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

Mr. Helpmann

Brazil

Tom Hedden

Straw Dogs

William Stevens

The Remains of the Day

Uncle Alfie

Death at a Funeral

Bishop

Les Misérables

SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

Fatherland

Squire Bassatt

Jamaica Inn

P.C. Gobby

Village of the Damned

Phipps

An Ideal Husband

Brunskill

The MacKintosh Man

Mr. Hugh Peter

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

Sladeck

Emma's Time

Barone Blau

Canone inverso

Winston the Ogre

Time Bandits

Harry

Fanatic

Admiral Lord Hood

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

Rappresaglia

Grouty

Porridge

Detective Whitehead (uncredited)

Sapphire

Purvey

The Court Martial of Major Keller

Ron

The Drummer and the Bloke

George Graham

Longitude

Archie

Care

Aufret

The Blockhouse

Burrud

Alfred the Great

Police Inspector (uncredited)

I Thank a Fool

Toots

The Mother

Glen

Christmas at the Riviera

Brady

Symptoms

Mr Paxton

A Warning to the Curious

Edward Pretty

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

Gabriel Betteredge

The Moonstone

Harvey

Season's Greetings

Paul Grazzini

Eyewitness

Martin Slattery

The Naked Runner

Captain

King of the Wind

Hammerhead

Hammerhead

The Chiropodist

Coast to Coast

Roper

Smokescreen

Stephen Royds

The Return

Harold King

Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind

Troy Gladwell

Margery and Gladys

Coglin

11 Harrowhouse

Museum Attendant

Savage Messiah

Mr. Robbins

Beauty

Nikolai Volkov

The Man Outside

Harold Listings

The Spot FX Man

Sir Henry Capell

Rotten to the Core

Johann

A Twist of Sand

Coster

You and Me and Him

Chief of Hungarian Police

The Devil's Agent

Gen. Mercier

Prisoner of Honor

The Driver

The Secret Agent

'Pops', the Shopkeeper

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

Mackenzie

The Razor's Edge

Inspector Malling

Taste of Excitement

Bill Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

George Greenhalgh

The Antiques Rogue Show

QSM Bloomfield

Zulu Dawn

Sir Ensor Doone

Lorna Doone

Harry Grout

Porridge: No Way Out

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Harold Praed

Two Days That Shook the Branch

Det. Insp. Crouch

A Man without Friends

Harry Grout

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Aemon Targaryen

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

Grandpa

Albatross

Giles Corey

The Crucible

Abbot

Hildegard

Sonny

Face

Billy Fox

Fox

Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.

Haunted Honeymoon

Bob

Is Anybody There?

The General

Experiment IV

Detective Inspector Burroughs

The Danedyke Mystery

Committee Man

The Punch and Judy Man

Judge Hathorne

The Crucible

Rory O'Neil

Valentino

Morton Blanche

Hotel Splendide

Mr. Freeman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

Henry VIII

Marshal Stanov

Codename: Kyril

Major Stauffel

Forbidden

Sergeant Walker

The Bofors Gun

Liam McAuley

Circle of Deceit

Mr. Gunliffe

Malachi's Cove

Director

Heart of Darkness

Police Sergeant

The Horse Without a Head

Hermann Goering

Countdown to War

Bishop

The Pied Piper

Les Stone

Under the Hammer

Alderman Joseph Helliwell

When We Are Married

Anderson

The Eyes Have It

2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

The 39 Steps

Policeman in Car

Make Mine Mink

John Kester

Two Living, One Dead

Lord Houghton

Mountains of the Moon

Belov

Coming Out of the Ice

Edgar Bannister

Thursday the 12th

Daddy Zoo

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

Policeman

The Victors

Bullneck

Czech Mate

Emerson

Freedom of the Dig

Philby's Control

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Sergeant

The Snowdropper

Sgt. George Burtonshaw

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-04-04

Place of Birth

Wem, Shropshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Peter Ewart Ohm