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Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams on 20 December 1966 in Gravesend, Kent. His father Ken Adams, a toolmaker, worked at various power stations; his mother Joan ( née Mooney) was a school secretary. His family were Catholic and he had four older sisters.
Apr 7, 2021 · Ritter’s performance felt completely Jewish while avoiding Jewish stereotyping or caricatures. There’s no weird shrugging, no oy-veying, in fact no Yiddish expressions at all.
- Hannah Radley
Apr 6, 2021 · The show focused on the British Jewish Goodman family, whose sons returned home each Friday night for a meal, which usually involved eating "crimble crumble" for dessert, and ended in some kind...
Apr 22, 2021 · The Jewish community held television’s favourite Jewish dad in a special place in their hearts. A rabbi friend wrote to me saying, “may his memory be a blessing”. Within the acting fraternity,...
- Tracy-Ann Oberman
Apr 9, 2021 · Mr. Ritter was a familiar face to British theatergoers and well known for his role as Martin Goodman, the eccentric father of a London Jewish family, on the popular sitcom “Friday Night...
Dec 14, 2021 · Paul Ritter, Tom Rosenthal, Simon Bird and Tamsin Greig in ‘Friday Night Dinner’ (Channel 4) When host Emma Barnett clarified that the discussion was over Greig playing a Jewish role as a non...
Apr 6, 2021 · Friday Night Dinner actor Paul Ritter has died aged 54 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, his agent told the JC on Tuesday. Mr Ritter, who was not Jewish, was perhaps best known for...
