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Hugh Griffith

Acting

Born May 30, 1912 · Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Died May 14, 1980

Also known as Hugh Emrys Griffith · Хью Гриффит

Biography

Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1960
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1964 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1960 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1958 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

Ben-Hur

1959as Scheich Ildirim

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949as Lord High Steward

How to Steal a Million

1966as Charles Bonnet

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Dr. Ivy

Night Train to Munich

1940

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962as Alexander Smith

Oliver!

1968as The Magistrate

Man with a Million

1954as Potter

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953as Dan

Exodus

1960as Mandria

Lux Video Theatre

as Constantine

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962as Collins

Wuthering Heights

1970as Dr. Kenneth

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

1972as Harry Ambrose

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

1972as Mr. Harrison, The Pigman

The Canterbury Tales

1972as Sir January

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

1980as Sid Larkin

Luther

1974as Tetzel

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970as King Louis

Lights Out

Tom Jones

1963as Squire Western

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977as Judge

What?

1972as Joseph Noblart

Cry of the Banshee

1970as Mickey

The Final Programme

1973as Professor Hira

Craze

1974as Solicitor

The Beggar's Opera

1953as The Beggar

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

1967as Commodore Roseabove

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978as Frankland