A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Selected Works:

Film:

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet - 1977
Breaking Glass - 1980
Chariots of Fire - 1981
Superman II - 1980
The French Lieutenant's Woman - 1981
Ragtime	 - 1981
Britannia Hospital - 1982
Gandhi - 1982
Gorky Park - 1983
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - 1984
A Private Function - 1984
Shanghai Surprise - 1986
Withnail and I - 1987	
King Ralph - 1991
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear - 1991
Blame It on the Bellboy - 1992
Guarding Tess - 1994
Funny Bones - 1995
The Warrens - 1997		
Sleepy Hollow - 1999
Vatel - 2000
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 2002	
Stage Beauty - 2004	
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 2004	
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 2005
Venus - 2006
The History Boys	Hector - 2006
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Vernon Dursley - 2007
Bedtime Stories	Barry Nottingham - 2008
Jackboots on Whitehall - 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 - 2010	
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - 2011
Hugo - 2011	
Private Peaceful - 2012

Television:

Crown Court - Interpreter - Episode 3.31: "Duress: Part 1" - 1974
Village Hall - Mr. Ridealgh - Episode 1.1: "Mr. Ellis Versus the People" - 1974
ITV PlayhouseM - Park keeper - Episode 7.2: "Norma" - 1974
When the Boat Comes In	P.C. Price - Episode 1.1 "A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots" - 1976
Red Letter Day - Window cleaner - Episode 1.3: "Well Thank You, Thursday" - 1976
The Expert - Ripley - Episode 4.10: "Tainted Money" - 1976
Second City Firsts - Episode 8.1: "Twelve Off the Belt" - 1977
ITV Playhouse - Board member - Episode 9.10: "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" - 1977
The Comedy of Errors	Officer	TV play - 1978
The Sweeney - Ronnie Harries - Episode 4.14: "Jack or Knave" - 1978
Afternoon Off - 	Mr. Turnbull - TV play - 1979
Nobody's Perfect	Sam Hooper - 1980
Prisoners of Conscience	William Beausire	Episode 1.1: "William Beausire" - 1981
Minder - Derek Farrow - Episode 3.5: "Dreamhouse" - 1982
Whoops Apocalypse - Premier Dubienkin - Episode 1.6: "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" - 1981
Bird of Prey - Henry Jay - TV mini-series;  four episodes - 1982
The World Cup: A Captain's Tale	Sidney Barron	TV film
Five-Minute Films - The Window Cleaner - Episode: "A Light Snack" - 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor - Sir John Falstaff - TV film - 1982
The Cleopatras	Pot Belly	TV mini-series; three episodes - 1983	
Bergerac - Jean-Pierre - Episode 2.6: "Fall of a Birdman" - 1983
Bird of Prey 2 - Henry Jay	TV mini-series; four episodes - 1984
Boon - Sidney Garbutt - Episode 1.6: "Glasshouse People" - 1986
The Raggy Dolls	- 1986	
Casanova - Cardinal - TV film - 1987
Ffizz - Jack Mowbray - 1987
The Marksman - Brown - TV mini series - 1987
A Kind of Living - Trevor Beasley - 15 episodes - 1988-1990	
Goldeneye - Second admiral - TV film - 1989
Perfect Scoundrels - Phil Kirby - Episode 2.1: "Ssh, You Know Who" - 1991
El C.I.D.	 - Weatherby - Episode 3.2: "Nothing Is Forever" - 1992
The Good Guys - Archie Phillips - Episode 1.8: "Going West" - 1992
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade - Porter - TV film - 1992
Inspector Morse - Canon Humphrey Appleton - Episode 7.2: "The Day of the Devil" - 1993	
Lovejoy - Hans Koopman - Episode 4.9: "They Call Me Midas" - 1993
A Breed of Heroes - TV film - 1994
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends - Mr. Alderman Ptolomy Tortoise, Mr. Jackson - 1994-1995 - Sir Isaac Newton - two episodes; voice
Pie in the Sky - Henry Crabbe - 40 episodes - 1994-1997
In the Red - Geoffrey Crichton-Potter - Episode 1.3 - 1998
The Canterbury Tales - Saturn - Episode 1.1: "Leaving London"; voice - 1998
Oi! Get Off Our Train - Elephant - TV short; voice - 1998
Ted & Ralph - Landowner at Party	TV film - 1998
Archibald the Koala - Archibald - 52 episodes; voice - 1998-2000
The Vicar of Dibley - Bishop of Mulberry - Episode 3.17: -  "Spring" - 1999
Gormenghast - Swelter - TV mini-series; two episodes - 2000
Hope and Glory - Leo Wheeldon - two episodes - 2000
2002	TLC - Mr Benedict Ron -  2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth	Willie Whitelaw - TV film - 2002
The Brides in the Bath - Sir Edward Marshall Hall - TV film - 2003
2005	Princes in the Tower	Sir Thomas More	TV film; voice
Bleak House - Mr. Bayham Badger	 - TV mini-series; two episodes - 2005
Ballet Shoes - Great Uncle Matthew - TV film - 2007
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa - Santa Claus - TV film - 2008
National Theatre Live - Fitz / W.H. Auden - TV play: The Habit of Art - 2010
George and Bernard Shaw - Bernard - Episode 1.1: "Pilot" - 2011
Episodes- Julian Bullard - Episode 1.1: "Episode One" - 2011
The Hollow Crown – Henry V - Duke of Burgundy - TV film - 2012                          

Mother Jane née Denmark
Father Thomas Griffiths - both parents were deaf, three of his four siblings died.
Spouse Heather Gibson, married 1980 till his death from complications following heart surgery.