Robbie Coltrane Star Of Cracker And Harry Potter Has Died At The Age Of 72 Robbie Coltrane
His agent confirmed the news on Friday. Born Anthony Robert MacMillan in the affluent Glasgow suburb of Rutherglen, Coltrane studied at Glenalmond College, an independent boarding school whose corporal punishment he described as “legalised violence”, before attending the Glasgow School of Art. He had second thoughts about his ability as a painter, and switched to live performances, playing in radical theater companies (including a troupe from San Quentin State Prison) and doing standup, taking the pseudonym Coltrane as a tribute to the famous jazz musician John Coltrane....