Peter Vaughan
Acting
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).
As actor 192
Game of Thrones
2011
The Avengers
1961
Casualty
1986
Sherlock Holmes
1984
The Saint
1962
Heartbeat
1992
The Wednesday Play
1964
ITV Playhouse
1967
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
ITV Play of the Week
1955
Silk
2011
Playhouse
1974
No Hiding Place
1959
Theatre 625
1964
Birds of a Feather
1989
The Sweeney
1975
The Persuaders!
1971
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Hornblower
1998
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
Brazil
1985
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Thriller
1973
The Protectors
1972
The Legend of 1900
1998
War and Remembrance
1988
Interpol Calling
1959
The Expert
1968
The Jury
2002
The World of Hammer
1994
The 10th Kingdom
2000
Murder Most Horrid
1991
The Pallisers
1974
Time Bandits
1981
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
The Bourne Identity
1988
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Espionage
1963
Fall of Eagles
1974
Our Friends in the North
1996
Porridge
1974
Chillers
1990
Death at a Funeral
2007
The Remains of the Day
1993
Straw Dogs
1971
Crane
1963
Festival
1963
The Crucible
1996
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Premiere
1977
Big Brother
1970
The Adventurer
1972
Our Mutual Friend
1998
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Les Misérables
1998
Bleak House
1985
Fatherland
1994
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Longitude
2000
Late Night Theatre
1972
Citizen Smith
1977
The Mother
2003
In Deep
2001
Game, Set, and Match
1988
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Chancer
1990
An Ideal Husband
1999
The Informer
1966
Valentino
1977
Codename: Kyril
1988
Nightingales
1990
The Razor's Edge
1984
Fox
1980
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Black and Blue
1973
Lorna Doone
2000
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Sapphire
1959
Treasure Island
1968
Knock on Any Door
1965
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Strife
1988
Village of the Damned
1960
Longitude
2000
Fox
1980
Zulu Dawn
1979
Zodiac
1974
The Victors
1963
Lorna Doone
2001
Czech Mate
1984
Massacre in Rome
1973
Fanatic
1965
The MacKintosh Man
1973
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
The Gold Robbers
1969
The Secret Agent
1996
Oliver Twist
1962
Malice Aforethought
2005
Monte Carlo
1986
Intimate Reflections
1974
No Exit
1972
Is Anybody There?
2009
Great Expectations
1967
The Blockhouse
1973
The 39 Steps
1959
11 Harrowhouse
1974
A Chance of Thunder
1961
Rotten to the Core
1965
Oliver's Travels
1995
Make Mine Mink
1960
Dandelion Dead
1994
Mobile
2007
The Devil's Agent
1962
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001
Jamaica Inn
1983
The Moonstone
1996
Eyewitness
1970
Alfred the Great
1969
Heart of Darkness
1994
Beauty
2004
Armchair Theatre
1956
Savage Messiah
1972
Malachi's Cove
1973
Hardness 10
1974
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
The Choir
1995
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
Thursday the 12th
2003
Face
1997
The Pied Piper
1972
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
Forbidden
1984
Deadline Midnight
1960
Hildegard
1994
Against the Crowd
1975
Countdown to War
1989
The Doombolt Chase
1978
Circles of Deceit
1993
King of the Wind
1990
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
The Horse Without a Head
1964
Symptoms
1974
Hotel Splendide
2000
Porridge
1979
Henry VIII
1979
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
Making Love
2000
I Thank a Fool
1962
The Court Martial of Major Keller
1961
Albatross
2011
A Twist of Sand
1968
The Return
1973
Under the Hammer
1984
This Way for Murder
1967
Coast to Coast
1987
Jamaica Inn
1983
When We Are Married
1987
The Man Outside
1967
Prisoner of Honor
1991
The Snowdropper
1975
Taste of Excitement
1969
Porridge: No Way Out
1975
The Bofors Gun
1968
The Thing about Vince
2000
Freedom of the Dig
1978
The Eyes Have It
1973
Hammerhead
1968
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
Margery and Gladys
2003
Harry's Kingdom
1987
A Man without Friends
1972
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
2001
The Naked Runner
1967
Two Living, One Dead
1961
You and Me and Him
1973
Smokescreen
1964
The Crucible
1981
A Warning to the Curious
1972
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Season's Greetings
1986
The Danedyke Mystery
1979
Emma's Time
1970
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964
The Spot FX Man
1993
Care
2006