Michael Gambon: his most memorable roles on screen and on stage " video obituary
Sir Michael Gambon, whose extraordinary acting career took him from Laurence Olivier's nascent National Theatre to screen roles in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 82. Memorably dubbed "The Great Gambon" by Ralph Richardson, and admired by generations of fellow actors, he excelled in plays by Pinter, Beckett and Ayckbourn. It was Ayckbourn who directed him in 1987 in Arthur Mil…