Cast & creator
Richard Griffiths
Best known for Tony Awards, Tony Awards, Crown Court
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).
Also known as: Річард Гріффітс
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film credits
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television credits
102
1956–2014 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (103)
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Tony Awards
Self - Winner
1956Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Crown Court
Interpreter
1972
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Uncle Vernon Dursley
2001
Minder
Derek Farrow
1979
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Vernon Dursley
2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Vernon Dursley
2004
ITV Playhouse
Park keeper
1967ITV Playhouse
Board member
1967
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Vernon Dursley
2007
Bergerac
Jean-Pierre
1981
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Vernon Dursley
2010
An Audience with...
Self
1978Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Inspector Morse
Canon Humphrey Appleton
1987
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
King George
2011
Pie in the Sky
Henry Crabbe
1994
TFI Friday
1996
The Sweeney
Ronnie Harries
1975
Sleepy Hollow
Bürgermeister Phillipse
1999
About Time
Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
2013
Lovejoy
Hans Koopman
1986
Episodes
Julian Bullard
2011
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Sir John Falstaff
1978
Screen One
Brian Beazely
1989
The Hollow Crown
Duke of Burgundy
2012
Bedtime Stories
Barry Nottingham
2008
Boon
1986
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Jeltz (voice)
2005
Superman II
Terrorist
1980
Bleak House
Mr. Bayham Badger
2005
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
1991
Countdown
1982
Hugo
Monsieur Frick
2011
Six Fifty-Five Special
Self
1981
Gandhi
Collins
1982Second City Firsts
Bedworth Hog
1973
Chariots of Fire
Head Porter - Caius College
1981
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Jackson (voice)
1992
Gormenghast
Swelter
2000
Guarding Tess
Frederick
1994
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Captain Billings
1984
Perfect Scoundrels
Phil Kirby
1990
Whoops Apocalypse
Premier Dubienkin
1982
The Cleopatras
Pot Belly
1983
tlc
Mr Benedict Ron
2002
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sir Tom
1981
Withnail & I
Monty
1987
Bird of Prey
Henry Jay
1982
The History Boys
Hector
2006A Kind of Living
Trevor Beasley
1988
In the Red
Geoffrey Crichton Potter
1998
Gorky Park
Anton
1983
Village Hall
Mr Ridealgh
1974El C.I.D.
Weatherby
1990
Vatel
Dr. Bourdelot
2000
Ballet Shoes
Great Uncle Matthew
2008
Ragtime
Delmas' Assistant No. 1
1981
King Ralph
Phipps
1991
Hope and Glory
Leo Wheeldon
1999
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Santa Claus
2008
Funny Bones
Jim Minty
1995
Shanghai Surprise
Willie Tuttle
1986
Red Letter Day
Window Cleaner
1976
The Marksman
Brown
1987
Stage Beauty
Sir Charles Sedley
2004
Britannia Hospital
Cheerful Bernie
1982Nobody's Perfect
Sam Hooper
1980Nobody's Perfect
Adaptation
1980
Showing Up
Self
2014
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
2000
Venus
Donald
2006
Blame It on the Bellboy
Maurice Horton
1992
A Private Function
Allardyce
1984
Casanova
Cardinal
1987
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
2006
Breaking Glass
Studio Engineer
1980
Private Peaceful
The Colonel
2012
Ffizz
Jack Mowbray
1987
The Movie Life of George
Self
1989
The Brides in the Bath
Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
2003
Well Thank You, Thursday
Window Cleaner
1976
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
Porter
1992
The Animal Train
Elephant
1998
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Sidney Barron
1982Norma
Park Keeper
1974
Opa!
Tierrney
2005
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
1982
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Sam Broadbent
1976
Goldeneye
Second Admiral
1989
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Willie Whitelaw
2002
Jackboots on Whitehall
Hermann Goering (voice)
2010
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Fitz / W. H. Auden
2010
Twelve Off the Belt
Bedworth Hogg
1977
A Breed of Heroes
Brian Beasely
1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse
Mr. Jackson (voice)
1996Princes in the Tower
Thomas More voice
2005
The Comedy of Errors
Officer
1978It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Board Member
1977
Afternoon Off
Factory Boss
1979
Ted & Ralph
Landowner at Party
1998Prisoners of Conscience
William Beausire
1981A Light Snack
The Window Cleaner
1982