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