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Fred Griffiths

Fred Griffiths was born on March 8, 1912 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England as Frederick David Griffiths. He was an actor, known for To Sir, with Love (1967), Steptoe and Son(1972) and The Cruel Sea (1953). He was married to Emily Sadler. He died on August 27, 1994 in London, England. He was a fireman based in Chelsea during the war and broke into acting by accident. He played a taxi driver in no less than 20 films and appeared in over 100 in total. He died a widower and left one son. Often played taxi drivers and was indeed a qualified London Taxi Driver, who kept his badge and worked as a taxi driver between filming jobs. He appeared in a wartime documentary film, and someone saw his character appeal and started a new career. Appeared in a television commercial on top of Saint Paul's Cathederal in 1973 with Chris Sullivan.

Known For: Acting

Born: Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK, 1912-03-08

Died: 1994-08-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1943	Nine Men	Base Sergeant (uncredited)	61
2	1943	Fires Were Started	Johnny Daniels (uncredited)	60
3	1947	It Always Rains on Sunday	Sam	66
4	1949	The Huggetts Abroad	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	66
5	1949	Stop Press Girl	Truck Driver (uncredited)	56
6	1949	Passport to Pimlico	Spiv	69
7	1949	Golden Arrow	Military Policeman #2	0
8	1950	Double Confession	The Spiv	61
9	1951	Pool of London	Sailor on Barge (uncredited)	65
10	1952	I Believe in You	Crump	64
11	1953	The Cruel Sea	Gracey	69
12	1953	The Final Test	Taxi Driver	67
13	1953	Turn the Key Softly	Newspaper Seller (uncredited)	62
14	1953	Genevieve	Ice Cream Seller (Uncredited)	66
15	1953	Wheel of Fate		40
16	1953	Street of Shadows	Cabbie	55
17	1953	A Day to Remember	Barman on Ferry	71
18	1953	Meet Mr. Lucifer	Removal Man	51
19	1954	Bang! You're Dead	Milche	73
20	1954	The Sleeping Tiger	Taxi Driver	55
21	1955	Doctor at Sea	Seaman (uncredited)	54
22	1955	Secret Venture	Gymnasium Attendant	0
23	1955	The Ladykillers	Junk Man (uncredited)	73
24	1956	Lost	Gamble (Uncredited)	70
25	1956	23 Paces to Baker Street		68
26	1956	The Long Arm		70
27	1956	Sailor Beware	Taxi Driver	70
28	1957	You Pay Your Money	Fred	49
29	1957	Barnacle Bill	Bus Driver	64
30	1958	Dunkirk	Old Sweat	68
31	1958	Next to No Time	Customer	80
32	1958	A Cry from the Streets	Mr. Joe Hodges	72
33	1958	The Horse's Mouth	Man Delivering Sculpture Block (uncredited)	68
34	1959	Carry On Nurse	Ambulanceman	64
35	1959	No Trees in the Street	Street Orator	58
36	1959	Left Right and Centre	a Billingsgate porter	60
37	1959	I'm All Right Jack	Charlie	67
38	1960	Jungle Street	Dealer	0
39	1960	The Battle of the Sexes	1st Porter	67
40	1960	Light Up the Sky!	Mr Jennings	62
41	1960	Doctor in Love	Ambulance Driver (uncredited)	52
42	1960	There Was a Crooked Man	Taxi Driver	61
43	1961	Carry On Regardless	Taxi Driver	64
44	1961	Over the Odds	Fruit Vendor	0
45	1963	Murder at the Gallop	Landlord (uncredited)	70
46	1964	Ring of Spies	News Vendor (uncredited)	69
47	1965	The Big Job	Dustman	67
48	1967	Billion Dollar Brain	Taxi Driver	57
49	1968	The Window Cleaner	Foreman	0
50	1970	Carry On Loving	Taxi Driver	57
51	1970	Perfect Friday	Taxi Driver	63
52	1971	Dad's Army	Bert King	49
53	1972	Along the Way		0
54	1972	Steptoe & Son	Barman	64
55	1973	Achilles Heel	Wilf	10
56	1973	No Sex Please: We're British	Delivery Man	51
57	1974	The Over-Amorous Artist	Window Cleaner	45
58	1978	Slimderella	Greengrocer	0
59	2013	A Box for Rob	Chief Kyle Potter	47
60	2025	Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
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