Warwick Davis' wife Samantha left him staggering amount in her will

Warwick Davis's beloved wife Samantha left him more than £500,000 after she died in March.

The Harry Potter star, 54, was bequeathed the fortune following his film star partner's death aged 53 earlier this year.

Mr Davis, who called 'Sammy' his 'most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter', was the sole trustee in her will.

According to documents seen by The Sun, Ms Davis' estate was worth £536,830 when she died.

Ms Davis, who met her husband on the set of his 1988 film Willow, tragically died aged 53 on March 24. 

The couple tied the knot in 1991 and had three children during their 33-year marriage - one of whom tragically died shortly after he was born.

Their two other children, Annabelle and Harrison, also paid tribute to their mother at the time of her death, saying: 'Her love and happiness carried us through our whole lives'. Mum is our best friend and we're honoured to have received a love like hers.'

Samantha Davis' battles 

Warwick and Samantha Davis lost their baby son, Lloyd, just nine days after he was born in 1991.

The couple also lost a second child when Samantha miscarriaged at 20 weeks in 1993. The couple named the baby George.

Samantha suffered two further miscarriages before giving birth to Annabelle and Harrison.

The film star had a number of surgeries due to her achondroplasia condition.

In 2019, she was rushed to hospital after complications following decompression surgery on her spine. 

She had a brush with death that same year when she fell ill with sepsis ahead of a family holiday.

 In March 2024, it was announced that Ms Davis had passed away.

Ms Davis was diagnoses with achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder that causes dwarfism, as a child. 

Her husband is affected by a similar condition, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita. It meant he never grew taller than 3ft 6in.

After Ms Davis' death, her husband released a heartbreaking tribute to his lifelong partner.

He said he felt like he could achieve anything with his wife by his side and that it felt like he had a 'superpower'.

'She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes,' Davis said in a statement given to the BBC at the time of her death.

Mr Davis said his wife's mobility had become impaired in recent years but shared how she was determined not to let it bring her down.

She had a brush with death in 2019 when she fell ill with sepsis ahead of a family holiday.

Mr Davis previously told how he and the couple's children 'sort of said goodbye' by her bedside before she pulled through.

She initially thought that her symptoms were caused by stress from preparing for the trip.

When her exhaustion led to her not being able to stand without support, her husband called an out-of-hours doctor and she was rushed to hospital.

Mr Davis said in 2022: 'The next few hours were the longest of my life as I waited on the ward with our children in the empty space left by Sam's hospital bed. I hoped it would not symbolise a future for us without her.'

He continued: 'Our family gathered by her bedside; although optimistic, we were sort of saying goodbye in case Sam didn't survive.'

The actor and his wife lost baby son Lloyd just nine days after he was born in 1991 - the year they got married.

Mr Davis said in 2022 that he would not wish the 'devastating' experience on anyone and added: 'You never get over it.'

He and Ms Davis - who co-founded the charity Little People UK - met when Mr Davis starred as sorcerer Willow Ufgood in the 1988 film named after the character.

Ms Davis and her father Peter - who is Davis's business partner - had minor roles as villagers.

She also had an uncredited role as a a goblin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011, in which Davis portrayed Filius Flitwick - Hogwarts' charms professor - for the final time.

In 1989, she had a part in BBC educational series Through the Dragon's Eye.

Mr Davis and Mr Burroughs, 77, co-founded Willow Management in 1995 with the aim of changing the way people with dwarfism were represented on screen.

Mr Burroughs is also an actor and has appeared both on stage and in TV and film productions including The Legend of King Arthur, Hamlet, and as an Ewok in 1983 Star Wars film Return of the Jedi.