Peter Vaughan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 4, 1923
- Died
- December 6, 2016 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
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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Filmography
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Movie · as Aemon Targaryen
Albatross
Movie · as Grandpa
Game of Thrones
TV · as Maester Aemon · 11 eps
Silk
TV · as Michael Dodd · 1 ep
The Antiques Rogue Show
Movie · as George Greenhalgh
Is Anybody There?
Movie · as Bob
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · 2 eps
Death at a Funeral
Movie · as Uncle Alfie
Christmas at the Riviera
Movie · as Glen
Mobile
TV · as Grandad Stoan · 2 eps
Care
Movie · as Archie
Malice Aforethought
TV · as Widdicombe · 2 eps
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Movie · as Edward Pretty
Beauty
Movie · as Mr. Robbins
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Movie · as Bill Sellers
The Mother
Movie · as Toots
Margery and Gladys
Movie · as Troy Gladwell
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Movie · as Harry Grout
Thursday the 12th
Movie · as Edgar Bannister
The Jury
TV · as Michael Colchester · 6 eps
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
Movie · as Harold King
Lorna Doone
Movie · as Sir Ensor Doone
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Movie · as Daddy Zoo
In Deep
TV · as Clayton Waddington · 2 eps
Making Love
Movie · as Barone Blau
Longitude
Movie · as George Graham
Hotel Splendide
Movie · as Morton Blanche
Lorna Doone
TV · as Sir Ensor Doone · 2 eps
The 10th Kingdom
TV · as Wilfred Peep · 5 eps
Longitude
TV · as George Graham · 1 ep
The Thing about Vince
TV · as Ray · 3 eps
An Ideal Husband
Movie · as Phipps
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Movie · as Admiral Lord Hood
Les Misérables
Movie · as Bishop
The Legend of 1900
Movie · as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
Hornblower
TV · as Admiral Hood · 1 ep
Our Mutual Friend
TV · as Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin · 4 eps
Face
Movie · as Sonny
The Moonstone
Movie · as Gabriel Betteredge
The Secret Agent
Movie · as The Driver
The Crucible
Movie · as Giles Corey
Our Friends in the North
TV · as Felix Hutchinson · 8 eps
Oliver's Travels
TV · as Delaney
The Choir
TV · as Frank Ashworth · 5 eps
Fatherland
Movie · as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
Hildegard
Movie · as Abbot
Heart of Darkness
Movie · as Director
Dandelion Dead
TV · as Dr. Hinks · 4 eps
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Remains of the Day
Movie · as William Stevens
The Spot FX Man
Movie · as Harold Listings
Circles of Deceit
Movie · as Liam McAuley
Heartbeat
TV · as Arthur Wainwright, Mr. Andrews · 1 ep
Prisoner of Honor
Movie · as Gen. Mercier
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Doverson · 1 ep
King of the Wind
Movie · as Captain
Mountains of the Moon
Movie · as Lord Houghton
Nightingales
TV · as The Inspector · 1 ep
Chillers
TV · as Winston Greeves · 1 ep
Chancer
TV · as Thomas Franklyn · 17 eps
Countdown to War
Movie · as Hermann Goering
Birds of a Feather
TV · as Monty · 1 ep
Strife
Movie · as John Anthony
Game, Set, and Match
TV · as David Kimber-Hutchinson · 1 ep
The Bourne Identity
TV · as Fritz Koenig · 2 eps
Codename: Kyril
TV · as Stanov · 2 eps
War and Remembrance
TV · as Kurt Zeitzler · 3 eps
Coast to Coast
Movie · as The Chiropodist
When We Are Married
Movie · as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
Harry's Kingdom
Movie · as Sid Harris
Season's Greetings
Movie · as Harvey
Haunted Honeymoon
Movie · as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
Casualty
TV · as Henry Lambert · 1 ep
Monte Carlo
TV · as Pabst · 2 eps
Brazil
Movie · as Mr. Helpmann
Bleak House
TV · as Tulkinghorn · 3 eps
The Razor's Edge
Movie · as Mackenzie
Forbidden
Movie · as Major Stauffel
Under the Hammer
Movie · as Les Stone
Czech Mate
Movie · as Bullneck
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV · as Bullneck · 1 ep
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as John Turner · 1 ep
Jamaica Inn
Movie · as Squire Bassatt
Jamaica Inn
TV · as Squire Bassatt · 2 eps
Coming Out of the Ice
Movie · as Belov
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Movie · as Mr. Hugh Peter
Time Bandits
Movie · as Winston the Ogre
The Crucible
Movie · as Judge Hathorne
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie · as Mr. Freeman
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV · 2 eps
Fox
Movie · as Billy Fox
Fox
TV · as Billy Fox · 13 eps
Porridge
Movie · as Grouty
