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Hugh Griffith (1912–1980) was a British actor who worked in film, television, and on stage. Born in Marian-glas, he received his education at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his professional career in 1939. A member of the British Army, Griffith was a citizen of the United Kingdom and spoke English. He died in London of a myocardial infarction.
Griffith received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He is recognized in the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor collection.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Great Rulers Of Ancient Rome
- The Glory Of Ancient Greece
- The Life Of Samuel Johnson
- Aristotle An Introduction (Naxos Audio Philosophy)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, UK
Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.
Known for
- Under Milk Wood — Captain Cat (voice) (archive sound)1992
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square — Sid Larkin1980
- Grand Slam — Caradog Lloyd-Evans1978
- The Hound of the Baskervilles — Frankland1978
- Casanova & Co. — The Caliph1977
- Joseph Andrews — Squire Western1977
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste — Judge1977
- The Passover Plot — Caiaphas1976
- The Joke — Dr Walden1976
- Legend of the Werewolf — Maestro Pamponi1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-07-06
- Active to
- 2021-08-13
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 164
- Total plays
- 374
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Hugh+Griffith">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 11
- Cited by
- 239
Research areas
Most cited works
- Miniaturization and Elongation in Eumeces (Sauria: Scincidae)1990 · 42 cit
- The Ambystoma laterale-jeffersonianum Complex in Central Ontario: Ploidy Structure, Sex Ratio, and Breeding Dynamics in a Bisexual-Unisexual Community1991 · 41 cit
- A CLADISTIC EVALUATION OF THE COSMOPOLITAN GENUS Eumeces WIEGMANN (REPTILIA, SQUAMATA, SCINCIDAE)2000 · 36 cit
- Phylogenetic relationships and evolution in the genus <i>Dissodactylus</i> Smith, 1870 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)1987 · 26 cit
- Heterochrony and Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in the fasciatus Group of the Scincid Genus Eumeces1991 · 25 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 15,452x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 9,180x
- Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
· 2016 · cited 9,061x
- From local explanations to global understanding with explainable AI for trees
· 2020 · cited 8,646x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Hugh Emrys Griffith , ( 1912-05-30 ) 30 May 1912, Marian-glas , Anglesey , Wales
- Died
- 14 May 1980 (1980-05-14) (aged 67), London , England
- Resting place
- Golders Green Crematorium , London, England
- Education
- Llangefni County School
- Alma mater
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1939–1980
- Spouse
- Adelgunde Margaret Beatrice von Dechend ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947)
- Relatives
- Elen Roger Jones (sister)
- Awards
- See below
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army
- Service years
- 1940–1946
- Unit
- Royal Welch Fusiliers
- Conflicts
- World War II Burma Campaign
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hugh
- Family name
- Griffith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Marian-glas
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Hugh griffith publicity photo.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Hugh Griffith
- date of birth
- 1912-05-30
- date of death
- 1980-05-14
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Hugh Griffith
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- name in native language
- Hugh Griffith
- P12749
- Ponzano di Fermo
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI Screenonline as a "wild-eyed, formidable character player", Griffith appeared in more than 100 theatre, film, and television productions in a career that spanned over 40 years. He was the second Welsh-born actor to win an Academy Award (following Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend), winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Ben-Hur (1959), with an additional nomination for Tom Jones (1963).
As a stage actor, he was a renowned Shakespearean and a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original production Look Homeward, Angel. He was also a BAFTA Award and a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture (for Tom Jones; 1963, Oliver!; 1968, and The Fixer, also 1968), and a Clarence Derwent Award winner.
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