Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in Harry Potter films, dies at 72

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, best known for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died Friday at 72, according to his agency WME.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/10/14/robbie-coltrane-dead-hagrid-harry-potter/

[chowder66]

1. Dang. He was so great in those films.

[Hekate]

2. How sad! We shall all make the tips of our wands glow and raise them high....

To absent friends.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Oh my. R.I.P, Hagrid.

[bmichaelh]

4. Great Acting Range

He could do almost anything.

Comedy: Nuns on the Run

Shakespeare: Falstaff in Branagh's Henry V.

TV Crime Drama: Cracker (He won BAFTA 3 times)

[Aristus]

6. His Falstaff in the Branagh "Henry V" was masterful.

He perfectly captured Falstaff’s roguish, sad, clownish, tragic charm. If an actor can’t bring off Falstaff’s plea to Prince Hal, “We have heard the chimes at midnight”, he should just pack it in.

I would have given anything to see Coltrane as Falstaff in the Henry IV plays.

[Abigail_Adams]

9. He also appeared

as a one-off guest star in the Scottish TV series Still Game, playing a bus driver doing a slow burn. So much fun to watch.

Just found it: Season 3, Episode 3, Dial-a-Bus. On Netflix.

[Marthe48]

5. R.I.P.

A sad day in Harry Potter world

[IcyPeas]

7. I first saw him in Cracker. very memorable guy.

RIP

[FakeNoose]

8. The Harry Potter cast has lost several great ones in the last few years

Alan Rickman ... Professor Snape
Richard Griffiths ... Uncle Vernon Dursley
Richard Harris ... (The Original) Albus Dumbledore
John Hurt ... Mr. Ollivander
Verne Troyer ... Griphook
Robert Hardy ... Cornelius Fudge

And now ... Robbie Coltrane ... Rubeus Hagrid