Richard Griffiths is an English actor of stage, film and television. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in the play The History Boys. He is also known for his portrayal of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films, Uncle Monty in Withnail and I and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky. On March 29th 2013 Richard died due to complications following heart surgery.
Movie | Showing Up | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | About Time | Lawyer in Play (uncredited) | 2013-09-04 |
Movie | Private Peaceful | The Colonel | 2012-10-12 |
Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Frick | 2011-11-22 |
Movie | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | King George | 2011-05-15 |
Movie | National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art | Fitz / W. H. Auden | 2010-04-22 |
Movie | Jackboots on Whitehall | Hermann Goering (voice) | 2010-10-08 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Vernon Dursley | 2010-11-17 |
Movie | A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | Santa Claus | 2008-12-17 |
Movie | Ballet Shoes | Great Uncle Matthew | 2008-08-26 |
Movie | Bedtime Stories | Barry Nottingham | 2008-12-24 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Vernon Dursley | 2007-07-08 |
Movie | Venus | Donald | 2006-09-02 |
Movie | The History Boys | Hector | 2006-10-02 |
Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Jeltz (voice) | 2005-04-28 |
Movie | Opa! | Tierrney | 2005-11-13 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Vernon Dursley | 2004-05-31 |
Movie | Stage Beauty | Sir Charles Sedley | 2004-09-03 |
Movie | The Brides in the Bath | Sir Edward Marshall-Hall | 2003-12-31 |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Vernon Dursley | 2002-11-13 |
Movie | Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Willie Whitelaw | 2002-12-01 |
Series | TLC | 2002-11-17 | |
Movie | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Vernon Dursley | 2001-11-16 |
Series | Gormenghast | Swelter | 2000-01-17 |
Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Self | 2000-05-23 |
Movie | Vatel | Dr. Bourdelot | 2000-05-01 |
Series | Hope and Glory | 1999-06-22 | |
Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Bürgermeister Phillipse | 1999-11-19 |
Series | In the Red | Geoffrey Crichton Potter | 1998-05-26 |
Movie | Ted & Ralph | Landowner at Party | 1998-12-26 |
Movie | Funny Bones | Jim Minty | 1995-09-20 |
Movie | Guarding Tess | Frederick | 1994-03-11 |
Movie | A Breed of Heroes | Brian Beasely | 1994-09-04 |
Series | Pie in the Sky | Henry Crabbe | 1994-03-13 |
Movie | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Blame It on the Bellboy | Maurice Horton | 1992-01-24 |
Movie | King Ralph | Duncan Phipps | 1991-02-15 |
Movie | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker | 1991-06-28 |
Movie | Goldeneye | Second Admiral | 1989-08-26 |
Series | Kind of Living | 1988-02-19 | |
Series | The Marksman | Brown | 1987-12-04 |
Movie | Withnail & I | Monty | 1987-06-19 |
Movie | Casanova | Cardinal | 1987-03-01 |
Series | Ffizz | 1987-09-09 | |
Movie | Shanghai Surprise | Willie Tuttle | 1986-08-29 |
Movie | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Captain Billings | 1984-03-30 |
Movie | A Private Function | Allardyce | 1984-11-09 |
Series | The Cleopatras | Pot Belly | 1983-01-19 |
Movie | Gorky Park | Anton | 1983-12-15 |
Movie | Britannia Hospital | Cheerful Bernie | 1982-05-27 |
Series | Bird of Prey | 1982-04-22 | |
Movie | The World Cup: A Captain's Tale | Sidney Barron | 1982-06-13 |
Movie | A Light Snack | The Window Cleaner | 1982-09-08 |
Movie | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Sir John Falstaff | 1982-12-28 |
Movie | Gandhi | Collins | 1982-12-01 |
Movie | Chariots of Fire | Head Porter - Caius College | 1981-05-15 |
Movie | Ragtime | Delmas' Assistant No. 1 | 1981-11-20 |
Movie | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Sir Tom | 1981-08-28 |
Movie | Breaking Glass | Studio Engineer | 1980-10-01 |
Movie | Superman II | Terrorist | 1980-12-12 |
Movie | Afternoon Off | Factory Boss | 1979-02-03 |
Movie | The Comedy of Errors | Officer | 1978-10-17 |
Movie | Well Thank You, Thursday | Window Cleaner | 1976-01-25 |
Movie | It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet | Sam Broadbent | 1976-11-18 |