Peter Vaughan
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Game of Thrones
Maester Aemon
2011
Series
Casualty
Henry Lambert
1986
Series
The Avengers
Jaeger
1961
Series
Heartbeat
Arthur Wainwright
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Mr. Andrews
1992
Series
The Wednesday Play
Ron
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Volubin
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Sladek
1964
Series
ITV Playhouse
Harold Praed
1967
Series
The Saint
Walter Devan
1962
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Coster
1965
Series
Sherlock Holmes
John Turner
1984
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
No Hiding Place
Alfred Fitch
1959
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Albert
1969
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Frank Rogers
1969
Series
Birds of a Feather
Monty
1989
Series
Playhouse
Hugh Peter
1974
Series
Theatre 625
Ernst Torgler
1964
Series
The Sweeney
Tony Kirby
1975
Series
ITV Play of the Week
Anthony Sellman
1955
Series
The Expert
Richard Toller
1968
Series
The Persuaders!
Lance Schubert
1971
Series
Richard the Lionheart
Caspar
1962
Series
The Protectors
Quin
1972
Series
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Series
Thriller
Anderson
1973
Series
Silk
Michael Dodd
2011
Series
Interpol Calling
Inspector
1959
Series
War and Remembrance
Kurt Zeitzler
1988
Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Series
Hornblower
Admiral Hood
1998
Series
Murder Most Horrid
Doverson
1991
Series
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dorrington
1971
Series
Our Friends in the North
Felix Hutchinson
1996
Series
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Series
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mr. Paxton
1971
Series
Citizen Smith
Dad
1977
Series
Porridge
Harry Grout
1974
Series
The Pallisers
Mr Chaffanbrass
1974
Series
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Bullneck
1984
Series
The Adventurer
Roberts
1972
Film
The Legend of 1900
'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1998
Series
Espionage
Waring
1963
Series
The 10th Kingdom
Wilfred Peep
2000
Series
The Jury
Michael Colchester
2002
Film
Brazil
Mr. Helpmann
1985
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Sgt. George Burtenshaw
1960
Festival
Gonnern
1963
Festival
Schmitz
1963
Series
Fall of Eagles
Izvolsky
1974
Series
The Bourne Identity
Fritz Koenig
1988
Late Night Theatre
The Interrogator
1972
Crane
Max Goddard
1963
Premiere
Emerson
1977
Film
Death at a Funeral
Uncle Alfie
2007
Series
Chillers
Winston Greeves
1990
Series
Game, Set, and Match
David Kimber-Hutchinson
1988
Series
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Film
The Remains of the Day
William Stevens
1993
Series
Longitude
George Graham
2000
Series
Chancer
Tom Franklyn
1990
Series
In Deep
Clayton Waddington
2001
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
1968
Series
Nightingales
The Inspector
1990
Series
Fox
Billy Fox
1980
Knock on Any Door
'The Boot' Winter
1965
Series
The Informer
David Janner
1966
Film
Les Misérables
Bishop
1998
Film
Straw Dogs
Tom Hedden
1971
Series
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Series
Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
1998
Series
Bleak House
Tulkinghorn
1985
Film
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Mr. Freeman
1981
Series
Armchair Theatre
Third Journalist
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Ralph
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Sir Robert Byass
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Elmo Frankfurter
1956
Film
The Crucible
Giles Corey
1996
Film
Sapphire
Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
1959
Film
Time Bandits
Winston the Ogre
1981
Black and Blue
Miles Miles
1973
Film
Village of the Damned
P.C. Gobby
1960
Series
The Gold Robbers
DCS Cradock
1969
Film
Fatherland
SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
1994
Film
The Mother
Toots
2003
Film
An Ideal Husband
Phipps
1999
Series
Great Expectations
Jaggers
1967
Against the Crowd
Don Macintyre
1975
Series
Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone
2000
Film
Fanatic
Harry
1965
A Chance of Thunder
Yardley
1961
Series
Oliver Twist
Bill Sikes
1962
Film
Strife
John Anthony
1988
Series
Zodiac
Richard Meade
1974
Series
Mobile
Grandad Stoan
2007
This Way for Murder
Insp. Frant
1967
Film
Valentino
Rory O'Neil
1977
Series
Dandelion Dead
Dr. Hinks
1994
Film
Mountains of the Moon
Lord Houghton
