In addition, Bateson appeared in a lot of TV shows and motion pictures, including Terry Pratchett’s The Hogfather, Les Misérables, and The Italian Job.
The Prisoner of Azkaban, the third Harry Potter movie from 2004, starred Gardner, a WWII veteran who had been acting since the 1960s, as Knight Bus driver Ernie Prang.
The actor received the Distinguished Flying Medal, which is given to those who have shown “exceptional valour,
courage, or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy,” after serving as an air gunner in the Royal Air Force. The gardener died at eighty-five years old.
Alfred Burke, who gained notoriety for playing Armando Dippett, Dumbledore’s predecessor at Hogwarts, and Frank Marker in Public Eye, passed away in February 2011 at the age of 92.
