Kenneth Griffith
Date of birth: 1921-10-12
Place of birth: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Kenneth Reginald Griffith, Kenneth Reginald Griffiths, 肯尼思·格里菲思, Kenneth Griffiths
Biography
Kenneth Griffith (12 October 1921 – 25 June 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker.
Movie Credits
The Airy Tomb
1963-07-01
Can there be a bleaker portrait of a life half-lived? Cinematic treatment of poet R.S. Thomas's stor
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995-05-12
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon
A Night to Remember
1958-07-03
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. T
The Farmer's Wife
1941-04-20
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent e
The Wild Geese
1978-06-28
A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a
Circus of Horrors
1960-04-01
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends d
I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at
S*P*Y*S
1974-09-05
Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.
Payroll
1961-01-19
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans
Very Annie Mary
2001-05-25
Set in the fictional village of "Ogw" in the valleys of south-east Wales. After her father Jack suff
A Walk in the Sea
1966-03-09
A lonely spinster has her cottage in a seaside village requisitioned by the local council for a buil
Thomas Paine: The Most Valuable Englishman Ever
1982-01-01
When in 1776 the United States of America broke away from Britain, a country without a written const
Tiger in the Smoke
1956-11-27
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used
Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher
1968-10-30
A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.
Rag Doll
1961-01-01
A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfr
Forbidden
1949-02-28
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in bu
The Sea Wolves
1980-07-03
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of G
The Whisperers
1967-07-18
Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fa
The Assassination Bureau
1969-03-09
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organizat
Who Dares Wins
1982-08-26
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary
The Prisoner
1955-04-19
A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his re
The Shop at Sly Corner
1947-03-10
The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, has become disillusioned with society since his t
High Treason
1951-11-13
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
Revenge
1971-08-26
A British family takes revenge into its own hands in avenging their recently slain daughter.
The Painted Smile
1962-05-01
Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie...
The Man Upstairs
1958-09-30
The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological prof
The House in Nightmare Park
1973-03-23
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of
The Bobo
1967-03-31
Unsuccessful singing bullfighter Juan arrives in Barcelona to try his luck in a big town. He finally
Track the Man Down
1955-06-06
A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.
Hard Steel
1942-05-18
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition
Bond Street
1948-05-12
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Li
The Enchanted Loom
A study of the brain as miracle. Shows neuron structure, hemispheric organization, and the separatio
Suspect
1960-11-15
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list.
Lucky Jim
1957-09-17
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and
Callan
1974-05-23
David Callan, secret agent, is called back to the service after his retirement, to handle the assass
The Shop at Sly Corner
1946-07-21
A shrewd ex-prisoner runs a successful antique shop -- until his assistant discovers the collectible
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984-05-22
The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and hi
Private's Progress
1956-02-17
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of t
Tiger Bay
1959-03-01
In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal k
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977-06-23
It's the winter of 1935 and Max Brown is newly arrived in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan - a rural Canadi
The Green Buddha
1954-11-01
Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a
The Fishing Match
1962-08-19
Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting K
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981-03-25
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the
Libel
1959-10-23
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his
Remembrance
1982-10-01
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise,
Hang Up Your Brightest Colours
1973-01-01
Actor/writer Kenneth Griffith's polemic eulogy to Irish patriot Michael Collins.
Snowball
1960-01-01
A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. Th
The Forest Rangers
1942-10-21
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidenc
The Lion in Winter
1968-08-20
Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.
1984
1956-03-06
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by fall
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe
A Fairy Story
1968-09-18
A father tells his son a fairy story. Animated short.
Love on the Dole
1941-06-28
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lanca
Channel Incident
1940-04-28
During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to j
36 Hours
1953-12-04
When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely co
Sky Riders
1976-03-26
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband
Great Catherine
1968-11-29
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg,
The Gamblers
1970-04-16
Card cheats travel by cruise ship to the Adriatic coast to fleece a wealthy aristocrat.
Nothing to Pay
1962-09-02
A group of Welsh rugby union supporters leave their village for the first time to watch an away game
Four Weddings and a Funeral
1994-03-09
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may
Only Two Can Play
1962-01-19
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights o
Fame Is the Spur
1947-09-23
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately beco
Waterfront
1950-07-26
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, w
The Prison
1974-05-24
A successful Paris magazine proprietor embarks on a destructive voyage of self-discovery after his w
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942-02-23
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a
Expresso Bongo
1959-12-01
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
The Frightened City
1961-09-01
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job,
Blue Scar
1949-04-09
1940s British realist film about the life and struggles of a family in a Welsh mining town.
We Joined the Navy
1963-05-17
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a
Chain of Events
1958-09-30
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957-12-10
With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find them
Jane Eyre
1970-12-01
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
Helter Skelter
1949-08-07
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Rotten to the Core
1965-07-14
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have th
Black As Hell and Thick As Grass
1971-01-01
An account of two battles between Zulus and the British at Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, from the 1
The Starfish
1952-09-30
Three children, holidaying in a small Cornish fishing village, become intrigued by the locals' tales
Miss Knowall
1940-12-31
Short government film on the dangers of gossip in wartime.
The Naked Truth
1957-12-03
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the per
The Baby and the Battleship
1956-06-01
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds hims
Brothers in Law
1957-03-04
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wro
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959-03-10
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island.
The Two-Headed Spy
1958-11-17
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobio
A French Mistress
1960-08-25
The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to
The Public's Right to Know
1974-01-01
A documentary in which Kenneth Griffith, actor and filmmaker, endeavors to find the truth behind the
Curious Journey
1978-07-13
The 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin was an armed rebellion by Irish republicans against British rule in
A Famous Journey
1979-01-01
Actor and film-maker Kenneth Griffith traces the journey made by the Three Wise Men. Commissioned by
The Great Mr Handel
1942-11-09
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal angu
Koroshi
1968-11-28
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializ