Hugh Griffith

Acting

Hugh Griffith

Born 30 May 1912 · Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK · Died 14 May 1980 at 67

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

Known for

Highlights

Ben-Hur1959 · Film · Scheich Ildirim
Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · Film · Lord High Steward
How to Steal a Million1966 · Film · Charles Bonnet
Oliver!1968 · Film · The Magistrate
Mutiny on the Bounty1962 · Film · Alexander Smith
The Abominable Dr. Phibes1971 · Film · Rabbi

Filmography

Movies

66 films

Under Milk Wood1992 · Film · Captain Cat (voice) (archive sound)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square1980 · Film · Sid Larkin
The Hound of the Baskervilles1978 · Film · Frankland
Grand Slam1978 · Film · Caradog Lloyd-Evans
The Last Remake of Beau Geste1977 · Film · Judge
Joseph Andrews1977 · Film · Squire Western
Casanova & Co.1977 · Film · The Caliph
The Passover Plot1976 · Film · Caiaphas
The Joke1976 · Film · Dr Walden
Legend of the Werewolf1975 · Film · Maestro Pamponi
Craze1974 · Film · Solicitor
High School Girl1974 · Film · Barone di Roccadura
Luther1974 · Film · Tetzel
Take Me High1973 · Film · Sir Harry Cunningham
The Final Programme1973 · Film · Professor Hira
Increase and Multiply1973 · Film · Monsignor Casadei
What?1972 · Film · Joseph Noblart
The Canterbury Tales1972 · Film · Sir January
Dr. Phibes Rises Again1972 · Film · Harry Ambrose
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?1972 · Film · Mr Harrison, The Pigman
The Abominable Dr. Phibes1971 · Film · Rabbi
Cry of the Banshee1970 · Film · Mickey
Wuthering Heights1970 · Film · Dr. Kenneth
Start the Revolution Without Me1970 · Film · King Louis
The Fixer1968 · Film · Lebedev
Oliver!1968 · Film · The Magistrate
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare1968 · Film · Ignazio
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...1967 · Film · Ibn-el-Rascid
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad1967 · Film · Commodore Roseabove
The Sailor from Gibraltar1967 · Film · Llewellyn
Brown Eye, Evil Eye1967 · Film · Tadeusz Bridges
How to Steal a Million1966 · Film · Charles Bonnet
The Poppy Is Also a Flower1966 · Film · Salah Rahman Khan
Hide and Seek1964 · Film · Wilkins
The Bargee1964 · Film · Joe Turnbull
Tom Jones1963 · Film · Squire Western
Mutiny on the Bounty1962 · Film · Alexander Smith
Term of Trial1962 · Film · O'Hara
The Inspector1962 · Film · Van der Pink
The Counterfeit Traitor1962 · Film · Collins
Exodus1960 · Film · Mandria
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England1960 · Film · O'Shea
The Citadel1960 · Film · Philip Denny
The Story on Page One1959 · Film · Judge Edgar Neilsen
Ben-Hur1959 · Film · Scheich Ildirim
Lucky Jim1957 · Film · Professor Welch
Now Let Him Go1957 · Film · Simon Kendall
The Good Companions1957 · Film · Morton Mitcham
Passage Home1955 · Film · Pettigrew der Chefingenieur
The Moment of Truth1955 · Film · The Photographer
The Sleeping Tiger1954 · Film · Inspector Simmons
The Million Pound Note1954 · Film · Potter
The Beggar's Opera1953 · Film · The Beggar
The Titfield Thunderbolt1953 · Film · Dan
Laughter in Paradise1951 · Film · Henry Russell
The Galloping Major1951 · Film · Humbert Temple
Gone to Earth1950 · Film · Andrew Vessons
A Run for Your Money1949 · Film · Huw Price
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress1949 · Film · Bensall, the butler
Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · Film · Lord High Steward
The Last Days of Dolwyn1949 · Film · Minister
London Belongs to Me1948 · Film · Headlam Fynne
So Evil My Love1948 · Film · Coroner
The First Gentleman1948 · Film · John Fisher
The Three Weird Sisters1948 · Film · Mabli Hughes
Night Train to Munich1940 · Film

Filmography

Series

9 shows

Playhouse1974 · Series · Dr. Walden
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · Series · The Man
ABC Stage 671966 · Series · Herr Hoffman
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · Uncle Rollo
Armchair Theatre1956 · Series · Simon Kendall
Colonel March of Scotland Yard1956 · Series · Dr. Ivy
Quatermass II1955 · Series · Dr Leo Pugh
Lux Video Theatre1950 · Series · Man with Cello
Lights Out1949 · Series