HUGH GRIFFITH BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Hugh Griffith was born on May 30th, 1912 in Marian Gras in Wales located in the United Kingdom with the middle name Emrys. His parents were Mary and William Griffith. After receiving his early years education at Llangefni County School he tried to enroll at college but failed the English exam. He originally had a career in banking and worked as a teller until he won a scholarship to study acting at the famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Upon graduating from school he chose to enlist in the Army and served for six years.
When he completed his military service he then began to pursue a career as an actor beginning with working as a stage actor. He did a number of Shakespeare plays appearing in Stratford-Upon-Avon with the Royal Shakespeare company.
Soon, he relocated to the United States and began taking on Broadway roles with his most well known role in a production of, "Look Homeward Angel" (1957-1959). For his performance he won a Tony Award nomination.
Along with working as a stage actor he was also making his way into films with roles on, "Dulcimer Street" (1948), "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1948) and "Ben-Hur" (1959) starring Charlton Heston, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Other memorable roles followed in such films as, "Tom Jones" (1963), "Oliver!" (1968), "Start the Revolution Without Me" (1970) and "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (1971). In addition to film, he was also seen throughout his career on television making appearances on such shows as, "BBC2 Playhouse", "Great Mysteries", "Owen, M.D", "Playhouse 90" and "Play of the Week".
His most recent roles prior to passing were on such films as, "The Last Remake of Beau Geste" (1977), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1978) and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square" (1979).
One year later he passed away on May 14th, 1980 in London, England after suffering from a heart attack.
Filmography
1979 A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978 Grand Slam
1977 The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977 Joseph Andrews
1977 Some Like It Cool
1976 The Passover Plot
1975 Legend of the Werewolf
1975 A Legacy
1974 Take Me High
1974 BBC2 Playhouse
1974 Craze
1974 High School Girl
1974 Luther
1973 Great Mysteries
1973 The Last Days of Man on Earth
1971-1973 Thirty-Minute Theatre
1973 Owen, M.D.
1973 Crescete e moltiplicatevi
1972 What?
1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972 The Canterbury Tales
1972 Clochemerle
1972 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1970 Cry of the Banshee
1970 Wuthering Heights
1970 Start the Revolution Without Me
1968 The Fixer
1968 Oliver!
1967 On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
1967 Brown Eye, Evil Eye
1966 Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn
1966 How to Steal a Million
1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers
1966 Il marito รจ mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
1966 ABC Stage 67
1965 The Walrus and the Carpenter
1965 The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
1964 The Bargee
1964 Hide and Seek
1963 Comedy Playhouse
1963 Tom Jones
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty
1962 Term of Trial
1962 Lisa
1962 The Counterfeit Traitor
1960 Exodus
1960 Dow Hour of Great Mysteries
1960 The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month
1960 The Citadel
1959 The Story on Page One
1959 Playhouse 90
1959 Ben-Hur
1959 Play of the Week
1957 Lucky Jim
1957 Armchair Theatre
1957 The Good Companions
1955 The Merry Christmas
1955 Quatermass II
1955 Passage Home
1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1954 Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1954 The Sleeping Tiger
1954 Man with a Million
1953 The Broken Ju
1953 The Beggar's Opera
1953 Rheingold Theatre
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
1952 The Wild Heart
1952 Back to Methuselah
1952 Lights Out
1952 Lux Video Theatre
1952 Goodyear Playhouse
1951 Laughter in Paradise
1951 The Galloping Major
1950 Gone to Earth
1949 A Run for Your Money
1949 Dr. Morelle
1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 Women of Dolwyn
1948 Dulcimer Street
1948 Affairs of a Rogue
1948 So Evil My Love
1948 The Three Weird Sisters
1947 Silver Darlings
1940 Neutral Port
1939 Johnson Was No Gentleman
