Harry Potter actor David Ryall has passed away aged 79.
The star who was perhaps best known for playing Elphias Doge in the 2010 Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 1 movie, died on Christmas Day, but no more information has been given.
Ryall was in showbusiness for fifty years and starred as a grandfather called Frank who suffers from dementia in BBC television show, Outnumbered.
Harry Potter actor David Ryall passed away on Christmas Day aged 79
He also starred as narrator, Old Bert in The Village.
His daughter Charlie Ryall tweeted: 'Please take a moment to remember his huge five-decade-spanning career outside of the more well-known TV & film. Not just Harry Potter.
'Not that I don't love Harry Potter. I do, I do. But there's so much more.
In character: The star was perhaps best known for playing Elphias Doge in the 2010 Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 1 movie
Mixing it up: He also played much-loved dementia sufferer Frank in BBC comedy Outnumbered
Sherlock writer and star Mark Gatiss revealed the news by tweeting his sadness at the passing of his colleague.
He wrote: 'The great David Ryall left us on Christmas Day. A twinkling, brilliant, wonderful actor I was privileged to call a friend. RIP.'
Daughter Charlie later added: 'Thank you to @Markgatiss and everyone who has sent kind words of love & encouragement about my Dad, the brilliant David Ryall.'
Loss: Sherlock star Mark Gatiss tweeted his sadness after hearing the news
Heartbroken: David's daughter Charlie thanked those who had offered support
David received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1962 and went on to join Laurence Olivier's company with the National Theatre.
In March, Ryall told the Guardian what it was like to work with Olivier.
He said: 'We were all in awe of Olivier – we regarded him as a god. When he came to the canteen at the Old Vic, people were desperately scanning their brains to think of something intellectual to talk to him about.
Plum role: David Ryall in ITV television show Saracen
He added: 'I was given a year's contract. That meant you could set up home and have a family and know you were going to be working solidly.
'Others in the company used it as a leg up to doing movies, but I wanted a career on the stage. I stayed at the National for eight years, from 1965 to 1973.'
He is survived by a son, Jonathan, and two daughters, Imogen and Charlie. He starred with daughter Charlie in King Lear in March at the Cockpit Theatre in Marylebone.
MailOnline has contacted a spokesperson for David Ryall.
Acclaimed: Starring in 1989 ITV drama The Woman In Black
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