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Richard Thomas Griffiths OBE (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. He was known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2010), Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997).
Mar 29, 2013 · Actor Richard Griffiths, who starred in the Harry Potter films and Withnail and I, has died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery. Griffiths enjoyed a long career of...
Griffiths was uncommonly skinny as a child and this required radiation treatment on his pituitary gland from the age of eight. It caused his metabolism to slow to such an extent that he eventually became obese, a condition which in all likelihood contributed to his death from complications during heart surgery on 28 March 2013 at the age of 65.
Mar 29, 2013 · Richard Griffiths, who has died at the age of 65, was one of Britain's most celebrated character actors and will perhaps be best remembered for his role as the predatory Uncle Monty in cult...
Mar 29, 2013 · Richard Griffiths, who has died at the age of 65, was one of Britain's most celebrated character actors and will perhaps be best remembered for his role as the predatory Uncle Monty in cult...
Apr 15, 2013 · Awe for the Falstaffian humor and humanity he brought to each role. Fear that his great weight might bring him down. So it did.
Oct 9, 2005 · I'm vain enough not to want to appear in stills.'. He quotes an old Jewish proverb: everybody hates the way they look, but no one complains about their brains. 'And that's true. I've always hated...
