Richard Griffiths
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).
94 acting credits
Acting · 94
Minder
1979
Crown Court
1972
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Tony Awards
1956
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Inspector Morse
1987
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Bergerac
1981
The Sweeney
1975
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
An Audience with...
1978
Pie in the Sky
1994
ITV Playhouse
1967
Lovejoy
1986
Pebble Mill
1991
About Time
2013
Episodes
2011
The Hollow Crown
2012
Boon
1986
Sleepy Hollow
1999
Hugo
2011
Bleak House
2005
Bedtime Stories
2008
Superman II
1980
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005
Chariots of Fire
1981
Gandhi
1982
Gormenghast
2000
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
In the Red
1998
Countdown
1982
The Cleopatras
1983
El C.I.D.
1990
tlc
2002
Bird of Prey
1982
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
Gorky Park
1983
Guarding Tess
1994
Ragtime
1981
Withnail & I
1987
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
Village Hall
1974
Hope and Glory
1999
Ballet Shoes
2008
King Ralph
1991
The History Boys
2006
Stage Beauty
2004
The Marksman
1987
Venus
2006
Ffizz
1987
A Kind of Living
1988
Shanghai Surprise
1986
Vatel
2000
Private Peaceful
2012
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
A Private Function
1984
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992
Showing Up
2014
Breaking Glass
1980
Britannia Hospital
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
A Breed of Heroes
1994
Goldeneye
1989
Funny Bones
1995
The Movie Life of George
1989
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992
Opa!
2005
Casanova
1987
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
Afternoon Off
1979
The Comedy of Errors
1978
Red Letter Day
1976
Ted & Ralph
1998
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977
Twelve Off the Belt
1977
A Light Snack
1982
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976
The Animal Train
1998
The Brides in the Bath
2003
Princes in the Tower
2005
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982
Norma
1974
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
1996