There were, however, worries of insuring O ' Toole for the six remaining films in the series, and he was ultimately replaced as Dumbledore by the Irish-born actor Sir Michael Gambon.

His father, Edward Gambon, was an engineer, and his mother, Mary ( née Hoare ), was a seamstress.

His father decided to seek work in the rebuilding of London, and so the family moved to Mornington Crescent in North London, when Gambon was five.

Gambon, along with Robert Stephens, Derek Jacobi and Frank Finlay, was hired as one of the " to be renowned " and played any number of small roles, appearing on cast lists as " Mike Gambon ".

As a result, Gambon was asked by James Bond producer Cubby Broccoli to audition for the role in 1970, to replace George Lazenby.

) Gambon reprised the role of Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which was released in November 2005 in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Gambon married Anne Miller when he was 22, but has always been secretive about his personal life, responding to one interviewer's question about her: " What wife?

Gambon was invested by Prince Charles as a Knight Bachelor on 17 July 1998 for " services to drama ".

Gambon raced the Suzuki Liana and was driving so aggressively that it went round the last corner of his timed lap on two wheels.

It was remade in 1994, starring Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi, Matthew Modine, Julian Sands and young Ben Silverstone.

In early 2009, it was announced that an adaptation of The Inn at the Edge of the World by Charles Dance is to be made into a feature film with a cast including Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton.

Esmonde and Larbey teamed up with Michael Gambon and Briers again for BBC's 1977 comedy The Other One, a sitcom about a man who is a liar who attempts to hide his insecurities through charade ; it was successful enough for a second series in 1979.

It was first performed at the Royal National Theatre in London on 20 October 1988 with Michael Gambon and Miranda Richardson.

The architect of the city was Matija Gambon.

The Singing Detective is a BBC television miniseries written by Dennis Potter, which stars Michael Gambon, and was directed by Jon Amiel.

It was directed by Alan Ayckbourn and Michael Gambon gave an acclaimed performance as Eddie.

He was then cast in major roles in the BAFTA winning drama Longitude, opposite Michael Gambon, and the multi-award winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.

It was written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, and starred Michael Gambon, who won a British Academy Television Award for his performance, Lindsay Duncan, Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Skinner.

It was made using stop-motion animation and features the voices of George Clooney as Mr. Fox, Meryl Streep as Mrs. Fox, Bill Murray as Badger, Hugo Guinness as Bunce, and Michael Gambon as Bean.

* Sir Michael Gambon ( born 1940 ), film, stage and television actor

Sir Michael John Gambon, CBE ( born 19 October 1940 ) is an English actor who has worked in theatre, television and film.

Famous people from Cabra include singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy, world champion boxer Steve Collins, author and journalist Gene Kerrigan, actor Michael Gambon, actress and singer Angeline Ball, singer Dickie Rock and WWE Superstar Sheamus, real name Stephen Farrelly, who is a fluent Irish speaker.

There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

In 2008 Gambon appeared in the role of Hirst in No Man's Land by Harold Pinter in the Gate Theatre, Dublin, opposite David Bradley as Spooner, in a production directed by Rupert Goold, which transferred to the London West End's Duke of York's Theatre, for which roles each received nominations for the 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.

In April 2010, Gambon returned once again to the Gate Theatre Dublin to appear in Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, which transferred to London's Duchess Theatre in October 2010.

In the summer of 2008, a new production directed by Rupert Goold premièred at the Gate Theatre, in Dublin, with Michael Gambon ( Hirst ), David Bradley ( Spooner ), David Walliams ( Foster ), and Nick Dunning ( Briggs ).

In 2008 appeared in the role of Spooner in No Man's Land by Harold Pinter in the Gate Theatre, Dublin, opposite Michael Gambon as Hirst, in a production directed by Rupert Goold, that later transferred to London's West End.

After Pinter's death on 24 December 2008, Gambon read Hirst's monologue selected by the playwright for Gambon to read at his funeral, held on 31 December 2008, during the cast's memorial remarks from the stage as well as at the funeral and also in Words and Music, transmitted on the BBC Radio 3 on 22 February 2009.

In the same film she plays Harry Potter's love interest, becomes an important member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and at the end her character outshines as she consoles Harry during Dumbledore's ( played by Michael Gambon ) funeral.

Ignoring the warning of editor Paley ( Michael Gambon ) not to go, she meets Dr. Jennings during a showing of The Wizard of Oz.

A look back at the Vietnam War, it starred Michael Gambon as President Lyndon Johnson along with Alec Baldwin and Donald Sutherland.

Gambon played President Lyndon B. Johnson in the television film Path to War.

* Michael Gambon – Path to War as Lyndon B. Johnson

In the original production in 1997, Alec McCowen played Attlee, and Michael Gambon played Tom Driberg.

Michael Gambon played John Harrison, and Jeremy Irons played Rupert Gould, who restored Harrison's timepieces for posterity in the mid-20th century.

Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

The British television channel ITV produced an adaptation of Maigret in 1992 and 1993, in which Michael Gambon starred as Maigret.

Dench, as Miss Matty Jenkins, co-starred with Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis, in the BBC One five-part series Cranford.

Playing herself and the character of Mrs. Danvers, she starred alongside Jennifer Saunders, Kim Cattrall, Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman, Tim Vine, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon, and Harry Hill.

Surbiton station features in the 2009 film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Blood Prince with actors Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Michael Gambon as Albus Dumbledore.

Fox featured as a character in the 1994 movie The Madness of King George, portrayed by Jim Carter ; in the 2006 movie Amazing Grace, played by Michael Gambon ; and in the 2008 movie The Duchess, played by Simon McBurney.

The film stars Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, with Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora, Michael Gambon, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Gina Gershon, Debi Mazar, and Colm Feore in supporting roles.

After leaving with the documents, Wigand appears at a meeting with Brown & Williamson CEO Thomas Sandefur ( Gambon ), who orders him to sign an expanded confidentiality agreement, under threat of revoking his severance pay and medical coverage and initiating legal proceedings.

* Michael Gambon as Kazran Sardick in " A Christmas Carol " on Doctor Who, December 2010.

RADA has a number of notable associate members including Jane Asher, Sir Michael Gambon, Robert Bourne, Kenneth Branagh, Jon Cryer, Richard Digby Day, Trevor Eve, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Fox, Iain Glen, Gerald Harper, Sir Ian Holm, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Derek Jacobi, Patricia Kneale, Paul McGann, Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Trevor Nunn, Peter O ' Toole, Dame Diana Rigg, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, Lord Snowdon, Shelley Thompson, Alan Rickman, Timothy Dalton and Sir Roger Moore.

His father had him made a British citizen, a decision that would later allow Gambon to receive an actual, rather than honorary, knighthood and CBE.

At the age of 18, Gambon began drama school at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA ) in London, where he studied Classical acting for three years, eventually receiving a BA in Classical Acting.

Whilst at RADA, Gambon acted in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov and many others.

Gambon made his professional stage début in the Gate Theatre Dublin's 1962 production of Othello, playing " Second Gentleman ", followed by a European tour.

Gambon played for four years in many NT productions, including named roles in The Recruiting Officer and The Royal Hunt of the Sun, working with directors William Gaskill and John Dexter.