Originally posted by Nuke Nixon
[b]Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72.
He also appeared in ITV detective drama Cracker and the James Bond films Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough.
Coltrane was made an OBE in the 2006 New Year's honours list for his services to drama and he was awarded the Bafta Scotland Award for outstanding contribution to film in 2011.
The actor's career began in 1979 in the TV series Play for Today, but he came to prominence in A Kick Up the Eighties, a BBC TV comedy series which also starred Tracey Ullman, Miriam Margoles and Rik Mayall.
He also appeared in the 1983 ITV comedy Alfresco, with Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Siobhan Redmond and Hugh Laurie.
By 1987 he had a leading role in Tutti Frutti, about Scottish rock and roll band The Majestics, which also starred Emma Thompson and Richard Wilson. [/B]
Originally posted by jaden_2.0I grew up watching him I'd things like the young ones and alfresco. He seemed a hood guy off screen.
Best known for his role as Davie the bus driver in the iconic and globally revered Still Game. He apparently was in some kids wizard movie as well.Rest in peace Dial-a-Bus Davie.