Staff at a garden centre were thrilled when they saw Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis arrive at their store. 

The 54-year-old was at Newbridge Nurseries Garden Centre in Broadbridge Heath, near Horsham, yesterday to celebrate his younger sister Kim's birthday. 

The Star Wars star spent around two hours at the Origins Patisserie Cafe inside the Billingshurst Road garden centre.

Origins manager Morgan Schepers told The Argus: "I know Warwick's parents well as they are regular customers.

"He was such a lovely guy and had no problem with people taking pictures."

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Morgan said the family had coffee before the team brought out a birthday cake for Warwick's sister and sang Happy Birthday to her. 

"They were just chilling and having and a good time," she said. 

"He was really down to earth, such a humble, nice guy."

Warwick Davis with Newbridge Nurseries' general manager Steve Nicholls and his daughterWarwick Davis with Newbridge Nurseries' general manager Steve Nicholls and his daughter (Image: Newbridge Nurseries Garden Centre)

After Warwick and his family finished at Origins they went to the garden centre and the actor took pictures with checkout staff too, as well as Newbridge's general manager Steve Nicholls and his daughter. 

Warwick, who played Professor Filius Flitwick in the Harry Potter films, was born just 20 miles away from Horsham in Epsom but now lives near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.

He has starred in several Star Wars films, most recently in the franchise's Tales of the Empire series as the voice of Rukh.