ACTOR

Hugh Griffith

Known for The Oscars · Gone to Earth · Laughter in Paradise

Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.

Snapshot 2026-10-16

Born

May 30, 1912

Died

May 14, 1980

Birthplace

Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Known For

Acting

Known For

TV

The OscarsSelf · 1953
★ 7.1

MOVIE

Gone to EarthAndrew Vessons · 1950
★ 6.2

MOVIE

Laughter in ParadiseHenry Russell · 1951
★ 6.5

TV

Thirty-Minute TheatreUncle Rollo · 1965
★ 4.2

TV

LV

Lux Video TheatreMan with Cello · 1950
★ 6.7

TV

Armchair TheatreSimon Kendall · 1956
★ 6.0

TV

ABC Stage 67Herr Hoffman · 1966
★ 6.8

TV

Lights Out1 eps · 1949
★ 6.0

Filmography

Movies

NP

Neutral PortBit

1940

Night Train to Munich

1940

London Belongs to MeHeadlam Fynne

1948

So Evil My LoveCoroner

1948

The First GentlemanJohn Fisher

1948

The Three Weird SistersMabli Hughes

1948

A Run for Your MoneyHuw Price

1949

Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing HeiressBensall, the butler

1949

Kind Hearts and CoronetsLord High Steward

1949

The Last Days of DolwynMinister

1949

Gone to EarthAndrew Vessons

1950

SF

Scrapbook for 1933(voice)

1950

Laughter in ParadiseHenry Russell

1951

The Galloping MajorHumbert Temple

1951

The Beggar's OperaThe Beggar

1953

The Titfield ThunderboltDan

1953

The Million Pound NotePotter

1954

The Sleeping TigerInspector Simmons

1954

Passage HomePettigrew der Chefingenieur

1955

TM

The Merry ChristmasScrooge

1955

The Moment of TruthThe Photographer

1955

Lucky JimProfessor Welch

1957

Now Let Him GoSimon Kendall

1957

The Good CompanionsMorton Mitcham

1957

Ben-HurScheich Ildirim

1959

The Story on Page OneJudge Edgar Neilsen

1959

ExodusMandria

1960

The CitadelPhilip Denny

1960

The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandO'Shea

1960

Mutiny on the BountyAlexander Smith

1962

Term of TrialO'Hara

1962

The Counterfeit TraitorCollins

1962

The InspectorVan der Pink

1962

Tom JonesSquire Western

1963

Hide and SeekWilkins

1964

The BargeeJoe Turnbull

1964

How to Steal a MillionCharles Bonnet

1966

The Poppy Is Also a FlowerSalah Rahman Khan

1966

Brown Eye, Evil EyeTadeusz Bridges

1967

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So SadCommodore Roseabove

1967

On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...Ibn-el-Rascid

1967

The Sailor from GibraltarLlewellyn

1967

Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pareIgnazio

1968

Oliver!The Magistrate

1968

The FixerLebedev

1968

Cry of the BansheeMickey

1970

Start the Revolution Without MeKing Louis

1970

Wuthering HeightsDr. Kenneth

1970

The Abominable Dr. PhibesRabbi

1971

Dr. Phibes Rises AgainHarry Ambrose

1972

The Canterbury TalesSir January

1972

What?Joseph Noblart

1972

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Mr Harrison, The Pigman

1972

Increase and MultiplyMonsignor Casadei

1973

Take Me HighSir Harry Cunningham

1973

The Final ProgrammeProfessor Hira

1973

CrazeSolicitor

1974

High School GirlBarone di Roccadura

1974

LutherTetzel

1974

Legend of the WerewolfMaestro Pamponi

1975

The JokeDr Walden

1976

The Passover PlotCaiaphas

1976

Casanova & Co.The Caliph

1977

Joseph AndrewsSquire Western

1977

The Last Remake of Beau GesteJudge

1977

Grand SlamCaradog Lloyd-Evans

1978

The Hound of the BaskervillesFrankland

1978

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley SquareSid Larkin

1980

Under Milk WoodCaptain Cat (voice) (archive sound)

1992

Television

Lights Out1 eps

1949

Lux Video TheatreMan with Cello · 1 eps

1950

Lux Video TheatreConstantine · 1 eps

1950

The OscarsSelf · 1 eps

1953

Quatermass IIDr Leo Pugh · 6 eps

1955

Armchair TheatreSimon Kendall · 1 eps

1956

Colonel March of Scotland YardDr. Ivy · 1 eps

1956

TD

The Dow Hour of Great MysteriesCaptain Harmonville · 1 eps

1960

TW

The Walrus And The Carpenter7 eps

1965

Thirty-Minute TheatreUncle Rollo · 1 eps

1965

ABC Stage 67Herr Hoffman · 1 eps

1966

Orson Welles' Great MysteriesThe Man · 1 eps

1973

PlayhouseDr. Walden · 1 eps

1974

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