Peter Vaughan
- Acting
- April 4, 1923 · Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
- December 6, 2016
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
Filmography
- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience · Aemon Targaryen
- Albatross · Grandpa
- Game of Thrones · Maester Aemon
- Silk · Michael Dodd
- Is Anybody There? · Bob
- The Antiques Rogue Show · George Greenhalgh
- Lark Rise to Candleford
- Christmas at the Riviera · Glen
- Death at a Funeral · Uncle Alfie
- Mobile · Grandad Stoan
- Care · Archie
- Malice Aforethought · Widdicombe
- The Queen of Sheba's Pearls · Edward Pretty
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers · Bill Sellers
- Beauty · Mr. Robbins
- Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher · Harry Grout
- The Mother · Toots
- Margery and Gladys · Troy Gladwell
- Thursday the 12th · Edgar Bannister
- The Jury · Michael Colchester
- Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) · Daddy Zoo
- Lorna Doone · Sir Ensor Doone
- In Deep · Clayton Waddington
- Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind · Harold King
- Lorna Doone · Sir Ensor Doone
- Hotel Splendide · Morton Blanche
- The Thing about Vince · Ray
- The 10th Kingdom · Wilfred Peep
- Making Love · Barone Blau
- Longitude · George Graham
- Longitude · George Graham
- Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters · Admiral Lord Hood
- An Ideal Husband · Phipps
- The Legend of 1900 · 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
- Hornblower · Admiral Hood
- Les Misérables · Bishop
- Our Mutual Friend · Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
- Face · Sonny
- The Moonstone · Gabriel Betteredge
- The Crucible · Giles Corey
- The Secret Agent · The Driver
- Our Friends in the North · Felix Hutchinson
- Oliver's Travels · Delaney
- The Choir · Frank Ashworth
- Fatherland · SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
- Dandelion Dead · Dr. Hinks
- The World of Hammer · Self
- Heart of Darkness · Director
- Hildegard · Abbot
- The Spot FX Man · Harold Listings
- The Remains of the Day · William Stevens
- Circles of Deceit · Liam McAuley
- Heartbeat · Arthur Wainwright, Mr. Andrews
- Murder Most Horrid · Doverson
- Prisoner of Honor · Gen. Mercier
- King of the Wind · Captain
- Chancer · Tom Franklyn
- Nightingales · The Inspector
- Mountains of the Moon · Lord Houghton
- Chillers · Winston Greeves
- Birds of a Feather · Monty
- Countdown to War · Hermann Goering
- War and Remembrance · Kurt Zeitzler
- Game, Set, and Match · David Kimber-Hutchinson
- Strife · John Anthony
- The Bourne Identity · Fritz Koenig
- Codename: Kyril · Stanov
- When We Are Married · Alderman Joseph Helliwell
- Harry's Kingdom · Sid Harris
- Coast to Coast · The Chiropodist
- Season's Greetings · Harvey
- Monte Carlo · Pabst
- Casualty · Henry Lambert
- Haunted Honeymoon · Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
- Bleak House · Tulkinghorn
- Brazil · Mr. Helpmann
- Forbidden · Major Stauffel
- Czech Mate · Bullneck
- The Razor's Edge · Mackenzie
- Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense · Bullneck