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