Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

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

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Known For

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

1959 • as Scheich Ildirim

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 • as Self

Playhouse

Playhouse

1974 • as Dr. Walden

Oliver!

Oliver!

1968 • as The Magistrate

Exodus

Exodus

1960 • as Mandria

Tom Jones

Tom Jones

1963 • as Squire Western

Filmography

1992

Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood
as Captain Cat (voice) (archive sound)
Movie - Released: 4/19/1992

1980

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
as Sid Larkin
Movie - Released: 3/16/1980

1978

Grand Slam
Grand Slam
as Caradog Lloyd-Evans
Movie - Released: 3/17/1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Frankland
Movie - Released: 8/1/1978

1977

Casanova & Co.
Casanova & Co.
as The Caliph
Movie - Released: 3/1/1977
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
as Squire Western
Movie - Released: 3/9/1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Judge
Movie - Released: 6/15/1977

1976

The Passover Plot
The Passover Plot
as Caiaphas
Movie - Released: 10/29/1976
The Joke
The Joke
as Dr Walden
Movie - Released: 5/26/1976

1975

Legend of the Werewolf
Legend of the Werewolf
as Maestro Pamponi
Movie - Released: 8/6/1975

1974

Craze
Craze
as Solicitor
Movie - Released: 5/16/1974
High School Girl
High School Girl
as Barone di Roccadura
Movie - Released: 3/8/1974
Luther
Luther
as Tetzel
Movie - Released: 1/21/1974
Playhouse
Playhouse
as Dr. Walden
TV - Released: 3/13/1974

1973

The Final Programme
The Final Programme
as Professor Hira
Movie - Released: 10/4/1973
Take Me High
Take Me High
as Sir Harry Cunningham
Movie - Released: 12/7/1973
Increase and Multiply
Increase and Multiply
as Monsignor Casadei
Movie - Released: 3/15/1973

1972

The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
as Sir January
Movie - Released: 9/2/1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
as Mr. Harrison, The Pigman
Movie - Released: 2/11/1972
What?
What?
as Joseph Noblart
Movie - Released: 12/7/1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
as Harry Ambrose
Movie - Released: 7/1/1972

1971

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
as Rabbi
Movie - Released: 4/1/1971

1970

Cry of the Banshee
Cry of the Banshee
as Mickey
Movie - Released: 7/22/1970
Start the Revolution Without Me
Start the Revolution Without Me
as King Louis
Movie - Released: 2/4/1970
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
as Dr. Kenneth
Movie - Released: 6/9/1970

1968

Oliver!
Oliver!
as The Magistrate
Movie - Released: 9/26/1968
The Fixer
The Fixer
as Lebedev
Movie - Released: 12/8/1968
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare
as Ignazio
Movie - Released: 2/8/1968

1967

The Sailor from Gibraltar
The Sailor from Gibraltar
as Llewellyn
Movie - Released: 1/1/1967
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
as Commodore Roseabove
Movie - Released: 2/15/1967
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...
as Ibn-el-Rascid
Movie - Released: 12/1/1967
Movie
Brown Eye, Evil Eye
as Tadeusz Bridges
Movie - Released: 1/1/1967

1966

How to Steal a Million
How to Steal a Million
as Charles Bonnet
Movie - Released: 7/13/1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Salah Rahman Khan
Movie - Released: 5/20/1966
ABC Stage 67
ABC Stage 67
as Herr Hoffman
TV - Released: 9/14/1966

1965

TV
The Walrus And The Carpenter
TV - Released: 3/2/1965

1964

The Bargee
The Bargee
as Joe Turnbull
Movie - Released: 4/23/1964
Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek
as Wilkins
Movie - Released: 6/21/1964

1963

Tom Jones
Tom Jones
as Squire Western
Movie - Released: 8/24/1963

1962

Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Alexander Smith
Movie - Released: 11/8/1962
The Counterfeit Traitor
The Counterfeit Traitor
as Collins
Movie - Released: 4/13/1962
Term of Trial
Term of Trial
as O'Hara
Movie - Released: 8/16/1962
The Inspector
The Inspector
as Van der Pink
Movie - Released: 5/24/1962

1960

Exodus
Exodus
as Mandria
Movie - Released: 12/15/1960
The Citadel
The Citadel
as Philip Denny
Movie - Released: 2/19/1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as O'Shea
Movie - Released: 9/4/1960

1959

Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
as Scheich Ildirim
Movie - Released: 11/18/1959
The Story on Page One
The Story on Page One
as Judge Edgar Neilsen
Movie - Released: 12/1/1959

1957

Now Let Him Go
Now Let Him Go
as Simon Kendall
Movie - Released: 9/15/1957
The Good Companions
The Good Companions
as Morton Mitcham
Movie - Released: 4/22/1957
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim
as Professor Welch
Movie - Released: 9/17/1957

1956

Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Dr. Ivy
TV - Released: 2/22/1956

1955

Passage Home
Passage Home
as Pettigrew der Chefingenieur
Movie - Released: 3/17/1955
Movie
The Merry Christmas
as Scrooge
Movie - Released: 12/21/1955
Quatermass II
Quatermass II
as Dr Leo Pugh
TV - Released: 10/22/1955

1954

The Sleeping Tiger
The Sleeping Tiger
as Inspector Simmons
Movie - Released: 6/21/1954
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note
as Potter
Movie - Released: 1/7/1954

1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt
The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Dan
Movie - Released: 3/4/1953
The Beggar's Opera
The Beggar's Opera
as The Beggar
Movie - Released: 8/24/1953
The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953

1951

Laughter in Paradise
Laughter in Paradise
as Henry Russell
Movie - Released: 6/1/1951
The Galloping Major
The Galloping Major
as Humbert Temple
Movie - Released: 5/7/1951

1950

Gone to Earth
Gone to Earth
as Andrew Vessons
Movie - Released: 11/6/1950
Movie
Scrapbook for 1933
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/6/1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Man with Cello
TV - Released: 10/2/1950
TV
Lux Video Theatre
as Constantine
TV - Released: 10/2/1950

1949

A Run for Your Money
A Run for Your Money
as Huw Price
Movie - Released: 11/23/1949
The Last Days of Dolwyn
The Last Days of Dolwyn
as Minister
Movie - Released: 4/13/1949
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress
as Bensall, the butler
Movie - Released: 6/27/1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as Lord High Steward
Movie - Released: 6/21/1949
Lights Out
Lights Out
TV - Released: 7/19/1949

1948

So Evil My Love
So Evil My Love
as Coroner
Movie - Released: 8/2/1948
London Belongs to Me
London Belongs to Me
as Headlam Fynne
Movie - Released: 11/5/1948
The Three Weird Sisters
The Three Weird Sisters
as Mabli Hughes
Movie - Released: 2/26/1948
The First Gentleman
The First Gentleman
as John Fisher
Movie - Released: 3/15/1948

1940

Night Train to Munich
Night Train to Munich
Movie - Released: 8/31/1940
Movie
Neutral Port
as Bit
Movie - Released: 12/6/1940