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|name=Jimmy Gardner
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|image=[[File:Jimmygardner.jpg|250px]]
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|birthname=Edward Charles James Gardner
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|born=[[24 August]], [[1924]]<br />
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Newmarket, Suffolk, [[England]], UK
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|died=[[3 May]], [[2010]] (aged 85)<br />
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[[London]], [[England]], UK
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|nationality=[[Great Britain|British]]
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|yearsactive=[[1964]] - 2005
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|harrypotterrole=[[Ernest Prang|Ernie Prang]]
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'''Jimmy Gardner''' (b. [[24 August]], [[1924]], in Newmarket, Suffolk, [[England]], d. [[3 May]], [[2010]]<ref>[http://mugglenet.com/app/news/show/3473 Knight Bus driver actor Jimmy Gardner dies at 85]</ref>) was the actor who played [[Ernest Prang|Ernie Prang]], the driver of the [[Knight Bus]], in {{POA|FA}}.
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==Career==
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Jimmy Gardner began acting professionally in the early [[1960s]] and has appeared in countless films and television shows, including: ''Doctor Who'', ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones'' and ''Finding Neverland''. Before taking up acting professionally he was the personal driver to the playwright John Osborne. He also survived two shipwrecks during the Second World War and even once worked as a gravedigger.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-gardner-war-hero-and-actor-whose-roles-ranged-from-gravedigger-in-the-rscs-hamlet-to-a-bus-driver-in-harry-potter-1964258.html Jimmy Gardner: War hero and actor whose roles ranged from gravedigger in the RSC's 'Hamlet' to a bus driver in 'Harry Potter']</ref>
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===Select filmography===
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*''Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' (2005): Kaiser
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*''Finding Neverland'' (2004): Mr Snow
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (2004): [[Ernest Prang|Ernie Prang]]
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*''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991): Farmer
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==Personal life==
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During World War II, Gardner served in the Royal Air Force as an air gunner with No. 10 Squadron. He completed 30 sorties as a Halifax rear gunner and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
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==Notes and references==
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==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0306977|Jimmy Gardner}}
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*[[wikipedia:Jimmy Gardner (British_actor)|Jimmy Gardner on Wikipedia]]
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Revision as of 19:28, 24 June 2019

Jimmy Gardner (b. 24 August, 1924, in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, d. 3 May, 2010[1]) was the actor who played Ernie Prang, the driver of the Knight Bus, in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Career

Jimmy Gardner began acting professionally in the early 1960s and has appeared in countless films and television shows, including: Doctor Who, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones and Finding Neverland. Before taking up acting professionally he was the personal driver to the playwright John Osborne. He also survived two shipwrecks during the Second World War and even once worked as a gravedigger.[2]

Select filmography

Personal life

During World War II, Gardner served in the Royal Air Force as an air gunner with No. 10 Squadron. He completed 30 sorties as a Halifax rear gunner and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.

Notes and references

External links

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