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Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Acting July 31, 1947 (65 years old) March 28, 2013 Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Richard Thomas Griffiths (July 31, 1947 – March 28, 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his performance in the stage play The History Boys, Griffiths won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He played Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001-2010) and Great Uncle Matthew Brown "Gum" in the BBC film Ballet Shoes (2007). He also portrayed Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). Earlier in his career, he had supporting roles in such critically acclaimed films as Chariots of Fire (1981), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Gandhi (1982), and The Naked Gun 2+1⁄2: The Smell of Fear (1991). In his later career he appeared in Sleepy Hollow (1999), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and in Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011).

Movies 63

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 7.9

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Uncle Vernon Dursley

2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 7.7

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Vernon Dursley

2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

as Vernon Dursley

2004
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 7.7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

as Vernon Dursley

2010
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7.7

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Vernon Dursley

2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 6.6

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

as King George

2011
About Time 7.9

About Time

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

2013
Sleepy Hollow 7.2

Sleepy Hollow

as Bürgermeister Phillipse

1999
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 6.8

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

1991
Hugo 7.2

Hugo

as Monsieur Frick

2011
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6.7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Jeltz (voice)

2005
Superman II 6.7

Superman II

as Terrorist

1980
Bedtime Stories 6.2

Bedtime Stories

as Barry Nottingham

2008
Gandhi 7.6

Gandhi

as Collins

1982
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 6.4

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

as Captain Billings

1984
Chariots of Fire 6.8

Chariots of Fire

as Head Porter - Caius College

1981
Guarding Tess 6.0

Guarding Tess

as Frederick

1994
The French Lieutenant's Woman 6.5

The French Lieutenant's Woman

as Sir Tom

1981
Withnail & I 7.2

Withnail & I

as Monty

1987
Gorky Park 6.3

Gorky Park

as Anton

1983
Ragtime 7.0

Ragtime

as Delmas' Assistant No. 1

1981
Ballet Shoes 6.3

Ballet Shoes

as Great Uncle Matthew

2008
Vatel 6.1

Vatel

as Dr. Bourdelot

2000
The History Boys 6.6

The History Boys

as Hector

2006
Shanghai Surprise 4.3

Shanghai Surprise

as Willie Tuttle

1986
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa 6.0

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

as Santa Claus

2008
Stage Beauty 6.6

Stage Beauty

as Sir Charles Sedley

2004
Blame It on the Bellboy 5.4

Blame It on the Bellboy

as Maurice Horton

1992
Britannia Hospital 6.2

Britannia Hospital

as Cheerful Bernie

1982
Funny Bones 6.6

Funny Bones

as Jim Minty

1995
King Ralph 5.4

King Ralph

as Phipps

1991
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 8.5

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton

2006
The Animal Train 7.0

The Animal Train

as Elephant

1998
Casanova 4.1

Casanova

as Cardinal

1987
A Private Function 6.4

A Private Function

as Allardyce

1984
Venus 6.7

Venus

as Donald

2006
Breaking Glass 6.9

Breaking Glass

as Studio Engineer

1980
The Movie Life of George

The Movie Life of George

as Self

1989
Private Peaceful 6.6

Private Peaceful

as The Colonel

2012
Jackboots on Whitehall 4.9

Jackboots on Whitehall

as Hermann Goering (voice)

2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art 8.0

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

as Fitz / W. H. Auden

2010
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale 7.5

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

as Sidney Barron

1982
Goldeneye 5.9

Goldeneye

as Second Admiral

1989
Opa! 6.0

Opa!

as Tierrney

2005
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend 7.1

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

as Self

2000
Showing Up 9.2

Showing Up

as Self

2014
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse

as Mr. Jackson (voice)

1996
The Brides in the Bath 5.7

The Brides in the Bath

as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall

2003
The Merry Wives of Windsor 8.0

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Sir John Falstaff

1982
The Comedy of Errors 8.6

The Comedy of Errors

as Officer

1978
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade 5.7

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

as Porter

1992
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet 8.0

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

as Sam Broadbent

1976
A Breed of Heroes 3.7

A Breed of Heroes

as Brian Beasely

1994
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth 4.7

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

as Willie Whitelaw

2002
Well Thank You, Thursday

Well Thank You, Thursday

as Window Cleaner

1976
Norma

Norma

as Park Keeper

1974
Twelve Off the Belt

Twelve Off the Belt

as Bedworth Hogg

1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

as Board Member

1977
Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

as Factory Boss

1979
Ted & Ralph 7.0

Ted & Ralph

as Landowner at Party

1998
Princes in the Tower 9.0

Princes in the Tower

as Thomas More voice

2005
A Light Snack 5.9

A Light Snack

as The Window Cleaner

1982
The 50 Greatest Comedy Films

The 50 Greatest Comedy Films

as Self

2006

TV Shows 40

Crown Court 5.7

Crown Court

as Interpreter

1972
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1956
Minder 7.2

Minder

as Derek Farrow

1979
Pebble Mill 4.1

Pebble Mill

as Self

1991
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Park keeper

1967
ITV Playhouse 7.0

ITV Playhouse

as Board member

1967
An Audience with... 5.3

An Audience with...

as Self

1978
Bergerac 7.0

Bergerac

as Jean-Pierre

1981
Inspector Morse 7.9

Inspector Morse

as Canon Humphrey Appleton

1987
TFI Friday 7.1

TFI Friday

1996
The Sweeney 8.1

The Sweeney

as Ronnie Harries

1975
Episodes 7.2

Episodes

as Julian Bullard

2011
Pie in the Sky 8.3

Pie in the Sky

as Henry Crabbe

1994
Boon 5.8

Boon

1986
Countdown 6.0

Countdown

1982
The BBC Television Shakespeare 6.0

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Sir John Falstaff

1978
Lovejoy 7.4

Lovejoy

as Hans Koopman

1986
The Hollow Crown 7.4

The Hollow Crown

as Duke of Burgundy

2012
Screen One 7.2

Screen One

as Brian Beazely

1989
Six Fifty-Five Special

Six Fifty-Five Special

as Self

1981
Bleak House 8.0

Bleak House

as Mr. Bayham Badger

2005
Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

as Bedworth Hog

1973
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 6.4

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

as Mr. Jackson (voice)

1992
Gormenghast 6.9

Gormenghast

as Swelter

2000
Perfect Scoundrels 6.0

Perfect Scoundrels

as Phil Kirby

1990
The Cleopatras 3.8

The Cleopatras

as Pot Belly

1983
Village Hall 8.0

Village Hall

as Mr Ridealgh

1974
Bird of Prey 7.2

Bird of Prey

as Henry Jay

1982
El C.I.D. 10.0

El C.I.D.

as Weatherby

1990
tlc 6.2

tlc

as Mr Benedict Ron

2002
A Kind of Living 5.7

A Kind of Living

as Trevor Beasley

1988
In the Red 6.1

In the Red

as Geoffrey Crichton Potter

1998
Whoops Apocalypse 6.9

Whoops Apocalypse

as Premier Dubienkin

1982
Hope and Glory 7.5

Hope and Glory

as Leo Wheeldon

1999
Ffizz

Ffizz

as Jack Mowbray

1987
The Marksman 10.0

The Marksman

as Brown

1987
Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect

as Sam Hooper

1980
Red Letter Day 6.0

Red Letter Day

as Window Cleaner

1976
Prisoners of Conscience

Prisoners of Conscience

as William Beausire

1981

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