Biographies: Hugh Griffith - Actor

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British actor born in Marian Glass, Wells, United Kingdom on May 30, 1912 as Hugh Emrys Griffith. He won an Oscar in 1960 as Best Supporting Actor for the movie Ben-Hur (1958) and won the Golden Laurel Award and the NBR Award for the same movie. He is known for Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Oliver (1968), and The Canterbury Tales (1972). He died on May 14, 1980 in London, England, United Kingdom of a heart attack. He worked at the beginning of his life in a bank, then left it to obtain a scholarship to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His career was hindered by his conscription in the British army after graduating in 1940 to serve in the India and Burma front during the Second World War. After the war, he worked in London theaters and achieved remarkable success, especially in Shakespeare's plays. Then, he traveled to Broadway to work in its theaters and then on television. As for his cinematic career, he started with the movie Dulcimer Street (1948). He continued his successful career in cinema and television until the end of the seventies. His sister Eileen Roger Jones was a well-known actress in Wales.

• 17 February 2022
• Christina Aziz