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‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Doctor Who’ Actor Dies at 63

Simon Fisher-Becker played the Fat Friar ghost in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001.

Harry Potter and Doctor Who actor Simon Fisher-Becker has died at age 63. His death was confirmed by his manager, Kim Barry of Jaffrey Management, and his husband, Tony. “Hello everyone. This is Tony, Simon’s husband,” he wrote on Facebook Sunday. “I have some very sad news. At 2:50 this afternoon Simon passed away.” Barry told the New York Post in a statement: “Today I lost not only a client in Simon Fisher-Becker, but a close personal friend of 15 years standing. I shall never forget the phone call I made to him when he was offered the part of Dorium Moldovar in BBC’s Doctor Who.” She said that Fisher-Becker was also a “writer, a raconteur and a great public speaker.” A cause of death was not mentioned by either his husband or manager. “He helped me out enormously and was kind, gracious and interested in everyone,” Barry added. Fisher-Becker played the Fat Friar ghost in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2001. He also played Dorium Moldovar in Doctor Who for two seasons, before later reprising the role in the podcast series Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles and Jenny—The Doctor’s Daughter.