Peter Vaughan

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

Game of Thrones

Casualty

The Avengers

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

The Saint

Sherlock Holmes

Silk

All Movies (107)

• Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience2015 · as Aemon Targaryen
• Albatross2011 · as Grandpa
• Is Anybody There?2009 · as Bob
• The Antiques Rogue Show2009 · as George Greenhalgh
• Christmas at the Riviera2007 · as Glen
• Death at a Funeral2007 · as Uncle Alfie
• Care2006 · as Archie
• The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2004 · as Edward Pretty
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004 · as Bill Sellers
• Beauty2004 · as Mr. Robbins
• Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher2003 · as Harry Grout
• The Mother2003 · as Toots
• Margery and Gladys2003 · as Troy Gladwell
• Thursday the 12th2003 · as Edgar Bannister
• Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)2001 · as Daddy Zoo
• Lorna Doone2001 · as Sir Ensor Doone
• Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind2001 · as Harold King
• Hotel Splendide2000 · as Morton Blanche
• Making Love2000 · as Barone Blau
• Longitude2000 · as George Graham
• Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters1999 · as Admiral Lord Hood
• An Ideal Husband1999 · as Phipps
• The Legend of 19001998 · as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
• Les Misérables1998 · as Bishop
• Face1997 · as Sonny
• The Moonstone1996 · as Gabriel Betteredge
• The Crucible1996 · as Giles Corey
• The Secret Agent1996 · as The Driver
• Fatherland1994 · as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
• Hildegard1994 · as Abbot
• The Spot FX Man1993 · as Harold Listings
• The Remains of the Day1993 · as William Stevens
• Circles of Deceit1993 · as Liam McAuley
• Heart of Darkness1993 · as Director
• Prisoner of Honor1991 · as Gen. Mercier
• King of the Wind1990 · as Captain
• Mountains of the Moon1990 · as Lord Houghton
• Countdown to War1989 · as Hermann Goering
• Codename: Kyril1988 · as Marshal Stanov
• When We Are Married1987 · as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
• Harry's Kingdom1987 · as Sid Harris
• Coast to Coast1987 · as The Chiropodist
• Season's Greetings1986 · as Harvey
• Haunted Honeymoon1986 · as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
• Brazil1985 · as Mr. Helpmann
• Forbidden1984 · as Major Stauffel
• Czech Mate1984 · as Bullneck
• The Razor's Edge1984 · as Mackenzie
• Under the Hammer1984 · as Les Stone
• Jamaica Inn1983 · as Squire Bassatt
• Coming Out of the Ice1982 · as Belov
• The French Lieutenant's Woman1981 · as Mr. Freeman
• Time Bandits1981 · as Winston the Ogre
• A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter1981 · as Mr. Hugh Peter
• Fox1980 · as Billy Fox
• The Crucible1980 · as Judge Hathorne
• Porridge1979 · as Grouty
• The Danedyke Mystery1979 · as Detective Inspector Burroughs
• Zulu Dawn1979 · as QSM Bloomfield
• Henry VIII1979 · as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
• Freedom of the Dig1978 · as Emerson
• Two Days That Shook the Branch1978 · as Harold Praed
• Valentino1977 · as Rory O'Neil
• Philby, Burgess and Maclean1977 · as Philby's Control
• Porridge: No Way Out1975 · as Harry Grout
• The Snowdropper1975 · as Sergeant
• Intimate Reflections1974
• 11 Harrowhouse1974 · as Coglin
• Symptoms1974 · as Brady
• The Return1973 · as Stephen Royds
• Massacre in Rome1973 · as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
• Malachi's Cove1973 · as Mr. Gunliffe
• The MacKintosh Man1973 · as Brunskill
• The Eyes Have It1973 · as Anderson
• You and Me and Him1973 · as Coster
• The Blockhouse1973 · as Aufret
• The Pied Piper1972 · as Bishop
• A Warning to the Curious1972 · as Mr Paxton
• A Man without Friends1972 · as Det. Insp. Crouch
• Savage Messiah1972 · as Museum Attendant
• Straw Dogs1971 · as Tom Hedden
• Eyewitness1970 · as Paul Grazzini
• Emma's Time1970 · as Sladeck
• The Cellar and the Almond Tree1970
• Taste of Excitement1969 · as Inspector Malling
• Alfred the Great1969 · as Burrud
• A Twist of Sand1968 · as Johann
• Hammerhead1968 · as Hammerhead
• The Bofors Gun1968 · as Sergeant Walker
• The Drummer and the Bloke1968 · as Ron
• The Man Outside1967 · as Nikolai Volkov
• The Naked Runner1967 · as Martin Slattery
• Rotten to the Core1965 · as Sir Henry Capell
• Fanatic1965 · as Harry
• The Blackmailing of Mr. S1964 · as Sgt. George Burtonshaw
• The Horse Without a Head1964 · as Police Sergeant
• Smokescreen1964 · as Roper
• The Victors1963 · as Policeman
• The Punch and Judy Man1963 · as Committee Man
• I Thank a Fool1962 · as Police Inspector (uncredited)
• The Devil's Agent1962 · as Chief of Hungarian Police
• The Court Martial of Major Keller1961 · as Purvey
• Two Living, One Dead1961 · as John Kester
• Make Mine Mink1960 · as Policeman in Car
• Village of the Damned1960 · as P.C. Gobby
• Sapphire1959 · as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
• The 39 Steps1959 · as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

