Paul Ritter Death News: 'Chernobyl' actor Paul Ritter passes away at 54 due to a brain tumor
AP Ritter was nominated for a Tony Award in 2009 for his performance in Alan Ayckbourn's farce 'The Norman Conquests' on Broadway. LONDON: Versatile British actor Paul Ritter, whose roles ranged from a hapless suburban patriarch in sitcom 'Friday Night Dinner' to a Soviet engineer who helps cause a nuclear disaster in 'Chernobyl', has died, his agent said Tuesday. He was 54 and had been suffering from a brain tumor. A familiar face to British television viewers and theatregoers, Ritter played Martin Goodman, the eccentric father of a London Jewish family, in the acerbic but warm Channel 4 si...