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RIP Richard Griffiths

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Died at the age of 65 after complications following heart surgery. :(

RIP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21973505

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 GMT

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

Wow. :O

A great character actor, and very funny.

Quote: Marc P @ March 29 2013, 10:48 AM GMT

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

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 GMT

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

You lucky get, getting to work with him!

Quote: Marooned @ March 29 2013, 12:07 PM GMT

You lucky get, getting to work with him!

Yeah he was the best, every way.

Quote: Marc P @ March 29 2013, 12:52 PM GMT

Yeah 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.

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