All TV Shows (89)

• Game of Thrones2011 · as Maester Aemon
• Silk2011 · as Michael Dodd
• Lark Rise to Candleford2008
• Mobile2007 · as Grandad Stoan
• Malice Aforethought2005 · as Widdicombe
• The Jury2002 · as Michael Colchester
• In Deep2001 · as Clayton Waddington
• Lorna Doone2000 · as Sir Ensor Doone
• Longitude2000 · as George Graham
• Hornblower1998 · as Admiral Hood
• Our Mutual Friend1998 · as Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
• Our Friends in the North1996 · as Felix Hutchinson
• Oliver's Travels1995
• Oliver's Travels1995 · as Delaney
• The Choir1995 · as Frank Ashworth
• Dandelion Dead1994 · as Dr. Hinks
• The World of Hammer1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Heartbeat1992 · as Arthur Wainwright
• Heartbeat1992 · as Mr. Andrews
• Murder Most Horrid1991 · as Doverson
• Chancer1990 · as Tom Franklyn
• Nightingales1990 · as The Inspector
• Chillers1990 · as Winston Greeves
• Birds of a Feather1989 · as Monty
• War and Remembrance1988 · as Kurt Zeitzler
• Game, Set, and Match1988 · as David Kimber-Hutchinson
• The Bourne Identity1988 · as Fritz Koenig
• Codename: Kyril1988 · as Stanov
• Monte Carlo1986 · as Pabst
• Casualty1986 · as Henry Lambert
• Bleak House1985 · as Tulkinghorn
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense1984 · as Bullneck
• Sherlock Holmes1984 · as John Turner
• Jamaica Inn1983 · as Squire Bassatt
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981
• Fox1980 · as Billy Fox
• The Doombolt Chase1978
• Citizen Smith1977 · as Dad
• Against the Crowd1975 · as Don Macintyre
• The Sweeney1975 · as Tony Kirby
• Hardness 101974 · as Mackintosh
• Porridge1974 · as Harry Grout
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Izvolsky
• Playhouse1974 · as Hugh Peter
• Zodiac1974 · as Richard Meade
• The Pallisers1974 · as Mr Chaffanbrass
• Black and Blue1973 · as Miles Miles
• Thriller1973 · as Anderson
• The Adventurer1972 · as Roberts
• The Protectors1972 · as Quin
• No Exit1972 · as Calder
• A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as Mr. Paxton
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes1971 · as Dorrington
• The Persuaders!1971 · as Lance Schubert
• Big Brother1970 · as John Cliveden
• The Gold Robbers1969 · as DCS Cradock
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Albert
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Frank Rogers
• Treasure Island1968 · as Long John Silver
• The Expert1968 · as Richard Toller
• Man in a Suitcase1967
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Harold Praed
• Great Expectations1967 · as Jaggers
• The Informer1966 · as David Janner
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Ron
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Volubin
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Sladek
• Theatre 6251964 · as Ernst Torgler
• Festival1963 · as Gonnern
• Festival1963 · as Schmitz
• Espionage1963 · as Waring
• Our Man At St Mark's1963
• Crane1963 · as Max Goddard
• The Saint1962 · as Walter Devan
• Richard the Lionheart1962 · as Caspar
• Oliver Twist1962
• Oliver Twist1962 · as Bill Sikes
• A Chance of Thunder1961 · as Yardley
• The Avengers1961 · as Jaeger
• Deadline Midnight1960
• Armchair Mystery Theatre1960 · as Sgt. George Burtenshaw
• No Hiding Place1959
• No Hiding Place1959 · as Alfred Fitch
• Interpol Calling1959 · as Inspector
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Third Journalist
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Ralph
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Sir Robert Byass
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Elmo Frankfurter
• ITV Play of the Week1955 · as Anthony Sellman