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Hugh Griffith is a Actor British born on 30 may 1912 at Anglesey (United-kingdom)
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh film, stage and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ben-Hur (1959) and received an additional Oscar nomination for the same category in Tom Jones (1963).
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Birth name Hugh Emrys Griffith
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 30 may 1912 at Anglesey (United-kingdom)
Death 14 may 1980 (at 67 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 30 may 1912 at Anglesey (United-kingdom)
Death 14 may 1980 (at 67 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh film, stage and television actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ben-Hur (1959) and received an additional Oscar nomination for the same category in Tom Jones (1963).
Biography
Hugh Griffith apprend le métier de comédien à la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Acteur de second rôle fréquemment employé par le cinéma britannique et le cinéma américain, il interprète souvent des personnages truculents. Il est surtout connu pour le rôle du sheik Ildérim dans Ben-Hur de William Wyler (une performance comique qui lui vaut l'oscar du meilleur acteur dans un second rôle. Il interprète le père haut en couleurs d'Audrey Hepburn, faussaire fils de faussaire, dans Comment voler un million de dollars du même William Wyler. Il est victime d'une crise cardiaque dont il décède le 14 mai 1980 à 67 ans.Best films
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, 1h50Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias, David Niven, Elke Sommer, Gloria Grahame, Richard Johnson
Roles Sid Larkin
Rating57%
Tout juste sorti de prison, "Pinky" Green est déterminé à aller dans le droit chemin et, comme il est un électricien qualifié, il est engagé par une société appelée Global Group Security. Cette entreprise l'envoie travailler au système de sécurité de l'Atlantic and Pacific Bank dans le quartier de Mayfair. Un certain Ivan le Terrible le fait alors chanter pour qu'il les aide à dévaliser la banque de Berkeley Square.
Grand Slam (1978)
, 1h2Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Rugby
Actors Hugh Griffith, Windsor Davies, Sharon Morgan
Roles Caradog Lloyd-Evans
Rating79%
Four men, members of a Welsh rugby union club, fly to Paris as part of a weekend outing to see Wales play France in the Five Nations Championship match that will decide the Grand Slam title.
, 1h25Directed by Paul Morrissey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Penelope Keith, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith
Roles Frankland
Rating45%
The film begins in a theater, where a pianist (Moore) begins to play a piano accompaniment to the actual film being shown in the theater.
Casanova & Co. (1977)
Directed by Franz Antel
Origin France
Genres Erotic, Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tony Curtis, Marisa Berenson, Marisa Mell, Jean Lefebvre, Andréa Ferréol, Sylva Koscina
Roles The Caliph
Rating46%
While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova (Tony Curtis), the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Jacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Caliph and his wife arrive 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, Jacomo and Jacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.
Joseph Andrews (1977)
, 1h44Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ann-Margret, Peter Firth, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Jim Dale, Peter C. Bull
Roles Squire Western
Rating56%
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, yet Sir Thomas really seeks relief for his sick foot, 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. On his way back on foot, he falls prey to highwaymen who rob him of everything, even the clothes on his back. He is found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson. Meanwhile the lady consents to her cousin marrying below their station when learning the fiancée is Joseph's sister, Pamela. The parson barely escapes a wicked gentleman's totally unjust, all but gentle justice after being accused of the attempted rape committed by a squire he actually prevented and comes to learn ever more about a relevant child-theft by gypsies, but meanwhile he, Joseph and Fanny fall prey again to the rapist's utter debauchery.
, 1h25Directed by Marty Feldman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes French war films
Actors Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret, Avery Schreiber, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones
Roles Judge
Rating59%
Spoofing the classic Beau Geste and a number of other desert motion pictures, the film's plotline revolves around the heroic Beau Geste and his brother Digby's misadventures in the French Foreign legion out in the Sahara, and the disappearance of the family sapphire, sought after by their money-hungry stepmother.
The Passover Plot (1976)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Zalman King, Harry Andrews, Hugh Griffith, Dan Hedaya, Donald Pleasence, Scott Wilson
Roles Caiaphas
Rating38%
Une secte religieuse, les Zélotes, vole en secret le corps du Christ afin de réaliser la prophétie de sa résurrection et de rallier la population à leur cause...
