These Harry Potter actors who left us

Maggie Smith (1934 – 2024)

Died in September 2024 at the age of 89, the British actress played the cruel (but fair) Transfiguration professor Minerva McGonagall in eight feature films of the magical saga, that is, from 2001 to 2011. He is also known for his roles. Hook, Sister Act and Downton Abbey.

Michael Gambon (1940 – 2023)

Actor Michael Gambon took on the role of Albus Dumbledore after the death of Richard Harris while filming Chamber of Secrets. So he plays the headmaster of Hogwarts and Harry Potter’s mentor in the next six films. We could also see him in “The White and Dry Season” or “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and His Lover” by Peter Greenaway.

Robbie Coltrane (1950 – 2022)

The Scottish actor played the half-giant Hagrid, the Keeper of Keys and Places and the Keeper of Hogwarts in eight Harry Potter films. He also appeared in two James Bond films, including GoldenEye, and played Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V.

Leslie Phillips (1924 – 2022)

Phillips brought to life the Sorting Hat, a mythical Hogwarts item worn by newcomers to their house as part of the School of Magic. This is how we understood it in the first opus of the saga, but also chamber of secrets In which he allowed Harry access to Godric Gryffindor’s sword in Battle with the Basilisk or Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

Gérard Rinaldi provided the voice of the Sorting Hat in the French version.

Helen McCrory (1968 – 2021)

Interpreting Narcissa Malfoy, Draco’s mother, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, British actress Helen McCrory is also known for playing the minister in charge of M’s trial in Skyfall and the particularly charismatic Aunt Polly in Gray Peak. A series of blinders. He died in 2021, aged 52, of cancer.

Alan Rickman (1946-2016)

Alan Rickman lends his features, voice and charisma to the enigmatic Professor Severus Snape from the first to the last film of the saga. His character continues to develop, to surprise, and whose mystery and density we gradually learn. A major role for the lead actor, whose disappearance has stirred fans of the magical saga… and more broadly, all viewers.

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

Richard Harris Was the first actor to play the role of Albus Dumbledore, the famous and evil Headmaster of Hogwarts School. Harris’ career spans over 60 films, including The Gun of Navarone (1961), A Man Called Horse (1970), Clint Eastwood’s Merciless and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. He will take over his role from Prisoner of Azkaban in Harry Potter Michael Gambon.

Elizabeth Spriggs (1929-2008)

Elizabeth Spriggs played the Fat Lady in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. She will be replaced by Dawn French Prisoner of Azkaban. The Fat Lady appears animated in the painting, guarding the entrance to Gryffindor Tower.

Robert Knox (1989-2008)

Robert Knox played Marcus Belby, the Ravenclaw student we meet half blood prince During a slug club meeting. He is portrayed as clingy, but in the book he is quite thin and nervous. Rob Knox died at the age of 18 during a fight in London. He was fatally wounded while protecting his little brother. As a tribute, the team that attended the film’s premiere wore white ribbons on their wrists.

Richard Griffiths (1947-2013)

Richard Griffiths was the interpreter for Harry’s uncle, Vernon Dursley, who was resistant to acknowledging the existence of the wizarding world, mistreated his nephew, recognizable by his red complexion, and always ready to explode. A man of the theatre, Griffiths was active on television, most notably in the police drama Pie in the Sky, in which he played disillusioned Inspector Henry Crabb.

John Hart (1940-2017)

John Hart will remain an unforgettable elephant man or the first victim of an alien. For the Harry Potter generation, the British actor was Mr. Ollivander, the wand seller in Diagon Alley, who appeared in the first episode of the saga, and then in the last two decades later. This movie monster died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 77.

Roger Lloyd Pack (1944-2014)

A recurring actor on the BBC (notably on Only Fools and Horses or The Vicar of Dibble), the Brit played Bartemius Crouch, a Ministry of Magic employee in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in the wizarding saga.

