Tributes are pouring in for Star Wars and Harry Potter star Paul Grant, who has died aged 56.
Police found the actor collapsed outside King’s Cross station in London on Thursday.
Paul was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced braindead, and his family switched off his life support machine on Sunday.
Harry Potter actor Paul Grant dies age 56, he played a fantastic Goblin role 🧌 pic.twitter.com/uIeyde9wX3
— Daily Harry Potter (@TheDailyHPotter) March 20, 2023
The actor, who was 4ft 4in, played one of the Ewoks in 1982 Star Wars film ‘Return of the Jedi’.
He also played a goblin in the 2001 film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.
Paul’s girlfriend Maria Dwyer paid tribute to the actor on social media, writing: “Paul was the love of my life. The funniest man I know. He made my life complete. Life is never going to be the same without him.”
We send our condolences to the family and friends of Paul Grant who portrayed an ewok in Return of the Jedi. RIP pic.twitter.com/7bXX9JAkH5
— Endor Duloks (@EndorDuloks) March 20, 2023
His daughter Sophie Jayne Grant, 28, told The Sun she is “devastated”, and called her father “a legend in so many ways”.
Paul is survived by his girlfriend Maria, two daughters and one son, as well as his stepchildren and grandchildren.
