Peter Vaughan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-04-04
Day of Death
2016-12-06 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
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).
Known For
Acting
(2015)
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Aemon Targaryen
(2011)
Albatross
as Grandpa
(2009)
Is Anybody There?
as Bob
(2009)
The Antiques Rogue Show
as George Greenhalgh
(2007)
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Alfie
(2007)
Christmas at the Riviera
as Glen
(2006)
Care
as Archie
(2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Bill Sellers
(2004)
Beauty
as Mr. Robbins
(2004)
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Edward Pretty
(2003)
Margery and Gladys
as Troy Gladwell
(2003)
The Mother
as Toots
(2003)
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Harry Grout
(2003)
Thursday the 12th
as Edgar Bannister
(2001)
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
as Harold King
(2001)
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
(2001)
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Daddy Zoo
(2000)
Longitude
as George Graham
(2000)
Hotel Splendide
as Morton Blanche
(2000)
Making Love
as Barone Blau
(1999)
An Ideal Husband
as Phipps
(1999)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Admiral Lord Hood
(1998)
Les Misérables
as Bishop
(1998)
The Legend of 1900
as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
(1997)
Face
as Sonny
(1996)
The Crucible
as Giles Corey
(1996)
The Moonstone
as Gabriel Betteredge
(1996)
The Secret Agent
as The Driver
(1994)
Fatherland
as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
(1994)
Hildegard
as Abbot
(1993)
The Remains of the Day
as William Stevens
(1993)
Heart of Darkness
as Director
(1993)
Circle of Deceit
as Liam McAuley
(1993)
The Spot FX Man
as Harold Listings
(1991)
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. Mercier
(1990)
Mountains of the Moon
as Lord Houghton
(1990)
King of the Wind
as Captain
(1989)
Countdown to War
as Hermann Goering
(1988)
Codename: Kyril
as Marshal Stanov
(1987)
Coast to Coast
as The Chiropodist
(1987)
When We Are Married
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
(1987)
Harry's Kingdom
as Sid Harris
(1986)
Haunted Honeymoon
as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
(1986)
Season's Greetings
as Harvey
(1986)
Experiment IV
as The General
(1985)
Brazil
as Mr. Helpmann
(1984)
The Razor's Edge
as Mackenzie
(1984)
Under the Hammer
as Les Stone
(1984)
Forbidden
as Major Stauffel
(1984)
Czech Mate
as Bullneck
(1983)
Jamaica Inn
as Squire Bassatt
(1982)
Coming Out of the Ice
as Belov
(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)
The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
(1979)
Henry VIII
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
(1979)
Porridge
as Grouty
(1979)
The Danedyke Mystery
as Detective Inspector Burroughs
(1979)
Zulu Dawn
as QSM Bloomfield
(1978)
Two Days That Shook the Branch
as Harold Praed
(1978)
Freedom of the Dig
as Emerson
(1977)
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Philby's Control
(1977)
Valentino
as Rory O'Neil
(1975)
Porridge: No Way Out
as Harry Grout
(1975)
The Snowdropper
as Sergeant
(1974)
11 Harrowhouse
as Coglin
(1974)
Symptoms
as Brady
(1973)
The MacKintosh Man
as Brunskill
(1973)
Malachi's Cove
as Mr. Gunliffe
(1973)
Massacre in Rome
as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
(1973)
The Blockhouse
as Aufret
(1973)
The Eyes Have It
as Anderson
(1973)
The Return
as Stephen Royds
(1973)
You and Me and Him
as Coster
(1972)
The Pied Piper
as Bishop
(1972)
Savage Messiah
as Museum Attendant
(1972)
A Warning to the Curious
as Mr Paxton
(1972)
A Man without Friends
as Det. Insp. Crouch
(1971)
Straw Dogs
as Tom Hedden
(1970)
Eyewitness
as Paul Grazzini
(1970)
Emma's Time
as Sladeck
(1970)
(1969)
Taste of Excitement
as Inspector Malling
(1969)
Alfred the Great
as Burrud
(1968)
The Bofors Gun
as Sergeant Walker
(1968)
Hammerhead
as Hammerhead
(1968)
(1968)
A Twist of Sand
as Johann
(1967)
The Man Outside
as Nikolai Volkov
(1967)
The Naked Runner
as Martin Slattery
(1965)
Rotten to the Core
as Sir Henry Capell
(1965)
Fanatic
as Harry
(1964)
Smokescreen
as Roper
(1964)
The Horse Without a Head
as Police Sergeant
(1964)
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
as Sgt. George Burtonshaw
(1963)
The Victors
as Policeman
(1963)
The Punch and Judy Man
as Committee Man
(1962)
I Thank a Fool
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
(1962)
The Devil's Agent
as Chief of Hungarian Police
(1961)
The Court Martial of Major Keller
as Purvey
(1961)
Two Living, One Dead
as John Kester
(1960)
Make Mine Mink
as Policeman in Car
(1960)
Village of the Damned
as P.C. Gobby
(1959)
Sapphire
as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
(1959)
The 39 Steps
as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)