Richard Griffiths
Acting • Born 1947-07-31 – Died 2013-03-28
Biography
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).
Filmography
91 credits
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie • 2001
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie • 2002
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie • 2004
Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie • 2007
Vernon Dursley
Bedtime Stories
Movie • 2008
Barry Nottingham
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie • 2011
King George
Sleepy Hollow
Movie • 1999
Bürgermeister Phillipse
King Ralph
Movie • 1991
Duncan Phipps
Ballet Shoes
Movie • 2008
Great Uncle Matthew
Twelve Off the Belt
Movie • 1977
Bedworth Hogg
Vatel
Movie • 2000
Dr. Bourdelot
The History Boys
Movie • 2006
Hector
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie • 2010
Vernon Dursley
Britannia Hospital
Movie • 1982
Cheerful Bernie
Stage Beauty
Movie • 2004
Sir Charles Sedley
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Movie • 2008
Santa Claus
Blame It on the Bellboy
Movie • 1992
Maurice Horton
Withnail & I
Movie • 1987
Monty
Venus
Movie • 2006
Donald
Funny Bones
Movie • 1995
Jim Minty
Hugo
Movie • 2011
Monsieur Frick
A Private Function
Movie • 1984
Allardyce
Shanghai Surprise
Movie • 1986
Willie Tuttle
Opa!
Movie • 2005
Tierrney
Goldeneye
Movie • 1989
Second Admiral
Private Peaceful
Movie • 2012
The Colonel
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Movie • 1982
Sidney Barron
A Light Snack
Movie • 1982
The Window Cleaner
Showing Up
Movie • 2014
Self
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Movie • 2010
Fitz / W. H. Auden
Gorky Park
Movie • 1983
Anton
Guarding Tess
Movie • 1994
Frederick
The Comedy of Errors
Movie • 1978
Officer
Ted & Ralph
Movie • 1998
Landowner at Party
Casanova
Movie • 1987
Cardinal
Gandhi
Movie • 1982
Collins
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Movie • 1977
Board Member
Norma
Movie • 1974
Park Keeper
Afternoon Off
Movie • 1979
Factory Boss
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Movie • 1992
Porter
The Brides in the Bath
Movie • 2003
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Ragtime
Movie • 1981
Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie • 1984
Captain Billings
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Movie • 1991
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie • 2005
Jeltz (voice)
Superman II
Movie • 1980
Terrorist
The Movie Life of George
Movie • 1989
Self
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Movie • 1976
Sam Broadbent
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Movie • 2002
Willie Whitelaw
Jackboots on Whitehall
Movie • 2010
Hermann Goering (voice)
Breaking Glass
Movie • 1980
Studio Engineer
Chariots of Fire
Movie • 1981
Head Porter - Caius College
A Breed of Heroes
Movie • 1994
Brian Beasely
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie • 1981
Sir Tom
Well Thank You, Thursday
Movie • 1976
Window Cleaner
About Time
Movie • 2013
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie • 1982
Sir John Falstaff
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie • 2000
Self
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie • 2006
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
Princes in the Tower
Movie • 2005
Thomas More voice
The Animal Train
Movie • 1998
Elephant
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
Movie • 1996
Mr. Jackson (voice)
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Jean-Pierre
Pie in the Sky
TV • 1994
Henry Crabbe
Bleak House
TV • 2005
Mr. Bayham Badger
Boon
TV • 1986
Countdown
TV • 1982
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Canon Humphrey Appleton
The Sweeney
TV • 1975
Ronnie Harries
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Hans Koopman
Gormenghast
TV • 2000
Swelter
Pebble Mill
TV • 1991
Self
Ffizz
TV • 1987
A Kind of Living
TV • 1988
Trevor Beasley
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV • 1981
Self
Hope and Glory
TV • 1999
Leo Wheeldon
The Marksman
TV • 1987
Brown
Perfect Scoundrels
TV • 1990
Phil Kirby
Minder
TV • 1979
Derek Farrow
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Interpreter
In the Red
TV • 1998
Geoffrey Crichton Potter
Village Hall
TV • 1974
Mr. Ridealgh
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV • 1992
Mr. Jackson (voice)
An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self
El C.I.D.
TV • 1990
Weatherby
The Hollow Crown
TV • 2012
Duke of Burgundy
Episodes
TV • 2011
Julian Bullard
Whoops Apocalypse
TV • 1982
Premier Dubienkin
Bird of Prey
TV • 1982
Henry Jay
The Cleopatras
TV • 1983
Pot Belly
tlc
TV • 2002
Mr Benedict Ron