Peter Vaughan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 4, 1923 (103 years old)
Place of Birth
Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
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
| 2025 | World of Westeros Ambient VideoMaester Aemon | |
| 2015 | Game of Thrones The IMAX ExperienceAemon Targaryen | |
| 2011 | AlbatrossGrandpa | |
| 2011 | Game of ThronesMaester Aemon | |
| 2011 | SilkMichael Dodd | |
| 2009 | The Antiques Rogue ShowGeorge Greenhalgh | |
| 2009 | Is Anybody There?Bob | |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | |
| 2007 | Death at a FuneralUncle Alfie | |
| 2007 | Christmas at the RivieraGlen | |
| 2007 | MobileGrandad Stoan | |
| 2006 | CareArchie | |
| 2005 | Malice AforethoughtWiddicombe | |
| 2004 | The Queen of Sheba's PearlsEdward Pretty | |
| 2004 | BeautyMr. Robbins | |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter SellersBill Sellers | |
| 2003 | The MotherToots | |
| 2003 | Margery and GladysTroy Gladwell | |
| 2003 | Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley FletcherHarry Grout | |
| 2003 | Thursday the 12thEdgar Bannister | |
| 2002 | The JuryMichael Colchester | |
| 2001 | Second Sight: Kingdom of the BlindHarold King | |
| 2001 | Lorna DooneSir Ensor Doone | |
| 2001 | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)Daddy Zoo | |
| 2001 | In DeepClayton Waddington | |
| 2000 | Making LoveBarone Blau | |
| 2000 | LongitudeGeorge Graham | |
| 2000 | Hotel SplendideMorton Blanche | |
| 2000 | Lorna DooneSir Ensor Doone | |
| 2000 | LongitudeGeorge Graham | |
| 1999 | An Ideal HusbandPhipps | |
| 1999 | Hornblower: The Frogs and the LobstersAdmiral Lord Hood | |
| 1998 | Les MisérablesBishop | |
| 1998 | The Legend of 1900'Pops', the Shopkeeper | |
| 1998 | HornblowerAdmiral Hood | |
| 1998 | Our Mutual FriendNicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin | |
| 1997 | FaceSonny | |
| 1996 | The MoonstoneGabriel Betteredge | |
| 1996 | The Secret AgentThe Driver | |
| 1996 | The CrucibleGiles Corey | |
| 1996 | Our Friends in the NorthFelix Hutchinson | |
| 1995 | Oliver's Travels | |
| 1995 | Oliver's TravelsDelaney | |
| 1995 | The ChoirFrank Ashworth | |
| 1994 | FatherlandSS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe | |
| 1994 | HildegardAbbot | |
| 1994 | Dandelion DeadDr. Hinks | |
| 1994 | The World of HammerSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | The Remains of the DayWilliam Stevens | |
| 1993 | The Spot FX ManHarold Listings | |
| 1993 | Circles of DeceitLiam McAuley | |
| 1993 | Heart of DarknessDirector | |
| 1992 | HeartbeatArthur Wainwright | |
| 1992 | HeartbeatMr. Andrews | |
| 1991 | Prisoner of HonorGen. Mercier | |
| 1991 | Murder Most HorridDoverson | |
| 1990 | King of the WindCaptain | |
| 1990 | Mountains of the MoonLord Houghton | |
| 1990 | NightingalesThe Inspector | |
| 1990 | ChancerTom Franklyn | |
| 1990 | ChillersWinston Greeves | |
| 1989 | Countdown to WarHermann Goering | |
| 1989 | Birds of a FeatherMonty | |
| 1988 | Codename: KyrilMarshal Stanov | |
| 1988 | Game, Set, and MatchDavid Kimber-Hutchinson | |
| 1988 | The Bourne IdentityFritz Koenig | |
| 1988 | Codename: KyrilStanov | |
| 1987 | Coast to CoastThe Chiropodist | |
| 1987 | When We Are MarriedAlderman Joseph Helliwell | |
| 1987 | Harry's KingdomSid Harris | |
| 1986 | Season's GreetingsHarvey | |
| 1986 | Haunted HoneymoonUncle Francis Abbot Sr. | |
| 1986 | CasualtyHenry Lambert | |
| 1986 | Monte CarloPabst | |
| 1985 | BrazilMr. Helpmann | |
| 1985 | Bleak HouseTulkinghorn | |
| 1984 | The Razor's EdgeMackenzie | |
| 1984 | ForbiddenMajor Stauffel | |
| 1984 | Under the HammerLes Stone | |
| 1984 | Czech MateBullneck | |
| 1984 | Hammer House of Mystery and SuspenseBullneck | |
| 1984 | Sherlock HolmesJohn Turner | |
| 1983 | Jamaica InnSquire Bassatt | |
| 1983 | Jamaica InnSquire Bassatt | |
| 1982 | Coming Out of the IceBelov | |
| 1981 | A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh PeterMr. Hugh Peter | |
| 1981 | Time BanditsWinston the Ogre | |
| 1981 | The French Lieutenant's WomanMr. Freeman | |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | |
