‘Intriguing, troubled, funny’: tributes pour in for Robbie Coltrane

Friends remember the Scottish actor, best known for playing Hagrid in Harry Potter, who died on Friday at the age of 72

Robbie Coltrane's death at 72 is a miserable blow for his many fans. And it has fallen harder still on friends who worked with the Scottish actor. Fond references to his grand stature have flowed freely this weekend, whether measured in stones and pounds, or in degrees of sheer charisma.

The director and comic actor Peter Richardson, a leading creative force behind the Comic Strip films in which Coltrane first appeared, praised the range of his late friend's talent: Everything was big about Robbie. He was so funny, but he could do everything.