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 Self
as Lawyer in Play (uncredited)
as The Colonel
as Duke of Burgundy(1 ep)
as Monsieur Frick
as King George
as Julian Bullard(1 ep)
as Vernon Dursley
as Hermann Goering (voice)
as Fitz / W. H. Auden
as Barry Nottingham
as Santa Claus
as Great Uncle Matthew
as Vernon Dursley
as Hector
as Donald
as Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise/Mr. Jackson/Sir Isaac Newton
as Tierrney
as Mr. Bayham Badger(2 eps)
as Jeltz (voice)
as Thomas More voice
as Sir Charles Sedley
as Vernon Dursley
as Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
as Willie Whitelaw
as Mr Benedict Ron(6 eps)
as Vernon Dursley
as Uncle Vernon Dursley
as Dr. Bourdelot
as Swelter(2 eps)
as Bürgermeister Phillipse
as Leo Wheeldon(2 eps)
as Landowner at Party
as Elephant
as Geoffrey Crichton Potter(3 eps)
as Jim Minty
as Brian Beasely
as Henry Crabbe(40 eps)
as Frederick
as Mr. Jackson (voice)(1 ep)
as Porter
as Maurice Horton
as Self(1 ep)
as Dr. Meinheimer / Earl Hacker
as Phipps
as Phil Kirby(1 ep)
as Weatherby(1 ep)
as Brian Beazely(1 ep)
as Second Admiral
as Self
as Trevor Beasley(26 eps)
as Brown(3 eps)
as Jack Mowbray(12 eps)
as Monty
as Cardinal
as Canon Humphrey Appleton(1 ep)
as Willie Tuttle
as Hans Koopman(1 ep)
as Allardyce
as Captain Billings
as Anton
as Pot Belly(3 eps)
as Sir John Falstaff
as Collins
as The Window Cleaner
as Sidney Barron
as Cheerful Bernie
as Henry Jay(8 eps)
as Premier Dubienkin(4 eps)
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
as Jean-Pierre(1 ep)
as William Beausire(1 ep)
as Sir Tom
as Self(1 ep)
as Head Porter - Caius College
as Terrorist
as Studio Engineer
as Sam Hooper(14 eps)
as Derek Farrow(1 ep)
as Factory Boss
as Sir John Falstaff(1 ep)
as Officer
as Self(1 ep)
as Board Member
as Bedworth Hogg
as Sam Broadbent
as Window Cleaner
as Window Cleaner(1 ep)
as Ronnie Harries(1 ep)
as Park Keeper
as Mr Ridealgh(1 ep)
as Bedworth Hog(1 ep)
as Interpreter(2 eps)
as Park keeper(1 ep)
as Board member(1 ep)
as Self - Winner(1 ep)
as Self - Presenter(1 ep)