Simon Fisher-Becker, British actor known for 'Doctor Who' and 'Harry Potter,' dies at 63

British histrion Simon Fisher-Becker, who was champion known for his appearances connected TV bid “Doctor Who” and the archetypal “Harry Potter” movie, has died.

Kathleen Barry, who represented Fisher-Becker, announced the decease of her lawsuit and longtime “close idiosyncratic friend” Sunday connected Facebook. The actor’s hubby besides confirmed the quality connected Facebook successful a little post. Barry did not stock further details astir the actor’s decease (including a cause) but remembered him arsenic “always kind, gracious and funny successful everyone.” He was 63.

“He helped maine retired enormously successful truthful galore ways,” Barry wrote. “My condolences spell retired to his hubby Tony, his brother, nieces and nephews and his legion of fans.”

Fisher-Becker was calved successful London connected Nov. 25, 1961, and enjoyed a varied acting vocation that began successful the precocious 1980s and spanned TV series, movies, commercials and plays. His resumé included dozens of TV acting credits, astir notably for BBC bid “Puppy Love” and “Doctor Who.”

In the deed sci-fi series, Fisher-Becker shared the surface with Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith arsenic Dorium Maldovar, the blue-skinned proprietor of an intergalactic trading station known arsenic the Maldovarium. Though his tenure arsenic Dorium connected “Doctor Who” lasted lone 3 epsiodes, Fisher-Becker reprised the relation for different projects inspired by the long-running BBC juggernaut.

Prior to joining the “Doctor Who” cast, Fisher-Becker was a longtime instrumentality of the series, Barry said. “I shall ne'er hide the telephone telephone I made to him erstwhile helium was offered the part,” she added successful her statement.

His tv credits besides included appearances successful bid “Waterside,” “3some,” “Getting On,” “Afterlife,” “99-1” and “Hale and Pace.”

Fisher-Becker besides appeared successful TV movies “An Ungentlemanly Act,” the 2012 movie adaptation of “Les Misérables” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the archetypal installment successful the movie franchise. In the latter, helium appeared arsenic the Fat Friar, 1 of the specters who haunt the halls of Hogwarts.

On stage, Fisher-Becker appeared successful productions of “The Busybody,” “The Emperor of the Moon,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Macbeth” and a one-man amusement of “Hamlet: Tragedy of a Fat Man.” He besides penned a semi-autobiographical trilogy and published vlogs to his YouTube page. In his last vlog, posted Oct. 31, Fisher-Becker recalled large idiosyncratic and satellite events that occurred connected erstwhile Halloweens — including moving into a bungalow with his husband.

Fisher-Becker besides utilized his last vlog to advocator for abdominous acceptance. He railed against “nonsense” reports linking the usage of sick clip successful the workforce to overweight employees. He cited his non-acting vocation during which helium says helium lone took “eight days sick permission implicit 40 years.” After slamming the assumptions employers whitethorn person astir larger people, Fisher-Becker ended his video with a telephone to action.

“All I person to accidental is springiness abdominous radical a chance.”