Peter Vaughan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 4, 1923
- Died
- Dec 6, 2016
- Place of birth
- Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Peter Ewart Ohm
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).Read more
Acting credits
Game of Thrones
Maester Aemon
Casualty
Henry Lambert
Heartbeat
Arthur Wainwright / Mr. Andrews
The Avengers
Jaeger
The Saint
Walter Devan
The Wednesday Play
Ron / Volubin / Sladek
Sherlock Holmes
John Turner
ITV Playhouse
Harold Praed
No Hiding Place
Alfred Fitch
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Coster
Birds of a Feather
Monty
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Albert / Frank Rogers
Playhouse
Hugh Peter
The Sweeney
Tony Kirby
Theatre 625
Ernst Torgler
ITV Play of the Week
Anthony Sellman
The Persuaders!
Lance Schubert
The Protectors
Quin
Lark Rise to Candleford
Thriller
Anderson
The Expert
Richard Toller
Silk
Michael Dodd
Richard the Lionheart
Caspar
War and Remembrance
Kurt Zeitzler
Interpol Calling
Inspector
Murder Most Horrid
Doverson
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mr. Paxton
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dorrington
Hornblower
Admiral Hood
Man in a Suitcase
Fall of Eagles
Izvolsky
Porridge
Harry Grout
The 10th Kingdom
Wilfred Peep
Our Friends in the North
Felix Hutchinson
Espionage
Waring
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Bullneck
The Pallisers
Mr Chaffanbrass
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Festival
Gonnern / Schmitz
Late Night Theatre
The Interrogator
Citizen Smith
Dad
The Adventurer
Roberts
In Deep
Clayton Waddington
The Jury
Michael Colchester
The Bourne Identity
Fritz Koenig
Fox
Billy Fox
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Sgt. George Burtenshaw
Chillers
Winston Greeves
Crane
Max Goddard
Chancer
Thomas Franklyn
Our Man At St Mark's
Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
Game, Set, and Match
David Kimber-Hutchinson
The Informer
David Janner
Longitude
George Graham
Premiere
Emerson
Bleak House
Tulkinghorn
Black and Blue
Miles Miles
The Gold Robbers
DCS Cradock
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Knock on Any Door
'The Boot' Winter
Armchair Theatre
Third Journalist / Ralph / Sir Robert Byass / Elmo Frankfurter
Nightingales
The Inspector
Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone
Great Expectations
Jaggers
Oliver's Travels
Delaney
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
Oliver Twist
Bill Sikes
Deadline Midnight
Mobile
Grandad Stoan
Dandelion Dead
Dr. Hinks
Hardness 10
Mackintosh
Zodiac
Richard Meade
Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt
Codename: Kyril
Stanov
Monte Carlo
Pabst
This Way for Murder
Insp. Frant
Against the Crowd
Don Macintyre
Malice Aforethought
Widdicombe
The Choir
Frank Ashworth
A Chance of Thunder
Yardley
No Exit
Calder
Big Brother
John Cliveden
The Doombolt Chase
The Thing about Vince
Ray