New Dumbledore picked for next Potter film

Ender noted this Salon.com Story that says Harry Potter” has a new schoolmaster: Michael Gambon.


The Irish-born actor is replacing Richard Harris, who died last year, as Albus Dumbledore in the third installment of the “Harry Potter” series, Warner Bros. announced Friday. Gambon, 62, is best known for his roles as the wealthy murder victim in 2001’s “Gosford Park” and the sinister landowner in 1999’s “Sleepy Hollow.” He also starred as President Lyndon Johnson in the 2002 TV movie “Path to War.”