Peter Vaughan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-04-04 (93 years old)

Deathday

2016-12-06

Place of Birth

Wem, Shropshire, England, UK

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)

Acting

1985

Brazil

as Mr. Helpmann

1971

Straw Dogs

as Tom Hedden

1993

The Remains of the Day

as William Stevens

2007

Death at a Funeral

as Uncle Alfie

1998

1994

Fatherland

as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

1983

Jamaica Inn

as Squire Bassatt

1960

1999

1973

The MacKintosh Man

as Brunskill

1970

Emma's Time

as Sladeck

2000

Making Love

as Barone Blau

1981

Time Bandits

as Winston the Ogre

1965

Fanatic

as Harry

1973

Massacre in Rome

as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

1979

Porridge

as Grouty

1959

Sapphire

as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)

2000

Longitude

as George Graham

2006

Care

as Archie

1973

1969

1962

I Thank a Fool

as Police Inspector (uncredited)

2003

The Mother

as Toots

1974

Symptoms

as Brady

1972

2004

1996

The Moonstone

as Gabriel Betteredge

1986

1970

Eyewitness

as Paul Grazzini

1967

The Naked Runner

as Martin Slattery

1990

1968

Hammerhead

as Hammerhead

1987

Coast to Coast

as The Chiropodist

1964

Smokescreen

as Roper

1973

The Return

as Stephen Royds

2003

Margery and Gladys

as Troy Gladwell

1974

1972

Savage Messiah

as Museum Attendant

2004

Beauty

as Mr. Robbins

1967

The Man Outside

as Nikolai Volkov

1993

The Spot FX Man

as Harold Listings

1965

Rotten to the Core

as Sir Henry Capell

1968

1973

1962

The Devil's Agent

as Chief of Hungarian Police

1991

Prisoner of Honor

as Gen. Mercier

1996

The Secret Agent

as The Driver

1998

The Legend of 1900

as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper

1984

The Razor's Edge

as Mackenzie

1969

Taste of Excitement

as Inspector Malling

2009

The Antiques Rogue Show

as George Greenhalgh

1979

Zulu Dawn

as QSM Bloomfield

2001

Lorna Doone

as Sir Ensor Doone

1975

Porridge: No Way Out

as Harry Grout

1972

A Man without Friends

as Det. Insp. Crouch

2011

Albatross

as Grandpa

1996

The Crucible

as Giles Corey

1994

Hildegard

as Abbot

1997

Face

as Sonny

1980

Fox

as Billy Fox

1986

Haunted Honeymoon

as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.

1986

Experiment IV

as The General

1979

The Danedyke Mystery

as Detective Inspector Burroughs

1963

The Punch and Judy Man

as Committee Man

1980

The Crucible

as Judge Hathorne

1977

Valentino

as Rory O'Neil

2000

Hotel Splendide

as Morton Blanche

1979

Henry VIII

as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

1988

Codename: Kyril

as Marshal Stanov

1984

Forbidden

as Major Stauffel

1968

The Bofors Gun

as Sergeant Walker

1993

Circle of Deceit

as Liam McAuley

1973

Malachi's Cove

as Mr. Gunliffe

1993

1964

The Horse Without a Head

as Police Sergeant

1989

Countdown to War

as Hermann Goering

1972

1984

Under the Hammer

as Les Stone

1987

When We Are Married

as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

1973

The Eyes Have It

as Anderson

1959

The 39 Steps

as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

1960

Make Mine Mink

as Policeman in Car

1961

Two Living, One Dead

as John Kester

1963

The Victors

as Policeman

1990

Mountains of the Moon

as Lord Houghton

2001

2003

Thursday the 12th

as Edgar Bannister

1984

Czech Mate

as Bullneck

1978

1977

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

as Philby's Control

1975

The Snowdropper

as Sergeant

1964

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

as Sgt. George Burtonshaw

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