Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths is an English actor of stage, film and television. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in the play The History Boys. He is also known for his portrayal of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, Uncle Monty in Withnail and I and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky. On March 29th 2013 Richard died due to complications following heart surgery.
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- Born:
- Jul 31, 1947 In Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 78
- First Appeared:
- In the series Crown Court 1972-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Showing Up 2014-02-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Showing Up | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | About Time | Lawyer in Play (uncredited) | 2013-09-04 |
| Movie | Private Peaceful | The Colonel | 2012-10-12 |
| Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | King George | 2011-05-15 |
| Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Frick | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Fitz / W. H. Auden | 2010-04-22 |
| Movie | Jackboots on Whitehall | Hermann Goering (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Vernon Dursley | 2010-11-17 |
| Movie | Ballet Shoes | Great Uncle Matthew | 2008-08-26 |
| Movie | Bedtime Stories | Barry Nottingham | 2008-12-24 |
| Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Santa Claus | 2008-12-17 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Vernon Dursley | 2007-07-08 |
| Movie | Venus | Donald | 2006-09-02 |
| Movie | The History Boys | Hector | 2006-10-02 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Jeltz (voice) | 2005-04-28 |
| Movie | Opa! | Tierrney | 2005-11-13 |
| Series | Bleak House | Unknown | 2005-10-27 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Vernon Dursley | 2004-05-31 |
| Movie | Stage Beauty | Sir Charles Sedley | 2004-09-03 |
| Movie | The Brides in the Bath | Sir Edward Marshall-Hall | 2003-12-31 |
| Series | TLC | 2002-11-17 | |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Vernon Dursley | 2002-11-13 |
| Movie | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Willie Whitelaw | 2002-12-01 |
| Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Vernon Dursley | 2001-11-16 |
| Series | Gormenghast | Swelter | 2000-01-17 |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
| Movie | Vatel | Dr. Bourdelot | 2000-05-01 |
| Series | Hope and Glory | 1999-06-22 | |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Bürgermeister Phillipse | 1999-11-19 |
| Movie | Ted & Ralph | Landowner at Party | 1998-12-26 |
| Series | In the Red | Geoffrey Crichton Potter | 1998-05-26 |
| Movie | Funny Bones | Jim Minty | 1995-09-20 |
| Movie | Guarding Tess | Frederick | 1994-03-11 |
| Movie | A Breed of Heroes | Brian Beasely | 1994-09-04 |
| Series | Pie in the Sky | Henry Crabbe | 1994-03-13 |
| Movie | Model by Day | Ronnie | 1993-10-10 |
| Movie | Blame It on the Bellboy | Maurice Horton | 1992-01-24 |
| Movie | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Mr. Wakefield's Crusade | Porter | 1992-04-22 |
| Movie | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker | 1991-06-28 |
| Movie | King Ralph | Duncan Phipps | 1991-02-15 |
| Series | Pebble Mill | Unknown | 1991-10-14 |
| Movie | Goldeneye | Second Admiral | 1989-08-26 |
| Series | A Kind of Living | 1988-02-19 | |
| Movie | Casanova | Cardinal | 1987-03-01 |
| Movie | Withnail & I | Monty | 1987-06-19 |
| Series | Inspector Morse | Unknown | 1987-01-06 |
| Series | Ffizz | 1987-09-09 | |
| Series | The Marksman | Brown | 1987-12-04 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Unknown | 1986-01-10 |
| Movie | Shanghai Surprise | Willie Tuttle | 1986-08-29 |
| Series | Boon | Unknown | 1986-01-14 |
| Movie | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Captain Billings | 1984-03-30 |
| Movie | A Private Function | Allardyce | 1984-11-09 |
| Series | The Cleopatras | Pot Belly | 1983-01-19 |
| Movie | Gorky Park | Anton | 1983-12-15 |
| Movie | Britannia Hospital | Cheerful Bernie | 1982-05-27 |
| Series | Bird of Prey | Henry Jay | 1982-04-22 |
| Series | Whoops Apocalypse | Unknown | 1982-03-14 |
| Movie | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | Sidney Barron | 1982-06-13 |
| Movie | Gandhi | Collins | 1982-12-01 |
| Movie | A Light Snack | The Window Cleaner | 1982-09-08 |
| Movie | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Sir John Falstaff | 1982-12-28 |
| Series | Countdown | Unknown | 1982-11-02 |
| Movie | Chariots of Fire | Head Porter - Caius College | 1981-05-15 |
| Series | Six Fifty-Five Special | Unknown | 1981-07-13 |
| Series | Bergerac | Unknown | 1981-10-18 |
| Movie | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sir Tom | 1981-08-28 |
| Movie | Ragtime | Delmas' Assistant No. 1 | 1981-11-20 |
| Movie | Breaking Glass | Studio Engineer | 1980-10-01 |
| Movie | Superman II | Terrorist | 1980-12-12 |
| Movie | Afternoon Off | Factory Boss | 1979-02-03 |
| Movie | The Comedy of Errors | Officer | 1978-10-17 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |
| Series | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Unknown | 1978-12-03 |
| Movie | Well Thank You, Thursday | Window Cleaner | 1976-01-25 |
| Movie | It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet | Sam Broadbent | 1976-11-18 |
| Series | Crown Court | Unknown | 1972-10-11 |