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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).
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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).
Known For
Tony Awards
Lovejoy
Pebble Mill
Inspector Morse
Bergerac
The Hollow Crown
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Six Fifty-Five Special
Bleak House
Episodes
Hope and Glory
About Time
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
Ragtime
Creating the World of Harry Potter
Gandhi
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Superman II
Chariots of Fire
Britannia Hospital
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Hugo
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Bedtime Stories
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Ted & Ralph
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ballet Shoes
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Sleepy Hollow
TLC
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
A Breed of Heroes
The Marksman
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade
A Light Snack
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The History Boys
Bird of Prey
Pie in the Sky
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