Date of Birth: 31 July, 1947
Place of Birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of Death: 28 March, 2013
Place of Death: Coventry, West Midlands, England, U.K.
Ethnicity: English, Welsh
Richard Griffiths was an English actor. His roles included the Harry Potter franchise, as well as The History Boys, Venus, Withnail and I, Pie in the Sky, Chariots of Fire, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Gandhi, The Naked Gun 2+1⁄2: The Smell of Fear, Sleepy Hollow, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Hugo, and King George II in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Richard was the son of Jane Ann (Denmark), a bagger, and Thomas Griffiths, a steelworker. His parents were deaf, and Richard was fluent in British Sign Language. He was married to Heather Gibson, until his death.
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