Nick Stringer

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.