Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

October 12, 1921 · 105 years old

Kenneth Griffith (12 October 1921 – 25 June 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker.

Known For

21 titles
1
The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

1968 · 2h 14m · Movie

1183 A.D.: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won't commit to a choice. When he allows his imprisoned wife Eleanor of Aquitaine out for a Christmas visit, they all variously plot to force him into a ...

7.8
2
A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

1958 · 2h 3m · Movie

On her maiden voyage in April 1912, the supposedly unsinkable RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.

7.9
3
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain

1995 · 1h 39m · Movie

When an English cartographer must tell a Welsh village that their mountain is only a hill, the offended community sets out to change that.

6.6
4
The Wild Geese

The Wild Geese

1978 · 2h 14m · Movie

A British banker hires a former British Army colonel turned mercenary to parachute into Africa with his team and rescue a deposed president of a southern African nation from the hands of a corrupt dictator.

6.8
5
The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves

1980 · 2h 0m · Movie

During World War II, British Intelligence brings a crew of ex-soldiers out of retirement, using their age as cover, to take to the seas and pull off an unlikely undercover mission in neutral Goa.

6.3
6
1984

1984

1956 · 1h 30m · Movie

In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

6.9
7
I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

1959 · 1h 45m · Movie

A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.

7.1
8
The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

1969 · 1h 50m · Movie

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.

6.4
9
Circus of Horrors

Circus of Horrors

1960 · 1h 28m · Movie

Dr. Rossiter, a plastic surgeon wanted by the police, flees to France and under an assumed name acquires, by murder, a run-down circus. His first recruit is a woman criminal. He transforms her face by surgery and trains her.

6.0
10
The Whisperers

The Whisperers

1967 · 1h 46m · Movie

Elderly Mrs. Ross lives alone in her meager flat, scraping by on government assistance even as she claims to have great wealth. After finding stolen money she is victimized, making it necessary to find her support in her declining...

7.1
11
Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play

1962 · 1h 46m · Movie

A frustrated librarian (Sellers) in Swansea, Wales is torn between his wife Jean (Maskell) and a glamorous married woman, Liz (Zetterling), who wants to have an affair.

6.6
12
I Promised to Pay

I Promised to Pay

1961 · 1h 34m · Movie

A gang plans to steal a factory's wages, but an armored van foils them. They rob anyway, killing the driver. His vengeful wife and encroaching police make the gang betray each other.

7.0
13
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
14
Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo

1959 · 1h 51m · Movie

Sleazy talent agent Johnny Jackson discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they c...

6.2
15
Inn of the Frightened People

Inn of the Frightened People

1971 · 1h 29m · Movie

A family plots to take its revenge on the man who raped and murdered their daughter.

6.1
16
The Risk

The Risk

1960 · 1h 21m · Movie

UK scientists find a cure for plague but their government, fearing its military-biological potential, keeps the discovery secret until a scientist is duped into giving it to a foreign power.

6.2
17
The Shop at Sly Corner

The Shop at Sly Corner

1947 · 1h 31m · Movie

In Britain, a man with a shady past uses his antiquities shop as a front for smuggled diamonds but his young shop-assistant starts blackmailing him, leading to murder and to a police investigation.

6.6
18
The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs

1958 · 1h 28m · Movie

John Wilson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed. Anoth...

6.5
19
Tiger in the Smoke

Tiger in the Smoke

1956 · 1h 34m · Movie

A dying officer tells of a hidden treasure that was hidden in his grandmother's chateau. Years later, members of his Resistance group, led by a ruthless killer obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang back to France to recover it.

6.2
20
A French Mistress

A French Mistress

1960 · 1h 38m · Movie

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil after the new French master turns out to be a mistress. Madeleine Lafarge's (the French mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly, everyone wants extra ...

5.9
21
Track the Man Down

Track the Man Down

1955 · 1h 15m · Movie

A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.

6.2