MUMBAI: Richard Griffiths, who played the boy wizard‘s unsympathetic Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter movies has expired. He died on Thursday of complications following heart surgery. He was 65.
 
Griffiths appeared in dozens of films and TV shows and was one of Britain‘s leading stage actors, creating roles including the charismatic teacher Hector in Alan Bennett‘s ‘The History Boys.‘
 
In 2007 he appeared onstage in ‘Equus‘ alongside his ‘Harry Potter‘ co-star Daniel Radcliffe.
 
"Richard was by my side during two of the most important moments of my career," said Radcliffe on his screen uncles‘s demise.