- The twentieth Harry Potter film series cast member to die.
- His father was a lorry driver during the day and a theatre stage hand at night.
- Has acted in both the Doctor Who franchise(twice) and The Harry Potter series.
- Made his professional debut as the male lead in the New Zealand production Broken Barrier (1952), for which he was paid -- by his own account -- "six pounds a week plus food and tobacco".
- Though of working-class New Zealander background, he often played upper-crust Englishmen or senior officers.
- Trained for acting at RADA.
- Frequent collaborator with Monty Python members Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam.
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