Kenneth Griffith (born Kenneth Reginald Griffiths, 12 October 1921 – 25 June 2006) was a Welsh actor and documentary filmmaker. His outspoken views made him a controversial figure, especially when presenting documentaries which have been called "among the most brilliant, and controversial, ever made in Britain".

Early life

He was born Kenneth Griffiths in

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, Wales. His parents separated and left Tenby six months after his birth, leaving him with his paternal grandparents, Emily and Ernest, who adopted him. His grandparents were staunch Wesleyan Methodists who taught him to question everything; he attended the local Wesleyan Methodist chapel three times every Sunday, and became a lively

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scrum-half. He passed the 11-plus and attended Greenhill Grammar School in Tenby, where he met

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teacher Evelyn Ward, who recognised his writing and acting talent. Before Kenneth left school, his headmaster J. T. Griffith suggested that he drop the "s" from his surname so it would sound less English.

Career

Griffith left school and moved to

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in 1937, taking a job at an

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's weighing nails. This lasted only a day, and proved to be the only job he ever had outside the acting world. Also in 1937, he made his first professional acting appearance when he was cast by Peter Hoare as Cinna the Poet in a modern-dress version of ''

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'' at the Cambridge Festival Theatre. He became a regular jobbing repertory actor, making his

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debut in 1938 with a small part in Thomas Dekker's '' The Shoemaker's Holiday''. Griffith was conscripted into the

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during World War II. Before training in Canada, he returned to see his grandparents in Tenby, who, at his request, gave him an English translation of Hitler's book, ''

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'' so he could better understand the origins of the war. He caught

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while on his training and was invalided out of the service in 1942, which resulted in his taking up

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. The first stamp he collected was the

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, South Africa. In 1941, he made his debut in the first of more than 80 films, being '' Love on the Dole''. He joined the

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-relocated

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, and in repertory. He appeared in many British films between the 1940s and 1980s, notably as Archie Fellows in '' The Shop at Sly Corner'', Jenkins in '' Only Two Can Play'' (1962), the wireless operator Jack Phillips on board the ''Titanic'' in '' A Night to Remember'' (1958), in the crime caper ''

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'' (1955) and especially in the comedies of the Boulting brothers, including ''

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'' (1956) and '' I'm All Right Jack'' (1959). Other notable film roles included the murderous paedophile Seely in ''

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'' (1971), the gay medic Witty in '' The Wild Geese'' (1978) and a whimsical mechanic in '' The Sea Wolves'' (1980). He appeared in the episodes "

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" and " Fall Out" of the 1967–68 TV series ''

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''. Subsequent TV appearances included episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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'', and critically acclaimed performances in ''War and Peace'' (1963), ''The Perils of Pendragon'', '' Clochemerle'' and ''The Bus to Bosworth'', where his personification of a Welsh schoolteacher out on a field trip won him many accolades back in his homeland of Wales. His later film roles included the "mad old man" in ''

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'' (1994), Reverend Jones in '' The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'' (1995) and the minister in '' Very Annie Mary'' (2001).

Documentaries and political activity

In 1965,

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and the director of

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, asked Griffith if he would like to make a film for the BBC on any subject that he chose. This resulted in a series of BBC films on subjects as diverse as the

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in ''Soldiers of the Widow'' (1967),

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in ''A Touch of Churchill, a Touch of Hitler'' (1971), the controversial story of

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in ''The Most Valuable Englishman Ever'',

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(''The Light''),

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(''The Man on the Rock''), Pandit Nehru,

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(''Heart of Darkness'', 1992) and on one occasion a film commissioned by

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on the story of the

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of the

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, ''A Famous Journey'' (1979). Griffith was expelled from Iran by the country's Foreign Minister while making the documentary. In 1973, Griffith made a documentary film about the life and death of Irish military and political leader Michael Collins titled '' Hang Up Your Brightest Colours'' (a line taken from a letter from

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to one of Collins' sisters after Collins' assassination) for ATV, but the

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did not permit it to be screened (it was not shown until the

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broadcast it in 1993). In 1974, for a programme titled ''Curious Journey'', he interviewed nine surviving IRA members from the 1916–23 period, i.e. the Easter Rebellion,

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and

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; they were Maire Comerford, Joseph Sweeney, Sean Kavanagh, John O'Sullivan, Brigid Thornton, Sean Harling, Martin Walton, David Nelligan (or Neligan) and Tom Barry. He was allowed to buy this last film back, as long as he did not mention who had commissioned it (the Welsh TV company HTV). At one point in his career, Griffith accused the anti-censorship group

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of censoring him by delaying the publication of two book reviews he had written for its magazine. His sympathetic portrayal caused some concern, given

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and ATV boss Sir

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decided to withdraw the film, which was not shown publicly until 1994. In response Griffith made a documentary, ''The Public's Right to Know'', for Thames TV. The political troubles left him "a frustrated and bemused figure".

