Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in 'Harry Potter' movies, lifeless at 72

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Robbie Coltrane, the actor who delivered to life the lovable gamekeeper Hagrid within the Harry Potter movie franchise, died on Friday, based on his agent, Scott Henderson. He was 72.

The Scottish-born actor’s different credit included the British collection “Cracker” and James Bond movies “GoldenEye” and “The World Is Not Sufficient.”

No particulars on the reason for demise had been instantly supplied.

Earlier than Coltrane shot to worldwide fame enjoying the bearded Hagrid, he was honed his comedic expertise on the theatre stage.

Within the ’80s, he appeared in a short-lived sketch collection referred to as “Alfresco” alongside powerhouses Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson.

On Friday, Fry honored his former co-star in a assertion posted to Twitter.

“I first met Robbie Coltrane virtually precisely 40 years in the past. I used to be awe/terror/love struck all on the similar time. Such depth, energy & expertise: humorous sufficient to trigger helpless hiccups & honking as we made our first TV present, ‘Alfresco,’” he wrote. “Farewell, outdated fellow.

Coltrane reunited with Thompson on the six-part drama collection “Tutti Frutti,” for which he earned his first finest actor British Academy Tv Award nomination.

His first win can be for the tv collection “Cracker” within the ’90s. That collection, a criminal offense drama, ran for 3 seasons from 1993-95, with two subsequent specials.

The function of Hagrid, a half-giant, half-human character, was a pure one for Coltrane. He knew and liked the books as a result of he learn them to his youngsters, he recalled in a single interview.

“If you happen to’re an actor, it's a must to do the voices. The kids count on it. No monotones allowed,” he joked.

However it was his efficiency, which introduced coronary heart and humanity to the function — a literal mild half-giant — that caught with audiences.

Showing within the HBO Max particular “Harry Potter twentieth Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts,” Coltrane recalled his time on the movies and Hagrid’s influence.

“All people on the earth would really like a extremely massive, big, robust, good man on their aspect, easy as that. That’s the attraction of Superman and these items,” he stated. “Hagrid was at all times clearly the great man, wasn’t he?”