‘Harry Potter’ Actor Leslie Phillips Dies At Age 98

English actor Leslie Phillips has died at age 98.

The star, who performed the voice of the Sorting Hat within the “Harry Potter” movies, handed away after a protracted sickness, in response to The Solar.

Phillips, who was made an OBE within the 1998 Birthday Honours checklist earlier than being promoted to CBE within the 2008 New 12 months Honours, had a profession spanning eight a long time in showbiz, with him additionally starring within the “Carry On” movies.

The actor’s agent Jonathan Lloyd confirmed Phillips died “peacefully in his sleep.”

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His spouse Zara advised the paper, “I’ve misplaced a beautiful husband and the general public has misplaced a very nice showman.

“He was fairly merely a nationwide treasure. Individuals liked him. He was mobbed in every single place he went.

“Once we married he cheekily launched me to the Press as royalty, insisting I used to be the brand new Zara Phillips and that I used to be associated to the Queen.”

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In line with the BBC, Phillips suffered two strokes six months aside at age 90.

Phillips’ nabbed his first movie appearances within the Nineteen Thirties, earlier than starring in “Carry On Nurse”, “Carry On Instructor” and “Carry On Constable” in 1959 and 1960.

He additionally obtained a Bafta nomination for his position in 2006’s “Venus”.