Hugh Griffith
Date of birth: 1912-05-30
Place of birth: Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Hugh Emrys Griffith, Хью Гриффит
Biography
Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.
Movie Credits
Ben-Hur
1959-11-18
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse
How to Steal a Million
1966-07-13
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
Exodus
1960-12-15
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967-01-01
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who
Casanova & Co.
1977-03-01
While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-
Mutiny on the Bounty
1962-11-08
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Capta
The Canterbury Tales
1972-09-02
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of hi
Cry of the Banshee
1970-07-22
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present s
Tom Jones
1963-08-24
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1972-02-11
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre "Hansel and Gretel" twist
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953-03-04
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of loc
The Citadel
1960-02-19
The good doctor is on trial before the British Medical Association Council, if he is found guilty, h
Legend of the Werewolf
1975-08-06
A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into a
The Final Programme
1973-10-04
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes emb
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967-02-15
A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962-04-13
Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infil
A Run for Your Money
1949-11-23
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to
The Story on Page One
1959-12-01
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuf
Oliver!
1968-09-26
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971-05-18
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a
So Evil My Love
1948-08-02
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent
Laughter in Paradise
1951-06-01
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can
Now Let Him Go
1957-09-15
A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabb
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970-02-04
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi
What?
1972-12-07
A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where
The Bargee
1964-01-01
After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pr
Term of Trial
1962-08-16
A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires
The Sleeping Tiger
1954-06-21
A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960-09-04
London at the turn of the century. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in
The Fixer
1968-12-08
Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish p
Gone to Earth
1950-11-06
Hazel Woods, a beautiful and young Welsh girl, lives a wild, rustic life and loves animals — in part
Wuthering Heights
1970-06-09
A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring th
Craze
1974-05-16
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god C
Scrapbook for 1933
1950-02-06
A BAFTA nominated documentary reviewing news, sporting and royal events from 1933.
The Passover Plot
1976-10-29
Yeshua of Nazareth carefully plans his own crucifixion — and subsequent resurrection — to strengthen
London Belongs to Me
1948-11-05
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966-05-20
A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to
The Last Days of Dolwyn
1949-04-13
An old woman fights a group of industrialists who are planning to build a dam and flood the valley w
Grand Slam
1978-03-17
A group of Welsh rugby union fans go over to see Wales play France in the final match of the Six Nat
Hide and Seek
1964-06-21
A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian
The Galloping Major
1951-05-07
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortuna
The Inspector
1962-05-24
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palesti
Take Me High
1973-12-07
Tim (Cliff Richard) is a successful ambitious young financier working for a London Merchant bank, bu
Night Train to Munich
1940-08-31
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, invent
Joseph Andrews
1977-03-09
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye
The Three Weird Sisters
1948-02-26
Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a
Passage Home
1955-03-17
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A youn
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
1949-06-27
An heiress suddenly vanishes! A detective comes to the forlorn mansion of the missing heiress's whee
The Good Companions
1957-04-22
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
Lucky Jim
1957-09-17
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and
The Beggar's Opera
1953-08-24
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffit
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972-07-01
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corp
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
1967-12-01
A chastity belt provides an endless amount of grief for a woman whose jealous husband has gone off t
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949-06-21
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic
Increase and Multiply
1973-03-15
Italian comedy
The First Gentleman
1948-03-15
The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.
The Million Pound Note
1954-01-07
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen wh
Neutral Port
1940-12-06
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Cap
High School Girl
1974-03-08
A shy schoolboy's life changes when his uninhibited female cousin stays at his home for the summer.
Luther
1974-01-21
A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
1980-03-16
An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious b
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
1968-02-08
Ignazio is married to a much younger girl, as she starts being attracted by a handsome young man. Th
Brown Eye, Evil Eye
1967-01-01
The story of the strange friendship between a seventy-year-old man and a six-year-old girl.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978-08-01
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho
The Merry Christmas
1955-12-21
Musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977-06-15
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family
Under Milk Wood
1992-04-19
A poet's tale of a day in the lives of the villagers of a Welsh fishing town of Llareggub.
The Joke
1976-05-26
Bendel is known for his practical jokes and his self-confidence. But when Dr Walden, one of his vict