Ben-Hur
1959
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Biography. Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor. Known For. Ben-Hur. The Canterbury Tales. How to Steal a Million. The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Mutiny on the Bounty. Tom Jones. Kind Hearts and Coronets. What? Acting. Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player ", Griffith appeared in over 100 theatre, film, and television productions in a career that spanned over 40 years.
May 30, 2012 · Today, 30 May, marks what would have been the 100th birthday of one of Wales' Oscar-winning actors, Hugh Griffith. Griffith scooped the gong in 1960 for best actor in a supporting role, as he...
Jul 27, 2009 · Hugh Griffith. Last updated: 12 January 2009. Winner of the best supporting actor Oscar for his role as Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur alongside Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith is also fondly...
A burly, exuberant British character star, Hugh Griffith worked as a bank clerk before debuting onstage in 1939; he appeared in one film in 1940, but his film career didn't begin in earnest until the late '40s. He played forceful character roles in dozens of plays and films in both the U.S. and Britain.
With a touch of the farouche, wild-eyed Hugh Griffith was a formidable character player, the highlight of whose 40-year film career was winning a supporting actor Oscar as the Sheikh in Ben-Hur (US, d. William Wyler, 1959), though his wildly blusterous, Oscar-nominated, Squire Western in Tom Jones (d.
May 30, 1912. Died. May 14, 1980. Biography. Read More. Wild-eyed, with a hook nose and often sporting a pointed beard and mustache, this Welsh character actor turned in a number of flamboyant, hearty performances. Hugh Griffith got a relatively late start.
