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Other notable cast members include John Lithgow as Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore; Paapa Essiedu as enigmatic potions professor Severus Snape; and Lox Pratt as Hogwarts bully Draco Malfoy.
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EW.com, 15 July 2025
Deadline first reported that John Lithgow was nearing final talks for the role of Albus Dumbledore, the aloof yet powerful headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 July 2025
The headmaster stressed that the flag of Israel is at the front next to the American flag.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
John Lawlor, who portrayed one of Cloris Leachman’s co-workers on the CBS sitcom Phyllis and the Eastland School for Girls headmaster on the first season of the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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EW.com, 15 July 2025
Deadline first reported that John Lithgow was nearing final talks for the role of Albus Dumbledore, the aloof yet powerful headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 14 July 2025
The headmaster stressed that the flag of Israel is at the front next to the American flag.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
John Lawlor, who portrayed one of Cloris Leachman’s co-workers on the CBS sitcom Phyllis and the Eastland School for Girls headmaster on the first season of the NBC comedy The Facts of Life, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Headmaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headmaster. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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headmaster
noun
head·mas·ter
-ˌmas-tər 
-ˈmas-
: a male head of a private school
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