I wasn’t interested in writing to today’s prompt from The Daily Post,and I’m busy with paper grading, so I’m posting an entry I wrote a little while ago, a follow –up post:
The Stable of British Actors, Part Two
Ever since I became enamoured of the Harry Potter series and then of the films, I have noticed the actors showing up in other venues. For example, Robert Hardy, who played Cornelius Fudge, also has played in episodes of “Inspector Lewis”, “The Inspector Lynley Mysteries:Death in Holy Orders, episodes of “Midsomer Murders,” “Inspector Morse,” and, of course, he played Siegfried Farnum in many episodes of “All Creatures Great and Small.”
From the cast of Harry Potter:
Sirius Black: Gary Oldman ( also in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”)
Lord Voldemort: Ralph Fiennes ( also in “The English Patient” and “Schindler’s List”)
Remus Lupin: David Thewlis ( see list below)
Horace Slughorn: Jim Broadbent ( I loved him in “Secrets and Lies”)
Dumbledore: Michael Gambon
Rufus Scrimgeor: Bill Nighy
Lucius Malfoy: Jason Isaacs ( see list below)
Gilderoy Lockhart: Kenneth Branagh
Severus Snape: Alan Rickman
Aunt Marge: Pam Ferris
Others, not specifically in the Harry Potter films:
Samantha Bond
Downton Abbey, and many episodes of Midsomer Murders
Pamela Betsy Cooper
6 Midsomer Murders
David Warner
Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lewis
Tim Piggott-Smith The Jewel in the Crown
Downton Abbey
Inspector Lewis
Midsomer Murders
Inspector Lynley
Helen Callahan Midsomer Murders
Anna Wilson Jones Midsomer Murders, Inspector Lewis, Inspector Morse
Michael Maloney Inspector Lewis , Midsomer Murders
Anna Massey – Inspector Lewis, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders
Neil Dudgeon – Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse
Jason Isaacs –
Lucius Malfoy in Harry Potter,
West Wing,
Resident Evil,
Black Hawk Down,
Inspector Morse
Owen Teale
Inspector Lewis
Midsomer Murders
Art Malik
Homeland
Poirot
Inspector Lewis
The Jewel in the Crown
James Fox
Patriot Games
The Remains of the Day
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Downton Abbey
Midsomer Murders
Inspector Lewis
Agatha Christie’s Marple
The loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Nicola Redmond
Inspector Lewis
Midsomer Murders
Pam Ferris
Rosemary and Thyme
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban
Midsomer Murders
Lisa Eichhorn
Midsomer Murders
Inspector Morse
Harriet Walter
Midsomer Murders
Harriet Vane in the Lord Peter Wimsey series
Victoria Wicks
Midsomer Murders
Mary Jo Randall
Midsomer Murders- numerous episodes, and also in Inspector Morse
Lisa Eichhorn
Midsomer Murders
As you see, I could go on and on about these wonderful and versatile actors.
Scattered Showers in a Clear Sky 