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Richard Griffiths
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Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 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).
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Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 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
Bergerac
The Hollow Crown
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Six Fifty-Five Special
Bleak House
Hope and Glory
Episodes
About Time
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Ragtime
Gandhi
Superman II
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
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
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Bedtime Stories
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ted & Ralph
Ballet Shoes
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Sleepy Hollow
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
TLC
A Breed of Heroes
The Marksman
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
A Light Snack
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Pie in the Sky
Bird of Prey
The History Boys
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