Brian Gagwilde

"Point me!"

This article is about the Hogwarts Headmaster. You may be looking for Brian Gagwilde III, his descendant.

"Artium Magister."

—Gagwilde's motto, as inscribed on the portrait depicting him and Professor Aragon playing chess.^[src]

Professor Brian Gagwilde was a wizard and a Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^[2] Professor Gagwilde also wrote Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus.^[3]^[4]

His portrait, in which he is depicted as playing a game of chess with Walter Aragon, is still at the Headmaster's office, to give advice to the current Head.

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Appears in portrait(s))
The Making of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))
Pottermore (Mentioned on book cover)

Notes and references

↑ J. K. Rowling stated at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 August 2004 (source) that all portraits at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are of deceased individuals. Thus, Gagwilde must have died sometime in or before 1992, given his portrait's appearance in the Headmaster's office in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
↑ Harry Potter Limited Edition - The Paintings of Hogwarts: Masterpieces from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Sets
↑ "The Dames Hit Hollywood! Day Four: Warner Brothers Studio" from An Elegant Obsession blog
↑ Pottermore

Hogwarts Faculty
Founders	Godric Gryffindor \| Helga Hufflepuff \| Rowena Ravenclaw \| Salazar Slytherin
Headteachers	Eupraxia Mole \| Vulpus \| Phyllida Spore \| Dexter Fortescue \| Eoessa Sakndenberg \| Ambrose Swott \| Everard \| Vindictus Veridian \| Dilys Derwent \| Quintin Trimble \| Limebert \| Phineas Nigellus Black \| Walter Aragon \| Basil Fronsac \| Armando Dippet \| Albus Dumbledore \| Dolores Umbridge \| Severus Snape \| Minerva McGonagall \| Brian Gagwilde \| Elizabeth Burke
Deputy Heads	Minerva McGonagall \| Amycus Carrow \| Alecto Carrow
Heads of House	Filius Flitwick \| Minerva McGonagall \| Horace Slughorn \| Severus Snape \| Pomona Sprout
Teaching Staff	Bartholomew \| Bathsheda Babbling \| Herbert Beery \| Cuthbert Binns \| Charity Burbage \| Alecto Carrow \| Amycus Carrow \| Albus Dumbledore \| Firenze \| Filius Flitwick \| Fortinbras \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Rolanda Hooch \| Arsenius Jigger \| Silvanus Kettleburn \| Gilderoy Lockhart \| Neville Longbottom \| Remus Lupin \| Minerva McGonagall \| Galatea Merrythought \| Quirinus Quirrell \| Patricia Rakepick \| Aurora Sinistra \| Horace Slughorn \| Severus Snape \| Pomona Sprout \| Swoopstikes \| Sybill Trelawney \| Septima Vector \| Unidentified witch \| Unnamed Potions Professor (16th century) \| Unnamed Potions Professor (2021)
Support Staff	Boil-ridden house-elf \| Rancorous Carpe \| Dobby \| Argus Filch \| Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank \| Rubeus Hagrid \| Rolanda Hooch \| Hankerton Humble \| Kreacher \| Ogg \| Irma Pince \| Pitts \| Poppy Pomfrey \| Apollyon Pringle \| Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus \| Winky

[DOD-0] J. K. Rowling stated at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 15 August 2004 (source) that all portraits at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are of deceased individuals. Thus, Gagwilde must have died sometime in or before 1992, given his portrait's appearance in the Headmaster's office in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

[HPLE-1] Harry Potter Limited Edition - The Paintings of Hogwarts: Masterpieces from the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Sets

[2] "The Dames Hit Hollywood! Day Four: Warner Brothers Studio" from An Elegant Obsession blog

[3] Pottermore

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