Richard Griffiths
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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
Credits
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
as Uncle Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
as Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
as Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
as Vernon Dursley
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as King George
About Time (2013)
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
Bedtime Stories (2008)
as Barry Nottingham
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
as Jeltz (voice)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
Superman II (1980)
as Terrorist
Hugo (2011)
as Monsieur Frick
Chariots of Fire (1981)
as Head Porter - Caius College
Gandhi (1982)
as Collins
Guarding Tess (1994)
as Frederick
Gorky Park (1983)
as Anton
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
as Captain Billings
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
as Sir Tom
Withnail & I (1987)
as Monty
The History Boys (2006)
as Hector
Ballet Shoes (2008)
as Great Uncle Matthew
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
as Santa Claus
King Ralph (1991)
as Phipps
Stage Beauty (2004)
as Sir Charles Sedley
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
as Willie Tuttle
Vatel (2000)
as Dr. Bourdelot
Funny Bones (1995)
as Jim Minty
Ragtime (1981)
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)
as Maurice Horton
Breaking Glass (1980)
as Studio Engineer
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000)
as Self
Venus (2006)
as Donald
Britannia Hospital (1982)
as Cheerful Bernie
The Movie Life of George (1989)
as Self
Private Peaceful (2012)
as The Colonel
Casanova (1987)
as Cardinal
A Private Function (1984)
as Allardyce
The Brides in the Bath (2003)
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Showing Up (2014)
as Self
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992)
as Porter
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
as Sir John Falstaff
Norma (1974)
as Park Keeper
Twelve Off the Belt (1977)
as Bedworth Hogg
Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
as Hermann Goering (voice)
A Breed of Heroes (1994)
as Brian Beasely
The Animal Train (1998)
as Elephant
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)
as Sidney Barron
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art (2010)
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (2006)
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
The Comedy of Errors (1978)
as Officer
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse (1996)
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
Well Thank You, Thursday (1976)
as Window Cleaner
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1977)
as Board Member
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)
as Sam Broadbent
Opa! (2005)
as Tierrney
Goldeneye (1989)
as Second Admiral
Afternoon Off (1979)
as Factory Boss
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)
as Willie Whitelaw
Princes in the Tower (2005)
as Thomas More voice
Ted & Ralph (1998)
as Landowner at Party
A Light Snack (1982)
as The Window Cleaner