Robert Hardy (1925-2017)

Famous British theater and television actor Robert Hardy is joining the world of Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets. He will don the Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge costume four times before his character retires after Voldemort’s return to the Order of the Phoenix. Hardy also worked Kenneth BranaghAng Lee or Claude Pinot.

Timothy Bateson (1926-2009)

British actor Timothy Bateson, who has a successful television career, made a name for himself in the Harry Potter saga by voicing Kreacher (or Kreacher in the original version), a mischievous elf who serves the Black Family at 12 Grimmauld Place.

Derek Deadman (1940-2014)

Derek Deadman played Tom, the owner of a pub known as the Leaky Cauldron. He is replaced by Jim Tavarre from the third film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Deadman also appeared in Brazil, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, Never Again and Bandits, Bandits.

Daniel Hugh

This French actress plays the Lestrange family maid in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Daniel Hugues also appeared in La Tête de Maman and Le Père Noël with Tahar Rahim.

Eric Sykes (1923-2012)

Eric Sykes played Frank Bryce, the Ridley family gardener, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Sykes was a British actor known for his comedic talent in the 1960s, first on radio and later on television, where he appeared in several soap operas. He died in 2012 at the age of 89.

Verne Troyer (1969-2018)

Verne Troyer was mentioned Guinness World Records As the smallest known professional actor, with a height of 81 centimeters. His physical features allowed him to play roles in The Grinch and Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonewhere he portrays the goblin Griphook. He gained recognition in 1999 playing the hilarious Mini-Me in Austin Powers, a role he reprized three years later in Goldmember.

Dave Legeno (1963-2014)

Dave Legeno played Fenrir Greyback, a cruel and evil werewolf in the saga. Allied with Voldemort and the Death Eaters, he was the dreaded assassin of Lavender Brown (Jesse’s Cave) half blood prince and appeared in both Deathly Hallows. Promising a great education, Legeno chose to become a professional wrestler, and then an actor. All the circumstances of his death here.

Terence Byler (1930-2016)

Terence Byler was the Blood Baron of Hogwarts School and only appears in the first film of the saga. Bailer also participated in the casting of Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” and two films by Terry Gilliam: Bandits, bandits and Brazilin which he played a commercial anchor.

Jimmy Gardner (1924-2010)

In Prisoner of AzkabanGardner played the driver of the Magicobus, “Emergency Transport for Witches and Wizards in Distress,” a triple-decker bus that was invisible to Muggles. The actor notably appeared in Frenzy, Neverland and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

Hazel Douglas (1923 – 2016)

Hazel Douglas played Bathilda Turdesac, a magical historian who is a friend of Albus Dumbledore, but who is also the aunt of Gellert Grindelwald and a neighbor of Harry Potter’s parents. For the record, he is the author of the book History of Magic which is used to study this course at Hogwarts. it appears Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 Nagini owned.

Peter Cartwright (1935 – 2013)

appeared Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixPeter Cartwright lent his features to the character of Elphia Doge, who is one of the people who came to recruit Harry to take him to Grimmauld 12 and introduce him to the Order of the Phoenix. Note that Doge also appeared in the first part Deathly HallowsBut it was played by another actor, also deceased.

Paul Grant (? – 2023)

British actor Paul Grant, seen in Willow or even as an Ewok in Return of the Jedi, played one of the goblins at Gringotts Bank. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He died suddenly at King’s Cross Station in London, aged just 56.

David Riley (1935 – 2014)

appeared Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1David Ryall reprises his previous role as Elfia Doge Peter Cartwright In Order of the Phoenix. This is the character who tells Harry that Albus Dumbledore had a brother named Abelfort. We also learn that Doge has written a moving article on Albus Daily Prophet.

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Berry was the dog that formed the basis for the creation of Padfoot, the form that Sirius Black takes when he uses his Animagus ability. Berry had a stunt master from the movie who trained him to be a real movie dog. This German Shepherd Labrador cross died a few years ago and here he is in photosMuch cuter than Padfoot.