Hugh Griffith
Birthplace: Marian-glas
Born: 1912-05-30
Died: 1980-05-14
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI's Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player", Griffith appeared in more than 100 theatre, film, and television productions in a career that spanned over 40 years. He was the second Welsh-born actor to win an Academy Award (following Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend), winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Ben-Hur (1959), with a second nomination for Tom Jones (1963).
As a stage actor, he was a renowned Shakespearean and a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original production Look Homeward, Angel. He was also a BAFTA Award and a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (for Tom Jones; 1963, Oliver!; 1968, and The Fixer, also 1968), and a Clarence Derwent Award winner.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Wikipedia · revision 1379970062
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) — Mr. Frankland
- Casanova & Co. (1977) — The Caliph
- The Passover Plot (1976) — Caiaphas
- Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
- Craze (1974)
- Luther (1973)
- Take Me High (1973) — Sir Harry Cunningham
- The Final Programme (1973) — Prof. Hira
- Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) — Harry Ambrose
- I Racconti di Canterbury (1972) — Sir January
- What? (1972)
- The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) — Rabbi
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) — The Pigman
- Cry of the Banshee (1970) — Mickey
- Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) — Louis XVI
- Oliver! (1968) — Magistrate
- The Fixer (1968) — Lebedev
- Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad (1967) — Commodore Roseabove
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... (1967)
- The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) — Llewellyn
- How to Steal a Million (1966) — Charles Bonnet
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) — Salah Rahman Khan
- The Bargee (1964) — Joe Turnbull
- Tom Jones (1963) — Squire Western
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) — Alexander Smith
- The Counterfeit Traitor (1962) — Collins
- The Inspector (1962) — Klaus Van der Pink
- Exodus (1960) — Mandria
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960) — O'Shea
- Ben-Hur (1959) — Scheich Ildirim
- The Story on Page One (1959)
- Lucky Jim (1957) — Professor Welch
- Passage Home (1955)
- The Sleeping Tiger (1954) — The Inspector
- The Beggar's Opera (1953)
- The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) — Dan
- The Wild Heart (1952)
- Laughter in Paradise (1951) — Henry Russell
- Doctor Morelle (1949) — Bensall, the butler
- Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) — Lord High Steward
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- George Cole · 3 films
- Joan Greenwood · 3 films
- Robert Fuest · 3 films
- Stephen Boyd · 3 films
- Terry-Thomas · 3 films
- Trevor Howard · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.