Zulu Dawn
Movie · as QSM Bloomfield
The Danedyke Mystery
Movie · as Detective Inspector Burroughs
Henry VIII
Movie · as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Two Days That Shook the Branch
Movie · as Harold Praed
Freedom of the Dig
Movie · as Emerson
The Doombolt Chase
TV · 6 eps
Valentino
Movie · as Rory O'Neil
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Movie · as Philby's Control
Citizen Smith
TV · as Dad · 12 eps
Premiere
TV · as Emerson · 1 ep
Porridge: No Way Out
Movie · as Harry Grout
The Snowdropper
Movie · as Sergeant
The Sweeney
TV · as Tony Kirby · 1 ep
Against the Crowd
TV · as Don Macintyre · 1 ep
Symptoms
Movie · as Brady
11 Harrowhouse
Movie · as Coglin
Intimate Reflections
Movie
Porridge
TV · as Harry Grout · 2 eps
Fall of Eagles
TV · as Izvolsky · 1 ep
Hardness 10
TV · as Mackintosh · 5 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Hugh Peter · 1 ep
Zodiac
TV · as Richard Meade · 1 ep
The Pallisers
TV · as Mr Chaffanbrass · 2 eps
The MacKintosh Man
Movie · as Inspector Brunskill
Massacre in Rome
Movie · as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
The Blockhouse
Movie · as Aufret
The Return
Movie · as Stephen Royds
You and Me and Him
Movie · as Coster
Malachi's Cove
Movie · as Mr. Gunliffe
The Eyes Have It
Movie · as Anderson
Thriller
TV · as Anderson · 1 ep
Black and Blue
TV · as Miles Miles · 1 ep
A Warning to the Curious
Movie · as Mr Paxton
Savage Messiah
Movie · as Museum Attendant
A Man without Friends
Movie · as Det. Insp. Crouch
The Pied Piper
Movie · as Bishop
The Adventurer
TV · as Roberts · 1 ep
The Protectors
TV · as Quin · 1 ep
No Exit
TV · as Calder · 1 ep
Late Night Theatre
TV · as The Interrogator · 1 ep
Straw Dogs
Movie · as Tom Hedden
The Persuaders!
TV · as Lance Schubert · 1 ep
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Dorrington · 2 eps
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV · as Mr. Paxton · 1 ep
Emma's Time
Movie · as Sladeck
Eyewitness
Movie · as Paul Grazzini
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Movie
Big Brother
TV · as John Cliveden · 1 ep
Alfred the Great
Movie · as Burrud
Taste of Excitement
Movie · as Inspector Malling
The Gold Robbers
TV · as DCS Cradock · 13 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Albert, Frank Rogers · 1 ep
The Drummer and the Bloke
Movie · as Ron
Hammerhead
Movie · as Hammerhead
A Twist of Sand
Movie · as Johann
The Bofors Gun
Movie · as Sergeant Walker
The Expert
TV · as Richard Toller · 1 ep
Treasure Island
TV · as Long John Silver · 9 eps
The Naked Runner
Movie · as Martin Slattery
The Man Outside
Movie · as Nikolai Volkov
Man in a Suitcase
TV · 1 ep
Great Expectations
TV · as Jaggers · 7 eps
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Harold Praed · 1 ep
This Way for Murder
TV · as Insp. Frant · 6 eps
The Informer
TV · as David Janner · 2 eps
Fanatic
Movie · as Harry
Rotten to the Core
Movie · as Sir Henry Capell
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Coster · 1 ep
Knock on Any Door
TV · as 'The Boot' Winter · 1 ep
Smokescreen
Movie · as Roper
The Horse Without a Head
Movie · as Police Sergeant
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
Movie · as Sgt. George Burtonshaw
Theatre 625
TV · as Ernst Torgler · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Ron, Volubin, Sladek · 1 ep
The Punch and Judy Man
Movie · as Committee Man
The Victors
Movie · as Policeman
Our Man At St Mark's
TV · 46 eps
Crane
TV · as Max Goddard · 1 ep
Festival
TV · as Gonnern, Schmitz · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Waring · 1 ep
I Thank a Fool
Movie · as Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent
Movie · as Chief of Hungarian Police
The Saint
TV · as Walter Devan · 1 ep
Richard the Lionheart
TV · as Caspar · 1 ep
Oliver Twist
TV · as Bill Sikes · 10 eps
The Court Martial of Major Keller
Movie · as Purvey
Two Living, One Dead
Movie · as John Kester
The Avengers
TV · as Jaeger · 1 ep
A Chance of Thunder
TV · as Yardley · 6 eps
Village of the Damned
Movie · as P.C. Gobby
Make Mine Mink
Movie · as Policeman in Car
Deadline Midnight
TV · 39 eps
Armchair Mystery Theatre
TV · as Sgt. George Burtenshaw · 1 ep
Sapphire
Movie · as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
The 39 Steps
Movie · as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
Interpol Calling
TV · as Inspector · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · as Alfred Fitch · 3 eps
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Third Journalist, Ralph, Sir Robert Byass, Elmo Frankfurter · 1 ep
ITV Play of the Week
TV · as Anthony Sellman · 1 ep