# Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) - Dead at 72 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 14, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262 "2022-10-14T17:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/1 "2022-10-14T17:34:03Z")
> **[Robbie Coltrane, Hagrid in 'Harry Potter' films, dead at 72 | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/entertainment/robbie-coltrane-death/index.html)** > > Robbie Coltrane, the actor who brought to life the lovable gamekeeper Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, died on Friday, according to his agent, Scott Henderson. He was 72. Breaking story. No cause of death yet. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/2 "2022-10-14T17:37:49Z")
Oh no, not Hagrid! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/3 "2022-10-14T17:46:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/entertainment/robbie-coltrane-death/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/14/entertainment/robbie-coltrane-death/index.html) He was in a lot of stuff. He worked pretty constantly since about 1980, even showing up on Frasier. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/4 "2022-10-14T17:48:43Z")
Well that’s a bummer! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/5 "2022-10-14T17:50:45Z")
I’ll also always remember him as Zukovsky, who was a lot of fun in the two James Bond films in which he appears. I wish they hadn’t killed him off in The World Is Not Enough. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/6 "2022-10-14T17:51:05Z")
Aww. ☹ I also liked him in Goldeneye. [![](https://www.007.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG0051_Gallery.jpg) ](https://www.007.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG0051_Gallery.jpg) He also co-starred with Eric Idle in _Nuns on the Run_. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Nuns_on_the_run_poster.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/Nuns_on_the_run_poster.jpg) I was 13 when that came out and it was my kind of humor at the time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/7 "2022-10-14T17:54:48Z")
I’ll always remember him as the sympathetic ticket seller in [Let It Ride](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097731/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_65). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/8 "2022-10-14T18:02:26Z")
It seems weird and a little unfortunate that his entire long career is reduced simply to a role in the Harry Potter films, at least in the CNN article. I think I remember him mostly from Nuns on the Run. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/9 "2022-10-14T18:02:37Z")
Robbie Coltrane was one of the people who came up in the “[alternative comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_comedy)” scene in the UK, appearing in shows like _Alfresco_ and _The Comic Strip Presents_, _The Young Ones_ and _Blackadder_. Aside from Rik Mayall, most of those folks are still alive, and many have gone on to become big international stars - Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, and Coltrane himself. I have quite an affinity for this era of British comedians. I always think of them as “one of the people from The Comic Strip.” Always kind of weird to see how they’re remembered way more for their blockbuster roles. I’m glad Coltrane has gotten that level of fame, I hope he enjoyed it. ETA: This isn’t a reply to @Dewey_Finn. I posted it at the same time. I assume it’s an agreement with his sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/10 "2022-10-14T18:04:56Z")
Not surprising that people will remember him most for Hagrid, but he was in a lot of stuff over the years, and was always good (including a fine Falstaff in Kenneth Branagh’s _Henry V_). May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/11 "2022-10-14T18:08:12Z")
I wouldn’t have known he was in a Harry Potter movie. I avoid everything Harry Potter related to the extent possible so I’m not a good measure of this but I see he’s recognized in this thread for his other work. He was a wonderful character in Let It Ride. It’s not easy to stand out in a movie replete with over the top comic performances by the entire cast. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/12 "2022-10-14T19:16:25Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > _The Young Ones_ The first place I saw him. I liked him, but my wife really liked him. She’ll be sad to hear this. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/13 "2022-10-14T19:25:25Z")
To me he will always be the besotted master chef Gustave LaRoche. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/14 "2022-10-14T19:52:34Z")
Nuns On The Run stands out to me because it would have been a black hole of suckitude with lesser leads. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/15 "2022-10-14T19:57:32Z")
“Spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch.” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/16 "2022-10-14T20:00:34Z")
If you’ve never seen _Cracker_, and you can - it’s well worth a watch. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/17 "2022-10-14T20:01:02Z")
No love for [Cracker](https://g.co/kgs/xqEXAU), apparently? Or [Coltrane’s, planes and automobiles](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130393/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/18 "2022-10-14T20:01:24Z")
I’d seen him in the Harry Potter retrospective special that was on HBO earlier this year; he seemed kind of drawn, and didn’t look well. He made a very good Hagrid, but I agree with other posters, he was great in other, earlier roles, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/19 "2022-10-14T20:05:33Z")
That’s pretty much all I remember from Nuns on the Run. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/20 "2022-10-14T20:10:41Z")
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