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person_profile-Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths Died at age: 65

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jul 31, 1947

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Mar 28, 2013

Biography of

Richard Griffiths

    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).

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Filmography of

Richard Griffiths

Found 54 Movies in total

Showing Up

Self ( Actor )

... 2014

About Time

Lawyer in Play (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2013

Private Peaceful

The Colonel ( Actor )

... 2012

Hugo

Monsieur Frick ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2011

... 2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

Hermann Goering (voice) ( Actor )

... 2010

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

Fitz / W. H. Auden ( Actor )

... 2010

Bedtime Stories

Barry Nottingham ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2008

Ballet Shoes

Great Uncle Matthew ( Actor )

... 2008

... 2007

The History Boys

Hector ( Actor )

... 2006

Venus

Donald ( Actor )

... 2006

Opa!

Tierrney ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

Stage Beauty

Sir Charles Sedley ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2004

The Brides in the Bath

Sir Edward Marshall-Hall ( Actor )

... 2003

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Willie Whitelaw ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2002

... 2001

... 2000

Vatel

Dr. Bourdelot ( Actor )

... 2000

Sleepy Hollow

Bürgermeister Phillipse ( Actor )

... 1999

Ted & Ralph

Landowner at Party ( Actor )

... 1998

Funny Bones

Jim Minty ( Actor )

... 1995

A Breed of Heroes

Brian Beasely ( Actor )

... 1994

Guarding Tess

Frederick ( Actor )

... 1994

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

Porter ( Actor )

... 1992

Blame It on the Bellboy

Maurice Horton ( Actor )

... 1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton ( Actor )

... 1992

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker ( Actor )

... 1991

King Ralph

Duncan Phipps ( Actor )

... 1991

Goldeneye

Second Admiral ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1989

Withnail & I

Monty ( Actor )

... 1987

Casanova

Cardinal ( Actor )

... 1987

Shanghai Surprise

Willie Tuttle ( Actor )

... 1986

A Private Function

Allardyce ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1984

Gorky Park

Anton ( Actor )

... 1983

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Sir John Falstaff ( Actor )

... 1982

Gandhi

Collins ( Actor )

... 1982

Britannia Hospital

Cheerful Bernie ( Actor )

... 1982

Ragtime

Delmas' Assistant No. 1 ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1981

Chariots of Fire

Head Port-Caius College ( Actor )

... 1981

Superman II

Terrorist ( Actor )

... 1980

Breaking Glass

Studio Engineer ( Actor )

... 1980

Afternoon Off

Factory Boss ( Actor )

... 1979

The Comedy of Errors

Officer ( Actor )

... 1978

Well Thank You, Thursday

Window Cleaner ( Actor )

... 1976