
Peter Vaughan
Department: Acting
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 the Day. His final role was as Maester Aemon in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2015).
Known For

Brazil
1985

Straw Dogs
1971

The Remains of the Day
1993

Death at a Funeral
2007

Les Misérables
1998

Fatherland
1994

Jamaica Inn
1983

Village of the Damned
1960

An Ideal Husband
1999

The MacKintosh Man
1973

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
1981

Emma's Time
1970

Making Love
2000

Time Bandits
1981

Fanatic
1965

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
1999

Massacre in Rome
1973

Porridge
1979

Sapphire
1959

The Court Martial of Major Keller
1961

The Drummer and the Bloke
1968

Longitude
2000

Care
2006

The Blockhouse
1973

Alfred the Great
1969

I Thank a Fool
1962

The Mother
2003

Christmas at the Riviera
2007

Symptoms
1974

A Warning to the Curious
1972

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004

The Moonstone
1996

Season's Greetings
1986

Eyewitness
1970

The Naked Runner
1967

King of the Wind
1990

Hammerhead
1968

Coast to Coast
1987

Smokescreen
1964

The Return
1973

Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
2001

Margery and Gladys
2003

11 Harrowhouse
1974

Savage Messiah
1972

Beauty
2004

The Man Outside
1967

The Spot FX Man
1993

Rotten to the Core
1965

A Twist of Sand
1968

You and Me and Him
1973

The Devil's Agent
1962

Prisoner of Honor
1991

The Secret Agent
1996

The Legend of 1900
1998

The Razor's Edge
1984

Taste of Excitement
1969

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004

The Antiques Rogue Show
2009

Zulu Dawn
1979

Lorna Doone
2001

Porridge: No Way Out
1975

The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970

Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978

A Man without Friends
1972

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
2003

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015

Albatross
2011

The Crucible
1996

Hildegard
1994

Face
1997

Fox
1980

Haunted Honeymoon
1986

Is Anybody There?
2009

The Danedyke Mystery
1979

The Punch and Judy Man
1963

The Crucible
1980

Valentino
1977

Hotel Splendide
2000

The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981

Henry VIII
1979

Codename: Kyril
1988

Forbidden
1984

The Bofors Gun
1968

Circles of Deceit
1993

Malachi's Cove
1973

Heart of Darkness
1993

The Horse Without a Head
1964

Countdown to War
1989

The Pied Piper
1972

Under the Hammer
1984

When We Are Married
1987

The Eyes Have It
1973

The Victors
1963

The 39 Steps
1959

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001

Two Living, One Dead
1961

Coming Out of the Ice
1982

Make Mine Mink
1960

Thursday the 12th
2003

Mountains of the Moon
1990

Czech Mate
1984

Freedom of the Dig
1978

Philby, Burgess and Maclean
1977

The Snowdropper
1975

The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964

Harry's Kingdom
1987

Intimate Reflections
1974

World of Westeros Ambient Video
2025

Thriller
1973

Murder Most Horrid
1991

Porridge
1974

The Avengers
1961

The Persuaders!
1971

Heartbeat
1992

The Sweeney
1975

Citizen Smith
1977

The Saint
1962

Interpol Calling
1959

The Doombolt Chase
1978

Fox
1980

Our Friends in the North
1996

No Hiding Place
1959

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971

Fall of Eagles
1974

The Expert
1968

Man in a Suitcase
1967

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981

Oliver Twist
1962

Deadline Midnight
1960

Dandelion Dead
1994

Our Man At St Mark's
1963

Hornblower
1998

The Adventurer
1972

The Jury
2002

Oliver's Travels
1995

Game, Set, and Match
1988

In Deep
2001

Mobile
2007

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971

Birds of a Feather
1989

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008

Game of Thrones
2011

Sherlock Holmes
1984

Casualty
1986

Oliver's Travels
1995

The Bourne Identity
1988

The Choir
1995

The Gold Robbers
1969

Lorna Doone
2000

Malice Aforethought
2005

Monte Carlo
1986

Oliver Twist
1962

Heartbeat
1992

Nightingales
1990

The Protectors
1972

Bleak House
1985

Hardness 10
1974

Playhouse
1974

Richard the Lionheart
1962

Crane
1963

Festival
1963

Festival
1963

Black and Blue
1973

Zodiac
1974

Great Expectations
1967

Longitude
2000

Our Mutual Friend
1998

The Informer
1966

Codename: Kyril
1988

Theatre 625
1964

Chancer
1990

The World of Hammer
1994

Silk
2011

The Pallisers
1974

Chillers
1990

Jamaica Inn
1983

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956

Armchair Theatre
1956