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Hugh Griffith
Hugh Emrys Griffith was a highly regarded Welsh actor, recognized as a 'wild-eyed, formidable character player' by BFI Screenonline. He was involved in over 100 theatre, film, and television productions throughout his 40-year career. Remarkably, he was the second Welsh-born actor to win an Academy Award, securing a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in 'Ben-Hur' in 1959, as well as scoring a nomination for 'Tom Jones' in 1963. Beyond his film career, Griffith was also an acclaimed stage actor, recognized for his renowned Shakespearean performances as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Furthermore, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original production ‘Look Homeward, Angel.’ Among other accolades, he was a BAFTA Award and a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Supporting Actor and a Clarence Derwent Award winner.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Hugh Emrys Griffith
Born: Marian-glas, Anglesey, Wales
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Birthday: May 30, 1912
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1939–1980
Spouses: Adelgunde Margaret Beatrice von Dechend
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Awards and Nominations Received by Hugh Griffith
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Movies Featuring Hugh Griffith
Oliver!
Mutiny on the Bounty
Wuthering Heights
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Cry of the Banshee
Casanova & Co.
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
The Galloping Major
The Canterbury Tales
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who…
Gone to Earth
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Fixer
What?
Passage Home
The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Beggar’s Opera
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
High School Girl
Lucky Jim
So Evil My Love
The Story on Page One
The Final Programme
Hide and Seek
How to Steal a Million
Luther
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Take Me High
Term of Trial
The Inspector
Start the Revolution Without Me
Grand Slam
Laughter in Paradise
Under Milk Wood
The Bargee
London Belongs to Me
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Passover Plot
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
The Sleeping Tiger
The Million Pound Note
Craze
The Counterfeit Traitor
The Good Companions
Night Train to Munich
Quatermass II
Joseph Andrews
Career Timeline
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1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Mr. Harrison, The Pigman
The Canterbury Tales
Sir January
What?
Joseph Noblart
1967
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who…
Ibn-el-Rascid
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Llewellyn
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad
Commodore Roseabove
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty
Term of Trial
O'Hara
The Inspector
Van der Pink
The Counterfeit Traitor
Collins
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