Richard Griffiths 1947-2013

Richard Griffiths has died following heart surgery. During the past 40 years he amassed a long list of credits on the stage, in television and in film as one of Britain's greatest character actors. On TV he starred in Bird Of Prey, ffizz, A Kind Of Living, Pie In The Sky and had many memorable guest appearances on shows such as The Hollow Crown, Episodes, Bleak House (2005), TLC, Hope & Glory, Gormenghast, Vicar of Dibley, Canterbury Tales, In The Red, Lovejoy, Inspector Morse, The Good Guys, El C.I.D., Perfect Scoundrels, Boon, Bergerac, The Cleopatras, Whoops Apocalypse, The Sweeney, When The Boat Comes In and Village Hall. He appeared in films such as Superman II, Chariots of Fire, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Gandhi, Gorky Park, Whitnail & I, The Naked Gun 2½, Ted & Ralph, five of the Harry Potter films and one of the Pirates of the Caribbean films.  
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