When I was a little kid, I thought Gandalf and Dumbledore were the same person, meaning I didn’t just think the same actor played them, I thought they were the same wizard. Well, I quickly ...

If you were making a league table of famous fictional wizards, Dumbledore and Gandalf would probably be pretty big contenders for the top spot. So why, after actor Richard Harris passed away in ...

Another example of such a character is Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings. Albus Dumbledore and Yoda fill the same mold. Each "mentor" differs, but there are overarching formulaic similarities.