Hugh Griffith

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 30, 1912 (67 years old)
Died
May 14, 1980
Place of Birth
Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Popular Genres
Comedy Drama Romance
Career Span
1940 – 1992

Hugh Griffith

21 wins
88 nominations
21 Oscars
68 credits

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

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Personal Info

Born
May 30, 1912
From
Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
1940 – 1992

Award Recognition

21
Wins
88
Nominations
21
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1992

Under Milk Wood as Captain Cat (voice) (archive sound)

1980

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square as Sid Larkin Award

1978

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Frankland
Grand Slam as Caradog Lloyd-Evans

1977

The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Judge Award
Casanova & Co. as The Caliph
Joseph Andrews as Squire Western Award

1976

The Passover Plot as Caiaphas
The Joke as Dr Walden

1975

Legend of the Werewolf as Maestro Pamponi

1974

Craze as Solicitor Award
Luther as Tetzel
High School Girl as Barone di Roccadura

1973

The Final Programme as Professor Hira
Take Me High as Sir Harry Cunningham
Increase and Multiply as Monsignor Casadei

1972

The Canterbury Tales as Sir January Award
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? as Mr. Harrison, The Pigman Award
Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Harry Ambrose Award
What? as Joseph Noblart

1971

The Abominable Dr. Phibes as Rabbi

1970

Wuthering Heights as Dr. Kenneth Award
Start the Revolution Without Me as King Louis Award
Cry of the Banshee as Mickey

1968

Oliver! as The Magistrate Award
The Fixer as Lebedev
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare as Ignazio

1967

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad as Commodore Roseabove
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... as Ibn-el-Rascid
The Sailor from Gibraltar as Llewellyn
Brown Eye, Evil Eye as Tadeusz Bridges

1966

How to Steal a Million as Charles Bonnet Award
The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Salah Rahman Khan

1964

The Bargee as Joe Turnbull
Hide and Seek as Wilkins

1963

Tom Jones as Squire Western Award

1962

The Counterfeit Traitor as Collins Award
Mutiny on the Bounty as Alexander Smith Award
The Inspector as Van der Pink
Term of Trial as O'Hara

1960

Exodus as Mandria Award
The Citadel as Philip Denny
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as O'Shea

1959

Ben-Hur as Scheich Ildirim Award
The Story on Page One as Judge Edgar Neilsen

1957

The Good Companions as Morton Mitcham
Lucky Jim as Professor Welch
Now Let Him Go as Simon Kendall

1955

Passage Home as Pettigrew der Chefingenieur
The Merry Christmas as Scrooge

1954

The Million Pound Note as Potter
The Sleeping Tiger as Inspector Simmons

1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt as Dan
The Beggar's Opera as The Beggar

1951

Laughter in Paradise as Henry Russell Award
The Galloping Major as Humbert Temple

1950

Gone to Earth as Andrew Vessons
Scrapbook for 1933 as (voice)

1949

Kind Hearts and Coronets as Lord High Steward
A Run for Your Money as Huw Price
The Last Days of Dolwyn as Minister
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress as Bensall, the butler

1948

So Evil My Love as Coroner
London Belongs to Me as Headlam Fynne
The Three Weird Sisters as Mabli Hughes
The First Gentleman as John Fisher

1940

Night Train to Munich Award
Neutral Port as Bit

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Ben-Hur
Exodus
How to Steal a Million
The Canterbury Tales
Oliver!
Wuthering Heights
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Million Pound Note
Tom Jones

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