and James Bond films, has died. He was 54.

Friday Night Dinner star's agent confirmed the sad news in a statement that he died on Monday (April 5). "It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night," they said in a statement.

Nicola Coughlan has paid tribute to Paul Ritter. The 'Friday Night Dinner' actor has died aged 54 from a brain tumour, and the 'Derry Girls' star has described Paul - who played Martin Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom - as "absolutely magic" in an emotional social media post.

Paul Ritter, who appeared in the "Harry Potter" movies as well as played a key role in HBO's nuclear disaster drama "Chernobyl," is dead at age 54 after suffering from a brain tumor.  On Tuesday Agency Markham, Froggatt & Irwin confirmed that Ritter died Monday night "peacefully at home with his wife Polly and sons Frank and Noah by his side." A familiar face to British television viewers and theatregoers, Ritter played Martin Goodman, the eccentric father of a London Jewish family, in the

Paul Ritter, who starred as Eldred Worple in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Guy Haines in Quantum of Solace, among many other works, tragically died at the young age of 54.

Naman Ramachandran British actor Paul Ritter, whose credits include HBO/Sky drama “Chernobyl” and Channel 4 comedy “Friday Night Dinner,” has died of a brain tumor. He was 54.“It is with great sadness we can confirm that Paul Ritter passed away last night,” Ritter’s agent said.

LONDON -- Versatile British actor Paul Ritter, who appeared in the “Harry Potter” franchise and played a key figure behind nuclear disaster in “Chernobyl,” has died, his agent said Tuesday.