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 adap ... tation, 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).
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Pie in the Sky
as Henry Crabbe
Episodes: 40
First Aired: Mar 13, 1994
The Cleopatras
as Pot Belly
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Jan 19, 1983
Gormenghast
as Swelter
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Jan 17, 2000
The Marksman
as Brown
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 04, 1987
In the Red
as Geoffrey Crichton Potter
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 26, 1998
Bleak House
as Mr. Bayham Badger
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 27, 2005
Inspector Morse
as Canon Humphrey Appleton
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 06, 1987
Hope and Glory
as Leo Wheeldon
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 22, 1999
Crown Court
as Interpreter
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 11, 1972
Bergerac
as Jean-Pierre
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1981
The Sweeney
as Ronnie Harries
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 02, 1975
Lovejoy
as Hans Koopman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1986
Perfect Scoundrels
as Phil Kirby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 22, 1990
Minder
as Derek Farrow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1979
Village Hall
as Mr. Ridealgh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 1974
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mr. Jackson (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 13, 1992
El C.I.D.
as Weatherby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 07, 1990
The Hollow Crown
as Duke of Burgundy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 30, 2012
Episodes
as Julian Bullard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 2011
Kind of Living
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Feb 19, 1988
Ffizz
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Sep 09, 1987
Bird of Prey
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Apr 22, 1982
TLC
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 17, 2002
Countdown
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Nov 02, 1982
Whoops Apocalypse
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 14, 1982
Boon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 14, 1986
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
Pebble Mill
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1991
Six Fifty-Five Special
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 13, 1981
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 01, 1956
An Audience with...
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1978
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