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
, 1h25Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Peter Cushing, Ron Moody, Hugh Griffith, Roy Castle, David Rintoul, Stefan Gryff
Roles Maestro Pamponi
Rating56%
A boy that has been raised by wolves is displayed as a circus freak under the title 'Wolf Boy.' Named Etoile by Pamponi,the circus owner, he grows up and after killing a member of the circus troupe while under the influence of the full moon, becomes a zookeeper in Paris.
Craze (1974)
, 1h36Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Trevor Howard, Hugh Griffith
Roles Solicitor
Rating50%
Invasion From Inner Earth (1974)
, 1h34Directed by Freddie Francis, Bill Rebane
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Diana Dors, Jack Palance, Hugh Griffith, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Trevor Howard
Rating27%
A group of pilots in the Canadian wilderness begin to hear strange reports over their radios about planes crashing, cars stalling, and a deadly plague which has gripped the planet. As the plot continues, it's clear that Earth is in the midst of an invasion. The pilots barracade themselves in a cabin in the woods and wait for impending doom.
Luther (1974)
, 1h51Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films based on plays
Actors Stacy Keach, Julian Glover, Maurice Denham, Judi Dench, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith
Roles Tetzel
Rating64%
The time span covered by the film is 1506–1526: from Luther's completion of his novitiate in the Order of Eremites of St. Augustine in Erfurt to a time just after the birth of his first son Hans (b. June 7, 1526). It is narrated by Julian Glover, who portrays a young knight in the tradition of Ulrich von Hutten and Franz von Sickingen. He takes Luther to task for failing to complete his "revolution" by supporting the peasants in their uprising: "You could have done it, Martin." Luther is confronted in the course of the film six other times, giving him the opportunity to defend himself in his own words. The metaphor of constipation and flatulence is employed to indicate Luther's progression from insecurity to confidence in life.
The Final Programme (1973)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Fuest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about computing, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Political films, Dystopian films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jon Finch, Jenny Runacre, Hugh Griffith, Sterling Hayden, Patrick Magee, Julie Ege
Roles Professor Hira
Rating54%
L'aventurier prix Nobel Jerry Cornelius (Finch) s'oppose à son frère Frank (O'Connor), qui a enlevé sa sœur Catherine (Douglas). Tous deux meurent tandis que Jerry se retrouve mêlé aux plans de Miss Brunner (Runacre) visant à créer l'homme parfait en fusionnant leurs deux corps...
Take Me High (1973)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Cliff Richard, Deborah Watling, Hugh Griffith, George Cole, Anthony Andrews, Richard Wattis
Roles Sir Harry Cunningham
Rating47%
What? (1972)
, 1h52Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Hugh Griffith, Sydne Rome, Romolo Valli, Guido Alberti, Carlo Delle Piane
Roles Joseph Noblart
Rating55%
Set in an unnamed coastal city in Italy, the film tells a story of an American girl, Nancy (Sydne Rome) who, after a sexually assault attempt, takes shelter in a villa filled with strange guests. There, she gets into a relationship with a retired pimp Alex (Marcello Mastroianni).
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
, 1h31Directed by Curtis Harrington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about families, Children's films
Actors Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson, Lionel Jeffries, Hugh Griffith, Rosalie Crutchley
Roles Mr. Harrison, The Pigman
Rating61%
Mrs. Forrest, in the eyes of the staff and children at an orphanage, is a sweet, kind-mannered and children-loving widow, who throws a lavish annual Christmas party at her mansion, Forrest Grange (known to the orphans as the "Gingerbread House") for ten of the best-mannered children at the orphanage. But secretly, she is a demented, sad and miserable woman who keeps the mummified remains of her daughter Katharine in a nursery room in the attic, singing lullabies to her and trying to contact her spirit with the assistance of (phony) psychic Mr. Benton. He fools Forrest into believing that the voice of Clarine, one of the servants, during the fake séances is that of Katharine.