Richard Griffiths has died at age 65, of complications following heart surgery. The prolific and much-loved British actor had probably the greatest triumph of his career by starring in the 2004 play The History Boys and its 2006 movie version, but it’s safe to say a generation will likely best remember him as Harry Potter’s uncle. Griffiths worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s, making a name for himself in such Shakespearean comedies as The Merry Wives Of Windsor, in which he played Falstaff, and The Comedy Of Errors, in a production that was filmed for ...
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R.I.P. Richard Griffiths
- 29 March 2013
- The AV Club