Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

1947-07-31 Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK 60 Credits

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 fil...

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Showing Up

Showing Up

2014

as Self

9.2
Acting

An unprecedented look at the audition, compiled from more than 50 interviews with notable artists including Kristin Chenoweth, Richard Griffiths, Zoe ...

About Time

About Time

2013

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

7.9
Acting

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel t...

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

2012

as The Colonel

6.6
Acting

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feud...

Hugo

Hugo

2011

as Monsieur Frick

7.2
Acting

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the statio...

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

as King George

6.6
Acting

Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to f...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

as Vernon Dursley

7.7
Acting

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall

2010

as Hermann Goering (voice)

5.0
Acting

A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art

2010

as Fitz / W. H. Auden

8.0
Acting

National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour...

Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

2008

as Barry Nottingham

6.2
Acting

Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fa...

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

2008

as Santa Claus

6.0
Acting

When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, th...

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes

2008

as Great Uncle Matthew

6.4
Acting

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But ...

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

as Vernon Dursley

7.7
Acting

Returning for his fifth year of study at Hogwarts, Harry is stunned to find that his warnings about the return of Lord Voldemort have been ignored. Le...

The History Boys

The History Boys

2006

as Hector

6.7
Acting

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambrid...

Venus

Venus

2006

as Donald

6.6
Acting

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and p...

Opa!

Opa!

2005

as Tierrney

5.7
Acting

A modern day treasure hunt for a mystical relic that turns into a love story for all time.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Jeltz (voice)

6.7
Acting

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...

Princes in the Tower

2005

as Thomas More voice

Acting

Drama - The mystery surrounding the disappearance 12 year-old King Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York, has been the cause of speculation a...

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

2004

as Sir Charles Sedley

6.7
Acting

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because th...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

as Vernon Dursley

8.0
Acting

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts...

The Brides in the Bath

The Brides in the Bath

2003

as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall

5.9
Acting

Dramatisation of the real-life case of George Joseph Smith who was hanged in 1915 for the murder of his three wives, each of whom he killed in turn by...

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

2002

as Willie Whitelaw

4.8
Acting

A satirical look at the 'secret' TRUE life of Jeffrey Archer. The Truth, the whole truth and everything BUT the truth.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

as Vernon Dursley

7.7
Acting

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

as Vernon Dursley

7.9
Acting

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

as Self

7.0
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.

Vatel

Vatel

2000

as Dr. Bourdelot

6.1
Acting

In 1671, with war brewing with Holland, a penniless prince invites Louis XIV to three days of festivities at a chateau in Chantilly. The prince wants ...

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

1999

as Bürgermeister Phillipse

7.2
Acting

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitat...

Ted & Ralph

Ted & Ralph

1998

as Landowner at Party

6.6
Acting

One-off comedy drama featuring characters from award-winning BBC sketch series 'The Fast Show'. Ralph Mayhew (Charlie Higson) lives alone in a faded s...

Funny Bones

Funny Bones

1995

as Jim Minty

6.5
Acting

Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—start...

A Breed of Heroes

A Breed of Heroes

1994

as Brian Beasely

1.0
Acting

In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in se...

Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

1994

as Frederick

6.0
Acting

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close p...

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

Mr. Wakefield's Crusade

1992

as Porter

4.5
Acting

Darkly comic murder mystery adapted from Bernice Rubens 's Booker Prize-winning bestseller. Luke Wakefield is not so much a knight in shining armour ...

Blame It on the Bellboy

Blame It on the Bellboy

1992

as Maurice Horton

5.4
Acting

Mike Lawton, Maurice Horton, and Melvin Orton are three men who come to Venice. One of them is a hit man sent to take out a mobster. Another is a lech...

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

1992

as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton

8.5
Acting

Classic tales of Peter Rabbit."Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter." So begins ...

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

1991

as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

6.8
Acting

Bumbling lieutenant Frank Drebin is out to foil the big boys in the energy industry, who intend to suppress technology that will put them out of busin...

King Ralph

King Ralph

1991

as Duncan Phipps

5.4
Acting

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

1989

as Second Admiral

6.0
Acting

British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

The Movie Life of George

The Movie Life of George

1989

as Self

Acting

When EMI refused to produce Monty Python's Life of Brian, George Harrison founded Handmade Pictures so that he could see the film. This is the story o...

Withnail & I

Withnail & I

1987

as Monty

7.3
Acting

Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid...

Casanova

Casanova

1987

as Cardinal

4.2
Acting

The life story of an 18th century womanizer who's arrested, not so much for his crimes, but because he's viewed as an undesirable by the husbands and ...

Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise

1986

as Willie Tuttle

4.2
Acting

Glendon Wasey is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for h...

A Private Function

A Private Function

1984

as Allardyce

6.3
Acting

In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Ch...

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984

as Captain Billings

6.4
Acting

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their t...

Gorky Park

Gorky Park

1983

as Anton

6.3
Acting

Police Inspector Renko tries to solve the case of three bodies found in Moscow's Gorky Park but finds his attempts to solve the crime impeded by his s...

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

as Sir John Falstaff

8.0
Acting

When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Wh...

Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

as Collins

7.6
Acting

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ...

A Light Snack

1982

as The Window Cleaner

5.8
Acting

A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.

The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

1982

as Sidney Barron

7.0
Acting

The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982

as Cheerful Bernie

6.3
Acting

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative ...

Ragtime

Ragtime

1981

as Delmas' Assistant No. 1

7.0
Acting

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nos...

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

as Sir Tom

6.4
Acting

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters...

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Head Porter - Caius College

6.8
Acting

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a d...

Superman II

Superman II

1980

as Terrorist

6.7
Acting

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop t...

Breaking Glass

Breaking Glass

1980

as Studio Engineer

6.9
Acting

Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manag...

Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

1979

as Factory Boss

Acting

Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in...

The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors

1978

as Officer

8.8
Acting

The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together ...

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

1977

as Board Member

Acting

A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?

Twelve Off the Belt

Twelve Off the Belt

1977

as Bedworth Hogg

Acting

Grand Challenge pie-eating contest : ' Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in half-an-hour. Ties decided on a raw cabbage '. The Bedworth Hog...

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

as Sam Broadbent

6.0
Acting

Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this...

Well Thank You, Thursday

Well Thank You, Thursday

1976

as Window Cleaner

Acting

Miss Shepherd of the registry office is getting a new desk, but things don't go entirely as expected.

Norma

1974

as Park Keeper

Acting

Norma is a woman who appears to be leading a very complicated emotional life; she's involved with no less than four men. Michael is the friend she tur...