Robbie Coltrane the actor best known for playing Hagrid in the Harry Potter series has died former has graced the stage and screened since the 1970s producers of the James Bond films paid tribute to Robbie Coltrane on Twitter for his roles in Goldeneye

The world is not enough but fans of The Wizarding World will remember Coltrane from his appearances in all eight films of the Harry Potter franchise I could always say he would happily lay down his life for Harry’s Old

It was a lovely part to play prior to that I’ve always been rather a bad man and gangster and you know Dreadful people so it was nice to play a part that the children really liked and trusted Daniel Radcliffe who played Harry Potter shared memories of laughing with Robbie Coltrane

They said in a statement in part he was an incredible actor and a lovely man and for Potter fans around the world wands up for Hagrid there’s no Hocus Without You Hagrid Robbie Coltrane was 72 years old foreign