Lithgow as Dumbledore spotted filming HBO Harry Potter in Cornwall

John Lithgow has been photographed in full costume as Albus Dumbledore while filming scenes for HBO’s new television adaptation of the Harry Potter novels on the Cornish coast in early October, as production moves locations across southern England. The images show Lithgow in long white beard, half-moon spectacles and heavy robes on a windswept beach as crew members work and local residents watched from nearby cliffs. Local filming notices indicated road closures and restricted parking at coastal sites during the same period.

Production for the multi-season series began months earlier in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and has since taken crews to locations in Cornwall and Devon, including areas around Kynance Cove, Cadgwith on the Lizard and Coverack, according to local filming notices. Notices posted ahead of shoots warned drivers of temporary road closures and parking restrictions on the routes linking small coves and village car parks. Onlookers supplied the first public images of the cast at work on the shoreline.

HBO and the show’s producers have assembled a largely British cast that pairs veteran actors with newcomers. Alongside Lithgow, the series will feature Janet McTeer...