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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums'Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65
LONDON (AP) Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon. But for millions of movie fans, he will always be grumpy Uncle Vernon, the least magical of characters in the fantastical "Harry Potter" movies.
Griffiths died Thursday at University Hospital in Coventry, central England from complications following heart surgery, his agent, Simon Beresford, said. He was 65.
"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe paid tribute to the actor Friday, saying that "any room he walked into was made twice as funny and twice as clever just by his presence."
"I am proud to say I knew him," Radcliffe said.
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'Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65 (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2013
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NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)1. May he rest in peace
Well cast as Vernon Dursley, and I was hoping he would get to play Lord Manderly in Game of Thrones.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)2. Was he cast for it?
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)4. No, but
he was one of the leaders when it was speculated about, along with Ian McNeice (who was supposed to play Magister Illyrio from season 1, but had a scheduling conflict)
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)6. Damn, that would have been awesome. n/t
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)3. I have seen him in many roles, always enjoyable to watch.
Uncle Dursley was a good character for him.
RIP.
Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)5. That entire cast was magical.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)7. That is so sad. May he rest in peace.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)8. One of his earlier roles was as the anti-Semitic porter at Cambridge University
in "Chariots Of Fire".
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)9. Didn't recognise the name...
And I've never watched any Harry Potter movie, but I sure recognised that face. I looked him up on imdb, and sure enough I'd seen him in lots of stuff: Sleep Hollow, Lewis, Morse..
RIP Richard.