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Bloody Baron Actor Terence Bayler Passes Away at Age 86

by Callum Lloyd Thomas, Callum Lloyd Thomas · September 24, 2016

We are sad to report that actor Terence Bayler, who portrayed the Bloody Baron in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, passed away last month at the age of 86.

Bayler was also known for his roles in acclaimed films such as Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and Time Bandits. A friend and collaborator of Bayler’s, Eric Idle, wrote,

I think the thing I loved most about Terence Bayler was his gentle, loving, considerate humor. […] I loved his commitment to a role and his high seriousness no matter how apparently silly the part. For a writer there is nothing finer than an actor taking your work and making it better than you imagined it.

Bayler starred alongside Idle on the 1970s BBC series Rutland Weekend Television, for which Idle also wrote, as well as the TV movie The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, a mockumentary about a Beatles-like band in which Bayler played the manager, Leggy Mountbatten. In 1979, Bayler starred as Gregory in Monty Python’s Life of Brian alongside another former Potter alumnus, John Cleese (Nearly Headless Nick).

The actor was born January 24, 1930, in Wanganui, New Zealand. His father, who worked as a stagehand, would give him free tickets to the shows, which inspired Bayler’s interest in theater. In the 1950s, he moved to London and made his West End debut in Villa Sleep Four in 1960, followed by Critic’s Choice in 1961 and The Right Honourable Gentleman in 1964.

Bayler also starred in a number of successful TV series, including Doctor Who, Law & Order, Play for Today, and Life Begins. He is survived by his wife, Valerie Cutko, and two children from his first marriage to Bridget Armstrong.

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