A self-confessed non-conformist puritan, Kenneth Griffith's life and work as actor, writer and film-maker are testaments to the essential ambivalence of a complex and colourful character. His inherent anti-establishment mischievousness is coupled with a social idealism which has often brought him into conflict with the Great and the Good - and also won him a large number of devoted friends and colleagues. A leading light in the heyday of British film and theatre, Griffith went on to forge another career in the field of documentary film-making, maintaining an often uneasy relationship with the television industry and producing a range of acclaimed work on subjects as diverse as Cecil Rhodes, the Irish Republican Michael Collins, Napoleon, and the tragic story of Roger Casement.
A self-confessed non-conformist puritan, Kenneth Griffith's life and work as actor, writer and film-maker are testaments to the essential ambivalence of a complex and colourful character. His inherent anti-establishment mischievousness is coupled with a social idealism which has often brought him into conflict with the Great and the Good - and also won him a large number of devoted friends and colleagues. A leading light in the heyday of British film and theatre, Griffith went on to forge another career in the field of documentary film-making, maintaining an often uneasy relationship with the television industry and producing a range of acclaimed work on subjects as diverse as Cecil Rhodes, the Irish Republican Michael Collins, Napoleon, and the tragic story of Roger Casement.