Died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery. 
RIP
RIP Richard Griffiths
I only know him from the Naked Gun movies. R.I.P.!
Very sad. Poor old Uncle Vernon.
Both a very young age to die, and very surprising that he was that young! He must have been a lot younger than he looked when he was in Withnail and I.
That's a shame.
Just saw this, so so sad, I was only watching him the other night in Withnail & I.
May he rest in peace.
Lovely man, RIP Richard. Did this project for me when I was at Film School, wouldn't take a bean either, drove all the way back and down from the midlands and learned it all to do it one take. Very sad news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTV1Xif8vs&list=UU_eHiwwC0qTTGfrwyI23HJw&index=19
Quote: Marc P @ March 29 2013, 10:48 AM GMTLovely man, RIP Richard. Did this project for me when I was at Film School, wouldn't take a bean either, drove all the way back and down from the midlands and learned it all to do it one take. Very sad news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTV1Xif8vs&list=UU_eHiwwC0qTTGfrwyI23HJw&index=19
Wow. 
A great character actor, and very funny.
Quote: Marc P @ March 29 2013, 10:48 AM GMTLovely man, RIP Richard. Did this project for me when I was at Film School, wouldn't take a bean either, drove all the way back and down from the midlands and learned it all to do it one take. Very sad news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTV1Xif8vs&list=UU_eHiwwC0qTTGfrwyI23HJw&index=19
Yes he was a lovely, generous man.
Did a couple of voice-overs with him, and he was never the kind of actor to let you think that advertising was beneath him (plenty did!) - always showed an interest in what we were doing, even if it was just a silly yoghurt ad.
Wonderful character actor, very sad news
He'll forever be Uncle Monty to me.
RIP.
Quote: Marc P @ March 29 2013, 10:48 AM GMTLovely man, RIP Richard. Did this project for me when I was at Film School, wouldn't take a bean either, drove all the way back and down from the midlands and learned it all to do it one take. Very sad news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTV1Xif8vs&list=UU_eHiwwC0qTTGfrwyI23HJw&index=19
You lucky get, getting to work with him!
Quote: Marooned @ March 29 2013, 12:07 PM GMTYou lucky get, getting to work with him!
Yeah he was the best, every way.
Quote: Marc P @ March 29 2013, 12:52 PM GMTYeah he was the best, every way.
What did he say? Did he have any stories to tell or anything?
His talent for being so completely human - so authentic - in any role will be missed.
I'm a bit sorry that some of the stories - this side, anyway - say he was best known for Harry Potter. He was lovely in that but I think first of History Boys or Withnail. And Pie in the Sky was one of my first exposures to British television. I blame it for my obsessive and expensive dedication to what I think are called comedy dramas.
Shedding a tear in Toronto.