Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 31, 1947
Died
Mar 28, 2013
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
99 titles
Richard Griffiths
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
Filmography
Showing Up
Self
About Time
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Private Peaceful
The Colonel
The Hollow Crown
Duke of Burgundy
Hugo
Monsieur Frick
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
King George
Episodes
Julian Bullard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Vernon Dursley
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hermann Goering (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Fitz / W. H. Auden
Bedtime Stories
Barry Nottingham
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Santa Claus
Ballet Shoes
Great Uncle Matthew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Vernon Dursley
The History Boys
Hector
Venus
Donald
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
Opa!
Tierrney
Bleak House
Mr. Bayham Badger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeltz (voice)
Princes in the Tower
Thomas More voice
Stage Beauty
Sir Charles Sedley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Vernon Dursley
The Brides in the Bath
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Willie Whitelaw
tlc
Mr Benedict Ron
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Vernon Dursley
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
Vatel
Dr. Bourdelot
Gormenghast
Swelter
Sleepy Hollow
Bürgermeister Phillipse
Hope and Glory
Leo Wheeldon
Ted & Ralph
Landowner at Party
The Animal Train
Elephant
In the Red
Geoffrey Crichton Potter
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
Mr. Jackson (voice)
TFI Friday
Funny Bones
Jim Minty
A Breed of Heroes
Brian Beasely
Pie in the Sky
Henry Crabbe
Guarding Tess
Frederick
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jackson (voice)
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Porter
Blame It on the Bellboy
Maurice Horton
Pebble Mill
Self
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
King Ralph
Duncan Phipps
Perfect Scoundrels
Phil Kirby
El C.I.D.
Weatherby