# Geraint Griffiths > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Geraint_Griffiths > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Geraint_Griffiths.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Griffiths > Source revision: 1352631093 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Welsh singer-songwriter and actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{No footnotes|date=September 2014}} '''Geraint Griffiths''' (born 1949) is a Welsh singer-songwriter and actor. He works mainly in the [Welsh language](/source/Welsh_language). ==Early life and education== Born in [Pontrhydyfen](/source/Pontrhydyfen), Griffiths attended Pontrhydyfen Primary school and then moved across to Ysgol Gymraeg Pontrhydyfen when it opened. In 1960 he attended Glan Afan Grammar Technical School in Port Talbot (later [Glan Afan Comprehensive School](/source/Glan_Afan_Comprehensive_School)). In 1966 he left to study nursing at The [Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital, Rhydlafar](/source/Prince_of_Wales_Orthopaedic_Hospital%2C_Rhydlafar), and later at West Wales General Hospital, [Carmarthen](/source/Carmarthen), and at Saint George's Hospital, London. {{citation needed|date=September 2014}} ==Career== Griffiths started his recording career as a session musician with [Welsh language](/source/Cymraeg) bands Hergest and Edward H Dafis. In 1976 he returned to Wales to join the short lived band Injaroc, leaving one album ''Halen Y Ddaear''. In 1978 he formed the Welsh language rock band Eliffant. The band recorded two albums on the [Sain](/source/Sain_(record_label)) label and a single on the band's own label, "Llef". In 1985 he started his professional career with his own six part television series on S4C, ''Nol Ar Y Stryd'' (Back On The Street). He released several albums of his compositions on the Sain label as a solo artist. ==Recordings== * ''M.O.M.'' (1979) with the band Eliffant. * ''Gwin Y Gwan'' (1980) with the band Eliffant. * ''Madras'' (1984) * ''Rebel'' (1986) * ''Ararat'' (1988) * ''Blynyddoedd Sain 1977-1988'' (1997) Compilation. * ''Eliffant'' (2001) Compilation. * ''Cadw'r Ffydd'' (2003) Compilation. He recorded the Welsh language rock version of [Handel](/source/Handel)'s ''[Messiah](/source/Handel's_Messiah)'' -''Teilwng Yw'r Oen'' in 1984. He founded his own record label, '''Diwedd Y Gwt''', in 1992. He has released several albums on this label. * ''Donegal'' (1992) * ''Hewl'' (1999) * ''Glastir'' (2001) * ''Miya-Jima'' (2005) * ''Clwb Dydd Sadwrn'' (2007) * ''Havana'' (2007) * ''Brooklyn'' (2017) ==Films== * ''Y Cloc'' (1986) [Endaf Emlyn](/source/Endaf_Emlyn) * ''Ffair Roc'' (1986) Richard Powelko * ''Fel Dail Ar Bren'' (1987) David Lyn * ''Derfydd Aur'' (1989) Paul Turner * ''Nel'' (1990) Richard Lewis * ''Sant Mewn Storm'' (1994) * ''The Proposition'' (1996) Strathford Hamilton * ''Dirgelwch Yr Ogof'' (2002) Endaf Emlyn ==External links== * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/4899a323-3622-45cd-a028-a00f686dfd1e], BBC Music. *[http://www.geraintgriffiths.net/ Official website]; accessed 30 September 2014. *[http://www.sainwales.com/en/artists/geraint-griffiths Biography on the Sain Recording Company website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721155359/http://www.sainwales.com/en/artists/geraint-griffiths |date=21 July 2011 }}; accessed 30 September 2014. ==Bibliography== *Geraint Davies & John Davies, ''HEWL: STORI GERAINT GRIFFITHS'', Gomer; {{ISBN|1-84323-604-4}}, 2005 {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Geraint}} Category:1949 births Category:Date of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Welsh-language singers Category:People from Neath Port Talbot Category:People educated at Port Talbot County Boys' Grammar School Category:Welsh male songwriters Category:Welsh male singers Category:Welsh male film actors Category:Welsh male television actors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Geraint Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Griffiths) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraint_Griffiths?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.