Hugh Griffith

Hugh Griffith

May 30, 1912 · 114 years old

Hugh Griffith was an Oscar-winning Welsh screen, stage and television actor.

Known For

18 titles
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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

1959 · 3h 32m · Movie

A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, but it's not long before he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.

8.1
2
Oliver!

Oliver!

1968 · 2h 33m · Movie

After being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver T...

7.4
3
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949 · 1h 46m · Movie

A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

8.0
4
How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Million

1966 · 2h 3m · Movie

The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father's forgeries and protect his secret.

7.5
5
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1962 · 2h 58m · Movie

In 1787, British ship Bounty leaves Portsmouth to bring a cargo of bread-fruit from Tahiti, but the savage on-board conditions imposed by Captain Bligh trigger a mutiny led by first officer Fletcher Christian.

7.2
6
The Abominable Dr. Phibes

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1971 · 1h 34m · Movie

Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.

7.0
7
Tom Jones

Tom Jones

1963 · 2h 9m · Movie

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.

6.4
8
Exodus

Exodus

1960 · 3h 28m · Movie

The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

6.7
9
The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

1972 · 1h 51m · Movie

Pasolini's artistic and always vividly cinematic retelling of eight of Chaucer's famous tales.

6.3
10
Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

1972 · 1h 29m · Movie

The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.

6.3
11
The Titfield Thunderbolt

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953 · 1h 24m · Movie

Volunteers take over their local passenger train service (against bus company resistance) when the government announces its closure.

7.0
12
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962 · 2h 20m · Movie

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

7.4
13
Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

1970 · 1h 44m · Movie

Doomed lovers Catherine and Heathcliff are torn apart by their own selfishness and hate.

6.4
14
The Sleeping Tiger

The Sleeping Tiger

1954 · 1h 29m · Movie

After a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.

6.5
15
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978 · 1h 18m · Movie

A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.

4.5
16
Craze

Craze

1974 · 1h 36m · Movie

A nutty antiques dealer starts to sacrifice women to an African idol.

5.1
17
Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

1957 · 1h 35m · Movie

Jim Dixon struggles with university work, Professor Welch's boring behavior, and his neurotic friend Margaret Peel. His misery is further complicated by his son Bertrand and companion Christine Callaghan.

5.9
18
Some Like It Cool

Some Like It Cool

1977 · 1h 40m · Movie

While hiding from the royal authorities,Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, an...

4.6