<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1980--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Adrian Justin Rawlins (born 27 March 1958) is an English actor who is probably best known for playing Arthur Kidd in The Woman in Black (1989) and James Potter in the Harry Potter films . </P> <P> Rawlins was born in Stoke - on - Trent, Staffordshire, the son of Mavis (née Leese) and Edward Rawlins, a market trader . Rawlins was educated at Stanfield Technical High School in Stoke - on - Trent and the Stoke VI Form College . He then went on to train in art then subsequently acting at Crewe and Alsager College, now Manchester Met . </P>

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