Richard Griffiths
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1947
- Died
- March 28, 2013
- Birthplace
- Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Showing Up 2014
as Self
About Time 2013
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
Private Peaceful 2012
as The Colonel
Hugo 2011
as Monsieur Frick
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
as King George
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 2010
as Vernon Dursley
Jackboots on Whitehall 2010
as Hermann Goering (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art 2010
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
Bedtime Stories 2008
as Barry Nottingham
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa 2008
as Santa Claus
Ballet Shoes 2008
as Great Uncle Matthew
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007
as Vernon Dursley
The History Boys 2006
as Hector
Venus 2006
as Donald
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends 2006
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
Opa! 2005
as Tierrney
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005
as Jeltz (voice)
- Princes in the Tower
Princes in the Tower 2005
as Thomas More voice
Stage Beauty 2004
as Sir Charles Sedley
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004
as Vernon Dursley
The Brides in the Bath 2003
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth 2002
as Willie Whitelaw
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002
as Vernon Dursley
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
as Uncle Vernon Dursley
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend 2000
as Self
Vatel 2000
as Dr. Bourdelot
Sleepy Hollow 1999
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
Ted & Ralph 1998
as Landowner at Party
The Animal Train 1998
as Elephant
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse 1996
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
Funny Bones 1995
as Jim Minty
A Breed of Heroes 1994
as Brian Beasely
Guarding Tess 1994
as Frederick
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade 1992
as Porter
Blame It on the Bellboy 1992
as Maurice Horton
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear 1991
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
King Ralph 1991
as Phipps
Goldeneye 1989
as Second Admiral
The Movie Life of George 1989
as Self
Withnail & I 1987
as Monty
Casanova 1987
as Cardinal
Shanghai Surprise 1986
as Willie Tuttle
A Private Function 1984
as Allardyce
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984
as Captain Billings
Gorky Park 1983
as Anton
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1982
as Sir John Falstaff
Gandhi 1982
as Collins
- A Light Snack
A Light Snack 1982
as The Window Cleaner
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale 1982
as Sidney Barron
Britannia Hospital 1982
as Cheerful Bernie
Ragtime 1981
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981
as Sir Tom
Chariots of Fire 1981
as Head Porter - Caius College
Superman II 1980
as Terrorist
Breaking Glass 1980
as Studio Engineer
Afternoon Off 1979
as Factory Boss
The Comedy of Errors 1978
as Officer
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 1977
as Board Member
Twelve Off the Belt 1977
as Bedworth Hogg
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet 1976
as Sam Broadbent
Well Thank You, Thursday 1976
as Window Cleaner
- Norma
Norma 1974
as Park Keeper
Credits from TMDB.