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