...est known for his appearances as "Mr Derek" in ''[[Basil Brush#Basil Brush from 1963 to 1984|The Basil Brush Show]]'' (1969–1973), [[Bernard Woolley]] in ...2. The character first appeared as the local police sergeant, then retired from the force and ran the post office before becoming a [[pub]]lican.<ref name=

...itish Academy Television Award for Best Actor]] in three consecutive years from 1994 to 1996. In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of [[w:TV's 50 ...World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999), a supporting role in ''[[From Hell (film)|From Hell]]'' (2001), as well as half-giant [[Rubeus Hagrid]] in the [[Harry Pot