Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

31/07/1947

Day of Death

28/03/2013
(66) years old

Place of Birth

Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 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 adapta... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2014

Showing Up

as Self

2013

About Time

as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)

2012

Private Peaceful

as The Colonel

2011

Hugo

as Monsieur Frick

2010

Jackboots on Whitehall

as Hermann Goering (voice)

2008

Bedtime Stories

as Barry Nottingham

2008

Ballet Shoes

as Great Uncle Matthew

2006

The History Boys

as Hector

2006

Venus

as Donald

2005

Opa!

as Tierrney

2005

Princes in the Tower

as Thomas More voice

2004

Stage Beauty

as Sir Charles Sedley

2003

The Brides in the Bath

as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall

2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth

as Willie Whitelaw

2000

Vatel

as Dr. Bourdelot

1999

Sleepy Hollow

as Bürgermeister Phillipse

1998

Ted & Ralph

as Landowner at Party

1998

The Animal Train

as Elephant

1995

Funny Bones

as Jim Minty

1994

A Breed of Heroes

as Brian Beasely

1994

Guarding Tess

as Frederick

1992

Blame It on the Bellboy

as Maurice Horton

1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackso...

1991

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker

1991

King Ralph

as Duncan Phipps

1989

Goldeneye

as Second Admiral

1987

Withnail & I

as Monty

1987

Casanova

as Cardinal

1986

Shanghai Surprise

as Willie Tuttle

1984

A Private Function

as Allardyce

1983

Gorky Park

as Anton

1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Sir John Falstaff

1982

Gandhi

as Collins

1982

A Light Snack

as The Window Cleaner

1982

Britannia Hospital

as Cheerful Bernie

1981

Ragtime

as Delmas' Assistant No. 1

1981

Chariots of Fire

as Head Porter - Caius College

1980

Superman II

as Terrorist

1980

Breaking Glass

as Studio Engineer

1979

Afternoon Off

as Factory Boss

1978

The Comedy of Errors

as Officer

1977

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll

as Board Member

1977

Twelve Off the Belt

as Bedworth Hogg

1976

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

as Sam Broadbent

1976

Well Thank You, Thursday

as Window Cleaner

1974

Norma

as Park Keeper