Background
Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa, and educated at Saint Andrew"s College in Grahamstown.
Cartwright was born in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa, and educated at Saint Andrew"s College in Grahamstown.
He arrived in Britain in 1959 and studied at RADA.
He died at his home in London on 18 November 2013.
He was best known in South Africa for a series of television commercials in which he was the face of Charles Glass, the legendary founder of South African Breweries and the brewmaster who brewed Castle Lager. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he played a wizard, Elphias Doge, part of the Order of the Phoenix, escorting Harry to Grimmauld Place.
