Michael Gambon graced cinema and made every cameo a star turn
The actor was equally at home playing rough or aristocratic, with a nice line in unforgettable bad-guy roles as well as Harry Potter’s mentor Dumbledore – who made him a king-like figure in the imaginations of children everywhere
July 2014
'Sex party' house used for King's Speech scenes up for sale
Six-storey London mansion, used in Tom Hooper's Oscar-winning film – as well as a gay porn shoot – is being sold after owner's fraud conviction, writes Ben Child
December 2012
Tom Hooper: 'At 12, I swore I'd have my own film in the cinema'
Tom Hooper films – in pictures
September 2012
First look review
Hyde Park on Hudson – review
Roger Michell's film about Franklin D Roosevelt shamelessly clings to the coat-tails of The King's Speech, but remains remote, writes Catherine Shoard
