Michael Byrne and Alison Doody in the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”.Image: IMAGO / Allstar
Known from “Indiana Jones” and “Harry Potter”: actor Michael Byrne is dead
July 1, 2026, 10:16 amJuly 1, 2026, 10:16 am
The actor Michael Byrne is dead. He died on June 20th at the age of 82. The news became public, among other things, through an obituary published by the British Guardian published. A cause of death is not yet known.
One of Byrne’s most famous roles is Colonel Vogel in Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”
Michael Byrne is also best known as the aged Gellert Grindelwald in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”. (hkl)