Michael Gambon Dumbledore actor in ‘Harry Potter’ dies age 82
Actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in most of the “Harry Potter” movies has died at 82. Following a “bout of pneumonia’. A statement issued on behalf of his family said on Thursday, PA Media news agency reported.
Michael Gambon Dumbledore actor in ‘Harry Potter’ dies age 82
It wasn’t until the 1980s that Gambon became a household name playing lead character Philip Marlow in the 1986 Anglo-American public television mini-series “The Singing Detective.”

Tributes for ‘legend’
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the series, paid tribute to Gambon in a post on Instagram.
“So sad to hear about Michael. He brought so much warmth and mischief to every day on set,” wrote Grint. “He captivated me as a kid and became a personal role model of mine for finding the fun and eccentricities in life’.
James Phelps, who played Ron’s brother Fred Weasley in the “Harry Potter” film franchise. Posted a tribute to Gambon on X, formerly known as Twitter, Thursday.
“Very sorry to hear about the passing of Michael Gambon. He was, on and off the camera, a legend,” wrote Phelps.
“He was always very funny and very welcoming to share any knowledge he had,” Phelps added, detailing a fond memory he had working with the veteran actor between takes on the sixth “Harry Potter” movie.
And Fiona Shaw, who played Potter’s aunt Petunia Dursley in the movies, told the BBC that Gambon “varied his career remarkably.”
Shaw also said Gambon was a “gun maker” who always said “he could fool the V&A [museum] into believing that they were 18th century guns.”

“So I will think of him as a trickster, just a brilliant, magnificent trickster, but with text there was nothing like him, he could do anything.”
Helen Mirren also paid tribute to Gambon in an interview with the BBC, recalling his sense of humor.
“Naughty but very, very funny,” she said. “He kept me constantly in laughter.”
Mirren also called Gambon an “instinctive actor” who made an “extraordinary contribution to the British landscape of theater.”
Over the course of his career, Gambon won multiple Best Actor awards at the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) and was nominated for two Emmy awards.