Actor David Ryall has passed away aged 79.
The veteran star, who appeared as Elphias Doge in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows and BBC sitcom Outnumbered, is understood to have died on Christmas Day.
Several former co-stars have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to the actor, with Mark Gatiss describing him as a “twinkling, brilliant wonderful actor”.
Ryall was a stalwart of British television, having began his career in the 1970s.
