Richard Griffiths

Actor Jul 31 (died age 65) Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK 1956–2014 (58 year career)

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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 fil…

Known For

Film

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Vernon Dursley

Film

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Vernon Dursley

Film

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Vernon Dursley

Film

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Vernon Dursley

Film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Vernon Dursley

Film

About Time

Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

Film

Hugo

Monsieur Frick

Film

Sleepy Hollow

Bürgermeister Phillipse

Filmography

Acting (94)

Movies (62)

Showing Up

2014

as Self

9.2

About Time

2013

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

7.9

Private Peaceful

2012

as The Colonel

6.6

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

as King George

Hugo

as Monsieur Frick

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Vernon Dursley

7.7

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

2010

as Fitz / W. H. Auden

8.0

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

as Hermann Goering (voice)

Bedtime Stories

as Barry Nottingham

Ballet Shoes

as Great Uncle Matthew

6.4

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

as Santa Claus

5.9

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

as Vernon Dursley

Venus

as Donald

The History Boys

as Hector

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

2006

as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton

8.3

Princes in the Tower

2005

as Thomas More voice

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as Jeltz (voice)

Opa!

as Tierrney

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

as Vernon Dursley

8.0

Stage Beauty

2004

as Sir Charles Sedley

6.6

The Brides in the Bath

2003

as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall

5.4

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Vernon Dursley

7.7

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

as Willie Whitelaw

4.2

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Vernon Dursley

Vatel

as Dr. Bourdelot

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

as Self

7.1

Sleepy Hollow

1999

as Bürgermeister Phillipse

7.2

Ted & Ralph

1998

as Landowner at Party

6.6

The Animal Train

1998

as Elephant

7.0

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse

1996

as Mr. Jackson (voice)

Funny Bones

as Jim Minty

Guarding Tess

as Frederick

A Breed of Heroes

as Brian Beasely

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

1992

as Porter

4.5

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Maurice Horton

5.3

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991

as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

King Ralph

as Duncan Phipps

Goldeneye

as Second Admiral

The Movie Life of George

1989

as Self

Withnail & I

as Monty

Casanova

as Cardinal

Shanghai Surprise

as Willie Tuttle

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

as Captain Billings

A Private Function

as Allardyce

Gorky Park

as Anton

Gandhi

as Collins

Britannia Hospital

as Cheerful Bernie

A Light Snack

as The Window Cleaner

5.8

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

as Sir John Falstaff

8.0

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

1982

as Sidney Barron

7.0

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Head Porter - Caius College

6.8

Ragtime

1981

as Delmas' Assistant No. 1

7.0

The French Lieutenant's Woman

as Sir Tom

Superman II

as Terrorist

Breaking Glass

as Studio Engineer

Afternoon Off

as Factory Boss

The Comedy of Errors

1978

as Officer

8.8

Twelve Off the Belt

1977

as Bedworth Hogg

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

1977

as Board Member

Well Thank You, Thursday

1976

as Window Cleaner

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

as Sam Broadbent

6.0

Norma

1974

as Park Keeper

Television (32)

The Hollow Crown

as Duke of Burgundy

Episodes

as Julian Bullard

Bleak House

as Mr. Bayham Badger

tlc

as Mr Benedict Ron

Gormenghast

as Swelter

Gormenghast

as Swelter

Hope and Glory

as Leo Wheeldon

In the Red

as Geoffrey Crichton Potter

5.5

Pie in the Sky

1994

as Henry Crabbe

8.3

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

as Mr. Jackson (voice)

Pebble Mill

as Self

Perfect Scoundrels

as Phil Kirby

El C.I.D.

as Weatherby

A Kind of Living

1988

as Trevor Beasley

5.0

Inspector Morse

1987

as Canon Humphrey Appleton

7.9

The Marksman

1987

as Brown

Ffizz

Lovejoy

as Hans Koopman

Boon

The Cleopatras

as Pot Belly

Whoops Apocalypse

as Premier Dubienkin

Countdown

Bird of Prey

as Henry Jay

Bergerac

as Jean-Pierre

Six Fifty-Five Special

1981

as Self

Minder

as Derek Farrow

An Audience with...

as Self

The Sweeney

as Ronnie Harries

Village Hall

as Mr. Ridealgh

Crown Court

as Interpreter

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner