# 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:** 2
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/21 "2022-10-14T20:11:42Z")
LOL, I almost wrote that down too. That’s where I learned that, from that film. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/22 "2022-10-14T20:22:07Z")
I saw “RIP Legend” in my Twitter feed and thought that John Legend was awfully young to die. But then I clicked on it and discovered that it was merely somebody who had an enormous amount of respect for Robbie Coltrane. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/23 "2022-10-14T20:22:15Z")
I remember him doing a tour of the US a while back. One thing he got to experience was a high school football game in some godforsaken jerkwater town in the Midwest: _“I have never been so bloody bored in my life!”_ For some reason, I will always remember that quote. 🙂 RIP, Rob! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/24 "2022-10-14T20:26:18Z")
**Mona Lisa** with Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine was a great movie. That was one of the places where I first saw Robbie Coltrane. (That and **Cracker** , I think.) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/25 "2022-10-14T20:38:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I think I remember him mostly from Nuns on the Run. That’s the first thing I think of when I hear his name. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/26 "2022-10-14T21:22:58Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > f you’ve never seen _Cracker_, and you can - it’s well worth a watch. It was a hell of a good series. Loved it when it was first run in '93, binge watched the whole thing again a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/27 "2022-10-14T22:18:19Z")
If you want to see him indulging in a hobby, but under the guise of education, here’s _Coltrane’s Planes and Automobiles_. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/If5FEqKrifU/hqdefault.jpg "Coltrane's Planes & Automobiles: The Jet Engine Part 1") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If5FEqKrifU) ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/28 "2022-10-14T22:22:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > To me he will always be the besotted master chef Gustave LaRoche. My mistake. That was a difference actor, an Englishman who is but a few months younger. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/29 "2022-10-15T01:40:14Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > If you’ve never seen _Cracker_, and you can - it’s well worth a watch. I came to post this. He was brilliant in that series. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/30 "2022-10-15T02:22:06Z")
II may be about the only person who first took notice of the dude in Krull, then watched the credits till I knew his name. Saw him later in the Pope must die(t) with Eric Idle. I thought he was funny as hell, always wondered what happened to his career. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/31 "2022-10-15T09:14:19Z")
If you want to know acting range is, watch Cracker and then the “Dr Johnson” episode of Blackadder. ---
**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 15, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/32 "2022-10-15T15:22:03Z")
> [@TwoCarrotSnowman](#): > > then the “Dr Johnson” episode of Blackadder. Not to mention one of the ghosts in the Christmas Carol special episode. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/33 "2022-10-15T17:17:09Z")
I need to watch the Cracker series all over again. Been a few years. It’s this one (accept no substitutes): > **[Cracker (TV Series 1993–1996) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105977/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_25)** > > Cracker: Created by Jimmy McGovern. With Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn. Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald is a criminal psychologist. He is rather anti-social and obnoxious but he has a gift for solving crimes. Thus... As the blurb says, Cracker is an anti-social, obnoxious, chain-smoking, avowed drunkard and gambler who treats people like crap and always seems to be on the verge of falling apart. BUT when he sits down in the interview room with a suspect or witness, he quietly becomes this brilliant, still, utterly focused, gentle listener who can “bore directly into the hearts and minds of his subjects” (as another blurb says)… He is amazing to watch. The series won a boatload of [awards.](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105977/awards/?ref_=tt_awd) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/34 "2022-10-15T21:06:37Z")
Just an aside. The series is available on Britbox. I’ve started watching Season (Series) 1/Episode 1 from 1993… I must say it’s refreshing to watch a cop show set back in the day when a cell phone isn’t ringing every other minute. You may have to force yourself to get through the first episode, as when you meet Fitz, he is completely rude, disgusting, and obnoxious. Within the first few minutes, his wife leaves him and goes to her mom. He smokes and drinks constantly. He’s maxed out their credit cards and gotten a loan against their mortgage, probably to play the horses. Stick with it, if you can. You will be rewarded. You’ll see many familiar faces from other British mystery shows-- Midsomer Murders, Lewis, Inspector George Gently, DCI Banks-- and they are so _young_! The series had a last hurrah with a 2006 movie, also called _Cracker_. Can’t speak to the quality of that one. Carry on. ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/35 "2022-10-15T21:39:02Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You may have to force yourself to get through the first episode, as when you meet Fitz, I watched every episode of _House_ so I’m sure that won’t bother me. I’m going to track down _Cracker_ to watch it. ---
**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 15, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/36 "2022-10-15T21:50:30Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > You may have to force yourself to get through the first episode, as when you meet Fitz, he is completely rude, disgusting, and obnoxious. American TV made an attempt at copying that series, with Robert Pastorelli (probably best known as Murphy Brown’s live-in handyman) in the title role, and quite frankly, it was very well done, which is probably why they were only able to get half a season out before it was cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/37 "2022-10-16T00:28:36Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I watched every episode of _House_ so I’m sure that won’t bother me. I’m going to track down _Cracker_ to watch it. This is the one you want – that starts in 1993. > **[Watch Cracker, Season 1 | Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/Cracker-Season-1/dp/B006Y5D5QG)** > > A collection of three separate mini-series which test the strength of Fitz, the criminal psychologist, in solving the crimes behind three very different and mysterious events. Starring Robbie Coltrane as the wise-cracking Dr Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/38 "2022-10-16T01:53:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > This is the one you want – that starts in 1993. It’s important to watch the entire series _in order_. The overall story arc is VERY well put together. A subplot involving two of the characters, running through many episodes, has a shocking resolution (ThelmaLou knows what I’m referring to). It really is one of the best Brit Cop shows ever. And yes, Fritz is not a particularly likeable character. Coltrane and the supporting cast are extremely good. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/39 "2022-10-16T01:57:12Z")
I haven’t read a cause of death. I know he suffered from osteoarthritis and was in pain 24 hours a day. People have killed themselves for that; but I can’t imagine Robbie Coltrane doing it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262/40 "2022-10-16T02:03:18Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > And yes, Fritz is not a particularly likeable character. Nitpick: Fitz. I know you meant that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-coltrane-hagrid-dead-at-72/973262.md?page=3)