'Chernobyl' and 'Harry Potter' actor Paul Ritter dies at 54
'Chernobyl' and 'Harry Potter' actor Paul Ritter dies at 54 Zak Hussein/AP FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2009 file photo, British actor Paul Ritter. Ritter, who appeared in the âHarry Potterâ franchise and played a key figure behind the nuclear disaster in âChernobyl,â has died aged 54. Ritter agent said the actor died at home on the evening of Monday, April 5, 2021, and had been suffering from a brain tumor. Ritter was a familiar face to British television viewers and theatergoers, famous as eccentric patriarch Martin Goodman in the Chanel 4 sitcom âFriday Night Dinner.â...