Robbie Coltrane

[Scorrie]

Died age 72. For those of us of a certain vintage, this a sad loss. A very funny man and a great actor

[Bostonhibby]

One of the greats for me, very clever entertaining guy. RIP

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[Scorrie]

I’ve just remembered his character Mason Boyne! Can’t stop laughing about that! For younger readers, check it out on YouTube

[Jim44]

Great all-round entertainer. Beyond his Harry Potter rôle, he was brilliant in Cracker and Tutti Frutti. RIP.

[superfurryhibby]

He was a giant of our stage and screen, R.I.P Robbie.

[Stairway 2 7]

Brilliant in everything Blackader, Cracker, Tutti Frutti, National treasure

[He's here!]

I'm shocked to hear that. Had he been unwell?

What a sad loss.

[WhileTheChief..]

Saw him a couple of years ago, he was a shadow of the man we think of from the TV.

Really sad to hear this news today. Thought he was excellent.

Cracker was tremendous back in the day.

[Hibernia&Alba]

As I said in the Dug Out, I love Cracker. His comedy stuff before then is before my time, but watched it since, and it's superb. Mason Boyne is a brilliant satire of sectarianism in Scotland. :greengrin

RIP big man.

[Donegal Hibby]

So sorry to hear this . Brilliant actor .series cracker and movie ' on the nose ' my favourite . A great loss.

[Skol]

It was as if every character he played was specifically written for him. He was just fabulous in the all.

As my age, 72 makes me think, I could have less than 20 years left.

[Kato]

I saw him driving up the hill at the end of the Grassmarket one time. He was in a little Spitfire with the hood over which coughed and spluttered all the way up. Was going about 5 miles an hour. Lord knows how he got in it but there wasn't much room left inside. He handled the pointing and laughing by ignoring it all.

Funny, funny guy. RIP

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[stu in nottingham]

Really sorry to hear of Robbie's passing, loved him in so many things.

My particular favourite was his role in Tutti Frutti as Danny McGlone, younger brother of the deceased Big Jazza McGlone and his replacement in The Majestics. Fantastic performance and indeed a wonderful cast throughout.

[heretoday]

Mason Boyne.

[Jones28]

Real shame. He was the best cast Harry Potter character IMO, maybe Snape and OG Dumbledore come in as a top three but RC was perfect.

[hibsbollah]

Tutti Frutti was his pinnacle, but as has been said brought a weight to everything he was in.

[Pretty Boy]

Mason Boyne.

Mason Boyne was very much a rebellion against his own parents and upbringing by Coltrane. His parents were staunch Calvinists and he was quite scathing about them.

Both his early comedy career and his own personal politics were the antithesis of what he was brought up to believe. He detested his own private education and was firm in his views about the negative impact of independent schools on society. He was (in)famously left wing in his views and openly said his involvement with the CND and Labour movement amongst others were a reactionary act against his own conservative childhood.

[Stairway 2 7]

Mason Boyne was very much a rebellion against his own parents and upbringing by Coltrane. His parents were staunch Calvinists and he was quite scathing about them.

Both his early comedy career and his own personal politics were the antithesis of what he was brought up to believe. He detested his own private education and was firm in his views about the negative impact of independent schools on society. He was (in)famously left wing in his views and openly said his involvement with the CND and Labour movement amongst others were a reactionary act against his own conservative childhood.

United against fascism just tweeted this

UAF
@uaf
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What sad news is the loss of the brilliant Robbie Coltrane.
He backed the Anti Nazi League & encouraged anti fascists to oppose the nazi BNP.
What a wonderful, funny & fine actor. May he RIP

[Hibernia&Alba]

Mason Boyne was very much a rebellion against his own parents and upbringing by Coltrane. His parents were staunch Calvinists and he was quite scathing about them.

Both his early comedy career and his own personal politics were the antithesis of what he was brought up to believe. He detested his own private education and was firm in his views about the negative impact of independent schools on society. He was (in)famously left wing in his views and openly said his involvement with the CND and Labour movement amongst others were a reactionary act against his own conservative childhood.

Mason Boyne was a bit before my time, but I watched it later. It was a superb satire of what was (and to some extent still is) Scotland. The Mason Boyne types are real and still just as staunch. I can still see my grandad fighting in the street with an Orangeman one July in the late 1980s, after massive provocation, white horse and all. It sounds crazy, but that was life.

