Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 4, 1923
Place of Birth:
Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
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Peter Vaughan
Biography
Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) 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). (wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Aemon Targaryen |
| 2011 | Albatross | Grandpa |
| 2009 | The Antiques Rogue Show | George Greenhalgh |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? | Bob |
| 2007 | Death at a Funeral | Uncle Alfie |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Glen |
| 2006 | Care | Archie |
| 2004 | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | Edward Pretty |
| 2004 | Beauty | Mr. Robbins |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Bill Sellers |
| 2003 | The Mother | Toots |
| 2003 | Margery and Gladys | Troy Gladwell |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Harry Grout |
| 2003 | Thursday the 12th | Edgar Bannister |
| 2001 | Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind | Harold King |
| 2001 | Lorna Doone | Sir Ensor Doone |
| 2001 | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | Daddy Zoo |
| 2000 | Making Love | Barone Blau |
| 2000 | Longitude | George Graham |
| 2000 | Hotel Splendide | Morton Blanche |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband | Phipps |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | Admiral Lord Hood |
| 1998 | Les Misérables | Bishop |
| 1998 | The Legend of 1900 | 'Pops', the Shopkeeper |
| 1997 | Face | Sonny |
| 1996 | The Moonstone | Gabriel Betteredge |
| 1996 | The Secret Agent | The Driver |
| 1996 | The Crucible | Giles Corey |
| 1994 | Fatherland | SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe |
| 1994 | Hildegard | Abbot |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day | William Stevens |
| 1993 | The Spot FX Man | Harold Listings |
| 1993 | Circle of Deceit | Liam McAuley |
| 1993 | Heart of Darkness | Director |
| 1991 | Prisoner of Honor | Gen. Mercier |
| 1990 | King of the Wind | Captain |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Lord Houghton |
| 1989 | Countdown to War | Hermann Goering |
| 1988 | Codename: Kyril | Marshal Stanov |
| 1987 | Coast to Coast | The Chiropodist |
| 1987 | When We Are Married | Alderman Joseph Helliwell |
| 1986 | Season's Greetings | Harvey |
| 1986 | Haunted Honeymoon | Uncle Francis Abbot Sr. |
| 1986 | Experiment IV | The General |
| 1985 | Brazil | Mr. Helpmann |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge | Mackenzie |
| 1984 | Forbidden | Major Stauffel |
| 1984 | Under the Hammer | Les Stone |
| 1984 | Czech Mate | Bullneck |
| 1983 | Jamaica Inn | Squire Bassatt |
| 1982 | Coming Out of the Ice | Belov |
| 1981 | A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter | Mr. Hugh Peter |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Winston the Ogre |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Mr. Freeman |
| 1980 | Fox | Billy Fox |
| 1980 | The Crucible | Judge Hathorne |
| 1979 | Porridge | Grouty |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | QSM Bloomfield |
| 1979 | The Danedyke Mystery | Detective Inspector Burroughs |
| 1979 | Henry VIII | Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester |
| 1978 | Two Days That Shook the Branch | Harold Praed |
| 1978 | Freedom of the Dig | Emerson |
| 1977 | Valentino | Rory O'Neil |
| 1977 | Philby, Burgess and Maclean | Philby's Control |
| 1975 | Porridge: No Way Out | Harry Grout |
| 1975 | The Snowdropper | Sergeant |
| 1974 | Symptoms | Brady |
| 1974 | 11 Harrowhouse | Coglin |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | Brunskill |
| 1973 | Massacre in Rome | Field Marshal Albert Kesselring |
| 1973 | The Blockhouse | Aufret |
| 1973 | The Return | Stephen Royds |
| 1973 | You and Me and Him | Coster |
| 1973 | Malachi's Cove | Mr. Gunliffe |
| 1973 | The Eyes Have It | Anderson |
| 1972 | A Warning to the Curious | Mr Paxton |
| 1972 | Savage Messiah | Museum Attendant |
| 1972 | A Man without Friends | Det. Insp. Crouch |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper | Bishop |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs | Tom Hedden |
| 1970 | Emma's Time | Sladeck |
| 1970 | Eyewitness | Paul Grazzini |
| 1970 | The Cellar and the Almond Tree | |
| 1969 | Alfred the Great | Burrud |
| 1969 | Taste of Excitement | Inspector Malling |
| 1968 | The Drummer and the Bloke | Ron |
| 1968 | Hammerhead | Hammerhead |
| 1968 | A Twist of Sand | Johann |
| 1968 | The Bofors Gun | Sergeant Walker |
| 1967 | The Naked Runner | Martin Slattery |
| 1967 | The Man Outside | Nikolai Volkov |
| 1965 | Fanatic | Harry |
| 1965 | Rotten to the Core | Sir Henry Capell |
| 1964 | Smokescreen | Roper |
| 1964 | The Horse Without a Head | Police Sergeant |
| 1964 | The Blackmailing of Mr. S | Sgt. George Burtonshaw |
| 1963 | The Punch and Judy Man | Committee Man |
| 1963 | The Victors | Policeman |
| 1962 | I Thank a Fool | Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Devil's Agent | Chief of Hungarian Police |
| 1961 | The Court Martial of Major Keller | Purvey |
| 1961 | Two Living, One Dead | John Kester |
| 1960 | Village of the Damned | P.C. Gobby |
| 1960 | Make Mine Mink | Policeman in Car |
| 1959 | Sapphire | Detective Whitehead (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps | 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Silk | |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones | Maester Aemon |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | |
| 2007 | Mobile | Grandad Stoan |
| 2005 | Malice Aforethought | Widdicombe |
| 2002 | The Jury | Michael Colchester |
| 2001 | In Deep | Clayton Waddington |
| 2000 | Lorna Doone | Sir Ensor Doone |
| 1998 | Hornblower | Admiral Hood |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend | Mr. Boffin |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the North | Felix Hutchinson |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | Delaney |
| 1995 | The Choir | Frank Ashworth |
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead | Dr. Hinks |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Arthur Wainwright |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Mr. Andrews |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | Doverson |
| 1990 | Chillers | Winston Greeves |
| 1990 | Nightingales | The Inspector |
| 1989 | Birds of a Feather | Monty |
| 1988 | Game, Set, and Match | David Kimber-Hutchinson |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity | Fritz Koenig |
| 1986 | Casualty | Henry Lambert |
| 1986 | Monte Carlo | Pabst |
| 1985 | Bleak House | Tulkinghorn |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense | Bullneck |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | John Turner |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | |
| 1980 | Fox | Billy Fox |
| 1978 | The Doombolt Chase | |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester |
| 1977 | Citizen Smith | Dad |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Tony Kirby |
| 1974 | Porridge | Harry Grout |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Izvolsky |
| 1974 | Hardness 10 | Mackintosh |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Mr. Hugh Peter |
| 1973 | Thriller | Anderson |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Roberts |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Quin |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Lance Schubert |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Dorrington |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Mr. Paxton |
| 1969 | The Gold Robbers | DCS Cradock |
| 1968 | The Expert | Richard Toller |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | |
| 1967 | Great Expectations | Mr. Jaggers |
| 1966 | The Informer | David Janner |
| 1963 | Our Man At St Mark's | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Walter Devan |
| 1962 | Oliver Twist | |
| 1962 | Oliver Twist | Bill Sikes |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Jaeger |
| 1960 | Deadline Midnight | |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling | Inspector |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place |