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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1947-07-31
- event Death Date 2013-03-28
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.4
- info Birth Place Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Richard Griffiths
7.8
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002-11-13
8.1
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004-05-31
8
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001-11-16
7.7
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007-07-08
6.2
Bedtime Stories
2008-12-24
6.6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011-05-15
7.2
Sleepy Hollow
1999-11-19
5.4
King Ralph
1991-02-15
6.4
Ballet Shoes
2008-08-26
0
Twelve Off the Belt
1977-05-03
6.1
Vatel
2000-05-01
6.7
The History Boys
2006-10-02
7.8
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010-11-17
6.4
Britannia Hospital
1982-05-27
6.7
Stage Beauty
2004-09-03
5.9
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008-12-17
5.3
Blame It on the Bellboy
1992-01-24
7.3
Withnail & I
1987-06-19
6.6
Venus
2006-09-02
6.5
Funny Bones
1995-09-20
7.2
Hugo
2011-11-22
6.3
A Private Function
1984-11-09
4.3
Shanghai Surprise
1986-08-29
5.4
Opa!
2005-11-13
6
Goldeneye
1989-08-26
6.7
Private Peaceful
2012-10-12
7
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
1982-06-13
5.8
A Light Snack
1982-09-08
9.2
Showing Up
2014-02-25
8
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
2010-04-22
6.3
Gorky Park
1983-12-15
6
Guarding Tess
1994-03-11
8.8
The Comedy of Errors
1978-10-17
6.6
Ted & Ralph
1998-12-26
4.4
Casanova
1987-03-01
7.6
Gandhi
1982-12-01
0
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1977-06-28
0
Norma
1974-10-15
0
Afternoon Off
1979-02-03
4.5
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
1992-04-22
5.9
The Brides in the Bath
2003-12-31
7.1
Ragtime
1981-11-20
6.3
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984-03-30
6.8
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
1991-06-28
6.7
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005-04-28
6.8
Superman II
1980-12-12
0
The Movie Life of George
1989-02-10
6
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976-11-18
3.5
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002-12-01
4.9
Jackboots on Whitehall
2010-10-08
6.9
Breaking Glass
1980-10-01
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981-05-15
1
A Breed of Heroes
1994-09-04
6.4
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981-08-28
0
Well Thank You, Thursday
1976-01-25
8
About Time
2013-09-04
8
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982-12-28
7
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000-05-23
6.5
Bergerac
1981-10-18
8.4
Pie in the Sky
1994-03-13
8.2
Bleak House
2005-10-27
7.2
Whoops Apocalypse
1982-03-14
5.6
Boon
1986-01-14
5.6
Countdown
1982-11-02
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987-01-06
7.7
The Sweeney
1975-01-02
7.4
Lovejoy
1986-01-10
7
Gormenghast
2000-01-17
4.5
TLC
2002-11-17
5.5
Bird of Prey
1982-04-22
3
The Cleopatras
1983-01-19
5.2
BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-12-03
3.2
Pebble Mill
1991-10-14
0
Ffizz
1987-09-09
5
Kind of Living
1988-02-19
0
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981-07-13
5
Hope and Glory
1999-06-22
0
The Marksman
1987-12-04
6
Perfect Scoundrels
1990-04-22
6.7
Minder
1979-10-29
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
5
Crown Court
1972-10-11
6.2
In the Red
1998-05-26
0
Village Hall
1974-07-16
6.2
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992-05-13
5.3
An Audience with...
1978-01-08
0
El C.I.D.
1990-02-07
7.4
The Hollow Crown
2012-06-30
7.3
Episodes
2011-01-09