Birthday
1947/07/31
Day of death
2013/03/28 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
Річард Гріффітс
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 fil...Read more
(2002) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Vernon Dursley
(2001) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Vernon Dursley
(2004) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Vernon Dursley
(2007) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
as Vernon Dursley
(2008) Bedtime Stories
as Barry Nottingham
(2011) Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as King George
(1999) Sleepy Hollow
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
(1991) King Ralph
as Duncan Phipps
(2008) Ballet Shoes
as Great Uncle Matthew
(1977) Twelve Off the Belt
as Bedworth Hogg
(2000) Vatel
as Dr. Bourdelot
(2006) The History Boys
as Hector
(2010) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
as Vernon Dursley
(1982) Britannia Hospital
as Cheerful Bernie
(2004) Stage Beauty
as Sir Charles Sedley
(2008) A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Santa Claus
(1992) Blame It on the Bellboy
as Maurice Horton
(1987) Withnail & I
as Monty
(2006) Venus
as Donald
(1995) Funny Bones
as Jim Minty
(2011) Hugo
as Monsieur Frick
(1984) A Private Function
as Allardyce
(1986) Shanghai Surprise
as Willie Tuttle
(2005) Opa!
as Tierrney
(1989) Goldeneye
as Second Admiral
(2012) Private Peaceful
as The Colonel
(1982) The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
as Sidney Barron
(1982) A Light Snack
as The Window Cleaner
(2014) Showing Up
as Self
(2010) National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
(1983) Gorky Park
as Anton
(1994) Guarding Tess
as Frederick
(1978) The Comedy of Errors
as Officer
(1998) Ted & Ralph
as Landowner at Party
(1987) Casanova
as Cardinal
(1982) Gandhi
as Collins
(1977) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
as Board Member
(1974) Norma
as Park Keeper
(1979) Afternoon Off
as Factory Boss
(1992) Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
as Porter
(2003) The Brides in the Bath
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
(1984) Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Captain Billings
(1981) Ragtime
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
(1991) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
(2005) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
as Jeltz (voice)
(1980) Superman II
as Terrorist
(1989) The Movie Life of George
as Self
(1976) It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Sam Broadbent
(2002) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
as Willie Whitelaw
(2010) Jackboots on Whitehall
as Hermann Goering (voice)
(1980) Breaking Glass
as Studio Engineer
(1981) Chariots of Fire
as Head Porter - Caius College
(1994) A Breed of Heroes
as Brian Beasely
(1981) The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Sir Tom
(1976) Well Thank You, Thursday
as Window Cleaner
(2013) About Time
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
(1982) The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Sir John Falstaff
(2000) Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
as Self
(1992) The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
(2005) Princes in the Tower
as Thomas More voice
(1981) Bergerac
as Jean-Pierre
(1994) Pie in the Sky
as Henry Crabbe
(2005) Bleak House
as Mr. Bayham Badger
(1982) Whoops Apocalypse
as ---
(1986) Boon
as ---
(1982) Countdown
as ---
(1987) Inspector Morse
as Canon Humphrey Appleton
(1975) The Sweeney
as Ronnie Harries
(1986) Lovejoy
as Hans Koopman
(2000) Gormenghast
as Swelter
(2002) TLC
as ---
(1982) Bird of Prey
as ---
(1983) The Cleopatras
as Pot Belly
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(1987) Ffizz
as ---
(1988) Kind of Living
as ---
(1981) Six Fifty-Five Special
as Self
(1999) Hope and Glory
as Leo Wheeldon
(1987) The Marksman
as Brown
(1990) Perfect Scoundrels
as Phil Kirby
(1979) Minder
as Derek Farrow
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
(1972) Crown Court
as Interpreter
(1998) In the Red
as Geoffrey Crichton Potter
(1974) Village Hall
as Mr. Ridealgh
(1992) The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1990) El C.I.D.
as Weatherby
(2012) The Hollow Crown
as Duke of Burgundy
(2011) Episodes
as Julian Bullard