Richard Griffiths, an English actor, amassed a fortune of $5 million.
Richard Griffiths was a resident of Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom from July 1947 until his passing in March 2013.
Griffiths was enrolled in a drama class at Stockton & Billingham College for the first time.
He attended the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama as a student.
He started working for BBC Radio and acted and directed in small-scale cinemas.
Griffiths’ performance in The History Boys on stage earned him a Tony Award, Laurence Olivier Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award.
Crown Court and Village Hall marked his first television appearances in 1974, followed by Whoops Apocalypse and Bird of Prey in 1982.
Griffiths portrayed the character of Trevor Beasley in the TV series A Kind of Living, which aired from 1988 to 1990.
From 1994 to 1997, he acted as Henry Crabbe in the series Pie in the Sky.
He acted in a variety of films including It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet, Breaking Glass, Superman II, Chariots of Fire, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Ragtime, Britannia Hospital, Gandhi, Gorky Park, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, A Private Function, Shanghai Surprise, Funny Bones, The Warrens, Casper & Spooky, Vatel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Stage Beauty, Harry Potter and the History of
The History Boys’ Griffiths was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2007.
At the age of 65, Richard Griffiths died on March 28, 2013, due to complications arising from heart surgery.