Peter Griffith
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.
Peter Griffith | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Atwill Griffith October 23, 1933 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 14, 2001 (aged 67) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Resting place | Normanna, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouses | Nanita Greene
(m. 1960; div. 1974)Marianne Vernon
(m. 1977; div. 1979)Debra Meyer Boyd
(m. 2000) |
| Children | 3, including Melanie and Tracy |
| Relatives | Dakota Johnson (granddaughter) |
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. 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, 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, 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 from Marianne Vernon, an owner of a Charlotte Amalie designer clothing store, Griffith married Debra Meyer Boyd and remained with her until his death. 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]
References
- 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]
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- "Services Being Planned for Peter Griffith". StJohnSource.com. May 23, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- 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. Vol. 49, no. 3. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2015.