1990
Series
Oliver's Travels
1995
Series
Oliver's Travels
Delaney
1995
Big Brother
John Cliveden
1970
Deadline Midnight
1960
Series
Monte Carlo
Pabst
1986
Film
Eyewitness
Paul Grazzini
1970
Series
The Choir
Frank Ashworth
1995
Series
Malice Aforethought
Widdicombe
2005
Film
Zulu Dawn
QSM Bloomfield
1979
No Exit
Calder
1972
Film
Alfred the Great
Burrud
1969
Film
The Razor's Edge
Mackenzie
1984
Film
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Aemon Targaryen
2015
Series
Hardness 10
Mackintosh
1974
Series
Codename: Kyril
Stanov
1988
Film
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Bill Sellers
2004
Series
Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt
1983
The Thing about Vince
Ray
2000
Film
Longitude
George Graham
2000
Film
Haunted Honeymoon
Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
1986
Film
Czech Mate
Bullneck
1984
Film
The MacKintosh Man
Inspector Brunskill
1973
Film
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Daddy Zoo
2001
Film
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Admiral Lord Hood
1999
Fox
Billy Fox
1980
Film
The Pied Piper
Bishop
1972
Film
Heart of Darkness
Director
1994
Film
Massacre in Rome
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973
Series
The Doombolt Chase
1978
The Snowdropper
Sergeant
1975
Film
Hildegard
Abbot
1994
Film
Face
Sonny
1997
Film
Two Living, One Dead
John Kester
1961
Film
The Horse Without a Head
Police Sergeant
1964
Film
The Naked Runner
Martin Slattery
1967
Beauty
Mr. Robbins
2004
Film
The Punch and Judy Man
Committee Man
1963
Film
Forbidden
Major Stauffel
1984
Film
Hotel Splendide
Morton Blanche
2000
Film
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. Mercier
1991
Film
The 39 Steps
2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
1959
Film
Porridge
Grouty
1979
The Antiques Rogue Show
George Greenhalgh
2009
Film
Christmas at the Riviera
Glen
2007
Film
The Secret Agent
The Driver
1996
Film
The Victors
Policeman
1963
Film
King of the Wind
Captain
1990
Film
When We Are Married
Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1987
Film
Is Anybody There?
Bob
2009
Film
I Thank a Fool
Police Inspector (uncredited)
1962
Film
Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone
2001
Film
Coast to Coast
The Chiropodist
1987
Film
Hammerhead
Hammerhead
1968
Film
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby's Control
1977
Film
The Devil's Agent
Chief of Hungarian Police
1962
Film
Rotten to the Core
Sir Henry Capell
1965
Film
Savage Messiah
Museum Attendant
1972
Film
Thursday the 12th
Edgar Bannister
2003
Film
11 Harrowhouse
Coglin
1974
Film
The Blockhouse
Aufret
1973
Film
Making Love
Barone Blau
2000
Film
Albatross
Grandpa
2011
Film
Coming Out of the Ice
Belov
1982
Film
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Harry Grout
2003
Film
A Warning to the Curious
Mr Paxton
1972
Intimate Reflections
1974
Film
Countdown to War
Hermann Goering
1989
Film
Symptoms
Brady
1974
Film
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Edward Pretty
2004
Film
Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt
1983
Film
Make Mine Mink
Policeman in Car
1960
Film
Emma's Time
Sladeck
1970
Two Days That Shook the Branch
Harold Praed
1978
Film
A Twist of Sand
Johann
1968
Film
Henry VIII
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
1979
Film
Freedom of the Dig
Emerson
1978
Film
You and Me and Him
Coster
1973
Circles of Deceit
Liam McAuley
1993
Film
Margery and Gladys
Troy Gladwell
2003
Film
Harry's Kingdom
Sid Harris
1987
Film
Malachi's Cove
Mr. Gunliffe
1973
Film
Porridge: No Way Out
Harry Grout
1975
Film
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Film
The Moonstone
Gabriel Betteredge
1996
Film
The Court Martial of Major Keller
Purvey
1961
Film
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
A Man without Friends
Det. Insp. Crouch
1972
Film
Under the Hammer
Les Stone
1984
Film
The Danedyke Mystery
Detective Inspector Burroughs
1979
Film
Taste of Excitement
Inspector Malling
1969
Film
The Man Outside
Nikolai Volkov
1967
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
Harold King
2001
Film
Smokescreen
Roper
1964
Film
Season's Greetings
Harvey
1986
Film
The Eyes Have It
Anderson
1973
Film
The Drummer and the Bloke
Ron
1968
Film
The Spot FX Man
Harold Listings
1993
Care
Archie
2006
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
Sgt. George Burtonshaw
1964
Film
The Bofors Gun
Sergeant Walker
1968
The Crucible
Judge Hathorne
1981
Film
The Return
Stephen Royds
1973