Harry Potter actor (actress) who pass away
by gaoboyu | created - 7 months ago | updated - 7 months ago | PublicLets appreciate the actors all the way from the greatest wizards and witches from Harry Potter, You will be missed. And never forgotten. (and also I hope I don't update this list) :(((
1. Dave Legeno
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
A twin fisted existentialist, whose post-Nietzschian sensibilities reject the lantern of the cynic in a quest for a sun that leaves no shadow. He attended Dr Challoners Grammar School where he achieved 8 'o' levels, he then elected to work on demolition sites rather than continue his education to ...
(1963-2014) Portrayed Fenrir Greyback in HP7 Part 1 and Part 2.
2. Richard Griffiths
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for ...
(1947-2013) Portrayed Vernon Dursley in all Harry Potter movies (except HP7 Part 2).
3. Robert Knox
Actor | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Son of Colin and Sally Knox. Brother of Jamie Knox.
Stabbed to death in bar brawl in London on 24 May 2008, while protecting his 16-year-old brother, four days after his last scene on Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was shot. His attacker was convicted of his murder on 4 March 2009.
(1989-2008) Portrayed Marcus Belby in HP6.
4. Margery Mason
Actress | The Princess Bride
Margery Mason was born on September 27, 1913 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Princess Bride (1987), Love Actually (2003) and Les Misérables (1998). She was married to Peter Daminoff. She died on January 26, 2014 in Swiss Cottage, Camden, London, England, UK.
(1913-2014) Portrayed the Food Trolley Lady in HP4.
5. Elizabeth Spriggs
Actress | Sense and Sensibility
Elizabeth Spriggs was born on September 18, 1929 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Paradise Road (1997). She was married to Murray Manson, Marshall Jones and Kenneth Spriggs. ...
(1929-2008) Portrayed the Fat Lady in HP1.
6. Derek Deadman
Actor | Time Bandits
The chances are, you have seen Derek Deadman in a movie - but just don't realize it! He is one of those actors to whom you instantly recognize the face, but not the name.
He has starred in a whole array of films and television series since the 1970s, playing normally minor roles, generally as the ...
(1940-2014) Portrayed the Bartender in Leaky Cauldron in HP1.
7. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
(1946-2016) Portrayed Severus Snape in all Harry Potter movies.
8. Roger Lloyd Pack
Actor | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A superbly versatile character actor of lugubrious countenance and strong physical presence, Roger was the son of Charles Lloyd Pack, a frequent supporting actor in British films of the '50s and '60s. Roger was educated at Bedales, a prestigious co-educational school in Hampshire, noted for a ...
(1944-2014) Portrayed Barty Crouth in HP4.
9. Richard Harris
Actor | Unforgiven
Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family, one of nine children born to Mildred (Harty) and Ivan Harris. He attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, and was an excellent rugby player, with a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout ...
(1930-2002) Portrayed Albus Dumbledore in HP1 and HP2.
10. Eric Sykes
Actor | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
'Eric Sykes' started as a radio scriptwriter but he soon found he could perform as well as write. The slight handicap of being very hard of hearing doesn't interfere with his wonderful comic timing. The spectacles he wears have no lenses but contain a bone conducting hearing aid.
(1923-2012) Portrayed Frank Bryce in HP4.
11. Alfred Burke
Actor | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
He was born in Peckham, South London after his family arrived from Cork, in Ireland, He was educated in Leo Street School, Peckham then Walworth Central. At 15 he left school and became an office boy with a railway wagon repair firm then a year later he became a steward in a business mens club in ...
(1918-2011) Portrayed Professor Dippet in HP2.
12. Jimmy Gardner
Actor | Frenzy
Jimmy Gardner was born on August 24, 1924 in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Frenzy (1972), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He died on May 3, 2010 in London, England, UK.
(1924-2010) Portrayed Ernie the Bus Driver in HP3.
