Richard Harris was 71 when he took the role of Albus Dumbledore, while Michael Gambon was 64. J.R.R. Tolkien popularized this notion in Gandalf, the prototype of the fantasy wizard. Dungeons ...

While it's tempting to think of Dumbledore as a discount Gandalf, the reality is that he’s far more conniving and contradictory than Gandalf. Dumbledore is a disturbing, charming, and bizarre ...

However, he opted for the role of Dumbledore and the Gandalf part went instead to Ian McKellen. “Dad was offered Gandalf and Dumbledore at the same time, but he didn’t want to spend all that ...