Peter Griffith
Peter Griffith | |
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Born | Peter Atwill Griffith October 23, 1933 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
Died | May 14, 2001 Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. | (aged 67)
Resting place | Normanna, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) | Nanita Greene
(m. 1960; div. 1974)Daryl Griffith
(m. 1980; div. 1998)Marianne Griffith (m. 199?; div. ??) Debra Meyer Boyd
(m. 2000) |
Children | 3, including Melanie and Tracy |
Relatives | Dakota Johnson (granddaughter) |
Peter Atwill Griffith (October 23, 1933 – May 14, 2001)[1] was an American advertising executive and child stage actor, appearing on Broadway a few times. His daughters Melanie Griffith and Tracy Griffith and his granddaughter Dakota Johnson became actresses.
Life and career[]
Griffith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Hilda (née Atwill) and Ben E. Griffith.[1] He had one sister, Sally Ann Griffith.[citation needed] His mother managed his stage acting career as he worked as a child actor, appearing on Broadway a few times.[2]
Griffith married five times.[3] In 1952, at age 18,[citation needed] he married 22-year-old Tippi Hedren, who later worked as an actress. They had a daughter, Melanie Griffith, before divorcing in 1959. In 1960,[citation needed] he married actress Nanita Greene, and together they had two children, Tracy Griffith who also became an actress, and Clay Griffith,[4] a set decorator and production designer. In the early 1970s he moved his family to Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, and in 1976 separated from Greene.[4] After a fourth divorce,[citation needed] Griffith married Debra Meyer Boyd and remained with her until his death.[citation needed] In 1992, he sold his real-estate business, Holiday Homes, and moved to New Mexico.[3]
Death[]
Griffith died aged 67 on May 14, 2001, in Santa Fe, New Mexico from complications from emphysema.[3]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1951 | The Aldrich Family | [5] |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Reitwiesner, William Addams, ed.; Lambert, David Allen, compiler. "Ancestry of Melanie Griffith". WARgs.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017.
Ben E ... Griffith, b. ... , Md., ... [ca. 1900], d. ... m. ... [ca. 1926]. Hilda Atwill, b. Baltimore, Md., ... [ca. 1905], d. Brandon, Fla., 8 Aug. 1994 [St Petersburg Times, 10 Aug 1994, p. 9B]
CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) - ^ Peter Griffith at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Services Being Planned for Peter Griffith". StJohnSource.com. May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gliatto, Tom (January 26, 1998). "Working Girl: After Years in Limbo, Tracy Griffith, Melanie's Flame-Haired Half Sister, Sees Her Career Heat Up". People. 49 (3). Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ^ The Billboard, Sept. 15, 1951, p.13
External links[]
- 1933 births
- 2001 deaths
- Male actors from Baltimore
- American male film actors
- American military personnel of the Korean War
- Deaths from emphysema
- Disease-related deaths in New Mexico
- Businesspeople from Baltimore
- Actors from Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 20th-century American male actors
- Griffith family
- 20th-century American businesspeople