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Peter Vaughan

Actor | * 04/04/1923 († 93, 12/06/2016) | Wem, Shropshire (United Kingdom (UK))
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 stage. He is perhaps best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom Porridge and its 1979 film adaptation. Other roles 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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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)

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabri ...

Time Bandits

PG

1981 | 3.3/5 | 1h 56min
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Comedy
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David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cor ...

Straw Dogs

R

1971 | 3.6/5 | 1h 56min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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A myriad of outrageous calamities befall an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets, when its patriarch dies an unexpected death. Soon, every complication imaginable befal ...

Death at a Funeral

R

2007 | 3.4/5 | 1h 30min
Comedy, Drama
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Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wr ...

Brazil

R

1985 | 3.8/5 | 2h 23min
Comedy, Science Fiction
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Movies with Peter Vaughan as Actor(84)

as Purvey2023 The Court Martial of Major Keller
as Grandpa2011 Albatross
as Bob2009 Is Anybody There?
as Glen2007 Christmas at the Riviera
as Uncle Alfie2007 Death at a Funeral
as Mr. Robbins2004 Beauty
as Bill Sellers2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Edward Pretty2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Edgar Bannister2003 Thursday the 12th
as Toots2003 The Mother
as Harry Grout2003 Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Troy Gladwell2003 Margery and Gladys
as Sir Ensor Doone2001 Lorna Doone
as Daddy Zoo2001 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as George Graham2000 Longitude
as Barone Blau2000 Making Love
as Morton Blanche2000 Hotel Splendide
as Phipps1999 An Ideal Husband
as Admiral Lord Hood1999 Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper1998 The Legend of 1900
as Bishop1998 Les Misérables
as Sonny1997 Face
as The Driver1996 The Secret Agent
as Giles Corey1996 The Crucible
as Gabriel Betteredge1996 The Moonstone
as Liam McAuley1996 Circle of Deceit
as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe1994 Fatherland
as Director1993 Heart of Darkness
as William Stevens1993 The Remains of the Day
as Gen. Mercier1991 Prisoner of Honor
as Lord Houghton1990 Mountains of the Moon
as Captain1990 King of the Wind
as Hermann Goering1989 Countdown to War
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell1987 When We Are Married
as The Chiropodist1987 Coast to Coast
as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.1986 Haunted Honeymoon
as Harvey1986 Season's Greetings
as Major Stauffel1985 Forbidden
as Mr. Helpmann1985 Brazil
as Bullneck1985 Czech Mate
as Mackenzie1984 The Razor's Edge
as Les Stone1984 Under the Hammer
as Squire Bassatt1983 Jamaica Inn
as Belov1982 Coming Out of the Ice
as Winston the Ogre1981 Time Bandits
as Mr. Freeman1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Judge Hathorne1980 The Crucible
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester1979 Henry VIII
as Grouty1979 Porridge
as QSM Bloomfield1979 Zulu Dawn
as Rory O'Neil1977 Valentino
as Brady1974 Symptoms
as Coglin1974 11 Harrowhouse
as Mr. Gunliffe1973 Malachi's Cove
as Aufret1973 The Blockhouse
as Stephen Royds1973 The Return
as Brunskill1973 The MacKintosh Man
as Anderson1973 The Eyes Have It
as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring1973 Massacre in Rome
as Mr Paxton1972 A Warning to the Curious
as Museum Attendant1972 Savage Messiah
as Bishop1972 The Pied Piper
as Tom Hedden1971 Straw Dogs
as Inspector Malling1970 Taste of Excitement
as Paul Grazzini1970 Eyewitness
as Burrud1969 Alfred the Great
as Sergeant Walker1968 The Bofors Gun
as Hammerhead1968 Hammerhead
as Johann1968 A Twist of Sand
as Martin Slattery1967 The Naked Runner
as Nikolai Volkov1967 The Man Outside
as Harry1965 Fanatic
as Sir Henry Capell1965 Rotten to the Core
as Police Sergeant1964 The Horse Without a Head
as Roper1964 Smokescreen
as Policeman1963 The Victors
as Committee Man1963 The Punch and Judy Man
as Chief of Hungarian Police1962 The Devil's Agent
as Police Inspector (uncredited)1962 I Thank a Fool
as John Kester1961 Two Living, One Dead
as P.C. Gobby1960 Village of the Damned
as Policeman in Car1960 Make Mine Mink
as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)1959 Sapphire
as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)1959 The 39 Steps

TV Shows/Series with Peter Vaughan as Actor(41)

as Maester Aemon2011 Game of Thrones
2011 Silk
2008 Lark Rise to Candleford
as Grandad Stoan2007 Mobile
as Widdicombe2005 Malice Aforethought
as Michael Colchester2002 The Jury
2001 In Deep
as Mr. Boffin1998 Our Mutual Friend
as Felix Hutchinson1996 Our Friends in the North
as Frank Ashworth1995 The Choir
1995 Oliver's Travels
as Delaney1995 Oliver's Travels
as Arthur Wainwright1992 Heartbeat
as Mr. Andrews1992 Heartbeat
as Doverson1991 Murder Most Horrid
as Winston Greeves1990 Chillers
as The Inspector1990 Nightingales
as Monty1989 Birds of a Feather
as David Kimber-Hutchinson1988 Game, Set, and Match
as Pabst1986 Monte Carlo
as Henry Lambert1986 Casualty
as Tulkinghorn1985 Bleak House
as John Turner1984 Sherlock Holmes
1981 Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1980 Fox
as Dad1977 Citizen Smith
as Tony Kirby1975 The Sweeney
as Harry Grout1974 Porridge
as Izvolsky1974 Fall of Eagles
as Anderson1973 Thriller
as Quin1972 The Protectors
as Roberts1972 The Adventurer
as Dorrington1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 The Persuaders!
as DCS Cradock1969 The Gold Robbers
as Richard Toller1968 The Expert
1967 Man in a Suitcase
as Walter Devan1962 The Saint
as Jaeger1961 The Avengers
as Inspector1959 Interpol Calling
1959 No Hiding Place

Full Name: Peter Vaughan
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 04/04 1923 (April) in Wem, Shropshire (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Tuesday, 12/06 2016 (December) in Mannings Heath (aged: 93)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Thomas Alleyne's High School
Spouses (current/former): Billie Whitelaw
Other names for Peter Vaughan (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Peter Ewart Ohm"
Peter Vaughan frequently works together with these people:
Freddie Jones (14x, Actor)
Peter Jeffrey (14x, Actor)
Arnold Diamond (13x, Actor)
Kenneth Colley (12x, Actor)
Julian Glover (12x, Actor)
Geoffrey Bayldon (12x, Actor)
Cyril Shaps (11x, Actor)
Timothy Bateson (10x, Actor)
Geoffrey Chater (10x, Actor)
John Bennett (10x, Actor)
T. P. McKenna (10x, Actor)
Ken Russell (7x, Crew)
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