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Name: Richard Griffiths
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Best Known as: Vernor Dursley in Harry Potter

Falstaffian British character actor Richard Griffiths has been popping up in films since 1980. Griffiths played Sir Tom in The French Lieutenant's Woman, Captain Billings in Greystoke and Phipps in King Ralph. An accomplished dialectician, Griffiths has essayed a wide variety of ethnic types: in Naked Gun 2 1/2, he outdid himself in his dual role as the German-accented Dr. Mannheimer and the Georgia-cracker Earl Hacker. British TV fans know Richard Griffiths best as Henry Crabbe in the weekly sitcom Pie and the Sky, not to mention his appearances on such earlier series as Bird of Prey, Nobody's Perfect, Ffizz and A Kind of Living.

Filmography:
The History Boys (2006) (pre-production) Hector
Opa! (2006) (filming) Tierrney
"Bleak House" (2005) (mini) TV Series (post-production)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) (voice) Jeltz
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Uncle Vernon
Stage Beauty (2004) Sir Charles Sedley
The Brides in the Bath (2003) (TV) Sir Edward Marshall-Hall
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) (TV) Willie Whitelaw
"Tlc" (2002) TV Series Mr. Ron
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Uncle Vernon
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Uncle Vernon
"Hope & Glory" (1999) TV Series Leo Wheeldon, chief education officer
Vatel (2000) Dr. Bourdelot
"Gormenghast" (2000) (mini) TV Series Swelter
Sleepy Hollow (1999) Magistrate Samuel Philipse
Ted & Ralph (1998) (TV) Landowner at Party
In the Red (1998) (TV) Geoffrey Crichton-Potter
The Canterbury Tales (1998) (voice) Saturn/The Franklin
Funny Bones (1995) Jim Minty
A Breed of Heroes (1994) (TV) Brian Beazely
"Pie in the Sky" (1994) TV Series Henry Crabbe
Guarding Tess (1994) Frederick
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1992) (TV) Porter
Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) Maurice Horton
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) Dr. Albert
King Ralph (1991) Phipps
Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1989) (TV) Second admiral
"A Kind of Living" (1988) TV Series Trevor Beasley
"The Marksman" (1987) (mini) TV Series Brown
"Ffizz" (1987) TV Series Jack Mowbray
Withnail & I (1987) Monty
Casanova (1987) (TV) Cardinal
Shanghai Surprise (1986) Willie Tuttle
A Private Function (1984) Henry Allardyce the Accountant
Bird of Prey 2 (1984) (TV) Henry Jay
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) .... Captain Billings
Gorky Park (1983) Anton
"The Cleopatras" (1983) (mini) TV Series Pot Belly
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) (TV) Sir John Falstaff
Gandhi (1982) Collins
Britannia Hospital (1982) Cheerful Bernie
Bird of Prey (1982) (TV) Henry Jay
"Whoops Apocalypse" (1982) TV Series Premier Dubienkin
The Five Minute Films (1982) (TV) Window cleaner
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982) (TV) Sidney Baron
Ragtime (1981) Delmas Assistant No. 1
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Sir Tom
Chariots of Fire (1981) Head Porter - Caius College
Superman II (1980) Terrorist
Breaking Glass (1980) Studio Engineer
Afternoon Off (1979) (TV) Mr, Turnbull
"Nobody's Perfect" (1979) TV Series Sam Hooper
The Comedy of Errors (1978/I) (TV) Officer
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975) Sam
... aka All Things Bright and Beautiful