Peter Vaughan

Actor Apr 4 (died age 93) Wem, Shropshire, England, UK 1956–2015 (59 year career)

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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

Film

The Legend of 1900

'Pops', the Shopkeeper

Film

Brazil

Mr. Helpmann

Film

The Remains of the Day

William Stevens

Film

Death at a Funeral

Uncle Alfie

Film

Straw Dogs

Tom Hedden

Film

Les Misérables

Bishop

Film

Time Bandits

Winston the Ogre

Film

Village of the Damned

P.C. Gobby

Filmography

Acting (180)

Movies (109)

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

as Aemon Targaryen

Albatross

as Grandpa

The Antiques Rogue Show

2009

as George Greenhalgh

Is Anybody There?

as Bob

Death at a Funeral

as Uncle Alfie

Christmas at the Riviera

2007

as Glen

4.0

Care

2006

as Archie

Beauty

2004

as Mr. Robbins

6.6

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2004

as Bill Sellers

6.6

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

as Edward Pretty

The Mother

as Toots

Thursday the 12th

as Edgar Bannister

Margery and Gladys

2003

as Troy Gladwell

7.4

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

2003

as Harry Grout

6.0

Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind

2001

as Harold King

Lorna Doone

2001

as Sir Ensor Doone

5.7

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

as Daddy Zoo

Longitude

as George Graham

Making Love

as Barone Blau

Hotel Splendide

as Morton Blanche

An Ideal Husband

as Phipps

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters

1999

as Admiral Lord Hood

7.2

The Legend of 1900

1998

as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper

Les Misérables

as Bishop

Face

as Sonny

The Crucible

as Giles Corey

The Moonstone

as Gabriel Betteredge

The Secret Agent

as The Driver

Fatherland

as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

Hildegard

as Abbot

The Spot FX Man

as Harold Listings

The Remains of the Day

as William Stevens

Circle of Deceit

as Liam McAuley

Heart of Darkness

as Director

Prisoner of Honor

as Gen. Mercier

Mountains of the Moon

as Lord Houghton

King of the Wind

as Captain

Countdown to War

as Hermann Goering

Codename: Kyril

as Marshal Stanov

The Bourne Identity

1988

as Fritz Koenig

Coast to Coast

1987

as The Chiropodist

6.0

When We Are Married

1987

as Alderman Joseph Helliwell

Harry's Kingdom

1987

as Sid Harris

Haunted Honeymoon

1986

as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.

