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