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described Griffith as "a world class documentary film-maker" who knew that "refusing to compromise his views has damaged his career". His autobiography, ''The Fool's Pardon'', was published in 1994 by

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presented a retrospective season of five of his documentaries in 1993, including the suppressed Michael Collins work, opening the season with a biographical study of Griffith called ''The Tenby Poisoner'' in which

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and

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paid tribute. BBC Wales screened a film on Griffith's life in the "Welsh Greats" Series Two, shown in 2008. In 1994, Griffith was given a Cymru lifetime achievement award by

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. A

historian, Griffith was sympathetic to the

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s in South Africa. His documentary, ''

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: The Englishwoman'' (1984), sympathised with Afrikaner women and children over their brutal treatment during the war, which was suppressed by the British media at the time.. He also made a

documentary on runner

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, which purported to reveal injustices done to her by left-wing demonstrators and organisations during a tour of England in 1988. He named his home (110 Englefield Road,

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) as Michael Collins' House. In later life, Griffith said: "In my time I've been accused of being a Marxist, a fascist, a traitor and, probably worst in most people's eyes, inconsistent. I was a radical Socialist. I'm now a radical Tory. It has been a very painful journey".

Personal life

Griffith was married and divorced three times, and had five children: * Joan Stock (one son) * Doria Noar (one daughter, actress/theatre historian Eva Griffith) * Carole Haggar (one daughter, two sons)

Death and burial

Griffith died in London on 25 June 2006, aged 84. His coffin was decorated with the flags of Wales, Israel and the Irish tricolour. Griffith was interred beside his grandparents, Emily and Ernest in the churchyard adjoining St Nicholas and St Teilo Church in Penally.

Legacy

Tenby Museum and Art Gallery in Pembrokeshire houses an archive of Griffith's papers and documentaries, and a cabinet containing a collection of personal memorabilia.

Filmography

* '' Channel Incident'' (1940) as Johnnie * '' The Farmer's Wife'' (1941) as George Smerdon * '' Love on the Dole'' (1941) as Harry's Pal in Billiard Hall (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) as Butcher's Boy (uncredited) * '' Hard Steel'' (1942) as Dixon * '' The Forest Rangers'' (1942) as Ranger * '' The Great Mr. Handel'' (1942) as Minor role (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) as Older Actor (uncredited) * '' The Shop at Sly Corner'' (1947) as Archie Fellows * '' Fame Is the Spur'' (1947) as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1948) as Len Phillips * '' Forbidden'' (1949) as Johnny * '' Helter Skelter'' (1949) as Nick Martin's BBC Colleague (uncredited) * '' Blue Scar'' (1949) as Thomas Williams * '' Waterfront'' (1950) as Maurice Bruno * ''

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'' (1951) as Jimmy Ellis * '' 36 Hours'' (1953) as Henry Slosson * '' The Green Carnation'' (1954) as Nobby * ''

'' (1955) as the Secretary * ''

'' (1955) as Ken Orwell * ''

'' (1956) as Private Dai Jones * ''

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'' (1956) as Prisoner * '' The Baby and the Battleship'' (1956) as Sub-Lieutenant * '' Tiger in the Smoke'' (1956) as Crutches * '' Brothers in Law'' (1957) as Hearse Driver * ''

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'' (1957) as Cyril Johns * '' The Naked Truth'' (1957) as Porter * ''

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'' (1957) as Charlie Bull * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) as Wireless Operator John 'Jack' Phillips * ''

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'' (1958) as Clarke * '' The Man Upstairs'' (1958) as Mr. Pollen * '' The Two-Headed Spy'' (1958) as

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* '' Tiger Bay'' (1959) as Choirmaster * '' Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' (1959) as Sir John's Assistant, Griffths (uncredited) * '' I'm All Right Jack'' (1959) as Dai * ''

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'' (1959) as Fitch * '' Expresso Bongo'' (1959) as Charlie (uncredited) * '' Circus of Horrors'' (1960) as Martin * '' A French Mistress'' (1960) as Mr. Meade * ''

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'' (1960) as Dr. Shole * ''

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'' (1960) as Phil Hart * ''

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'' (1961) as Monty * ''

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'' (1961) as Wilson * '' The Frightened City'' (1961) as Wally Smith * '' Only Two Can Play'' (1962) as Ieuan Jenkins * '' The Painted Smile'' (1962) as Kleinie * '' We Joined the Navy'' (1962) as Orator * ''

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'' (1963) as Rev. Owen Thomas * '' Rotten to the Core'' (1965) as Lenny the Dip * '' The Whisperers'' (1967) as Mr. Weaver * ''

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'' (1967) as Pepe Gamazo * ''

'' (1968) as The President / Schnipps / Number Two * '' Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher'' (1968) as Mr. Church * '' The Lion in Winter'' (1968) as Strolling Player * '' Great Catherine'' (1968) as Naryshkin * '' The Assassination Bureau'' (1969) as Monsieur Popescu * '' The Gamblers'' (1970) as Broadfoot * ''

'' (1971) as Seely * '' Clochemerle'' (TV Series) (1972) as Ernest Tafardel * '' The House in Nightmare Park'' (1973) as Ernest Henderson * '' Callan'' (1974) as Waterman * ''

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'' (1974) as Lippet * '' Sky Riders'' (1976) as Wasserman * '' Why Shoot the Teacher'' (1977) as Inspector Woods * '' The Wild Geese'' (1978) as Arthur Witty * '' The Sea Wolves'' (1980) as Wilton * '' Who Dares Wins'' (1982) as Bishop Crick * '' Remembrance'' (1982) as Joe * '' The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1984) as Isaac of York * '' Emily Hobhouse: The Englishwoman'' (1985) as Presenter * ''

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'' (TV series) (1986) as Zacharias Abrahams * ''

'' (1994) as Mad Old Man - Wedding One and Four * '' The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain'' (1995) as Reverend Jones * '' Very Annie Mary'' (2001) as Minister

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