Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Known For
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Scheich Ildirim
Oliver!
(1968)
The Magistrate
Exodus
(1960)
Mandria
Tom Jones
(1963)
Squire Western
What?
(1972)
Joseph Noblart
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1962)
Alexander Smith
How to Steal a Million
(1966)
Charles Bonnet
The Canterbury Tales
(1972)
Sir January
Casanova & Co.
(1977)
The Caliph
High School Girl
(1974)
Barone di Roccadura
The Million Pound Note
(1954)
Potter
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949)
Lord High Steward
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
(1971)
Rabbi
Wuthering Heights
(1970)
Dr. Kenneth
The Fixer
(1968)
Lebedev
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
(1972)
Harry Ambrose
Full Filmography
Acting
Neutral Port
(1940)
Bit
Night Train to Munich
(1940)
London Belongs to Me
(1948)
Headlam Fynne
The Three Weird Sisters
(1948)
Mabli Hughes
So Evil My Love
(1948)
Coroner
The First Gentleman
(1948)
John Fisher
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
(1949)
Bensall, the butler
The Last Days of Dolwyn
(1949)
Minister
A Run for Your Money
(1949)
Huw Price
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949)
Lord High Steward
Gone to Earth
(1950)
Andrew Vessons
Scrapbook for 1933
(1950)
(voice)
The Galloping Major
(1951)
Humbert Temple
Laughter in Paradise
(1951)
Henry Augustus Russell
The Titfield Thunderbolt
(1953)
Dan
The Beggar's Opera
(1953)
The Beggar
The Sleeping Tiger
(1954)
Inspector Simmons
The Million Pound Note
(1954)
Potter
The Merry Christmas
(1955)
Scrooge
Passage Home
(1955)
Pettigrew der Chefingenieur
The Good Companions
(1957)
Morton Mitcham
Now Let Him Go
(1957)
Simon Kendall
Lucky Jim
(1957)
Professor Welch
The Story on Page One
(1959)
Judge Edgar Neilsen
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Scheich Ildirim
The Citadel
(1960)
Philip Denny
Exodus
(1960)
Mandria
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
(1960)
O'Shea
Term of Trial
(1962)
O'Hara
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1962)
Alexander Smith
The Counterfeit Traitor
(1962)
Collins
The Inspector
(1962)
Van der Pink
Tom Jones
(1963)
Squire Western
The Bargee
(1964)
Joe Turnbull
Hide and Seek
(1964)
Wilkins
How to Steal a Million
(1966)
Charles Bonnet
Poppies Are Also Flowers
(1966)
Salah Rahman Khan
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
(1967)
Commodore Roseabove
Brown Eye, Evil Eye
(1967)
Tadeusz Bridges
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
(1967)
Ibn-el-Rascid
The Sailor from Gibraltar
(1967)
Llewellyn
The Fixer
(1968)
Lebedev
Il marito รจ mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
(1968)
Ignazio
Oliver!
(1968)
The Magistrate
Wuthering Heights
(1970)
Dr. Kenneth
Start the Revolution Without Me
(1970)
King Louis
Cry of the Banshee
(1970)
Mickey
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
(1971)
Rabbi
What?
(1972)
Joseph Noblart
The Canterbury Tales
(1972)
Sir January
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
(1972)
Mr. Harrison, The Pigman
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
(1972)
Harry Ambrose
Take Me High
(1973)
Sir Harry Cunningham
The Final Programme
(1973)
Professor Hira
Increase and Multiply
(1973)
Monsignor Casadei
Craze
(1974)
Solicitor
Luther
(1974)
Tetzel
High School Girl
(1974)
Barone di Roccadura
Legend of the Werewolf
(1975)
Maestro Pamponi
The Passover Plot
(1976)
Caiaphas
Casanova & Co.
(1977)
The Caliph
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
(1977)
Judge
Joseph Andrews
(1977)
Squire Western
Grand Slam
(1978)
Caradog Lloyd-Evans
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1978)
Frankland
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
(1980)
Sid Larkin
Under Milk Wood
(1992)
Captain Cat (voice) (archive sound)