Peter Vaughan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1923-04-04

Place of Birth

Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
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Peter Vaughan

Biography

Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm) was an English character actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on the stage. He is perhaps best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom Porridge and its 1979 film adaptation. Other parts included a recurring role alongside Robert Lindsay in the sitcom Citizen Smith, Tom Hedden in Straw Dogs, Winston the Ogre in Time Bandits, Tom Franklin in Chancer and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in The Remains of the Day. His final role was as Maester Aemon in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2015).

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Acting History

2015
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience as Aemon Targaryen
2011
Albatross as Grandpa
2011
Game of Thrones as Maester Aemon
2011
Silk
2009
Is Anybody There? as Bob
2009
The Antiques Rogue Show as George Greenhalgh
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2007
Christmas at the Riviera as Glen
2007
Death at a Funeral as Uncle Alfie
2007
Mobile as Grandad Stoan
2006
Care as Archie
2005
Malice Aforethought as Widdicombe
2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as Edward Pretty
2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Bill Sellers
2004
Beauty as Mr. Robbins
2003
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher as Harry Grout
2003
The Mother as Toots
2003
Margery and Gladys as Troy Gladwell
2003
Thursday the 12th as Edgar Bannister
2002
The Jury as Michael Colchester
2001
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Daddy Zoo
2001
Lorna Doone as Sir Ensor Doone
2001
In Deep as Clayton Waddington
2001
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind as Harold King
2000
Lorna Doone as Sir Ensor Doone
2000
Hotel Splendide as Morton Blanche
2000
Making Love as Barone Blau
2000
Longitude as George Graham
2000
Longitude as George Graham
1999
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters as Admiral Lord Hood
1999
An Ideal Husband as Phipps
1998
The Legend of 1900 as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1998
Hornblower as Admiral Hood
1998
Les Misérables as Bishop
1998
Our Mutual Friend as Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
1997
Face as Sonny
1996
The Moonstone as Gabriel Betteredge
1996
The Crucible as Giles Corey
1996
The Secret Agent as The Driver
1996
Our Friends in the North as Felix Hutchinson
1995
Oliver's Travels
1995
Oliver's Travels as Delaney
1995
The Choir as Frank Ashworth
1994
Fatherland as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
1994
Dandelion Dead as Dr. Hinks
1994
The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1994
Hildegard as Abbot
1993
The Spot FX Man as Harold Listings
1993
The Remains of the Day as William Stevens
1993
Circle of Deceit as Liam McAuley
1993
Heart of Darkness as Director
1992
Heartbeat as Arthur Wainwright
1992
Heartbeat as Mr. Andrews
1992
Chillers as Winston Greeves
1991
Murder Most Horrid as Doverson
1991
Prisoner of Honor as Gen. Mercier
1990
King of the Wind as Captain
1990
Chancer as Tom Franklyn
1990
Nightingales as The Inspector
1990
Mountains of the Moon as Lord Houghton
1989
Birds of a Feather as Monty
1989
Countdown to War as Hermann Goering
1988
Game, Set, and Match as David Kimber-Hutchinson
1988
The Bourne Identity as Fritz Koenig
1988
Codename: Kyril as Marshal Stanov
1988
Codename: Kyril as Stanov
1987
When We Are Married as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1987
Harry's Kingdom as Sid Harris
1987
Coast to Coast as The Chiropodist
1986
Season's Greetings as Harvey
1986
Monte Carlo as Pabst
1986
Casualty as Henry Lambert
1986
Haunted Honeymoon as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
1985
Bleak House as Tulkinghorn
1985
Brazil as Mr. Helpmann
1984
Forbidden as Major Stauffel
1984
Czech Mate as Bullneck
1984
The Razor's Edge as Mackenzie
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Bullneck
1984
Sherlock Holmes as John Turner
1984
Under the Hammer as Les Stone
1983
Jamaica Inn as Squire Bassatt
1982
Coming Out of the Ice as Belov
1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman as Mr. Freeman
1981
Time Bandits as Winston the Ogre
1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter as Mr. Hugh Peter
1980
Fox as Billy Fox
1980
Fox as Billy Fox
1980
The Crucible as Judge Hathorne
1979
Porridge as Grouty
1979
The Danedyke Mystery as Detective Inspector Burroughs
1979
Zulu Dawn as QSM Bloomfield
1979
Henry VIII as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
1978
Freedom of the Dig as Emerson
1978
Two Days That Shook the Branch as Harold Praed
1978
The Doombolt Chase
1977
Valentino as Rory O'Neil
1977
Philby, Burgess and Maclean as Philby's Control
1977
Citizen Smith as Dad
1975
Porridge: No Way Out as Harry Grout
1975
The Snowdropper as Sergeant
1975
The Sweeney as Tony Kirby
1974
Hardness 10 as Mackintosh
1974
Intimate Reflections
1974
11 Harrowhouse as Coglin
1974
Porridge as Harry Grout
1974
Symptoms as Brady
1974
Fall of Eagles as Izvolsky
1974
Playhouse as Hugh Peter
1974
Zodiac as Richard Meade
1973
The Return as Stephen Royds
1973
Massacre in Rome as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973
Malachi's Cove as Mr. Gunliffe
1973
Black and Blue as Miles Miles
1973
The MacKintosh Man as Brunskill
1973
The Eyes Have It as Anderson
1973
Thriller as Anderson
1973
You and Me and Him as Coster
1973
The Blockhouse as Aufret
1972
The Pied Piper as Bishop
1972
A Warning to the Curious as Mr Paxton
1972
A Man without Friends as Det. Insp. Crouch
1972
The Protectors as Quin
1972
The Adventurer as Roberts
1972
Savage Messiah as Museum Attendant
1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas as Mr. Paxton
1971
Straw Dogs as Tom Hedden
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Dorrington
1971
The Persuaders! as Lance Schubert
1970
Eyewitness as Paul Grazzini
1970
Emma's Time as Sladeck
1970
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1969
Taste of Excitement as Inspector Malling
1969
Alfred the Great as Burrud
1969
The Gold Robbers as DCS Cradock
1968
A Twist of Sand as Johann
1968
Hammerhead as Hammerhead
1968
The Expert as Richard Toller
1968
The Bofors Gun as Sergeant Walker
1968
The Drummer and the Bloke as Ron
1967
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Man Outside as Nikolai Volkov
1967
The Naked Runner as Martin Slattery
1967
Great Expectations as Jaggers
1966
The Informer as David Janner
1965
Rotten to the Core as Sir Henry Capell
1965
Fanatic as Harry
1964
The Blackmailing of Mr. S as Sgt. George Burtonshaw
1964
Theatre 625 as Ernst Torgler
1964
The Horse Without a Head as Police Sergeant
1964
Smokescreen as Roper
1963
The Victors as Policeman
1963
Festival as Gonnern
1963
Festival as Schmitz
1963
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
The Punch and Judy Man as Committee Man
1963
Crane as Max Goddard
1962
The Saint as Walter Devan
1962
I Thank a Fool as Police Inspector (uncredited)
1962
The Devil's Agent as Chief of Hungarian Police
1962
Richard the Lionheart as Caspar
1962
Oliver Twist
1962
Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes
1961
The Court Martial of Major Keller as Purvey
1961
Two Living, One Dead as John Kester
1961
The Avengers as Jaeger
1960
Make Mine Mink as Policeman in Car
1960
Village of the Damned as P.C. Gobby
1960
Deadline Midnight
1959
Sapphire as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling as Inspector
1959
The 39 Steps as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)