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Richard Thomas Griffiths was an English actor. He was known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2011), Uncle Monty in Withnail and I (1987), and Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky (1994–1997). He received numerous accolades in his career and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008.
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Born 31 July 1947 · Died 28 March 2013 · Q314831
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The fear that this kind of careerist hawkishness is filtering down to teenagers. In England, if you go to Oxbridge, that
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“Now, me, paedophiles, if it was left to me, I would hurt them so much it would upset and shock everybody in the country. I can think of really nasty things that I would like to see done to them. And I wouldn”
“The fear that this kind of careerist hawkishness is filtering down to teenagers. In England, if you go to Oxbridge, that”
“She says you have to ignore it, to focus on what we”
Died 2013-03-28.
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Starred in Ballet Shoes with his Harry Potter co-stars Emma Watson and Gemma Jones
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (2006).
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Awarded Theatre World Award (2006).
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“You got a great deal of support (as an actor) for having Richard about. Figure caption, Richard Griffiths described the popularity of Withnail and I on Desert Island Discs, in 2006”
And was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours
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Asked a member of the audience to leave a performance of Heroes after her phone rang three times
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“d all been working with Bennett”
Originated the role of Hector (the teacher) in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, directed by Nicholas Hytner, winning the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor
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Also gave a memorable performance as Chilean secret police victim William Beausire in an edition of the BBC Prisoners of Conscience series
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Born 1947-07-31.
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