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Name
Richard Griffiths

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1947-07-31

Deathday
2013-03-28 (66 years old)

Place of Birth
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).

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Vernon Dursley
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Uncle Vernon Dursley
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Vernon Dursley
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Vernon Dursley
2008 Bedtime Stories as Barry Nottingham
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as King George
1999 Sleepy Hollow as Bürgermeister Phillipse
1991 King Ralph as Phipps
2008 Ballet Shoes as Great Uncle Matthew
1977 Twelve Off the Belt as Bedworth Hogg
2000 Vatel as Dr. Bourdelot
2006 The History Boys as Hector
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Vernon Dursley
1982 Britannia Hospital as Cheerful Bernie
2004 Stage Beauty as Sir Charles Sedley
2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as Santa Claus
1992 Blame It on the Bellboy as Maurice Horton
1987 Withnail & I as Monty
2006 Venus as Donald
1995 Funny Bones as Jim Minty
2011 Hugo as Monsieur Frick
1984 A Private Function as Allardyce
1986 Shanghai Surprise as Willie Tuttle
2005 Opa! as Tierrney
1989 Goldeneye as Second Admiral
2012 Private Peaceful as The Colonel
1982 The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as Sidney Barron
1982 A Light Snack as The Window Cleaner
2014 Showing Up as Self
2010 National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Fitz / W. H. Auden
1983 Gorky Park as Anton
1994 Guarding Tess as Frederick
1978 The Comedy of Errors as Officer
1998 Ted & Ralph as Landowner at Party
1987 Casanova as Cardinal
1982 Gandhi as Collins
1977 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll as Board Member
1974 Norma as Park Keeper
1979 Afternoon Off as Factory Boss
1992 Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Porter
2003 The Brides in the Bath as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Captain Billings
1981 Ragtime as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Jeltz (voice)
1980 Superman II as Terrorist
1989 The Movie Life of George as Self
1976 It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet as Sam Broadbent
2002 Jeffrey Archer: The Truth as Willie Whitelaw
2010 Jackboots on Whitehall as Hermann Goering (voice)
1980 Breaking Glass as Studio Engineer
1981 Chariots of Fire as Head Porter - Caius College
1994 A Breed of Heroes as Brian Beasely
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sir Tom
1976 Well Thank You, Thursday as Window Cleaner
2013 About Time as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff
2000 Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
2006 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
2005 Princes in the Tower as Thomas More voice
1998 The Animal Train as Elephant
1996 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse as Mr. Jackson (voice)

1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Jean-Pierre
1994 Pie in the Sky ( 40 episodes ) as Henry Crabbe
2005 Bleak House ( 2 episodes ) as Mr. Bayham Badger
1986 Boon ( 1 episode )
1982 Countdown ( 5 episodes )
1987 Inspector Morse ( 1 episode ) as Canon Humphrey Appleton
1975 The Sweeney ( 1 episode ) as Ronnie Harries
1986 Lovejoy ( 1 episode ) as Hans Koopman
1991 Pebble Mill ( 1 episode ) as Self
1987 Ffizz ( 12 episodes ) as Jack Mowbray
1988 A Kind of Living ( 26 episodes ) as Trevor Beasley
1981 Six Fifty-Five Special ( 1 episode ) as Self
1999 Hope and Glory ( 2 episodes ) as Leo Wheeldon
1987 The Marksman ( 3 episodes ) as Brown
1990 Perfect Scoundrels ( 1 episode ) as Phil Kirby
1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Derek Farrow
1972 Crown Court ( 2 episodes ) as Interpreter
1998 In the Red ( 3 episodes ) as Geoffrey Crichton Potter
1974 Village Hall ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Ridealgh
1992 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Jackson (voice)
1978 An Audience with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
1990 El C.I.D. ( 1 episode ) as Weatherby
2012 The Hollow Crown ( 1 episode ) as Duke of Burgundy
2011 Episodes ( 1 episode ) as Julian Bullard
1982 Whoops Apocalypse ( 4 episodes ) as Premier Dubienkin
1982 Bird of Prey ( 8 episodes ) as Henry Jay
1983 The Cleopatras ( 3 episodes ) as Pot Belly
2002 tlc ( 6 episodes ) as Mr Benedict Ron
2000 Gormenghast ( 2 episodes ) as Swelter
1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Park keeper
1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Board member
1976 Red Letter Day ( 1 episode ) as Window Cleaner
1989 Screen One ( 1 episode ) as Brian Beazely
1973 Second City Firsts ( 1 episode ) as Bedworth Hog
1978 The BBC Television Shakespeare ( 1 episode ) as Sir John Falstaff
1981 Prisoners of Conscience ( 1 episode ) as William Beausire
1996 TFI Friday ( 1 episode )

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