Peter Vaughan

Apr 04, 1923 - Dec 06, 2016 (93 years old) in Wem, Shropshire, England, UK

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

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Game of Thrones

Maester Aemon

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The Avengers

Jaeger

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Casualty

Henry Lambert

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The Saint

Walter Devan

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Sherlock Holmes

John Turner

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Heartbeat

Arthur Wainwright

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Birds of a Feather

Monty

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Playhouse

Hugh Peter

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The Persuaders!

Lance Schubert

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No Hiding Place

Credits

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience 2015

Aemon Targaryen

★ 8.6
Albatross 2011

Grandpa

★ 6
Game of Thrones 2011

Maester Aemon

★ 8.5
Silk 2011

★ 7.5
Is Anybody There? 2009

Bob

★ 6.3
The Antiques Rogue Show 2009

George Greenhalgh

★ NR
Lark Rise to Candleford 2008

★ 8.4
Christmas at the Riviera 2007

Glen

★ 3.8
Death at a Funeral 2007

Uncle Alfie

★ 6.9
Mobile 2007

Grandad Stoan

★ 4
Care 2006

Archie

★ NR
Malice Aforethought 2005

Widdicombe

★ 4.1
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls 2004

Edward Pretty

★ 5.6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004

Bill Sellers

★ 6.6
Beauty 2004

Mr. Robbins

★ 6.6
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher 2003

Harry Grout

★ 6
The Mother 2003

Toots

★ 6
Margery and Gladys 2003

Troy Gladwell

★ 7.4
Thursday the 12th 2003

Edgar Bannister

★ NR
The Jury 2002

Michael Colchester

★ 6.9
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) 2001

Daddy Zoo

★ 5.7
Lorna Doone 2001

Sir Ensor Doone

★ 5.7
In Deep 2001

Clayton Waddington

★ 10
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind 2001

Harold King

★ NR
Hotel Splendide 2000

Morton Blanche

★ 5.5
Making Love 2000

Barone Blau

★ 6.8
Longitude 2000

George Graham

★ 7.4
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters 1999

Admiral Lord Hood

★ 7.2
An Ideal Husband 1999

Phipps

★ 6.5
The Legend of 1900 1998

'Pops', the Shopkeeper

★ 8.2
Hornblower 1998

Admiral Hood

★ 7.7
Les Misérables 1998

Bishop

★ 7.2
Our Mutual Friend 1998

Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin

★ 7.8
Face 1997

Sonny

★ 6.2
The Moonstone 1996

Gabriel Betteredge

★ 7
The Crucible 1996

Giles Corey

★ 6.6
The Secret Agent 1996

The Driver

★ 5.5
Our Friends in the North 1996

Felix Hutchinson

★ 7.4
Oliver's Travels 1995

★ 5
The Choir 1995

Frank Ashworth

★ NR
Fatherland 1994

SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

★ 6.2
Dandelion Dead 1994

Dr. Hinks

★ 8
The World of Hammer 1994

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5
Hildegard 1994

Abbot

★ NR
The Spot FX Man 1993

Harold Listings

★ NR
The Remains of the Day 1993

William Stevens

★ 7.4
Circle of Deceit 1993

Liam McAuley

★ 7.5
Heart of Darkness 1993

Director

★ 5.7
Heartbeat 1992

Arthur Wainwright

★ 7.1
Chillers 1992

Winston Greeves

★ 6.2
Murder Most Horrid 1991

Doverson

★ 6.8
Prisoner of Honor 1991

Gen. Mercier

★ 6.2
King of the Wind 1990

Captain

★ 6.4
Chancer 1990

Tom Franklyn

★ 6.2
Nightingales 1990

The Inspector

★ 6.4
Mountains of the Moon 1990

Lord Houghton

★ 6.5
Birds of a Feather 1989

Monty

★ 6.1
Countdown to War 1989

Hermann Goering

★ 5
Game, Set, and Match 1988

David Kimber-Hutchinson

★ 7.5
The Bourne Identity 1988

Fritz Koenig

★ 6.5
Codename: Kyril 1988

Marshal Stanov

★ NR
When We Are Married 1987

Alderman Joseph Helliwell

★ NR
Harry's Kingdom 1987

Sid Harris

★ NR
Coast to Coast 1987

The Chiropodist

★ 6
Season's Greetings 1986

Harvey

★ NR
Monte Carlo 1986

Pabst

★ 5.5
Casualty 1986

Henry Lambert

★ 6.1
Haunted Honeymoon 1986

Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.

