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Michael Byrne, a prolific British actor who played Nazi Col. Ernst Vogel opposite Harrison Ford in the 1989 classic Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Gellert Grindelwald in 2010\u2019s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part I, died on June 20, according to The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>\n Byrne was 82. His cause of death was not given.<\/p>\n ForbesDavid Clayton-Thomas, Blood, Sweat & Tears Lead Singer, Dies At 84By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n A star of stage and screen, Byrne\u2019s other film roles over the years included turns in actor-director Mel Gibson\u2019s Best Picture Oscar winner Braveheart (1995), the Pierce Brosnan James Bond<\/a> film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), director Martin Scorsese\u2019s Gangs of New York (2002) and The Sum of All Fears (2002), which starred Ben Affleck as the Tom Clancy hero Jack Ryan. <\/p>\n Byrne was born on Nov. 7, 1943 in London and made his first screen appearances in bit roles on British television in 1962 and 1963. Also in 1963, Byrne began appearing in bit parts on stage at Laurence Olivier\u2019s National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n The actor\u2019s breakthrough role on screen happened in 1996 with the role of Claudio in the BBC\u2019s TV movie adaptation of William Shakespeare\u2019s classic play Much Ado About Nothing, where he starred opposite Derek Jacobi and Maggie Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n Michael Byrne Had More Than 160 Screen Credits<\/p>\n Hopping back and forth between his work on the British stage and screen, Michael Byrne compiled more than 160 roles in film and television.<\/p>\n Eleven years before starring opposite Harrison Ford<\/a> and Sean Connery in director Steven Spielberg\u2019s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Byrne starred alongside the actor in the 1978 World War II epic Force 10 from Navarone. <\/p>\n Byrne\u2019s other notable films included the 1976 WWII classic The Eagle Has Landed, which also starred Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall<\/a>, as well as director Richard Attenborough\u2019s 1977 WWII drama A Bridge Too Far, where he starred opposite Caine and Connery.<\/p>\n ForbesClive Davis, Music Mogul Who Discovered Whitney Houston, Dies At 94By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n