Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Birthdate
July 31, 1947 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of Death
March 28, 2013
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
July 31, 1947 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of Death
March 28, 2013
Known For
Acting

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).

Richard Griffiths's LGBTQ+ Titles

The History Boys
The History Boys
Hector

Acting (92)

2014
Showing Up as Self
2013
About Time as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
2012
Private Peaceful as The Colonel
2012
The Hollow Crown as Duke of Burgundy (1 episode)
2011
Hugo as Monsieur Frick
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as King George
2011
Episodes as Julian Bullard (1 episode)
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Vernon Dursley
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall as Hermann Goering (voice)
2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art as Fitz / W. H. Auden
2008
Bedtime Stories as Barry Nottingham
2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa as Santa Claus
2008
Ballet Shoes as Great Uncle Matthew
2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Vernon Dursley
2006
The History Boys as Hector
2006
Venus as Donald
2005
Opa! as Tierrney
2005
Bleak House as Mr. Bayham Badger (2 episodes)
2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Jeltz (voice)
2005
Princes in the Tower as Thomas More voice
2004
Stage Beauty as Sir Charles Sedley
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Vernon Dursley
2003
The Brides in the Bath as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth as Willie Whitelaw
2002
TLC (6 episodes)
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Vernon Dursley
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Vernon Dursley
2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
2000
Vatel as Dr. Bourdelot
2000
Gormenghast as Swelter (4 episodes)
1999
Sleepy Hollow as Bürgermeister Phillipse
1999
Hope and Glory as Leo Wheeldon (2 episodes)
1998
Ted & Ralph as Landowner at Party
1998
In the Red as Geoffrey Crichton Potter (3 episodes)
1995
Funny Bones as Jim Minty
1994
A Breed of Heroes as Brian Beasely
1994
Pie in the Sky as Henry Crabbe (40 episodes)
1994
Guarding Tess as Frederick
1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. Jackson (voice) (1 episode)
1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade as Porter
1992
Blame It on the Bellboy as Maurice Horton
1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
1991
Pebble Mill as Self (1 episode)
1991
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
1991
King Ralph as Duncan Phipps
1990
Perfect Scoundrels as Phil Kirby (1 episode)
1990
El C.I.D. as Weatherby (1 episode)
1989
Goldeneye as Second Admiral
1989
The Movie Life of George as Self
1988
Kind of Living (26 episodes)
1987
The Marksman as Brown (3 episodes)
1987
Ffizz (12 episodes)
1987
Withnail & I as Monty
1987
Casanova as Cardinal
1987
Inspector Morse as Canon Humphrey Appleton (2 episodes)
1986
Shanghai Surprise as Willie Tuttle
1986
Boon (1 episode)
1986
Lovejoy as Hans Koopman (1 episode)
1984
A Private Function as Allardyce
1984
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes as Captain Billings
1983
Gorky Park as Anton
1983
The Cleopatras as Pot Belly (8 episodes)
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff
1982
Gandhi as Collins
1982
Countdown (5 episodes)
1982
A Light Snack as The Window Cleaner
1982
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale as Sidney Barron
1982
Britannia Hospital as Cheerful Bernie
1982
Bird of Prey (8 episodes)
1982
Whoops Apocalypse (3 episodes)
1981
Ragtime as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
1981
Bergerac as Jean-Pierre (1 episode)
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman as Sir Tom
1981
Six Fifty-Five Special as Self (1 episode)
1981
Chariots of Fire as Head Porter - Caius College
1980
Superman II as Terrorist
1980
Breaking Glass as Studio Engineer
1979
Minder as Derek Farrow (1 episode)
1979
Afternoon Off as Factory Boss
1978
BBC Television Shakespeare (1 episode)
1978
The Comedy of Errors as Officer
1978
An Audience with... as Self (1 episode)
1977
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll as Board Member
1977
Twelve Off the Belt as Bedworth Hogg
1976
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
Well Thank You, Thursday as Window Cleaner
1975
The Sweeney as Ronnie Harries (1 episode)
1974
Norma as Park Keeper
1974
Village Hall as Mr. Ridealgh (1 episode)
1972
Crown Court as Interpreter (2 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Winner (1 episode)