![]() He was more successful on TV: The 1980s saw him become an increasingly familiar part of the alternative comedy team along with Adrian Edmonson, Rik Mayall and Jennifer Saunders, with appearances in TV shows such as The Comic Strip Presents, The Young Ones and Blackadder. ![]() Robbie Coltrane (right) catches up with Emma Watson, who played Hermione in Harry Potter, at this year's 20th anniversary celebrations 'It's partly a physical thing - if he didn't like you, he could hurt you - but he also has an intelligence that could abuse you.' 'Robbie was capable of asserting a presence that was genuinely dangerous,' said Cracker producer Gub Neal, explaining why he cast him as the star. Offscreen, he could be as versatile as he was onscreen – leaving interviewers never quite sure whether he would be the former stand-up comedian and have them in stitches, or the truculent misanthrope who would bite their heads off for asking a 'silly' question. Stephen Fry remembered their first appearance together in the 1983 comedy Alfresco and said Coltrane was 'funny enough to cause helpless hiccups and honking'. Harry Potter creator JK Rowling described him as an 'incredible talent' and a 'complete one-off'. ![]() After 40 years of being proud to be called his agent, I shall miss him.' She continued: 'As well as being a wonderful actor, he was forensically intelligent, brilliantly witty. Stephen Fry, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith and Rowan Atkinson at the Bafta awards in 1987
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