
Richard Griffiths
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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 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).
Known For

Tony Awards

Lovejoy

Pebble Mill

Inspector Morse

The Hollow Crown

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Six Fifty-Five Special

Bleak House

Episodes

Hope and Glory

About Time

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

Ragtime

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Gandhi

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Superman II

Chariots of Fire

Britannia Hospital

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Hugo

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Bedtime Stories

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Ted & Ralph

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sleepy Hollow

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Ballet Shoes

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

TLC

A Breed of Heroes

The Marksman

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

A Light Snack

The History Boys

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Bird of Prey

Pie in the Sky
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