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Years active | 1976–2017 |
Nick Stringer (born 10 August 1948 in Torquay, Devon) is an English actor.
In a forty-year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including The Bill , Bergerac , Open All Hours , Only Fools and Horses , Auf Wiedersehen, Pet , Coronation Street , Family Affairs , Minder , Johnny Jarvis , Butterflies , My Family and The Professionals . He also had roles in the films The Long Good Friday (1980), Clockwise (1986) and Personal Services (1987). He appeared in an episode of The Sweeney , One of Your Own, as gang boss Patsy Kearney.
In The Bill he played PC Ron Smollett from 1990 to 1993 who was a likeable, hard-working, and honest cop.
Stringer appeared in the first two series of The New Statesman as the fictional Member of Parliament Bob Crippen, a Labour opponent of the Conservative Alan B'Stard.
Other roles have included a cameo role in Goodnight Sweetheart in the episode "You're Driving Me Crazy" as an undercover detective, and as a deputy headmaster Mr Sullivan in Press Gang (mainly appearing in the first two seasons). He appeared in the BBC drama Holby City , in an episode entitled "Doctor's Dilemma", on 18 June 2008.
Stringer has also made two guest appearances in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses , in the episodes "Go West Young Man" he plays an Australian and in "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", he plays Del's old business partner, Jumbo Mills, who emigrated to Australia. [1]
He is also noted for his strong performance alongside Trevor Byfield in the Minder episode 'The Old School Tie' from Series 2 in 1980 in which they play heavies in what is often claimed to be the most violent episode of the entire ten series.
Nick also appeared in Super Gran as super villain Mad Mick Merseyside. (1985)
Stringer lives in Bristol, England, and is married with two children. In 2018, Stringer recorded a two-part interview for The Bill Podcast
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | The Shout | Cobbler | |
1978 | The Life Story of Baal | Taxi Driver | |
1979 | That Summer! | Policeman | |
1980 | The Long Good Friday | Billy | |
1982 | Give Us This Day | Mr. Burton | |
1983 | The Terence Davies Trilogy | Robert's Father | (segment: Madonna and Child) |
1986 | Clockwise | Det. Sgt. Rice | |
1987 | Personal Services | P.C. Baker | |
1988 | We Think the World of You | Butcher | |
1989 | Work Experience | Man on phone | Short film |
1996 | Stella Does Tricks | Edward | |
1999 | Captain Jack | Chip Shop Owner | |
2005 | Oliver Twist | Inspector Blather | |
2008 | The Edge of Love | PC Williams | |
2008 | I Know You Know | Mic the barman | |
2017 | Karen | Unknown | Short film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Pickersgill People | PC Shane Pritchard | 3 episodes |
1978 | The Devil's Crown | Marchades | Episode: "Bolt from the Blue" |
1978 | A Soft Touch | Zoo keeper | Episode: "The Toad Work" |
1978 | Target | Matthews | Episode: "Figures of Importance" |
1978 | The Sweeney | Patsy Kearny | Episode: "One of Your Own" |
1978 | Play for Today | Terry | Episode: "Soldiers Talking, Cleanly" |
1979 | Angels | Frank Coidin | 2 episodes |
1979 | The Knowledge | Cabbie | Television film |
1980 | The Spoils of War | Charlie | Episode: "End of the Beginning" |
1980 | Butterflies | Wally | Episode: "An Empty Cage" |
1980 | Nobody's Perfect | Ernie | Episode: "Henry Moves In" |
1980 | Minder | Tommy | Episode: "The Old School Tie" |
1980 | Shoestring | Steve | Episode: "The Dangerous Game" |
1981 | Big Jim and the Figaro Club | Mayor | Episode: "Laughing Like a Drain" |
