Hugh Emrys Griffith
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 30, 1912 Marian Glas, Anglesey |
| Died | May 14, 1980 London, UK |
| Age | Died at 68 |
| Final Resting PlaceGolders Green Crematorium | |
Hugh Griffith | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1939-80 |
| Top Roles | Sheik Ilderim, Charles Bonnet, Lebedev, Llewellyn, O'Hara |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Film Adaptation, Thriller/Suspense |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Spies, Heist |
| Top Collaborators | Michael Balcon (Producer), Finlay Currie, Stephen Boyd, Reginald Beckwith |
| Shares birthday with | Howard Hawks, Irving Thalberg, Julian Blaustein see more.. |
Hugh Griffith Overview:
Actor, Hugh Griffith, was born Hugh Emrys Griffith on May 30, 1912 in Marian Glas, Anglesey. Griffith died at the age of 68 on May 14, 1980 in London, UK and was laid to rest in Golders Green Crematorium Cemetery in Golders Green, Greater London, England.
Hugh
Griffith was a fierce-eyed, bushy-browed, Welsh actor noted for his
extravagantly scene-stealing character portraits in both British and Hollywood
flicks. A former bank clerk, he changed careers to acting in his
middle-twenties and quickly proved himself on the stage before moving to the
screen in the 1940s. By the 1950s he became a well sought after actor in
Hollywood and eventually won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in 1959
for his portrayal of the Sheikh in Ben-Hur.
He would be nominated again in 1963 for his role as Squire Western in Tom Jones.
HONORS and AWARDS:
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Hugh Griffith was nominated for two Academy Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Ben-Hur (as Sheik Ilderim) in 1959.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1959 | Best Supporting Actor | Ben-Hur (1959) | Sheik Ilderim | Won |
| 1963 | Best Supporting Actor | Tom Jones (1963) | Squire Western | Nominated |
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Hugh Griffith Quotes:
The Beggar: You're never Captain MacHeath, sir!
Captain MacHeath: Never Captain MacHeath, sir? At my mother's breast I was Captain MacHeath, sir!
The Beggar: I would rather not think so! You're not at all as I imagined. No... no... no. I've overwritten you. My captain is higher by two or three inches.
Captain MacHeath: Hmmm. Wll, sir, thanks to you I shall be higher this time tomorrow by the height of a hangman's card.
The Beggar: No, Captain, you'd never do. There is more of you in two bars of my opera than there is in your own body.
Captain MacHeath: Well, I'm sorry for it.
The Beggar: [Disappointed] There's no arguing with reality.
Squire Allworthy: [Mr. Allworthy, in his sickbed after his carriage accident has brought him to death's door, prepares to tell his will to assorted members of the household. Tom Jones weeps at his bedside] Do not grieve, my dear nephew. Do not grieve.
Tom Jones: Sir, you cannot die!
Squire Allworthy: Death comes to us all, Tom. I've asked you here to tell you my will. Nephew Blifil, I leave you heir to my whole estate, with three exceptions. To you my dear Tom, I have given an estate of 800 pounds a year, together with a thousand pounds in ready money. I am convinced, my boy, that you have much goodness, generosity and honor in your nature. If you will add prudence, and religion, to these, you must be happy. One thousand pounds I leave to you, Mr. Thwackum, and a like sum to you, Mr. Square, which I am convinced exceeds your desires as well as your wants.
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