Place of birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Death: 2013-03-28
Actor of film, television and stage, Richard Thomas Griffiths is known for his portrayals of Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter films (2001–2010), Uncle Monty in Withnail & I (1987) and in TV series as Henry Crabbe in Pie in the Sky, and Trevor Beasley in A Kind of Living.