David Ryall: 'Harry Potter' Actor Dies At 79 On Christmas Day

Veteran British character actor David Ryall, who's best known to mainstream American audiences as “Harry Potter's” Elphias Doge, died on Christmas Day. He was 79. “Sherlock” writer and actor Mark Gatiss tweeted the sad news on Saturday.

Real-world Quidditch leagues are fine, but last month, nearly 200 people participated in a tremendously cool-sounding love letter to the Harry Potter world: a weekend of live-action wizarding

The Harry Potter books are extremely magical, mysterious and adventurous. These books are on the border of childhood, therefore my goal was to redesign them with illustrations that reflect this extraordinary atmosphere.

Real-world Quidditch leagues are fine, but last month, nearly 200 people participated in a tremendously cool-sounding love letter to the Harry Potter world: a weekend of live-action wizarding

The 'Harry Potter' family has lost another great actor. David Ryall, who played Elphias Doge in the movie series, died on Christmas Day at the age of 79. David Ryall, a veteran British actor who was widely known for his role as the wizard Elphias Doge