★ 5.3
Bleak House 1985

Tulkinghorn

★ 6
Brazil 1985

Mr. Helpmann

★ 7.7
Forbidden 1984

Major Stauffel

★ 5
Czech Mate 1984

Bullneck

★ 3.5
The Razor's Edge 1984

Mackenzie

★ 6.3
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense 1984

Bullneck

★ 6.4
Sherlock Holmes 1984

John Turner

★ 8.1
Under the Hammer 1984

Les Stone

★ NR
Jamaica Inn 1983

Squire Bassatt

★ 2.7
Coming Out of the Ice 1982

Belov

★ 7
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years 1981

★ 5
The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981

Mr. Freeman

★ 6.4
Time Bandits 1981

Winston the Ogre

★ 6.6
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter 1981

Mr. Hugh Peter

★ NR
Fox 1980

Billy Fox

★ 1
Porridge 1979

Grouty

★ 6.7
The Danedyke Mystery 1979

Detective Inspector Burroughs

★ NR
Zulu Dawn 1979

QSM Bloomfield

★ 6.1
Henry VIII 1979

Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

★ 6.5
Freedom of the Dig 1978

Emerson

★ NR
Two Days That Shook the Branch 1978

Harold Praed

★ NR
The Doombolt Chase 1978

★ 5
Valentino 1977

Rory O'Neil

★ 5.7
Philby, Burgess and Maclean 1977

Philby's Control

★ 4.5
Citizen Smith 1977

Dad

★ 6.3
Porridge: No Way Out 1975

Harry Grout

★ NR
The Snowdropper 1975

Sergeant

★ NR
The Sweeney 1975

Tony Kirby

★ 7.8
Hardness 10 1974

Mackintosh

★ 2.7
Intimate Reflections 1974

★ NR
11 Harrowhouse 1974

Coglin

★ 5.6
Symptoms 1974

Brady

★ 6.2
Fall of Eagles 1974

Izvolsky

★ 6.9
Playhouse 1974

Hugh Peter

★ 7
Zodiac 1974

Richard Meade

★ 5
The MacKintosh Man 1973

Brunskill

★ 6.1
The Return 1973

Stephen Royds

★ 5.7
Massacre in Rome 1973

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

★ 6
Malachi's Cove 1973

Mr. Gunliffe

★ 6.1
Black and Blue 1973

Miles Miles

★ 6
The Eyes Have It 1973

Anderson

★ 7.2
Thriller 1973

Anderson

★ 6.6
You and Me and Him 1973

Coster

★ NR
The Blockhouse 1973

Aufret

★ 6.3
The Pied Piper 1972

Bishop

★ 5.9
A Warning to the Curious 1972

Mr Paxton

★ 6.9
A Man without Friends 1972

Det. Insp. Crouch

★ NR
The Adventurer 1972

Roberts

★ 5.5
The Protectors 1972

Quin

★ 5.8
Savage Messiah 1972

Museum Attendant

★ 6.1
A Ghost Story for Christmas 1971

Mr. Paxton

★ 7.4
Straw Dogs 1971

Tom Hedden

★ 7.1
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1971

Dorrington

★ 7.4
The Persuaders! 1971

Lance Schubert

★ 7.6
Eyewitness 1970

Paul Grazzini

★ 6.2
Emma's Time 1970

Sladeck

★ NR
The Cellar and the Almond Tree 1970

★ NR
Taste of Excitement 1969

Inspector Malling

★ 5.9
Alfred the Great 1969

Burrud

★ 4.3
The Gold Robbers 1969

DCS Cradock

★ 6.7
A Twist of Sand 1968

Johann

★ 4
Hammerhead 1968

Hammerhead

★ 5.3
The Expert 1968

Richard Toller

★ 10
The Bofors Gun 1968

Sergeant Walker

★ 5.8
The Drummer and the Bloke 1968

Ron

★ NR
Man in a Suitcase 1967

★ 7
The Man Outside 1967

Nikolai Volkov

★ 6
The Naked Runner 1967

Martin Slattery

★ 6
Great Expectations 1967

Jaggers

★ NR
The Informer 1966

David Janner

★ NR
Rotten to the Core 1965

Sir Henry Capell

★ 6.2
Fanatic 1965

Harry

★ 6.6
The Blackmailing of Mr. S 1964

Sgt. George Burtonshaw

★ NR
Theatre 625 1964

Ernst Torgler

★ 7.2
The Horse Without a Head 1964

Police Sergeant

★ 6
Smokescreen 1964

Roper

★ 7.2
The Victors 1963

Policeman

★ 6.2
Festival 1963

Gonnern

★ 8
Our Man At St Mark's 1963

★ NR
The Punch and Judy Man 1963

Committee Man

★ 7.8
Crane 1963

Max Goddard

★ NR
The Saint 1962

Walter Devan

★ 7.4
I Thank a Fool 1962

Police Inspector (uncredited)

★ 5.5
The Devil's Agent 1962

Chief of Hungarian Police

★ 6.4
Richard the Lionheart 1962

Caspar

★ NR
Oliver Twist 1962

★ 5
The Court Martial of Major Keller 1961

Purvey

★ NR
Two Living, One Dead 1961

John Kester

★ 7
The Avengers 1961

Jaeger

★ 7.7
Make Mine Mink 1960

Policeman in Car

★ 7.1
Village of the Damned 1960

P.C. Gobby

★ 7.2
Deadline Midnight 1960

★ NR
Sapphire 1959

Detective Whitehead (uncredited)

★ 7
No Hiding Place 1959

★ 3.7
Interpol Calling 1959

Inspector

★ 6.7
The 39 Steps 1959

2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

★ 6.2

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