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Hugh Griffith

1912 - 1980

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Hugh Emrys Griffith (30 May 1912 – 14 May 1980) was a Welsh actor. Described by BFI 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-ever Welsh-born actor to win an Academy Award (following Ray Milland for The Lost Weekend), winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Ben-Hur (1959), with an additional nomination for Tom Jones (1963). As a stage actor, he was a renowned Shakespearean and a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and was nominated for Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the original production Look Homeward, Angel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Griffith is the 1,101st most popular actor (down from 1,024th in 2019), the 1,312th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,116th in 2019) and the 157th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Hugh Griffith ranks 1,101 out of 13,578. Before him are Marcheline Bertrand, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Adam Driver, Frances Fisher, Diane Lane, and Sacha Baron Cohen. After him are Frank Oz, Luke Evans, Rajkumar, Michael Wilding, Martin Kove, and Christine Baranski.

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Among people born in 1912, Hugh Griffith ranks 85. Before him are Ivan Yakubovsky, Jean Améry, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, A. E. van Vogt, Georg Solti, and Ertuğrul Osman. After him are Michael Wilding, Petar Stambolić, Kamala Sohonie, Rihei Sano, Taiichi Ohno, and Princess Deokhye. Among people deceased in 1980, Hugh Griffith ranks 71. Before him are Filipp Golikov, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Walter Dornberger, Tôn Đức Thắng, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, and Jim Fouché. After him are Mario Bava, Pascual Jordan, Winifred Wagner, Joy Adamson, Raoul Walsh, and V. V. Giri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Griffith ranks 1,312 out of 8,785. Before him are Evelyn Waugh (1903), Robert Fludd (1574), Lee Child (1954), Frances Fisher (1952), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), and Robert Recorde (1512). After him are Frank Oz (1944), Jonathan Edwards (1966), Arthur Phillip (1738), Luke Evans (1979), Elias Ashmole (1617), and Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Hugh Griffith ranks 157. Before him are Imelda Staunton (1956), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Orlando Bloom (1977), Billy Boyd (1968), Frances Fisher (1952), and Sacha Baron Cohen (1971). After him are Frank Oz (1944), Luke Evans (1979), Michael Wilding (1912), Eddie Redmayne (1982), Ewan McGregor (1971), and John Nettles (1943).

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