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 190
Game of Thrones
2011
Casualty
1986
The Avengers
1961
Heartbeat
1992
The Saint
1962
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Theatre 625
1964
Playhouse
1974
The Wednesday Play
1964
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Persuaders!
1971
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
ITV Play of the Week
1955
The Sweeney
1975
Silk
2011
Richard the Lionheart
1962
No Hiding Place
1959
The Protectors
1972
Birds of a Feather
1989
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Interpol Calling
1959
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Thriller
1973
The Pallisers
1974
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
The Expert
1968
Festival
1963
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Legend of 1900
1998
Hornblower
1998
Murder Most Horrid
1991
Espionage
1963
War and Remembrance
1988
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Crane
1963
The World of Hammer
1994
Chillers
1990
Brazil
1985
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
The Adventurer
1972
The Bourne Identity
1988
Straw Dogs
1971
The Jury
2002
Porridge
1974
Citizen Smith
1977
Premiere
1977
The Remains of the Day
1993
Les Misérables
1998
Death at a Funeral
2007
Fall of Eagles
1974
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
Chancer
1990
Our Friends in the North
1996
Time Bandits
1981
In Deep
2001
The Informer
1966
Late Night Theatre
1972
The Mother
2003
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
Longitude
2000
Knock on Any Door
1965
Great Expectations
1967
Fox
1980
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Black and Blue
1973
Nightingales
1990
The Crucible
1996
Bleak House
1985
Village of the Damned
1960
Lorna Doone
2000
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Game, Set, and Match
1988
Intimate Reflections
1974
Sapphire
1959
Treasure Island
1968
Fatherland
1994
Zulu Dawn
1979
Oliver's Travels
1995
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
Armchair Theatre
1956
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
An Ideal Husband
1999
Zodiac
1974
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001
Oliver Twist
1962
Big Brother
1970
The Choir
1995
Valentino
1977
Circles of Deceit
1993
Mobile
2007
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015
The Gold Robbers
1969
Dandelion Dead
1994
Monte Carlo
1986
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Deadline Midnight
1960
Codename: Kyril
1988
Jamaica Inn
1983
Fanatic
1965
No Exit
1972
The Secret Agent
1996
The Razor's Edge
1984
Czech Mate
1984
Longitude
2000
The MacKintosh Man
1973
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
The Victors
1963
Against the Crowd
1975
Hardness 10
1974
Albatross
2011
Is Anybody There?
2009
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999
Eyewitness
1970
The 39 Steps
1959
Heart of Darkness
1994
Fox
1980
Malice Aforethought
2005
Lorna Doone
2001
Face
1997
Making Love
2000
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Beauty
2004
Alfred the Great
1969
The Pied Piper
1972
When We Are Married
1987
A Chance of Thunder
1961
Savage Messiah
1972
Massacre in Rome
1973
Forbidden
1984
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
Porridge
1979
This Way for Murder
1967
Hildegard
1994
The Horse Without a Head
1964
11 Harrowhouse
1974
Thursday the 12th
2003
Hotel Splendide
2000
Prisoner of Honor
1991
The Danedyke Mystery
1979
The Naked Runner
1967
Freedom of the Dig
1978
Rotten to the Core
1965
King of the Wind
1990
Countdown to War
1989
Symptoms
1974
Coming Out of the Ice
1982
The Devil's Agent
1962
The Blockhouse
1973
The Punch and Judy Man
1963
The Snowdropper
1975
Hammerhead
1968
Porridge: No Way Out
1975
Make Mine Mink
1960
Taste of Excitement
1969
Henry VIII
1979
Margery and Gladys
2003
The Man Outside
1967
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
2001
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977
The Doombolt Chase
1978
A Twist of Sand
1968
Harry's Kingdom
1987
Season's Greetings
1986
The Moonstone
1996
A Warning to the Curious
1972
A Man without Friends
1972
The Eyes Have It
1973
The Drummer and the Bloke
1968
I Thank a Fool
1962
Codename: Kyril
1988
Two Living, One Dead
1961
You and Me and Him
1973
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964
The Bofors Gun
1968
Malachi's Cove
1973
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Coast to Coast
1987
The Crucible
1980
Emma's Time
1970
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003
Jamaica Inn
1983
The Return
1973
The Court Martial of Major Keller
1961
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
Care
2006
Under the Hammer
1984
Smokescreen
1964
The Spot FX Man
1993