Richard Griffiths

About

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),...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneMovie • 2001Crown CourtSeries • 1972MinderSeries • 1979Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMovie • 2002Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanMovie • 2004ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1Movie • 2010Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixMovie • 2007BergeracSeries • 1981TFI FridaySeries • 1996Inspector MorseSeries • 1987Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesMovie • 2011The SweeneySeries • 1975EpisodesSeries • 2011Sleepy HollowMovie • 1999The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries • 1978About TimeMovie • 2013LovejoySeries • 1986Pie in the SkySeries • 1994The Hollow CrownSeries • 2012Bedtime StoriesMovie • 2008BoonSeries • 1986Screen OneSeries • 1989Superman IIMovie • 1980