1981 | Rosie | Van driver | Episode: "The Eight Foot Goat" |
1981 | The Gentle Touch | Jimmy Paris | Episode: "Knife" |
1981–1982 | Open All Hours | Man Neville | 2 episodes |
1982 | The Professionals | Twig | Episode: "Spy Probe" |
1982 | The New Adventures of Lucky Jim | George Bowles | 4 episodes |
1983 | Gaskin | Labour councillor | Television film |
1975–1983 | Crown Court | Bill Robbins Jury Foreman | 2 episodes |
1983 | Goodnight and God Bless | Harry | 4 episodes |
1983 | Come to Mecca | Roger | Television film |
1983 | Johnny Jarvis | The Colonel | 5 episodes |
1984 | Poor Little Rich Girls | Thickset Man | Episode: "The Oriental Chest" |
1985 | One by One | Caldwell | Episode: "Parting of the Ways" |
1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Piglet | Episode: "Nowhere to Run" |
1985 | Super Gran | Mad Mick | Episode: "Supergran Grounded" |
1985 | Dramarama | Trevor Taylor | Episode: "The Audition" |
1985 | Black Silk | Harry | Episode: "Conspiracy of Silence" |
1986 | Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | Customs Officer | Episode: "No Sex Please, We're Brickies" |
1986 | The Collectors | Roper | Episode: "Uncommon Market" |
1986 | C.A.T.S. Eyes | Bouncer | Episode: "Tranmere Dan and Tokyo Joe" |
1981–1986 | Only Fools and Horses | Aussie Man Jumbo Mills | 2 episodes |
1987 | A Sort of Innocence | Roger Stott | 2 episodes |
1988 | Hannay | Brabazon | Episode: "Voyage into Fear" |
1988 | Bergerac | George Lacey | Episode: "Private Fight" |
1988 | ScreenPlay | Dave Sgt. Brooks | 2 episodes |
1988 | Bread | Julian La Mere | Episode: #4.2 |
1988 | This Is David Lander | Reg Ward | Episode: "Not a Pretty Site" |
1988 | Blind Justice | Bill Turner | Episode: "Permanent Blue" |
1988 | The Lenny Henry Show | Various | Episode: "Christmas 1988" |
1987–1989 | The New Statesman | Crippen Bob Crippen | 4 episodes |
1989 | Capstick's Law | Birties | 3 episodes |
1986–1989 | Boon | Mr. Sheridan Wiggins | 2 episodes |
1989 | About Face | Police Chief | Episode: "Send Her Victorious" |
1990 | Tygo Road | Tim | Episode: #1.2 |
1990 | A Kind of Living | Gordon | Episode: #3.9 |
1990 | Shoot to Kill | Kevin Taylor | Television film |
1989–1992 | Press Gang | Mr. Sullivan | 15 episodes |
1985–1993 | The Bill | Terry Mitchell P.C. Smollett | 81 episodes |
1993 | Inside Victor Lewis-Smith | 'Old Bill' Policeman 2 | Episode: #1.2 |
1994 | Earthfasts | Police Sergeant | Episode: #1.3 |
1994 | Birds of a Feather | Police Supt | Episode: "Christmas in Dreamland" |
1995 | The Famous Five | Mr. Curton | Episode: "Five on Kirrin Island Again" |
1997 | Goodnight Sweetheart | Tommy Kingdom | Episode: "You're Driving Me Crazy" |
1997 | The Missing Postman | Farmer Flint | Television film |
1984–1997 | Coronation Street | Frank Harvey Jump Jackson | 16 episodes |
1999 | Peak Practice | PC Pete Greenhaigh | Episode: "Single Minded" |
1999 | Murder Most Horrid | Inspector Hibbert | Episode: "Elvis, Zeus and Zack" |
1999 | Family Affairs | Max Derwin | 49 episodes |
2000 | My Family | Mitch | Episode: "Farewell to Alarms" |
2001 | Gentlemen's Relish | Edward Shelburne | Television film |
2001 | Always and Everyone | D.C. Simms | Episode: #3.8 |
2001 | Kommissarie Winter | Alderton | Episode: "Dans med en ängel – Del 1" |
2003 | Born and Bred | Reg Samuel | Episode: "The Last Hurrah: Part 2" |
2004 | Doctors | D.I. Green | Episode: "Cross My Heart" |
2005 | Down to Earth | Clive Mottram | Episode: "Sisterly Feelings" |
2006 | Berry's Way | Dawson | Television film |
2009 | Broadside | De Ruyter | Television film |
2004–2010 | Holby City | Andy McBride Bernard Robson Gordon Ramsey | 3 episodes |
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