RIP Michael Gambon

[JaxDad]

https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/28/harry-potter-michael-gambon-dead-dies-dumbledore/

Famous for his appearances on Top Gear and some other stuff.

 

[easyas123]

I was just reading an article about him, surprised to learn he had 2 families and split his time between his wife and his longtime girlfriend who he had kids with as well. Plus had a 3rd home for just himself

 

[georgina]

Sad news. Another Irish actor who played Dumbledore passes. Pneumonia is bad in the elderly, my mom died of it but she was 96.

 

[gmi3804]

A classical actor, knighted, has an entire lifetime of work on stage and screen to his name, and he's only know here as Dumbledore? You guys have lots of homework to do!

 

[georgina]

Sorry, I really have no interest in classical actors or the British stage, looked at his list of other movies and they are not the type of thing I watch.

 

[Jennasis]

Oh no. May he rest in peace.

 

[Karin1984]

A classical actor, knighted, has an entire lifetime of work on stage and screen to his name, and he's only know here as Dumbledore? You guys have lots of homework to do!

Similar to Maggie Smith, who had a whole career, but only got famous worldwide when Harry Potter came along, and then even more when she joined Downton Abbey.

I went through his IMDB-list, Mary Reilly is on my list of so-bad-it's-fun movies. Loved Sleepy Hollow. Definitely will remember him for Cranford and Emma. Furthermore, Victoria & Abdul was a nice little movie, as was the King's Speech, small(er) parts for Gambon, but definitely well executed.

I enjoyed him as Dumbledore for some parts, but I think they lost focus in the later movies. With much of Dumbledore's plotline being removed/condensed, there wasn't much to work with. And due to too many memes, I will mainly remember Gambon for this ;-) Now that's a legacy.

And I am now wondering who will play Dumbledore in the HBO series.

 

[gmi3804]

Similar to Maggie Smith, who had a whole career, but only got famous worldwide when Harry Potter came along, and then even more when she joined Downton Abbey.

I went through his IMDB-list, Mary Reilly is on my list of so-bad-it's-fun movies. Loved Sleepy Hollow. Definitely will remember him for Cranford and Emma. Furthermore, Victoria & Abdul was a nice little movie, as was the King's Speech, small(er) parts for Gambon, but definitely well executed.

I enjoyed him as Dumbledore for some parts, but I think they lost focus in the later movies. With much of Dumbledore's plotline being removed/condensed, there wasn't much to work with. And due to too many memes, I will mainly remember Gambon for this ;-) Now that's a legacy.

And I am now wondering who will play Dumbledore in the HBO series.

I'll never forget him in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.

 

[PollyannaMom]

 

[LuvOrlando]

So very sad that another iconic figure is gone, may he rest in peace.

Really loved him as Dumbledore, it took a great deal of talent to deliver a Dumbledore we didn't hate for betraying Harry, not a small task.

 

[Disneylover99]

He was my favourite Dumbledore.

 

[Imzadi]

Similar to Maggie Smith, who had a whole career, but only got famous worldwide when Harry Potter came along, and then even more when she joined Downton Abbey.

She still has a whole career. She's still alive.

It was the same for Angela Lansbury. Great long movie career. Great career on the Broadway stage. (Probably on the London stage too.) And she's mostly known as Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote. Except with kids. She once said a kid was listening to her talking and the kid turned to her mother and said, "That's Mrs. Potts!" The singing teapot in Beauty And The Beast.

 

[MamaMermaid]

Our Dumbledore.

 

[Meriweather]

So sad....RIP