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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 31, 1947
Place of Birth:
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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Richard Griffiths
Biography
Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Duke of Burgundy |
| 2011 | Episodes | Julian Bullard |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Mr. Bayham Badger |
| 2002 | TLC | |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Swelter |
| 1999 | Hope and Glory | Leo Wheeldon |
| 1998 | In the Red | Geoffrey Crichton Potter |
| 1994 | Pie in the Sky | Henry Crabbe |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. Jackson (voice) |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Phil Kirby |
| 1990 | El C.I.D. | Weatherby |
| 1988 | A Kind of Living | Trevor Beasley |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Canon Humphrey Appleton |
| 1987 | Ffizz | |
| 1987 | The Marksman | Brown |
| 1986 | Boon | |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Hans Koopman |
| 1983 | The Cleopatras | Pot Belly |
| 1982 | Countdown | |
| 1982 | Whoops Apocalypse | Premier Dubienkin |
| 1982 | Bird of Prey | Henry Jay |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Jean-Pierre |
| 1981 | Six Fifty-Five Special | Self |
| 1979 | Minder | Derek Farrow |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Ronnie Harries |
| 1974 | Village Hall | Mr. Ridealgh |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Interpreter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |