‘Harry Potter’ actor Robbie Coltrane on Hagrid’s long legacy

The wizard world’s favorite half giant said that the bearded hero Hagrid would live on for generations.

The late Robbie Coltrane — who prolifically portrayed Dumbledore’s jolly ally in the “Harry Potter” films — spoke out on the legacy he left behind not so long before his death at 72 was announced Friday.

During HBO Max’s 20th Anniversary Harry Potter reunion in January, Coltrane proudly boasted that his children, Spencer and Alice, would be able to appreciate and enjoy the wizard long after he had passed away.

“The legacy of the movies is…that my children’s generation will show them to their children,” Coltrane said in between clips of the beloved Hogwarts groundskeeper playing.

“So you could be watching it in 50 years time, easy. I’ll not be here, sadly, but Hagrid will. Yes.”

Leaving a legacy behind to the kids of the world has always been an aspiration for Coltrane, he also said after filming “The Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001.

“I’ve often thought while watching things like ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ with my kids, ‘wouldn’t it be great to be in a film like that and whole generations of kids would see it.’

“And now it’s happened.”

The magic he brought to “Harry Potter” wasn’t only enjoyed by children watching at home. Daniel Radcliffe said Coltrane would leave the cast in stitches while filming.

“Robbie was one of the funniest people I’ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on the set,” Radcliffe, who played the titular boy who lived, told The Post in a statement.

“I’ve especially fond memories of him keeping our spirits up on ‘Prisoner of Azkaban,’ when we were all hiding from the torrential rain for hours in Hagrid’s hut and he was telling stories and cracking jokes to keep morale up,” Radcliffe said.

“I feel incredibly lucky that I got to meet and work with him and very sad that he’s passed. He was an incredible actor and a lovely man.”