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Griff
Griff may refer to: People * Griff (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Griff (singer), stage name of English singer and songwriter Sarah Faith Griffiths (born 2001) * Nickname of Guy Griffiths (1915–1999), British Second World War Royal Marine pilot and prisoner of war * Professor Griff, stage name of American rapper Richard Griffin (born 1969) * Emyr Morus Griffith (1923–1995), half of the Miki & Griff British country music duo * Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter Fictional characters * List of Back to the Future characters#Griff, Griff Tannen, in the 1989 film ''Back to the Future Part II'' * Griff, in the 2017 film ''Baby Driver'' * List of Rave Master characters#Griffon Kato, Griff (''Rave Master''), in the Japanese manga and anime series ''Rave Master'' * Griff, in the television series ''Married... with Children'' * Griff, List of Gargoyles characters#London Clan, ''Gargoyles'' clan member in the Disney animated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff Rhys Jones
Griffith Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a Welsh actor, comedian, writer and television presenter. He starred in a number of television series with his comedy partner, Mel Smith. He and Smith came to national attention in the 1980s for their work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' and ''Alas Smith and Jones''. From 2008 to 2018, Jones presented the television bloopers show '' It'll Be Alright on the Night'' for ITV, having replaced Denis Norden and being succeeded in 2018 by David Walliams. Early life and education Griffith Rhys Jones was born on 16 November 1953 in Cardiff, the son of Gwynneth Margaret (née Jones) and Elwyn Rhys Jones, a medical doctor. He was six months old when his family moved to West Sussex due to his father's occupation.Matthew Stadle"Griff Rhys Jones: 'I’m greedy for life – I do too many things'" ''The Daily Telegraph'', 3 November 2014. Jones attended Conifers Primary School in Midhurst, West Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff (name)
Griff is a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the given name include: * Griff Allen, American motorsports broadcaster * Griff Barnett (1884–1958), American actor * Griff Rhys Jones (born 1953), British comedian, writer and actor * Griff Norman (1926—2010), Welsh footballer * Griff Whalen (born 1990), American National Football League player * Griff Williams (born 1966), American painter Notable people with the surname include: * Elli Griff, British set decorator * Ray Griff (1940-2016), Canadian country music singer and songwriter * Stirling Griff Stirling Griff (born 2 December 1957) is an Australian former politician who was a Senator for South Australia from 2016 to 2022, representing Centre Alliance. His party changed its name from Nick Xenophon Team (NXT), led by Senator Nick Xenopho ... (born 1957), Australian politician * Zaine Griff (born 1957), New Zealand-born singer and songwriter {{given name, type-both Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brawl Stars
''Brawl Stars'' is a multiplayer online battle arena and third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by Finnish video game company Supercell (company), Supercell. The game was released worldwide on 12 December 2018, on iOS and Android (operating system), Android platforms. The game features a variety of game modes, each with a distinctive objective. Players are able to choose from a large selection of unlockable Player character, characters, called "Brawlers", who each have different abilities and playstyles. Gameplay In ''Brawl Stars'', players battle against other players or Artificial intelligence in video games, AI opponents in multiple game modes. Players can choose between different Brawlers, who can be unlocked through the Starr Road or purchased through the Shop to use in battles. In December 2022, a new progressive unlock system called the "''Starr Road''" replaced Boxes as the main method to unlock Brawlers. The cost to unlock each Brawler on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffin (other)
A griffin is a mythological creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle. Griffin(s) or The Griffin(s) may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Griffin (''The Invisible Man''), the title character in H. G. Wells' novel * Griffin (comics), several comic book characters * Griffin, in the Australian-New Zealand film '' The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'' * Griffin Callenreese, in the Japanese manga and anime series ''Banana Fish'' * Griffin Castillo, in the American television soap opera ''All My Children'' * Griffin Pierce-Taylor, in the Canadian television series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Griffin Turner, a character in ''Ninjago'' * Griffin Moss, one of the main characters of '' The Griffin and Sabine Saga'' * Griffin, also known as the Invisible Man, is one of the main characters in the Hotel Transylvania film series * Griffin emblem of Midland Bank, later used as a character in advertisements for the bank Other uses in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grif (other)
Grif may refer to: * Dexter Grif, a character in ''Red vs. Blue'' ** Grifball a ''Halo'' gametype named after the character * Grif Italia, an Italian hang glider manufacturer * o -aminophenol oxidase, an enzyme referred to as GriF * Grif Teller (1899–1993), artist famous for his paintings for the Pennsylvania Railroad See also * Griff (other) * Gryph (other) * Gryf Gryf ( Polish for "Griffin"), also known as Jaxa, is a Polish coat of arms that was used by many noble families in medieval Poland and later under the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, branches of the original medieval Gryfita-Świebodzic fa ... * Gryffe {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff's Hamburgers
Griff's Hamburgers, or Griff's Burger Bar, is a regional fast food chain founded in 1960 by Griff's of America, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, United States. At one time, they had locations nationwide with the majority in the South near highway exits. Griff's was named for the founder, HJ Griffith. The restaurant buildings were of a patented A-frame design, produced by Valentine Diner of Wichita, Kansas. Later restaurants sported more conventionaarchitecture A bright yellow sign read HAMBURGERS in big block capitals. The restaurants offered both drive-thrus and patio dining. Most of the stores were located in high traffic locations, such as near a highway off-ramp, or along Route 66. There was one on the corner of Caruthers and Independence in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in the 1960s, catty corner from old Central High School. Cory Griffin, the Great-Grandson of founder Harold J. Griffith Relocated the Corporate headquarters for Griff's to Dallas, Texas. Stores remain open in Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Griffith (botanist)
