Fred Griffiths

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. Selected filmography Nine Men (1943) – Base Sergeant (uncredited) Fires Were Started (1943) – Johnny Daniels (uncredited) So Well Remembered (1947) – Mill Worker (uncredited) It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) – Sam Escape (1948) – Dart Player (uncredited) It's Hard to Be Good (1948) – Chauffeur (uncredited) Passport to Pimlico (1949) – Spiv The Huggetts Abroad (1949) – Taxi Driver (uncredited) Stop Press Girl (1949) – Truck Driver (uncredited) Golden Arrow (1949) – 2nd Military policeman Double Confession (1950) – The Spiv Pool of London (1951) – Sailor on Barge (uncredited) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) – Taxi Driver (uncredited) Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951) – River Boat Guide (uncredited) The Woman's Angle (1952) – (Cockney), at end of 'bus stop) Judgment Deferred (1952) – Condemned Man (uncredited) I Believe in You (1952) – Crump Something Money Can't Buy (1952) - Customer at Fairground (uncredited) My Wife's Lodger (1952) – Driver The Cruel Sea (1953) – Gracey Street of Shadows (1953) – Cab Driver ( His voice was dubbed by uncredited person). Genevieve (1953) – Ice Cream Seller (uncredited) Turn the Key Softly (1953) – Newspaper Seller (uncredited) Wheel of Fate (1953) The Final Test (1953) – Taxi Driver (uncredited) A Day to Remember (1953) – Barman on Ferry (uncredited) Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) – Removal Man The Million Pound Note (1954) – Serpentine Boatman (uncredited) Hell Below Zero (1954) – Drunken Sailor You Know What Sailors Are (1954) – 2nd Lorry Driver (uncredited) Bang! You're Dead (1954) – Milche Doctor in the House (1954) – Taxi Driver (uncredited) The Sleeping Tiger (1954) – Taxi Driver Carrington V.C.