‘Harry Potter’ Hagrid dies after Coltrane was in a wheelchair

The actor has been seriously ill lately

On Friday, October 14, it became known about the death of Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. He died in hospital at the age of 72. The artist’s cause of death is not known, but it is known that he suffered from a number of diseases.

Recently, the actor’s health has been failing him greatly. Often in public, he appeared with a cane, then with an umbrella. The fact is that for a long time Coltrane suffered from osteoarthritis. The disease developed so rapidly that at some point the actor realized that he could not move independently. The cause was unbearable pain in the knee. After examinations, it turned out that there was almost no cartilage left in the knee, and parts of the joint were completely disconnected. The last few years, the actor was forced to move around in a wheelchair.

Interestingly, the actor took his last name in honor of the jazz musician John Coltrane, and his real name is Anthony Robert Macmillan. He was also a zealous supporter of the independence of “working Scotland”.

Almost without exception, Robbie Coltrane is remembered for his role as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter series of films about the boy wizard.

Actor Belinda Wright’s agent said in a statement: “He will probably be best remembered for decades as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, a role that delighted children and adults around the world, generating a flood of fan mail every week for more than 20 years.” years”.

However, the filmography of Robbie Coltrane was not limited to this film franchise.

Of the most famous films, he participated in the films “Ocean’s Twelve”, “Van Helsing”, “Stormbreaker”, “Nuns on the Run” and many others. He was also engaged in voicing characters in animated films: “The Adventures of Despero”, “Brave”. In 2002, he was awarded the best actor award for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.