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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).
Actor: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting.
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Actor: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The avuncular star character actor Richard Griffiths grew up in a council flat in less than prosperous conditions, the son of deaf and volatile parents in a dysfunctional family setting. According to an article in the Telegraph newspaper, his father Thomas was a steelworker 'who fought in pubs for ...
- July 31, 1947
- March 28, 2013
Mar 29, 2013 · Richard Griffiths, the versatile British actor who played the boy wizard's unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the "Harry Potter" movies, has died. He was 65. Agent Simon Beresford announced...
Richard Griffiths (31 July 1947 - 28 March 2013) was an English actor, who portrayed Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films. He was married to Heather Gibson. Griffiths acting career began on radio and the classical stage where he built up an early reputation as a Shakespearean clown, with...
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...
Mar 29, 2013 · LONDON — Richard Griffiths, a Tony-winning actor who played Uncle Vernon in five Harry Potter films, died Thursday in Coventry, England, from complications following heart surgery. He was...
