'Harry Potter' Timothy Spall received ear gift from cast

Timothy Spall has revealed that the Harry Potter cast presented him with Peter Pettigrew's missing ear on the last day of filming.

The 54-year-old actor, who portrayed Pettigrew from The Prisoner of Azkaban to The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, also spoke of how much he enjoyed his part in the franchise.

Spall told What's On TV: "I've got an ear in my fridge from the last Harry Potter film.

"I was given it as a present after filming, so I hope no-one thinks it's bacon and shoves it in a roll."

The Sweeney Todd star added: "I wouldn't have missed playing Peter Pettigrew for the world. I even had an American couple in a lift in New Mexico who said, 'Are you the rat dude?' I think I should call my autobiography that."

Of his alternative career plans, Spall explained: "If I hadn't been an actor I might have gone to art school... I was torn between that and the army, but I wouldn't have lasted long there."