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Biography
Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1960
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1964 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1960 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1958 · nominated
Filmography29 titles

Ben-Hur
1959as Scheich Ildirim
1959as Scheich Ildirim

Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949as Lord High Steward
1949as Lord High Steward

How to Steal a Million
1966as Charles Bonnet
1966as Charles Bonnet

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Dr. Ivy
as Dr. Ivy

Night Train to Munich
1940
1940

Mutiny on the Bounty
1962as Alexander Smith
1962as Alexander Smith

Oliver!
1968as The Magistrate
1968as The Magistrate

Man with a Million
1954as Potter
1954as Potter

The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953as Dan
1953as Dan

Exodus
1960as Mandria
1960as Mandria

Lux Video Theatre
as Constantine
as Constantine

The Counterfeit Traitor
1962as Collins
1962as Collins

Wuthering Heights
1970as Dr. Kenneth
1970as Dr. Kenneth

Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972as Harry Ambrose
1972as Harry Ambrose

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1972as Mr. Harrison, The Pigman
1972as Mr. Harrison, The Pigman

The Canterbury Tales
1972as Sir January
1972as Sir January

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1980as Sid Larkin
1980as Sid Larkin

Luther
1974as Tetzel
1974as Tetzel

Start the Revolution Without Me
1970as King Louis
1970as King Louis

Lights Out

Tom Jones
1963as Squire Western
1963as Squire Western

The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977as Judge
1977as Judge

What?
1972as Joseph Noblart
1972as Joseph Noblart

Cry of the Banshee
1970as Mickey
1970as Mickey

The Final Programme
1973as Professor Hira
1973as Professor Hira

Craze
1974as Solicitor
1974as Solicitor

The Beggar's Opera
1953as The Beggar
1953as The Beggar

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967as Commodore Roseabove
1967as Commodore Roseabove

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978as Frankland
1978as Frankland