Richard Griffiths

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).

Filmography (93 Appearances)

Showing Up

2014

About Time

2013

Private Peaceful

2012

The Hollow Crown

2012

Hugo

2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

Episodes

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

2010

Bedtime Stories

2008

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

Ballet Shoes

2008

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

The History Boys

2006

Venus

2006

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

2006

Opa!

2005

Bleak House

2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

Princes in the Tower

2005

Stage Beauty

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

The Brides in the Bath

2003

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

tlc

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

Vatel

2000

Gormenghast

2000

Sleepy Hollow

1999

Hope and Glory

1999

Ted & Ralph

1998

The Animal Train

1998

In the Red

1998

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse

1996

Funny Bones

1995

A Breed of Heroes

1994

Pie in the Sky

1994

Guarding Tess

1994

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

1992

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

Pebble Mill

1991

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991

King Ralph

1991

Perfect Scoundrels

1990

El C.I.D.

1990

Goldeneye

1989

The Movie Life of George

1989

A Kind of Living

1988

The Marksman

1987

Ffizz

1987

Withnail & I

1987

Casanova

1987

Inspector Morse

1987

Shanghai Surprise

1986

Boon

1986

Lovejoy

1986

A Private Function

1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

Gorky Park

1983

The Cleopatras

1983

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

Gandhi

1982

Countdown

1982

A Light Snack

1982

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

1982

Britannia Hospital

1982

Bird of Prey

1982

Whoops Apocalypse

1982

Ragtime

1981

Bergerac

1981

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

Six Fifty-Five Special

1981

Chariots of Fire

1981

Superman II

1980

Breaking Glass

1980

Minder

1979

Afternoon Off

1979

The Comedy of Errors

1978

An Audience with...

1978

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

1977

Twelve Off the Belt

1977

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

Well Thank You, Thursday

1976

The Sweeney

1975

Norma

1974 Debut

Village Hall

1974

Crown Court

1972

ITV Playhouse

1967

Tony Awards

1956
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