| 1980 | FoxBilly Fox | |
| 1980 | The CrucibleJudge Hathorne | |
| 1980 | FoxBilly Fox | |
| 1979 | PorridgeGrouty | |
| 1979 | Zulu DawnQSM Bloomfield | |
| 1979 | The Danedyke MysteryDetective Inspector Burroughs | |
| 1979 | Henry VIIIGardiner, Bishop of Winchester | |
| 1978 | Two Days That Shook the BranchHarold Praed | |
| 1978 | Freedom of the DigEmerson | |
| 1978 | The Doombolt Chase | |
| 1977 | ValentinoRory O'Neil | |
| 1977 | Philby, Burgess and MacleanPhilby's Control | |
| 1977 | Citizen SmithDad | |
| 1975 | Porridge: No Way OutHarry Grout | |
| 1975 | The SnowdropperSergeant | |
| 1975 | The SweeneyTony Kirby | |
| 1974 | SymptomsBrady | |
| 1974 | 11 HarrowhouseCoglin | |
| 1974 | Intimate Reflections | |
| 1974 | PorridgeHarry Grout | |
| 1974 | Fall of EaglesIzvolsky | |
| 1974 | Hardness 10Mackintosh | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseHugh Peter | |
| 1974 | ZodiacRichard Meade | |
| 1974 | The PallisersMr Chaffanbrass | |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh ManBrunskill | |
| 1973 | Massacre in RomeField Marshal Albert Kesselring | |
| 1973 | The BlockhouseAufret | |
| 1973 | The ReturnStephen Royds | |
| 1973 | You and Me and HimCoster | |
| 1973 | Malachi's CoveMr. Gunliffe | |
| 1973 | The Eyes Have ItAnderson | |
| 1973 | ThrillerAnderson | |
| 1973 | Black and BlueMiles Miles | |
| 1972 | A Warning to the CuriousMr Paxton | |
| 1972 | Savage MessiahMuseum Attendant | |
| 1972 | A Man without FriendsDet. Insp. Crouch | |
| 1972 | The Pied PiperBishop | |
| 1972 | The AdventurerRoberts | |
| 1972 | The ProtectorsQuin | |
| 1971 | Straw DogsTom Hedden | |
| 1971 | The Persuaders!Lance Schubert | |
| 1971 | The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesDorrington | |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for ChristmasMr. Paxton | |
| 1970 | Emma's TimeSladeck | |
| 1970 | EyewitnessPaul Grazzini | |
| 1970 | The Cellar and the Almond Tree | |
| 1969 | Alfred the GreatBurrud | |
| 1969 | Taste of ExcitementInspector Malling | |
| 1969 | The Gold RobbersDCS Cradock | |
| 1968 | The Drummer and the BlokeRon | |
| 1968 | HammerheadHammerhead | |
| 1968 | A Twist of SandJohann | |
| 1968 | The Bofors GunSergeant Walker | |
| 1968 | The ExpertRichard Toller | |
| 1967 | The Naked RunnerMartin Slattery | |
| 1967 | The Man OutsideNikolai Volkov | |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase | |
| 1967 | Great ExpectationsJaggers | |
| 1966 | The InformerDavid Janner | |
| 1965 | FanaticHarry | |
| 1965 | Rotten to the CoreSir Henry Capell | |
| 1964 | SmokescreenRoper | |
| 1964 | The Horse Without a HeadPolice Sergeant | |
| 1964 | The Blackmailing of Mr. SSgt. George Burtonshaw | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625Ernst Torgler | |
| 1963 | The Punch and Judy ManCommittee Man | |
| 1963 | The VictorsPoliceman | |
| 1963 | Our Man At St Mark's | |
| 1963 | CraneMax Goddard | |
| 1963 | FestivalGonnern | |
| 1963 | FestivalSchmitz | |
| 1962 | I Thank a FoolPolice Inspector (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The Devil's AgentChief of Hungarian Police | |
| 1962 | The SaintWalter Devan | |
| 1962 | Oliver Twist | |
| 1962 | Oliver TwistBill Sikes | |
| 1962 | Richard the LionheartCaspar | |
| 1961 | The Court Martial of Major KellerPurvey | |
| 1961 | Two Living, One DeadJohn Kester | |
| 1961 | The AvengersJaeger | |
| 1960 | Village of the DamnedP.C. Gobby | |
| 1960 | Make Mine MinkPoliceman in Car | |
| 1960 | Deadline Midnight | |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery TheatreSgt. George Burtenshaw | |
| 1959 | SapphireDetective Whitehead (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | Interpol CallingInspector | |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1959 | No Hiding PlaceAlfred Fitch | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreThird Journalist | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreRalph | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreSir Robert Byass | |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreElmo Frankfurter |