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