Kenneth Griffith
Biography
Kenneth Griffith was a Welsh actor and documentary maker who first appeared professionally on stage in 1937, playing Cinna the Poet in a modern-dress Julius Caesar at the Festival Theatre in Cambridge. Born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, he worked as a repertory actor and reached the West End in 1938 in a small part in The Shoemaker's Holiday. His screen career began with Love on the Dole in 1941 and ran to more than eighty films. He was best known for British pictures such as A Night to Remember (1958), in which he played the wireless operator Jack Phillips, the Boulting brothers comedies including I'm All Right Jack (1959), Revenge (1971), The Wild Geese (1978) and The Sea Wolves (1980). On television he appeared in The Prisoner. His later films included Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995). He died in 2006.
84years old at death
- Born Tenby
- Died Penally
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 38 years1957 to 1995
Genres
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About the name
Kenneth Griffith's headmaster, J. T. Griffith, suggested before he left school that he remove the "s" from his surname to make it sound less English.
Kenneth Griffith movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain1995 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Reverend Jones
IMDb rating 6.620K votes
Most often with
Andrew V. McLaglen directed two of these films, John Boulting two and Sidney Hayers two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Andrew V. McLaglen
John BoultingDirector, 2 films, 1959 to 1963
All films by John Boulting
Sidney HayersDirector, 2 films, 1960 to 1971
All films by Sidney Hayers
Also two films together15 more actors
- Roy KinnearThe Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984) and Heavens Above! (1963)
- Percy HerbertThe Sea Wolves (1980) and The Wild Geese (1978)
- Marne MaitlandI'm All Right Jack (1959) and Tiger Bay (1959)
- Miles MallesonHeavens Above! (1963) and I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Raymond HuntleyOnly Two Can Play (1962) and I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Terry-ThomasI'm All Right Jack (1959) and Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)
- Irene HandlHeavens Above! (1963) and I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Ronald FraserThe Wild Geese (1978) and The Whisperers (1967)
- Kenneth J. WarrenS*P*Y*S (1974) and Circus of Horrors (1960)
- Meredith EdwardsOnly Two Can Play (1962) and Tiger Bay (1959)
- Ralph MichaelThe Assassination Bureau (1969) and A Night to Remember (1958)
- Ian CarmichaelHeavens Above! (1963) and I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- David DaviesOnly Two Can Play (1962) and Tiger Bay (1959)
- Rosalind LloydWho Dares Wins (1982) and The Wild Geese (1978)
- ZouzouSky Riders (1976) and S*P*Y*S (1974)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Kenneth Griffith's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$289 million
5 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 5 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$246M85.0% of the total
- 2$22M7.7% of the total
- 3$11M3.8% of the total
- 4$9.9M3.4% of the total
- 5$220K0.1% of the total
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