Richard Griffiths
Acting
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).
Born: July 31, 1947
Place of Birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
as The Colonel
as Duke of Burgundy
as Monsieur Frick
as King George
as Julian Bullard
as Vernon Dursley
as Hermann Goering (voice)
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
as Barry Nottingham
as Santa Claus
as Great Uncle Matthew
as Vernon Dursley
as Hector
as Donald
as Tierrney
as Mr. Bayham Badger
as Jeltz (voice)
as Sir Charles Sedley
as Vernon Dursley
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
as Willie Whitelaw
as Vernon Dursley
as Vernon Dursley
as Dr. Bourdelot
as Swelter
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
as Leo Wheeldon
as Landowner at Party
as Elephant
as Geoffrey Crichton Potter
as Jim Minty
as Brian Beasely
as Henry Crabbe
as Frederick
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
as Porter
as Maurice Horton
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
as Duncan Phipps
as Second Admiral
as Self
as Brown
as Monty
as Cardinal
as Canon Humphrey Appleton
as Willie Tuttle
as Hans Koopman
as Allardyce
as Captain Billings
as Anton
as Pot Belly
as Sir John Falstaff
as Collins
as Sidney Barron
as Cheerful Bernie
as Henry Jay
as Premier Dubienkin
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
as Jean-Pierre
as Sir Tom
as Self
as Head Porter - Caius College
as Terrorist
as Studio Engineer
as Derek Farrow
as Factory Boss
as Officer
as Self
as Bedworth Hogg
as Sam Broadbent
as Window Cleaner
as Ronnie Harries
as Mr. Ridealgh
as Interpreter
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Winner