Hugh Griffith
Welsh actor (1912–1980)
Hugh Emrys Griffith was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI's 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, winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Ben-Hur (1959), with a second nomination for Tom Jones (1963).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 12 films (1954–1968) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 8 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | The Beggar’s Opera. | Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. | 94 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1959 | BEN-HUR. | Loew's Inc. | 12 reels | Color | sound | |
| 1959 | The story on page one. | Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 4420 | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1960 | Exodus. | Carlyle-Alpina S.A. | 208 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1961 | The Counterfeit Traitor. | Perlsea Co. & Paramount Pictures Corp. | 138 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1962 | MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Arcola Pictures Corp. | 13 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | unknown | 16mm | sound | ||
| 1963 | Tom Jones. | Woodfall Film Productions Ltd. | 128 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1964 | The Bargee | Duncan Wood | ||||
| 1967 | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad. | Paramount Pictures Corp. | 35mm | Color | sound | |
| 1967 | The Sailor From Gibraltar. | Woodfall Film Presentations Ltd. | 91 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1968 | Oliver. | Warwick Film Productions Ltd. | 146 min | 35mm | Color | sound |