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Richard Griffiths, Harry Potter's Grumpy Uncle Vernon, Dead at 65. Richard Griffiths, the veteran British character actor best known for playing the heartless Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter movies, has died. He was 65. According to Sky News, Griffiths passed away on Thursday from complications following heart surgery.
Released from the clutches of his desperately ordinary (and non-magical) Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia - and their deliciously obnoxious son Dudley - Harry takes his place in the wizarding world as a first year student at the venerated Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.