{"id":97164,"date":"2022-10-14T18:38:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T18:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hagrid-harry-potter-movies-cracker-actor-dies-the-hollywood-reporter\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:38:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T18:38:31","slug":"hagrid-harry-potter-movies-cracker-actor-dies-the-hollywood-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hagrid-harry-potter-movies-cracker-actor-dies-the-hollywood-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Hagrid ‘Harry Potter’ Movies, ‘Cracker’ Actor Dies \u2013 The Hollywood Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tRobbie Coltrane, a veteran Scottish-born comic and actor known for his star turns in the British crime series cracker<\/em> and the Harry Potter <\/em>movie franchise, died Friday, Oct. 14, The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> has learned. He was 72 years old.<\/p>\n

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\tColtrane’s agent Belinda Wright called him a \u201cunique talent,\u201d who she’ll remember as \u201can abidingly loyal client.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cAs well as being a wonderful actor, he was forensically intelligent and brilliantly witty and after 40 years of being proud to be called his agent, I shall miss him,\u201d Wright added of Coltrane in a statement. <\/p>\n

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\tThe boisterous and decidedly eccentric Scotsman, who began his career in comedy and theater, also commanded the screen in two James Bond films during an illustrious career on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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\tColtrane was born Anthony Robert McMillan on March 30, 1950, in Glasgow, Scotland as the son of a doctor and teacher. After graduating from Glasgow Art School, he continued his studies in art at Moray House College of Education in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

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\tBut as his attempts to become an artist failed to pan out, Coltrane took up stand-up comedy in Edinburgh clubs. And he changed his last name in honor of the jazz legend John Coltrane as he turned to acting in London.<\/p>\n

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\tColtrane’s early TV credits include Flash Gordon, Blackadder <\/em>and Keep It in the Family<\/em>. His other comedy credits included series like A Kick Up the Eighties, The Comic Strip <\/em>and Alfredo<\/em> as he became a mainstay on British TV screens. <\/p>\n

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\tColtrane’s breakout role was playing Dr. Edward \u201cFitz\u201d Fitzgerald, an anti-social criminal psychologist with a gift for solving crimes, in Jimmy McGovern’s cracker<\/em> series, which ran over 25 episodes between 1993 and 2006.<\/p>\n

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\tThat BAFTA-winning performance led Coltrane to roles in two James Bond <\/em>films as he played Valentin Zukovsky in GoldenEye <\/em>and The World Is Not Enough.<\/em> Coltrane’s other big supporting roles came as he played Rubeus Hagrid the Giant in the Harry Potter<\/em> movies starting with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone<\/em> in 2001.<\/p>\n

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\tColtrane penned an autobiography, Coltrane in a Cadillac<\/em>and also starred in the TV series of the same name in 1993, where he drove across America from Los Angeles to New York City in a classic 1951 Cadillac car.<\/p>\n

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\tColtrane is survived by sister Annie Rae and his children Spencer and Alice and their mother Rhona Gemmell.<\/p>\n

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\tThe family, Wright said, \u201cwould like to thank the medical staff at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Scotland for their care and diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n