
Peter Vaughan
Born April 4, 1923 · 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).
Notable Appearances
Movies

Death at a Funeral

The Legend of 1900

The Remains of the Day

Brazil

Time Bandits

The Crucible

Straw Dogs

Les Misérables

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Village of the Damned

Fatherland

An Ideal Husband

Zulu Dawn

The Razor's Edge

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

The Secret Agent

The Mother

Mountains of the Moon

Valentino

The 39 Steps

Strife

The MacKintosh Man

Sapphire

Haunted Honeymoon

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

Longitude

The Devil's Agent

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

Heart of Darkness

When We Are Married

Eyewitness

Fanatic

King of the Wind

Massacre in Rome

The Punch and Judy Man

Lorna Doone

The Victors

Christmas at the Riviera

The Pied Piper

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

A Twist of Sand

The Horse Without a Head

Is Anybody There?

Savage Messiah

Alfred the Great

I Thank a Fool

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Forbidden

Coming Out of the Ice

Face

11 Harrowhouse

Two Living, One Dead

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

Making Love

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

Rotten to the Core

Hotel Splendide

The Moonstone

Czech Mate

Symptoms

The Eyes Have It

The Naked Runner

Porridge: No Way Out

Thursday the 12th

Albatross
TV Shows

Heartbeat

Theatre 625

The Wednesday Play

Playhouse

Sherlock Holmes

ITV Playhouse

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

The Sweeney

Birds of a Feather

The Expert

The Persuaders!

ITV Play of the Week

The Protectors

Thriller

Silk

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Espionage

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Murder Most Horrid

The Pallisers

Lark Rise to Candleford

Interpol Calling

War and Remembrance

The World of Hammer

Man in a Suitcase

Hornblower

A Ghost Story for Christmas

The Adventurer

Richard the Lionheart

Fall of Eagles

Our Friends in the North

The 10th Kingdom

Chillers

Longitude

The Informer

The Bourne Identity

Citizen Smith

Porridge

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

The Jury

Our Man At St Mark's

In Deep

Our Mutual Friend

Game, Set, and Match

Fox

Zodiac

Chancer

Armchair Theatre

Bleak House

Lorna Doone

Oliver's Travels

Nightingales

The Choir

Dandelion Dead

Monte Carlo

Mobile

Oliver Twist

Great Expectations

Jamaica Inn

The Gold Robbers

Codename: Kyril

Hardness 10

Malice Aforethought

The Doombolt Chase
More Movies

Porridge

Malachi's Cove

Coast to Coast

The Blockhouse

The Drummer and the Bloke

Prisoner of Honor

Hildegard

Freedom of the Dig

Margery and Gladys

A Warning to the Curious

Henry VIII

Jamaica Inn

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

The Man Outside

Hammerhead

Countdown to War

Make Mine Mink

The Court Martial of Major Keller

You and Me and Him

Taste of Excitement

The Danedyke Mystery

Harry's Kingdom

The Spot FX Man

Under the Hammer

Smokescreen

Emma's Time

The Return

Season's Greetings




