Peter Vaughan
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1923
Died: December 6, 2016
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
107 movies · 85 TV shows, newest first
8.6
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
6.0
Albatross
2011
8.5
Game of Thrones
2011
7.5
Silk
2011
6.3
Is Anybody There?
2009NR
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
6.9
Death at a Funeral
2007
4.0
Mobile
2007NR
Care
2006
4.5
Malice Aforethought
2005
5.8
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
6.6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
20046.7
Beauty
2004
7.5
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
6.0
The Mother
2003
7.7
Margery and Gladys
2003
9.0
Thursday the 12th
2003
7.0
The Jury
2002
6.0
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001
5.8
Lorna Doone
2001
8.0
In Deep
20017.0
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
2001
7.7
Lorna Doone
2000
5.7
Hotel Splendide
2000NR
The Thing about Vince
2000
7.6
The 10th Kingdom
2000
6.8
Making Love
2000
7.4
Longitude
2000
7.0
Longitude
2000
7.2
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
6.5
An Ideal Husband
1999
8.2
The Legend of 1900
1998
7.8
Hornblower
1998
7.2
Les Misérables
1998
7.8
Our Mutual Friend
1998
6.3
Face
1997
7.6
The Moonstone
1996
6.6
The Crucible
1996
5.6
The Secret Agent
1996
7.7
Our Friends in the North
1996
6.0
Oliver's Travels
1995
8.0
The Choir
1995
6.3
Fatherland
1994
9.0
Dandelion Dead
1994
6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
5.8
Heart of Darkness
1994
6.5
Hildegard
1994
NR
The Spot FX Man
1993
7.4
The Remains of the Day
19937.8
Circles of Deceit
1993
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
6.9
Murder Most Horrid
1991
6.1
Prisoner of Honor
1991
7.0
King of the Wind
1990
6.3
Chancer
1990
7.0
Nightingales
1990
6.5
Mountains of the Moon
1990
6.7
Chillers
1990
6.3
Birds of a Feather
1989
6.7
Countdown to War
1989
7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
7.8
Game, Set, and Match
1988NR
Strife
1988
6.5
The Bourne Identity
1988
6.0
Codename: Kyril
1988
7.0
When We Are Married
1987
NR
Harry's Kingdom
1987
7.0
Coast to Coast
1987
9.0
Season's Greetings
1986
6.7
Monte Carlo
1986
6.2
Casualty
1986
5.4
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
6.4
Bleak House
1985
7.7
Brazil
1985
5.7
Forbidden
1984
5.7
Czech Mate
1984
6.4
The Razor's Edge
1984
6.5
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
10.0
Under the Hammer
1984
4.0
Jamaica Inn
1983
5.0
Jamaica Inn
1983
6.8
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
6.3
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
6.5
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
6.6
Time Bandits
19813.7
The Crucible
1981
NR
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
19811.0
Fox
1980
6.5
Fox
1980
6.7
Porridge
1979
NR
The Danedyke Mystery
1979
6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979
6.6
Henry VIII
1979
NR
Freedom of the Dig
1978NR
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
6.8
The Doombolt Chase
19787.0
Premiere
1977
5.8
Valentino
1977
5.4
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
6.8
Citizen Smith
1977
10.0
Porridge: No Way Out
1975NR
Against the Crowd
19757.0
The Snowdropper
1975
8.1
The Sweeney
1975
3.8
Hardness 10
19748.0
Intimate Reflections
1974
5.8
11 Harrowhouse
1974
8.1
Porridge
1974
6.3
Symptoms
1974
7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974
5.0
Zodiac
1974
6.4
The Pallisers
1974
6.5
The Return
1973
6.3
Massacre in Rome
1973
6.8
Malachi's Cove
19736.5
Black and Blue
1973
6.1
The MacKintosh Man
1973
7.3
The Eyes Have It
1973
7.0
Thriller
1973
NR
You and Me and Him
1973
6.2
The Blockhouse
1973
5.9
The Pied Piper
1972
7.0
A Warning to the Curious
19728.0
A Man without Friends
1972
6.3
The Adventurer
1972
6.1
The Protectors
1972NR
No Exit
1972
6.3
Savage Messiah
1972NR
Late Night Theatre
1972
7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
7.1
Straw Dogs
1971
7.5
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
7.7
The Persuaders!
1971NR
Big Brother
1970
6.4
Eyewitness
1970
NR
Emma's Time
1970
NR
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
6.2
Taste of Excitement
1969
4.7
Alfred the Great
1969
7.0
The Gold Robbers
1969
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
19698.0
Treasure Island
1968
4.9
A Twist of Sand
1968
5.7
Hammerhead
1968
9.0
The Expert
1968
6.5
The Bofors Gun
1968
10.0
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
7.2
Man in a Suitcase
1967
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
6.5
The Man Outside
1967
6.1
The Naked Runner
1967NR
This Way for Murder
1967
8.0
Great Expectations
1967
NR
The Informer
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965NR
Knock on Any Door
1965
6.5
Rotten to the Core
1965
6.6
Fanatic
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964NR
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
6.0
The Horse Without a Head
1964
7.3
Smokescreen
1964
6.3
The Victors
19638.0
Festival
1963
10.0
Espionage
1963
9.0
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
7.9
The Punch and Judy Man
196310.0
Crane
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
6.1
I Thank a Fool
1962
6.7
The Devil's Agent
1962
9.0
Richard the Lionheart
1962
6.5
Oliver Twist
1962
7.0
The Court Martial of Major Keller
1961NR
A Chance of Thunder
1961
6.7
Two Living, One Dead
1961
7.8
The Avengers
1961
6.9
Make Mine Mink
1960
7.2
Village of the Damned
1960NR
Deadline Midnight
19609.0
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
7.0
Sapphire
1959
4.8
No Hiding Place
1959
7.3
Interpol Calling
1959
6.3
The 39 Steps
1959
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
4.0
ITV Play of the Week
1955