Fred Griffiths | |
Birth Name: | Frederick David Griffiths |
Birth Date: | 1912 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Ludlow, Shropshire, England |
Death Place: | London, England |
Children: | 1 |
Yearsactive: | 1943–1979 |
Frederick David Griffiths (8 March 191227 August 1994) was an English film and television actor. A former London cabbie and wartime fire fighter discovered by director Humphrey Jennings, and cast in his documentary film Fires Were Started in 1943; and over the next four decades played supporting roles and bit parts in 150 films, including various Ealing, Boulting Brothers and Carry On comedies, before eventually retiring in 1984.[1] [2] [3]