13. Christopher Whittingham
Actor | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Christopher Whittingham was born on April 14, 1949 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Little Dorrit (1987) and London's Burning (1988). He died on August 8, 2012 in England, UK.
(1949-2012) Portrayed Ministry Wizard in HP4.
14. David Ryall
Actor | Around the World in 80 Days
David Ryall was born on January 5, 1935 in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Automata (2014) and City of Ember (2008). He was married to Penny England, Cathy Buchwald and Gillian Eddison. He died on December 25, 2014 in London,...
(1935-2014) Portrayed Elphias Doge in HP 7 Part 1.
15. Peter Cartwright
Actor | Gandhi
Peter Cartwright was born on August 30, 1935 in Krugersdorp, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Gandhi (1982), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Wimbledon (2004). He was married to Peggy Naugton. He died on November 18, 2013 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.
(1935-2013) Portrayed Elphias Doge hp5.
16. Sheila Allen
Actress | Love Actually
Sheila Allen was born on October 22, 1932 in Chard, Somerset, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Love Actually (2003), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and The Prisoner (1967). She was married to David Hugh Jones. She died on October 13, 2011 in London, England, UK.
(1932-2011) Portrayed Ministry Witch in HP4.
17. Rik Mayall
Actor | The Young Ones
Rik Mayall, one of the first and foremost alternative comedians in the UK, was born in Matching Tye, a village just outside Harlow in Essex. His parents, John and Gillian, were both drama teachers. His acting debut was at the age of seven when he appeared in one of his father's stage plays. He met ...
(1958-2014) Portrayed Peeves in HP1 (Scene cut from final edit of movie).
18. Timothy Bateson
Actor | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Prolific British character actor, adept at eccentric or whimsical impersonations, particularly of Dickensian characters. The son of law society president Sir Dingwall Bateson, he won a scholarship to Wadham College, where he trained for acting with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Straight ...
(1926-2009) Portrayed Kreacher (voice) in HP5.
19. Terence Bayler
Actor | Life of Brian
Terence Bayler was born on January 24, 1930 in Wanganui, New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Life of Brian (1979), Brazil (1985) and Time Bandits (1981). He was married to Bridget Armstrong and Valerie Cutko. He died on August 2, 2016 in England, UK.
(1930-2016) Portrayed Bloody Baron in HP 1.
20. Hazel Douglas
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Hazel Douglas enjoyed something of an Indian summer playing scatter-brained and often sharp-tongued matriarchs in a career that spanned eight decades.
Having started her professional career with Harry Hanson's Court Players in the early 1940s, she was most recently seen on television as Derek ...
(1923-2016) Portrayed Bathilda Bagshot in HP Part 2.
21. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
(1940-2017) Portrayed Garrick Olivander in HP1, HP7 Part 1 and Part 2.
22. Sam Beazley
Actor | Johnny English
Sam Beazley was born on March 29, 1916 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Johnny English (2003), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004). He died on June 12, 2017 in London, England, UK.
(1916-2017) Portrayed Professor Everard in HP5.
23. Robert Hardy
Actor | Sense and Sensibility
One of England's most successful and enduring character actors, with a prolific screen career on television and in films, Robert Hardy was acclaimed for his versatility and the depth of his performances.
Born in Cheltenham in 1925, he studied at Oxford University and, in 1949, he joined the ...
(1925-2017) Portrayed Cornelius Fudge in HP2, HP3, HP4 and HP5.
24. Verne Troyer
Actor | The Love Guru
With a decades-long career as an actor and stuntman, Verne Troyer was best known for playing "Mini-Me," Dr. Evil's smaller and more concentrated pure evil protégé, in the hit comedies Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), and for his role in Harry ...
(1969-2018) Portrayed Griphook in HP1.
25. Salo Gardner
Actor | Pan
Salo started his career in 1963 in the Cliff Richard film 'Summer Holiday' and has been working in films ever since. Over the years he has also done many TV shows and commercials.
