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