Richard Thomas Griffiths OBE (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage.
Griffiths was best known for playing Uncle Monty in the cult classic Withnail & I, (opposite Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann) and Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films. He also starred in the detective series Pie in the Sky as a half-retired police officer turned restaurant owner.
For his performance in the stage play The History Boys, Griffiths won much acclaim and received many awards including a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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- 2002 - The Gate of Baghdad (BBC Radio) as Parker Pyne
- 2003 - The £199 Adventure (BBC Radio) as Parker Pyne