Actor
· Acting
Peter Vaughan
Born 1923-04-04
Died 2016-12-06
📍 Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
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 167
World of Westeros Ambient Video
as Maester Aemon
2025
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Aemon Targaryen
2015
Albatross
as Grandpa
2011
Game of Thrones
as Maester Aemon
2011
Silk
as Michael Dodd
2011
Is Anybody There?
as Bob
2009
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Christmas at the Riviera
as Glen
2007
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Alfie
2007
Mobile
as Grandad Stoan
2007
Malice Aforethought
as Widdicombe
2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Edward Pretty
2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Bill Sellers
2004
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Harry Grout
2003
The Mother
as Toots
2003
Margery and Gladys
as Troy Gladwell
2003
Thursday the 12th
as Edgar Bannister
2003
The Jury
as Michael Colchester
2002
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Daddy Zoo
2001
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
2001
In Deep
as Clayton Waddington
2001
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
2000
Hotel Splendide
as Morton Blanche
2000
Making Love
as Barone Blau
2000
Longitude
as George Graham
2000
Longitude
as George Graham
2000
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Admiral Lord Hood
1999
An Ideal Husband
as Phipps
1999
The Legend of 1900
as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1998
Hornblower
as Admiral Hood
1998
Les Misérables
as Bishop
1998
Our Mutual Friend
as Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
1998
Face
as Sonny
1997
The Moonstone
as Gabriel Betteredge
1996
The Crucible
as Giles Corey
1996
The Secret Agent
as The Driver
1996
Our Friends in the North
as Felix Hutchinson
1996
Oliver's Travels
1995
Oliver's Travels
as Delaney
1995
The Choir
as Frank Ashworth
1995
Fatherland
as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
1994
Dandelion Dead
as Dr. Hinks
1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Hildegard
as Abbot
1994
The Spot FX Man
as Harold Listings
1993
The Remains of the Day
as William Stevens
1993
Heart of Darkness
as Director
1993
Heartbeat
as Arthur Wainwright
1992
Heartbeat
as Mr. Andrews
1992
Murder Most Horrid
as Doverson
1991
Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. Mercier
1991
King of the Wind
as Captain
1990
Chancer
as Tom Franklyn
1990
Nightingales
as The Inspector
1990
Mountains of the Moon
as Lord Houghton
1990
Chillers
as Winston Greeves
1990
Birds of a Feather
as Monty
1989
Countdown to War
as Hermann Goering
1989
War and Remembrance
as Kurt Zeitzler
1988
Game, Set, and Match
as David Kimber-Hutchinson
1988
The Bourne Identity
as Fritz Koenig
1988
Codename: Kyril
as Marshal Stanov
1988
Codename: Kyril
as Stanov
1988
When We Are Married
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1987
Harry's Kingdom
as Sid Harris
1987
Coast to Coast
as The Chiropodist
1987
Season's Greetings
as Harvey
1986
Monte Carlo
as Pabst
1986
Casualty
as Henry Lambert
1986
Haunted Honeymoon
as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
1986
Bleak House
as Tulkinghorn
1985
Brazil
as Mr. Helpmann
1985
Forbidden
as Major Stauffel
1984
Czech Mate
as Bullneck
1984
The Razor's Edge
as Mackenzie
1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Bullneck
1984
Sherlock Holmes
as John Turner
1984
Under the Hammer
as Les Stone
1984
Jamaica Inn
as Squire Bassatt
1983
Jamaica Inn
as Squire Bassatt
1983
Coming Out of the Ice
as Belov
1982
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Mr. Freeman
1981
Time Bandits
as Winston the Ogre
1981
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Fox
as Billy Fox
1980
Porridge
as Grouty
1979
The Danedyke Mystery
as Detective Inspector Burroughs
1979
Zulu Dawn
as QSM Bloomfield
1979
Henry VIII
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
1979
Freedom of the Dig
as Emerson
1978
The Doombolt Chase
1978
Valentino
as Rory O'Neil
1977
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Philby's Control
1977
Citizen Smith
as Dad
1977
Porridge: No Way Out
as Harry Grout
1975
The Sweeney
as Tony Kirby
1975
Hardness 10
as Mackintosh
1974
11 Harrowhouse
as Coglin
1974
Porridge
as Harry Grout
1974
Symptoms
as Brady
1974
Fall of Eagles
as Izvolsky
1974
Playhouse
as Hugh Peter
1974
Zodiac
as Richard Meade
1974
The Pallisers
as Mr Chaffanbrass
1974
The Return
as Stephen Royds
1973
Massacre in Rome
as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973
Malachi's Cove
as Mr. Gunliffe
1973
The MacKintosh Man
as Brunskill
1973
The Eyes Have It
as Anderson
1973
Thriller
as Anderson
1973
You and Me and Him
as Coster
1973
The Blockhouse
as Aufret
1973
The Pied Piper
as Bishop
1972
A Warning to the Curious
as Mr Paxton
1972
The Adventurer
as Roberts
1972
The Protectors
as Quin
1972
Savage Messiah
as Museum Attendant
1972
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Mr. Paxton
1971
Straw Dogs
as Tom Hedden
1971
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Dorrington
1971
The Persuaders!
as Lance Schubert
1971
Eyewitness
as Paul Grazzini
1970
Emma's Time
as Sladeck
1970
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Taste of Excitement
as Inspector Malling
1969
Alfred the Great
as Burrud
1969
The Gold Robbers
as DCS Cradock
1969
A Twist of Sand
as Johann
1968
Hammerhead
as Hammerhead
1968
The Expert
as Richard Toller
1968
The Bofors Gun
as Sergeant Walker
1968
The Drummer and the Bloke
as Ron
1968
Man in a Suitcase
1967
ITV Playhouse
as Harold Praed
1967
The Man Outside
as Nikolai Volkov
1967
The Naked Runner
as Martin Slattery
1967
Great Expectations
as Jaggers
1967
The Informer
as David Janner
1966
Rotten to the Core
as Sir Henry Capell
1965
Fanatic
as Harry
1965
Theatre 625
as Ernst Torgler
1964
The Horse Without a Head
as Police Sergeant
1964
Smokescreen
as Roper
1964
The Victors
as Policeman
1963
Espionage
as Waring
1963
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
The Punch and Judy Man
as Committee Man
1963
The Saint
as Walter Devan
1962
I Thank a Fool
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
1962
The Devil's Agent
as Chief of Hungarian Police
1962
Richard the Lionheart
as Caspar
1962
Oliver Twist
1962
Oliver Twist
as Bill Sikes
1962
The Court Martial of Major Keller
as Purvey
1961
The Avengers
as Jaeger
1961
Make Mine Mink
as Policeman in Car
1960
Village of the Damned
as P.C. Gobby
1960
Sapphire
as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
1959
No Hiding Place
1959
No Hiding Place
as Alfred Fitch
1959
Interpol Calling
as Inspector
1959
The 39 Steps
as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
1959
Armchair Theatre
as Third Journalist
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Ralph
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Sir Robert Byass
1956
Armchair Theatre
as Elmo Frankfurter
1956