He was part of one of the most beloved films of all time, 'Star Wars' and played the alien creature 'Trinto Duaba' in ...
(1936-2018) Portrayed Knockturn Alley Wizard in HP2.
26. Paul Ritter
Actor | Quantum of Solace
Versatile character actor Paul Ritter was born Simon Paul Adams in Gravesend, Kent on 20 December 1966. Whilst not from a show business family, he had strong thespian connections as his mother was a class-mate of comic actor Bernard Cribbins and his father attended the same school as the great ...
(1966-2021) Portrayed Eldred Worple in HP6.
27. Helen McCrory
Actress | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Award-winning actress Helen Elizabeth McCrory was born in London, England, to Welsh-born Anne (Morgans) and Scottish-born Iain McCrory, a diplomat from Glasgow. After training at the Drama Centre London, Helen began her career on stage in the UK and won the Manchester Evening News' Best Actress ...
(1968-2021) Portrayed Narcissa Malfoy in HP6, HP7 Part 1 and Part 2.
28. Robbie Coltrane
Actor | Cracker
Robbie Coltrane, one of Britain's most popular comedians who was head of debating society at school and won prizes for his art, is now a film star who played in two James Bond films and in the "Harry Potter" franchise.
Coltrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Rutherglen, a ...
(1950-2022) Portrayed Rubeus Hagrid in all Harry Potter movies.
29. Leslie Phillips
Actor | Venus
A much-loved comic actor who has specialized in playing plummy, quintessentially English stereotypes, Leslie Phillips' heart was in acting from a very young age. He received elocution lessons as a child in order to lose his natural cockney accent (at that time a regional British accent was a major ...
(1924-2022) Portrayed The Sorting Hat (voice) in HP1, HP2 and HP7 Part 2.
30. Apple Brook
Actress | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Apple Brook was born on January 20, 1931 in Leeds, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), Andor (2022) and Half a Sixpence (1967). She died on January 6, 2023.
(1931-2023) Portrayed Professor Grubbly-Plank in HP5.
31. Steve Mackey
Soundtrack | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Steve Mackey was born on November 10, 1966 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. He was an actor and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), The World's End (2013) and The Full Monty (1997). He was married to Katie Grand. He died on March 2, 2023 in England, UK.
(1966-2023) Portrayed Band Bass Guitar in HP4.
32. Paul Grant
Actor | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Paul Grant was born on February 3, 1967 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Willow (1988) and Legend (1985). He was married to Janet Crowson. He died on March 20, 2023 in St. Pancras, London, England, ...
(1967-2023) Portrayed Goblin (uncredited) in HP1.
33. Jim McManus
Actor | Pride
Jim McManus was born on May 19, 1940 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pride (2014), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Easy Virtue (2008). He died on April 11, 2023.
(1940-2023) Portrayed Barman in HP5.
34. Barry Huckfield
Actor | Marshal's Law
Barry Huckfield was born on April 5, 1970. He was a talent agent and actor. He died on August 8, 2023.
(1970-2023) Portrayed A muggle in HP Part 1 and Part 2 (uncomfirmed).
35. Matyelok Gibbs
Actress | Your Highness
Matyelok Gibbs was born on August 1, 1932 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Your Highness (2011), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) and Miss Potter (2006). She died on August 14, 2023.
(1932-2023) Portrayed Auntie Muriel Wesley in HP Part 1.
36. Michael Gambon
Actor | Gosford Park
Sir Michael Gambon was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland, to Mary (Hoare), a seamstress, and Edward Gambon, an engineer. After joining the National Theatre, under the Artistic Directorship of Sir Laurence Olivier, Gambon went on to appear in a number of leading roles in plays written by Alan Ayckbourn...
(1940-2023) Portrayed Albus Dumbledore in HP3, HP4, HP5, HP6, HP7 Part 1 and Part 2.
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