Category: Michael Gambon

‘I laughed so hard my Tampax fell out’: Michael Gambon’s pranks revealed by the stars he cracked up

by The Guardian | Oct 26, 2026 | Antony Sher, Culture, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hare, Film, Harry Potter, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Gambon, Natasha Richardson, National Theatre, Robert De Niro, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stage, Television, The Guardian, Theatre, West End | 0 |

He made Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter fart, left Judi Dench unable to control herself and told a fry-up fantasy about Helen Mirren. A new biography details the star’s mischiefJasper Rees’s authorised biography of Michael...

Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82

by The Guardian | Sep 28, 2023 | Alan Ayckbourn, Culture, Film, Harry Potter, Laurence Olivier, Michael Gambon, National Theatre, Stage, Television, Television & radio, The Guardian, Theatre, UK news | 0 |

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has diedSir Michael Gambon, whose extraordinary acting career took him from Laurence Olivier’s nascent National...