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Richard Griffiths
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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 wo…
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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).
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2014
Showing Up
Movie Self
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2013
About Time
Movie Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
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2012
Private Peaceful
Movie The Colonel
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2012
The Hollow Crown
TV show Duke of Burgundy
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2011
Hugo
Movie Monsieur Frick
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2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie King George
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2011
Episodes
TV show Julian Bullard
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2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Movie Vernon Dursley
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2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
Movie Hermann Goering (voice)
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2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Movie Fitz / W. H. Auden
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2008
Bedtime Stories
Movie Barry Nottingham
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2008
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Movie Santa Claus
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2008
Ballet Shoes
Movie Great Uncle Matthew
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2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Movie Vernon Dursley
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2006
The History Boys
Movie Hector
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2006
Venus
Movie Donald
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2006
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
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2005
Opa!
Movie Tierrney
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2005
Bleak House
TV show Mr. Bayham Badger
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2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Movie Jeltz (voice)
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2005
Princes in the Tower
Movie Thomas More voice
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2004
Stage Beauty
Movie Sir Charles Sedley
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2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie Vernon Dursley
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2003
The Brides in the Bath
Movie Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
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2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Movie Willie Whitelaw
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2002
tlc
TV show Mr Benedict Ron
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2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Movie Vernon Dursley
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2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie Uncle Vernon Dursley
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2000
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Movie Self
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2000
Vatel
Movie Dr. Bourdelot
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2000
Gormenghast
TV show Swelter
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1999
Sleepy Hollow
Movie Bürgermeister Phillipse
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1999
Hope and Glory
TV show Leo Wheeldon
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1998
Ted & Ralph
Movie Landowner at Party
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1998
The Animal Train
Movie Elephant
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1998
In the Red
TV show Geoffrey Crichton Potter
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1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
Movie Mr. Jackson (voice)
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1996
TFI Friday
TV show
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1995
Funny Bones
Movie Jim Minty
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1994
A Breed of Heroes
Movie Brian Beasely
