Great pretender Michael Gambon made up stories that he had been a ballet dancer and once worked with a future pope - but his real-life ascent from humble Irish son of a seamstress to global fame as Professor Dumbledore was better than fiction

Sir Michael Gambon, who has died aged 82, enjoyed a 60-year film career that millions of young fans would argue peaked when he played Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.

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