Richard Griffiths

★ Acting #810

1947 - 2013 (age 65) • Acting

Born: 7/31/1947 in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Died: 3/28/2013 (age 65)

Known for: Acting

Richard Griffiths

★ Acting #810

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.

Known For

Sleepy Hollow

72%

Bürgermeister Phillipse

1999

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

68%

Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

1991

Withnail & I

72%

Monty

1987

Guarding Tess

60%

Frederick

1994

Gorky Park

63%

Anton

1983

King Ralph

54%

Phipps

1991

Ballet Shoes

63%

Great Uncle Matthew

2008

The History Boys

66%

Hector

2006

Showing Up

92%

Self

2014

About Time

79%

Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

2013

Private Peaceful

66%

The Colonel

2012

The Hollow Crown

74%

Duke of Burgundy

2012

Hugo

72%

Monsieur Frick

2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

66%

King George

2011

Episodes

72%

Julian Bullard

2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

77%

Vernon Dursley

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

49%

Hermann Goering (voice)

2010

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

80%

Fitz / W. H. Auden

2010

Bedtime Stories

62%

Barry Nottingham

2008

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

59%

Santa Claus

2008

Ballet Shoes

63%

Great Uncle Matthew

2008

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

77%

Vernon Dursley

2007

The History Boys

66%

Hector

2006

Venus

66%

Donald

2006

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

85%

Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton

2006

Opa!

60%

Tierrney

2005

Bleak House

80%

Mr. Bayham Badger

2005

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

67%

Jeltz (voice)

2005

Princes in the Tower

90%

Thomas More voice

2005

Stage Beauty

66%

Sir Charles Sedley

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

80%

Vernon Dursley

2004

The Brides in the Bath

57%

Sir Edward Marshall-Hall

2003

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

47%

Willie Whitelaw

2002

tlc

62%

Unknown

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

77%

Vernon Dursley

2002

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

79%

Uncle Vernon Dursley

2001