William Griffith (4 March 1810 – 9 February 1845) was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist. Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. After a brief stay in Madras, he was assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma, where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in Assam. He explored various parts of Burma, traveling the rivers, including the Irrawadi as far as Rangoon. He visited the highlands of Sikkim, and the region of the Himalayas around Shimla. Subsequently, Griffith was appointed as Civil Surgeon in Malacca, where he died of a parasitic liver disease. Biography William was born at Ham on 4 March 1810, the son of Thomas Griffith. He studied under a private tutor along with brothers and even in his early days, took an interest in botany. He later went to London University where he studied under Robert Brown and John Lindley. He was also influenced by his friend R.H. Solly. He studied briefly at Paris u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuneaton Griff F
Nuneaton ( ) is a market town in Warwickshire, England, close to the county border with Leicestershire to the north-east.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : Nuneaton's population at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census was 88,813, making it the List of Warwickshire towns by population, largest town in Warwickshire. Nuneaton's urban area, which also includes the large villages of Bulkington and Hartshill, had a population of 99,372 at the 2021 census. Nuneaton gained its name from a medieval nunnery which was established in the 12th century, when it became a small market town. It later developed into an important industrial town due to ribbon weaving and coal mining. The author George Eliot was born on a farm on the Arbury Hall, Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for much of her early life. Her novel ''Scenes of Clerical Life'' (1858) depicts Nuneaton. The George Eliot Hospital is named after her, and there is also a stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff (TV Series)
''Griff'' is an American crime drama starring Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy, which aired on ABC from September 29, 1973, to January 4, 1974. Synopsis Lorne Greene portrayed Wade "Griff" Griffin, a former police officer who becomes a private detective. Ben Murphy plays Greene's 31-year-old partner, S. Michael "Mike" Murdock. Vic Tayback portrays Captain Barney Marcus of the Los Angeles Police Department, Griff's continuing contact with the police. Patricia Stich appeared as Gracie Newcombe, the secretary for the two detectives. The two-hour pilot movie, titled ''Man on the Outside'', did not air until June 25, 1975, almost a year and a half after the cancellation of the series. Ben Murphy does not appear in the pilot, which has a plot identical to the plot of the pilot for ''Barnaby Jones''. Wade Griffin's son is murdered, and Griff goes after the man who killed him. ''The Case of the Baltimore Girls'' is a TV movie compiled from two episodes, "The Last Ballad" (November 10, 1973) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff Creek
Griff Creek is a southward-flowing stream originating on Martis Peak in Placer County, California, United States. It culminates in north Lake Tahoe at Kings Beach, California. History The Washo used the meadow where Griff Creek enters Lake Tahoe "as a resting spot, but not a full-fledged campsite". The name ''Griff'' may derive from ''Griffin's Mill'', a sawmill where a creek entered the Lake near Agate Bay. Beaver controversy In November, 2009 a California Golden beaver family was caught in snares underwater and drowned in Griff Creek, a stream in Kings Beach, California, when Placer County Department of Public Works ordered their removal for fear that the beaver would cause flooding. Recent studies of two other Lake Tahoe tributaries, Taylor Creek and Ward Creek, showed that beaver dam removal decreased wetland habitat, increased stream flow, and increased total phosphorus pollutants entering Lake Tahoe - all factors which negatively impact the clarity of the lake's water.( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griff, Warwickshire
Griff is a hamlet in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England. The hamlet is on the A444 road between the towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth. Formerly a coal mining area there is evidence that coal was obtained from Griff from as early as the twelfth century. Griff Quarry produces of aggregate annually. Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot) was brought up at Griff House, now a hotel. Griff is likely represented in Eliot's novel Middlemarch as "Frick", which is described as " r Solomon'sside of Lowick was the most remote from the village, and the houses of the labouring people were either lone cottages or were collected in a hamlet called Frick, where a water-mill and some stone-pits made a little centre of slow, heavy-shouldered industry." Now it’s mostly just the A444, grasslands and Coventry Road which leads into Bedworth Bedworth ( or locally ) is a market town in the borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamwor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford, the hometown of the show's first screenwriter and creator, Tony Warren. Originally broadcast twice weekly, ''Coronation Street'' increased its runtime in later years, currently airing three 60-minute episodes per week. Warren developed the concept for the series, which was initially rejected by Granada's founder Sidney Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, Sidney Bernstein. Producer Harry Elton convinced Bernstein to commission 13 pilot episodes. The show has since become a significant part of British culture and underpinned the success of its producing Granada franchise. Currently produced by ITV Studios, the successor to Granada, the seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
