Actor Richard Griffiths was born on the 31 of July of 1947 in the town of
Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of
Yorkshire in England. He was the son of Jane and Thomas Griffiths.
Thomas was a steelworker and a fighter in pubs, and his mother was a courtesy
clerk at a market or what is called a "bagger".
Both his parents were deaf, so he learned sign language at an early age in
order to communicate with them. After dropping out of school he worked as a
porter at Littlewoods, which was a catalog company, but his boss convinced him to
return to school. He attended a drama class at Stockton & Billingham College
and continued his education in theater at Manchester School of Theater, which was
then called Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama.
His first job as an actor was in BBC Radio and in small
theaters, and as he built up his reputation he entered the Royal Shakespeare
Company and went on to plays the King in Henry VIII.
Richard Griffiths was an actor of
stage, film and tv.
In film Richard Griffiths was a terrorist
in Superman II, he was the head porter at Caius College in Chariots of Fire, he
was Sir. Tom in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, he was Collins in Ghandi, he was
Magistrate Philipse in Tim Burton Sleepy Hollow. He played Jeltz in The Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy, he was Hector in History Boys (for wich he was nominated
for a BAFTA in the leading role category) he was King George in Pirates of the
Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but for most people he was Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter’s
despicable uncle.
In tv he was in Inspector Morse, The Vicar
of Dibley, A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa and Episodes.
In 2008 he got an OBE, Order of the
British Empire.
When heard of the sad news, Daniel
Radcliffe had this to say:
"I
was proud to say I knew him. Richard was by my side during two of the most
important moments of my career. In August 2000, before official production had
even begun on Potter, we filmed a shot outside the Dursleys', which was my
first ever shot as Harry. I was nervous and he made me feel at ease. Seven
years later, we embarked on Equus together. It was my first time doing a play
but, terrified as I was, his encouragement, tutelage and humor made it a joy. In
fact, any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just
by his presence."
Rest in Peace
You Will Be Missed.
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