British character actor, Simon Fisher-Becker, best known for his roles in Harry Potter and the Doctor Who🐟 franchises, breathed his last on Sunday. He was 63.
Fisher-Becker’s husband Tony Dugdale confirmed his death in a Facebook post. However, Dugdale did not reveal any additional details about Becker's cause of death.
♔Sharing the heartbreaking news, Tony wrote, “Hello everyone. This is Tony, Simon’s husband. I have some very sad news. At 2:50 this afternoon Simon passed away."
🦩Kim Barry, Fisher-Becker’s agent at Jaffrey Management, also confirmed the actor's death to CNN in a statement.
🍸The statement read: “I lost not only a client Simon Fisher-Becker, but a close personal friend of 15 years standing''. It further read: “He helped me out enormously and was always kind, gracious and interested in everyone.”
Born on November 25, 1961, in London, Fisher-Baker’s first Hollywood stint was in the 1990s where he appeared in a series of single-episode TV shows including Hale and Pace and One Foot in the Grave.
His first major role was in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone🐭, where he played the Fat Friar, the ghost, who welcomed students to Hogwarts.
He was also raved for his character Dorium Maldovar, the large blue-skinned alien in the BBC science-fiction show Doctor Who, that was a turning point of his career.
Fisher-Baker showed his versatility in several British television shows like One Foot in the Grave, The Bill, Afterlife, Puppy Love, and Love Soup, among others.
He also appeared in the 2012 Academy Award-winning film Les Misérables.
Fisher-Becker was also a great voice-over artist. Through the 2020s, he lent the voice of Arthur Morstan on the Sherlock Holmes mini series and also worked as voice over artists for several podcast series including 2022’s Abnormal Stories and 2024's Jenny – The Doctor’s Daughter.
