Richard Griffiths
b. 1947 — d. 2013 (aged 66)
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Actor
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.2
Private Peaceful
2012 Actor
The Colonel
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★ 6.6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 Actor
King George
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George and Bernard Shaw
2011 Actor
Bernard
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★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 Actor
Vernon Dursley
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★ 8.0
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010 Actor
W.H. Auden
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Alan Bennett and the Habit of Art
2010 Self
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★ 6.0
Bedtime Stories
2008 Actor
Barry Nottingham
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★ 6.3
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008 Actor
Santa Claus
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★ 6.6
Ballet Shoes
2007 Actor
Great Uncle Matthew
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★ 6.8
The History Boys
2006 Actor
Hector
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51st Annual Drama Desk Awards
2006 Self
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★ 6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 Actor
Jeltz
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★ 6.1
Lost in Love
2005 Actor
Tierney
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★ 7.5
Princes in the Tower
2005 Actor
Thomas More
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★ 7.9
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 Actor
Uncle Vernon
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★ 6.5
The Brides in the Bath
2003 Actor
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
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★ 7.5
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002 Actor
Uncle Vernon
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★ 6.9
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002 Actor
Willie Whitelaw
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★ 7.3
tlc
2002 Actor
Mr. Benedict Ron
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★ 7.7
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001 Actor
Uncle Vernon Dursley
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★ 6.6
Vatel
2000 Actor
Dr. Bourdelot
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★ 7.5
Christmas Glory 2000
2000 Actor
Reader
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★ 7.3
Sleepy Hollow
1999 Actor
Magistrate Philipse
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★ 7.8
In the Red
1998 Actor
Geoffrey Crichton Potter
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★ 7.8
Archibald the Koala
1998 Actor
Archibald
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★ 6.9
The Animal Train
1998 Actor
Elephant
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Smillie's People
1996 Self
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★ 6.7
Funny Bones
1995 Actor
Jim Minty
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★ 6.2
Guarding Tess
1994 Actor
Frederick
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★ 7.7
Pie in the Sky
1994 Actor
Henry Crabbe
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★ 5.6
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992 Actor
Maurice Horton
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★ 8.1
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992 Actor
Porter
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★ 6.9
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991 Actor
Earl Hacker
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★ 5.4
King Ralph
1991 Actor
Phipps
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★ 6.1
Goldeneye
1989 Actor
Second admiral
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★ 6.7
A Kind of Living
1988 Actor
Trevor Beasley
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★ 7.5
Withnail and I
1987 Actor
Monty
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★ 7.6
Ffizz
1987 Actor
Jack Mowbray
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★ 6.5
The Marksman
1987 Actor
Brown
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★ 3.3
Shanghai Surprise
1986 Actor
Willie Tuttle
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★ 6.5
A Private Function
1984 Actor
Allardyce
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★ 8.3
Bird of Prey 2
1984 Actor
Henry Jay
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★ 6.7
Gorky Park
1983 Actor
Anton
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★ 6.8
The Cleopatras
1983 Actor
Pot Belly
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★ 7.3
Whoops Apocalypse
1982 Actor
Premier Dubienkin
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★ 6.9
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 Actor
Sir John Falstaff
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★ 8.3
Bird of Prey
1982 Actor
Henry Jay
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The Book Game
1982 Self
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Connections
1982 Self
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Prisoners of Conscience
1981 Actor
William Beausire
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The Shattered Dream: Employment in the Eighties
1981 Actor
Voice-over
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★ 6.8
Nobody's Perfect
1980 Actor
Writer
Sam Hooper
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★ 6.8
Five-Minute Films
1975 Actor
The Window Cleaner