5.4

Season's Greetings

1986

as Harvey

Brazil

as Mr. Helpmann

Forbidden

as Major Stauffel

The Razor's Edge

as Mackenzie

Czech Mate

as Bullneck

Under the Hammer

as Les Stone

Jamaica Inn

1983

as Squire Bassatt

2.7

Coming Out of the Ice

as Belov

Time Bandits

as Winston the Ogre

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981

as Mr. Freeman

6.4

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981

as Mr. Hugh Peter

Fox

as Billy Fox

The Crucible

as Judge Hathorne

The Danedyke Mystery

as Detective Inspector Burroughs

Porridge

as Grouty

Zulu Dawn

as QSM Bloomfield

Henry VIII

as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

6.5

Two Days That Shook the Branch

1978

as Harold Praed

Freedom of the Dig

1978

as Emerson

Valentino

1977

as Rory O'Neil

5.7

Philby, Burgess and Maclean

1977

as Philby's Control

4.5

The Snowdropper

1975

as Sergeant

Porridge: No Way Out

1975

as Harry Grout

11 Harrowhouse

as Coglin

Intimate Reflections

Symptoms

as Brady

Massacre in Rome

as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

The Eyes Have It

as Anderson

The MacKintosh Man

as Brunskill

The Blockhouse

as Aufret

The Return

as Stephen Royds

Malachi's Cove

as Mr. Gunliffe

You and Me and Him

as Coster

Savage Messiah

as Museum Attendant

The Pied Piper

as Bishop

A Warning to the Curious

1972

as Mr Paxton

6.9

A Man without Friends

1972

as Det. Insp. Crouch

Straw Dogs

1971

as Tom Hedden

7.2

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Eyewitness

as Paul Grazzini

Emma's Time

as Sladeck

Alfred the Great

as Burrud

Taste of Excitement

as Inspector Malling

Hammerhead

as Hammerhead

The Bofors Gun

as Sergeant Walker

A Twist of Sand

as Johann

The Drummer and the Bloke

1968

as Ron

The Man Outside

as Nikolai Volkov

The Naked Runner

as Martin Slattery

Rotten to the Core

as Sir Henry Capell

Fanatic

as Harry

The Horse Without a Head

as Police Sergeant

Smokescreen

as Roper

The Blackmailing of Mr. S

1964

as Sgt. George Burtonshaw

The Victors

1963

as Policeman

6.2

The Punch and Judy Man

1963

as Committee Man

7.8

I Thank a Fool

1962

as Police Inspector (uncredited)

5.5

The Devil's Agent

1962

as Chief of Hungarian Police

6.4

Oliver Twist

1962

as Bill Sikes

Two Living, One Dead

1961

as John Kester

7.0

The Court Martial of Major Keller

1961

as Purvey

Make Mine Mink

1960

as Policeman in Car

7.1

Village of the Damned

1960

as P.C. Gobby

7.2

Sapphire

1959

as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)

7.0

The 39 Steps

1959

as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

6.2

Television (71)

Game of Thrones

as Maester Aemon

Silk

as Michael Dodd

Lark Rise to Candleford

Mobile

as Grandad Stoan

Malice Aforethought

as Widdicombe

The Jury

as Michael Colchester

6.8

In Deep

2001

as Clayton Waddington

The 10th Kingdom

as Wilfred Peep

Longitude

as George Graham

Lorna Doone

as Sir Ensor Doone

Hornblower

as Admiral Hood

Our Mutual Friend

as Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin

7.8

Our Friends in the North

as Felix Hutchinson

Oliver's Travels

as Delaney

Oliver's Travels

The Choir

as Frank Ashworth

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Dandelion Dead

as Dr. Hinks

Heartbeat

as Arthur Wainwright

Chillers

as Winston Greeves

Murder Most Horrid

as Doverson

Chancer

as Tom Franklyn

Nightingales

as The Inspector

Birds of a Feather

as Monty

The Bourne Identity

as Fritz Koenig

Codename: Kyril

as Stanov

Game, Set, and Match

as David Kimber-Hutchinson

Casualty

as Henry Lambert

Monte Carlo

as Pabst

Bleak House

as Tulkinghorn

Sherlock Holmes

as John Turner

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Bullneck

Jamaica Inn

as Squire Bassatt

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Fox

as Billy Fox

The Doombolt Chase

Citizen Smith

as Dad

The Sweeney

as Tony Kirby

Playhouse

as Hugh Peter

Porridge

as Harry Grout

Porridge

as Harry Grout

Fall of Eagles

as Izvolsky

The Pallisers

as Mr Chaffanbrass

Zodiac

as Richard Meade

Hardness 10

as Mackintosh

Thriller

as Anderson

Black and Blue

as Miles Miles

The Protectors

as Quin

The Adventurer

as Roberts

The Persuaders!

as Lance Schubert

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971

as Mr. Paxton

7.4

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Dorrington

The Gold Robbers

as DCS Cradock

The Expert

as Richard Toller

Man in a Suitcase

Great Expectations

as Jaggers

The Informer

1966

as David Janner

Theatre 625

as Ernst Torgler

Festival

as Gonnern

Our Man At St Mark's

Crane

as Max Goddard

The Saint

1962

as Walter Devan

7.4

Richard the Lionheart

1962

as Caspar

Oliver Twist

as Bill Sikes

Oliver Twist

The Avengers

as Jaeger

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

as Sgt. George Burtenshaw

Deadline Midnight

No Hiding Place

Interpol Calling

as Inspector

Armchair Theatre

as Third Journalist