Richard Griffiths
Known for: Acting
Born: July 31, 1947
Died: March 28, 2013
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 fil…
Known for
The History Boys
2006
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
Opa!
2005
A Light Snack
1982
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
Twelve Off the Belt
1977
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Withnail & I
1987
Private Peaceful
2012
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
The Brides in the Bath
2003
A Private Function
1984
Shanghai Surprise
1986
King Ralph
1991
Venus
2006
Funny Bones
1995
Norma
1974
A Breed of Heroes
1994
The Animal Train
1998
Goldeneye
1989
Guarding Tess
1994
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Ballet Shoes
2008
Gorky Park
1983
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
Bedtime Stories
2008
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
Princes in the Tower
2005
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Vatel
2000
Stage Beauty
2004
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
Showing Up
2014
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Hugo
2011
Casanova
1987
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
The Comedy of Errors
1978
The Movie Life of George
1989
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Breaking Glass
1980
Britannia Hospital
1982
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Chariots of Fire
1981
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Superman II
1980
Afternoon Off
1979
Ted & Ralph
1998
Gandhi
1982
Ragtime
1981
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
About Time
2013
Bergerac
1981
Pie in the Sky
1994
Bleak House
2005
Boon
1986
Countdown
1982
Inspector Morse
1987
The Sweeney
1975
Lovejoy
1986
Pebble Mill
1991
Ffizz
1987
A Kind of Living
1988
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
Hope and Glory
1999
The Marksman
1987
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
Minder
1979
Crown Court
1972
In the Red
1998
Village Hall
1974
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
An Audience with...
1978
El C.I.D.
1990
The Hollow Crown
2012
Episodes
2011
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
Bird of Prey
1982
The Cleopatras
1983
tlc
2002
Gormenghast
2000
Tony Awards
1956
ITV Playhouse
1967
Red Letter Day
1976
Screen One
1989
Second City Firsts
1973
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978