Richard Griffiths
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Died
- March 28, 2013 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- 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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
About Time
Hugo
Sleepy Hollow
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bedtime Stories
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
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Filmography
Showing Up
Movie · as Self
About Time
Movie · as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Private Peaceful
Movie · as The Colonel
The Hollow Crown
TV · as Duke of Burgundy · 1 ep
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie · as King George
Hugo
Movie · as Monsieur Frick
Episodes
TV · as Julian Bullard · 1 ep
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie · as Vernon Dursley
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Movie · as Fitz / W. H. Auden
Jackboots on Whitehall
Movie · as Hermann Goering (voice)
Bedtime Stories
Movie · as Barry Nottingham
Ballet Shoes
Movie · as Great Uncle Matthew
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Movie · as Santa Claus
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie · as Vernon Dursley
The History Boys
Movie · as Hector
Venus
Movie · as Donald
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie · as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
Opa!
Movie · as Tierrney
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie · as Jeltz (voice)
Princes in the Tower
Movie · as Thomas More voice
Bleak House
TV · as Mr. Bayham Badger · 2 eps
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie · as Vernon Dursley
Stage Beauty
Movie · as Sir Charles Sedley
The Brides in the Bath
Movie · as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie · as Vernon Dursley
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Movie · as Willie Whitelaw
tlc
TV · as Mr Benedict Ron · 6 eps
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie · as Uncle Vernon Dursley
Vatel
Movie · as Dr. Bourdelot
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie · as Self
Gormenghast
TV · as Swelter · 2 eps
Sleepy Hollow
Movie · as Bürgermeister Phillipse
Hope and Glory
TV · as Leo Wheeldon · 2 eps
Ted & Ralph
Movie · as Landowner at Party
The Animal Train
Movie · as Elephant
In the Red
TV · as Geoffrey Crichton Potter · 3 eps
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
Movie · as Mr. Jackson (voice)
TFI Friday
TV · 1 ep
Funny Bones
Movie · as Jim Minty
Guarding Tess
Movie · as Frederick
A Breed of Heroes
Movie · as Brian Beasely
Pie in the Sky
TV · as Henry Crabbe · 40 eps
Blame It on the Bellboy
Movie · as Maurice Horton
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Movie · as Porter
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV · as Mr. Jackson (voice) · 1 ep
King Ralph
Movie · as Phipps
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Movie · as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Phil Kirby · 1 ep
El C.I.D.
TV · as Weatherby · 1 ep
Goldeneye
Movie · as Second Admiral
The Movie Life of George
Movie · as Self
Screen One
TV · as Brian Beazely · 1 ep
A Kind of Living
TV · as Trevor Beasley · 26 eps
Withnail & I
Movie · as Monty
Casanova
Movie · as Cardinal
Inspector Morse
TV · as Canon Humphrey Appleton · 1 ep
Ffizz
TV · as Jack Mowbray · 12 eps
The Marksman
TV · as Brown · 3 eps
Shanghai Surprise
Movie · as Willie Tuttle
Boon
TV · 1 ep
Lovejoy
TV · as Hans Koopman · 1 ep
A Private Function
Movie · as Allardyce
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie · as Captain Billings
Gorky Park
Movie · as Anton
The Cleopatras
TV · as Pot Belly · 3 eps
Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Cheerful Bernie
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Movie · as Sidney Barron
A Light Snack
Movie · as The Window Cleaner
Gandhi
Movie · as Collins
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie · as Sir John Falstaff
Countdown
TV · 5 eps
Whoops Apocalypse
TV · as Premier Dubienkin · 4 eps
Bird of Prey
TV · as Henry Jay · 8 eps
Ragtime
Movie · as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Chariots of Fire
Movie · as Head Porter - Caius College
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie · as Sir Tom
Bergerac
TV · as Jean-Pierre · 1 ep
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Prisoners of Conscience
TV · as William Beausire · 1 ep
Superman II
Movie · as Terrorist
Breaking Glass
Movie · as Studio Engineer
Nobody's Perfect
TV · as Sam Hooper · 14 eps
Afternoon Off
Movie · as Factory Boss
Minder
TV · as Derek Farrow · 1 ep
The Comedy of Errors
Movie · as Officer
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Sir John Falstaff · 1 ep
Twelve Off the Belt
Movie · as Bedworth Hogg
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Movie · as Board Member
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Movie · as Sam Broadbent
Well Thank You, Thursday
Movie · as Window Cleaner
Red Letter Day
TV · as Window Cleaner · 1 ep
The Sweeney
TV · as Ronnie Harries · 1 ep
Norma
Movie · as Park Keeper
Village Hall
TV · as Mr Ridealgh · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Bedworth Hog · 1 ep
Crown Court
TV · as Interpreter · 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Park keeper, Board member · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Winner, Self - Presenter · 1 ep