[Hibernia&Alba]

United against fascism just tweeted this

UAF
@uaf
·
What sad news is the loss of the brilliant Robbie Coltrane.
He backed the Anti Nazi League & encouraged anti fascists to oppose the nazi BNP.
What a wonderful, funny & fine actor. May he RIP

Superb :top marks

[Stairway 2 7]

Brave or mental. Great piece of acting and filmography

https://mobile.twitter.com/KillianM2/status/1580967237166706688

[marinello59]

Sad news, he was good in everything he was in.

[CropleyWasGod]

My earliest memory of him was in The Slab Boys at the Fringe in 78?

Was introduced to him in Sandy Bell's that same year. He never looked back. :greengrin

[He's here!]

Mason Boyne was very much a rebellion against his own parents and upbringing by Coltrane. His parents were staunch Calvinists and he was quite scathing about them.

Both his early comedy career and his own personal politics were the antithesis of what he was brought up to believe. He detested his own private education and was firm in his views about the negative impact of independent schools on society. He was (in)famously left wing in his views and openly said his involvement with the CND and Labour movement amongst others were a reactionary act against his own conservative childhood.

He was one of those many privately-educated actors who chose to re-write their upbringing to a certain extent lest he be tarred with being privileged. His parents were a doctor and a teacher and were surprised at the way he subsequently described them, while he was a popular and relatively successful Glenalmond pupil, among other achievements being head of the debating society. Nothing in the slightest wrong with him subsequently speaking out against private education but it was no means the relentlessly miserable experience he portrayed.

Very sorry to see him gone at such a relatively early age. He was one of Scotland's greats.

[Keith_M]

Just heard the news and that is very sad indeed.

He was a very funny man and absolutely brilliant in serious roles, especially Cracker.


RIP.

[Hibrandenburg]

Just heard the news and that is very sad indeed.

He was a very funny man and absolutely brilliant in serious roles, especially Cracker.


RIP.

:agree: If it had Robbie Coltrane in it, it was almost guaranteed to be worth watching.

RIP

[Hibrandenburg]

He was one of those many privately-educated actors who chose to re-write their upbringing to a certain extent lest he be tarred with being privileged. His parents were a doctor and a teacher and were surprised at the way he subsequently described them, while he was a popular and relatively successful Glenalmond pupil, among other achievements being head of the debating society. Nothing in the slightest wrong with him subsequently speaking out against private education but it was no means the relentlessly miserable experience he portrayed.

Very sorry to see him gone at such a relatively early age. He was one of Scotland's greats.

Surely he gets to decide how miserable HIS experience was?

[Stairway 2 7]

He was one of those many privately-educated actors who chose to re-write their upbringing to a certain extent lest he be tarred with being privileged. His parents were a doctor and a teacher and were surprised at the way he subsequently described them, while he was a popular and relatively successful Glenalmond pupil, among other achievements being head of the debating society. Nothing in the slightest wrong with him subsequently speaking out against private education but it was no means the relentlessly miserable experience he portrayed.

Very sorry to see him gone at such a relatively early age. He was one of Scotland's greats.

It's not that he said he had a miserable youth, it's that he disagreed with the politics of everyone he was brought up with. At art college he got the name Red Robbie. From then on he always supported left causes, he was a part of the anti Thatcher red wedge, anti fascist action, Amnesty, Greenpeace, the Labour Party.

He couldn't help how he was brought up, but always called for private schools to be banned.

[Keith_M]

I hope people don't mind me posting one of my favourite Robbie Coltrane clips

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQVthzlvOU

[JimBHibees]

Surely he gets to decide how miserable HIS experience was?

Yep that would be his own subjective experience. Did the new King not describe his private school experience in a similar vein?

[Just_Jimmy]

Yep that would be his own subjective experience. Did the new King not describe his private school experience in a similar vein?I think its well documented how unhappy Charles was as a child at school.

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[Keith_M]

I'm honestly quite surprised at how little tribute there has been for Coltrane on TV.

I thought they would have shown one of his films, or at least one of his many hilarious sketches.



If there was a vote, mine would be for a re-showing of Nuns on the Run (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100280/), where he and Eric Idle were just brilliant

[hibsbollah]

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/11/obituaries-2022-robbie-coltrane-remembered-by-miriam-margolyes