Richard Griffiths

Acting · Born 1947-07-31 in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Vernon Dursley
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as Vernon Dursley
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Vernon Dursley
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as Vernon Dursley
• Sleepy Hollow as Bürgermeister Phillipse
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 as Vernon Dursley
• Withnail & I as Monty
• Hugo as Monsieur Frick
• Gandhi as Collins
• About Time as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

TV

• Inspector Morse as Canon Humphrey Appleton
• Bergerac as Jean-Pierre
• Pie in the Sky as Henry Crabbe
• Bleak House as Mr. Bayham Badger
• Boon
• Countdown
• The Sweeney as Ronnie Harries
• Lovejoy as Hans Koopman
• Gormenghast as Swelter
• Pebble Mill as Self