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