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Cast & creator

Nick Stringer

1948-08-10 (age 78) Torquay, Devon, EnglandIMDb

Best known for Play for Today, Peak Practice, The Bill

Nick Stringer is an English actor. In a thirty year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including The Bill, Open All Hours, Only Fools and Horses, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Coronation Street, Family Affairs, Minder, Johnny Jarvis, Butterflies and My Family. He also had a small part in the film, The Long Good Friday. 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 lives in Swansea, Wales, and is married with two children. Stringer has also made two guest appearances in the BBC Sictom Only Fools and Horses, in the episodes Go West Young Man, as an australian man, and in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, he plays Del's old business partner, Jumbo Mills.

Movies

26

film credits

Series

27

television credits

Career

53

1970–2009 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Play for Today

Play for Today

Terry · 1970

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

PC Pete Greenhalgh · 1993

The Bill

The Bill

Ron Smollett · 1984

Minder

Minder

Tommy · 1979

The Professionals

The Professionals

Twig · 1977

Across film & television

Filmography (53)

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Showing 53 of 53 credits

Play for Today

Play for Today

Terry

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

PC Pete Greenhalgh

The Bill

The Bill

Ron Smollett

Minder

Minder

Tommy

The Professionals

The Professionals

Twig

Bergerac

Bergerac

George Lacey

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

Police Supt.

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

Patsy Kearny

Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses

Aussie Man

Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses

Jumbo Mills

Dempsey and Makepeace

Dempsey and Makepeace

Piglet

Shoestring

Shoestring

Steve

Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart

Tommy Kingdom

Bread

Bread

Julian La Mere

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

Labour MP Reg Samuel

Murder Most Horrid

Murder Most Horrid

Inspector Hibbert

Target

Target

Matthews

The New Statesman

The New Statesman

Bob Crippen

The New Statesman

The New Statesman

Crippen

Press Gang

Press Gang

Mr. Sullivan

Super Gran

Super Gran

Mad Mick

Open All Hours

Open All Hours

Neville

Open All Hours

Open All Hours

Man

The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

Billy

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Inspector Blather

Pickersgill People

Pickersgill People

PC Shane Pritchard

The Edge of Love

The Edge of Love

Clockwise

Clockwise

Det. Sgt. George Rice

The Shout

The Shout

Cobbler

Johnny Jarvis

Johnny Jarvis

I Know You Know

I Know You Know

Mic the Barman

Nobody's Perfect

Ernie

Gentlemen's Relish

Gentlemen's Relish

Edward Shelburne

The Terence Davies Trilogy

The Terence Davies Trilogy

Occupy!

Occupy!

Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool

Personal Services

Personal Services

P.C. Baker

Good Night And God Bless

Harry

We Think the World of You

We Think the World of You

Butcher

Stella Does Tricks

Stella Does Tricks

Edward

The Life Story of Baal

The Life Story of Baal

Taxi Driver

The Missing Postman

The Missing Postman

Farmer Flint

The Black and Blue Lamp

The Black and Blue Lamp

Sgt. Brooks

That Summer!

That Summer!

Policeman

Affront

Carron

The Knowledge

The Knowledge

Cabbie

Captain Jack

Captain Jack

Toby

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Terry

Work Experience

Work Experience

Man on Phone

Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide

Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide

De Ruyter

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill

Kavin Taylor

Gaskin

Gaskin

Labour Councillor

Home Front

Home Front

Dave

Children

Children

Father