- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKenneth Griffiths
- Height1.73 m
- Kenneth went to a grammar school in South Wales where the English literary teacher had the class read out parts in plays, which was the one thing he enjoyed; as a result, he was put in a play about Richard II. A local critic wrote, 'If this boy chooses to make the stage a career he should do well,' which gave Kenneth the idea of acting despite never having seen an actor or a theatre up to then. He left school at 15 with no idea of what to do apart from joining the army which would provide him with a uniform and food and possibly send him to India. Instead he went to Cambridge at 15½ to work in an ironmongers. He went to the stage door of the Cambridge Theatre with some of his notices and asked for the producer, who gave him a job at £3 a week. Despite having had no formal theatre training he made 70+ films, as well as researching and directing two of his own documentaries.- IMDb mini biography by: Tontman 5
- SpousesKarol Hagar(1966 - ?) (divorced, 3 children)Doria Noar(1960 - 1966) (divorced, 1 child)Joan Stock(1944 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenDavid GriffithPolly GriffithHuw GriffithJonathan Griffith
- He served in the RAF during WWII. He gained stage experience at the Old Vic and in repertory theatre. He went on to make more than 80 movies, mostly in character parts, many of them unsympathetic. He was also an authority on the Boer War.
- Did not enjoy the long rehearsal process and virtually abandoned the theatre to work solely in cinema and television.
- President of a society for the emancipation of the Untouchables caste in India.
- Was a friend of Patrick McGoohan during the 1960s.
- Besides Patrick McGoohan, he was the only other actor to appear in the finales of both Destination danger (1964) and Le prisonnier (1967).
- 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.
- My grandparents were Victorians with Victorian values and anything decent about me I owe to my non-conformist Protestant upbringing.
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