Richard Griffiths
Acting
Born: July 31, 1947 · Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: March 28, 2013 (aged 65)
Highest Rated
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
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
About Time
2013
Hugo
2011
Sleepy Hollow
1999
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Bedtime Stories
2008
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
Photos (9)
Movies (55)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Uncle Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Vernon Dursley
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
King George
About Time
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Sleepy Hollow
Bürgermeister Phillipse
Hugo
Monsieur Frick
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeltz (voice)
Superman II
Terrorist
Bedtime Stories
Barry Nottingham
Chariots of Fire
Head Porter - Caius College
Gandhi
Collins
Gorky Park
Anton
Guarding Tess
Frederick
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Captain Billings
Withnail & I
Monty
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sir Tom
King Ralph
Phipps
Ballet Shoes
Great Uncle Matthew
The History Boys
Hector
Funny Bones
Jim Minty
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Santa Claus
Vatel
Dr. Bourdelot
Shanghai Surprise
Willie Tuttle
Stage Beauty
Sir Charles Sedley
Casanova
Cardinal
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hermann Goering (voice)
Breaking Glass
Studio Engineer
Private Peaceful
The Colonel
Ragtime
Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Britannia Hospital
Cheerful Bernie
Venus
Donald
Blame It on the Bellboy
Maurice Horton
A Private Function
Allardyce
Goldeneye
Second Admiral
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
Mr. Jackson (voice)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Porter
Opa!
Tierrney
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Willie Whitelaw
Ted & Ralph
Landowner at Party
The Comedy of Errors
Officer
Afternoon Off
Factory Boss
Well Thank You, Thursday
Window Cleaner
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
Twelve Off the Belt
Bedworth Hogg
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Fitz / W. H. Auden
A Breed of Heroes
Brian Beasely
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Sam Broadbent
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Sidney Barron
The Animal Train
Elephant
The Brides in the Bath
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
TV Shows (30)
Minder
Derek Farrow · 1 eps
Crown Court
Interpreter · 2 eps
ITV Playhouse
Park keeper · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Board member · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Canon Humphrey Appleton · 1 eps
Bergerac
Jean-Pierre · 1 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Sir John Falstaff · 1 eps
Pie in the Sky
Henry Crabbe · 40 eps
The Sweeney
Ronnie Harries · 1 eps
Episodes
Julian Bullard · 1 eps
Boon
1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Duke of Burgundy · 1 eps
Screen One
Brian Beazely · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Hans Koopman · 1 eps
Bleak House
Mr. Bayham Badger · 2 eps
Countdown
5 eps
tlc
Mr Benedict Ron · 6 eps
Gormenghast
Swelter · 2 eps
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jackson (voice) · 1 eps
Village Hall
Mr. Ridealgh · 1 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
Phil Kirby · 1 eps
Whoops Apocalypse
Premier Dubienkin · 4 eps
Bird of Prey
Henry Jay · 8 eps
In the Red
Geoffrey Crichton Potter · 3 eps
The Cleopatras
Pot Belly · 3 eps
Hope and Glory
Leo Wheeldon · 2 eps
Red Letter Day
Window Cleaner · 1 eps
The Marksman
Brown · 3 eps
Ffizz
Jack Mowbray · 12 eps
