Comedian and actor Jim Tavare is in intensive care after breaking his neck and puncturing a lung in a head-on car crash.
The 54-year-old is known for his role as Tom the Innkeeper from the third instalment of the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
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