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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).
As actor
Showing Up
About Time
Private Peaceful
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hugo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
Jackboots on Whitehall
Bedtime Stories
Ballet Shoes
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The History Boys
Venus
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Opa!
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Princes in the Tower
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Stage Beauty
The Brides in the Bath
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Vatel
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Sleepy Hollow
Ted & Ralph
The Animal Train
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse