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Harry Potter star Sir Michael Gambon died at the age of 82. The Irish actor, known for his role as Albus Dumbledore in the film series, died following “a bout of pneumonia,” per a statement ...
Dave Legeno played Fenrir Greyback, a werewolf and Death Eater in the latter "Harry Potter" films. The actor died at the age of 50 in 2014 after going missing on a hike in Death Valley, California.
Looking back at ‘beloved’ actor Sir Michael Gambon’s career. Thursday 28 September 2023 13:21, Eleanor Noyce. The Dublin-born star of the stage and screen, who has won four TV Baftas, is ...
Gambon reprised the role of Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), which was released in November 2005 in the United Kingdom and the United States. [36] He returned to the role again in the fifth film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and the sixth film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009).
Harris was a lifelong friend of actor Peter O'Toole, and his family reportedly hoped that O'Toole would replace Harris as Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). There were, however, concerns about insuring O'Toole for the six remaining films in the series. [43] Harris was ultimately succeeded as Dumbledore by Michael ...
Dumbledore acts much like Merlin from The Sword in the Stone, in the manner of an "absent-minded professor"; [34] both Merlin and Dumbledore educate a story's main character in a castle. As writer Evelyn Perry notes, "Dumbledore resembles Merlin both personally and physically; he is an avid lover of books and wisdom who wears flowing robes and ...
LONDON (Reuters) -British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known to global audiences for playing the wise professor Albus Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" movie franchise and whose career was ...
The two actors died on the exact same date — Sept. 27 — exactly one year apart, with Smith this year at age 89 and Gambon in 2023, at age 82. Smith played the no-nonsense Professor Minerva ...