Hugh Griffith

Known for Acting

5/30/1912

Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK

Biography

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

Known For (76 credits)

4.0

Movie

Under Milk Wood

1992

A poet's tale of a day in the lives of the villagers of a Welsh fishing town of Llareggub.

6.4

Movie

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

1980

An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious bank job in central London.

4.4

Movie

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978

The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the heir to the Baskerville estate.

4.9

Movie

Grand Slam

1978

A group of Welsh rugby fans go over to see Wales play France in the final match of the Six Nations rugby tournament.

5.7

Movie

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.

4.7

Movie

Joseph Andrews

1977

Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.

3.8

Movie

Casanova & Co.

1977

While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Giacomo and Giacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.

3.8

Movie

The Passover Plot

1976

Yeshua of Nazareth carefully plans his own crucifixion — and subsequent resurrection — to strengthen his political position against the Roman occupation of Palestine.

Movie

The Joke

1976

Bendel is known for his practical jokes and his self-confidence. But when Dr Walden, one of his victims. takes him seriously, trouble ensues.

5.3

Movie

Legend of the Werewolf

1975

A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs off to Paris, where he develops a jealous, overprotective crush on a prostitute, leading him to attack her client, incurring a pursuit by a determined police surgeon.

5.0

Movie

Craze

1974

A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers up human sacrifice.

7.0

Playhouse

1974

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.