
Actor
Born April 4, 1923 in 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).

Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Aemon Targaryen

Albatross
Grandpa

Game of Thrones
Maester Aemon

Silk
Michael Dodd

Is Anybody There?
Bob

Lark Rise to Candleford

Christmas at the Riviera
Glen

Death at a Funeral
Uncle Alfie

Mobile
Grandad Stoan

Malice Aforethought
Widdicombe

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Edward Pretty

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Bill Sellers

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Harry Grout

The Mother
Toots

Margery and Gladys
Troy Gladwell

Thursday the 12th
Edgar Bannister

The Jury
Michael Colchester

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Daddy Zoo

Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone

In Deep
Clayton Waddington

Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone

Hotel Splendide
Morton Blanche

Making Love
Barone Blau

Longitude
George Graham

Longitude
George Graham

Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Admiral Lord Hood

An Ideal Husband
Phipps

The Legend of 1900
'Pops', the Shopkeeper

Hornblower
Admiral Hood

Les Misérables
Bishop

Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin

Face
Sonny

The Moonstone
Gabriel Betteredge

The Crucible
Giles Corey

The Secret Agent
The Driver

Our Friends in the North
Felix Hutchinson

Oliver's Travels

The Choir
Frank Ashworth

Fatherland
SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe

Dandelion Dead
Dr. Hinks

The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)

Hildegard
Abbot

The Spot FX Man
Harold Listings

The Remains of the Day
William Stevens

Heart of Darkness
Director

Heartbeat
Arthur Wainwright

Murder Most Horrid
Doverson

Prisoner of Honor
Gen. Mercier

King of the Wind
Captain

Chancer
Tom Franklyn

Nightingales
The Inspector

Mountains of the Moon
Lord Houghton

Chillers
Winston Greeves

Birds of a Feather
Monty

Countdown to War
Hermann Goering

War and Remembrance
Kurt Zeitzler

Game, Set, and Match
David Kimber-Hutchinson

The Bourne Identity
Fritz Koenig

Codename: Kyril
Marshal Stanov

Codename: Kyril
Stanov

When We Are Married
Alderman Joseph Helliwell

Harry's Kingdom
Sid Harris

Coast to Coast
The Chiropodist

Season's Greetings
Harvey

Monte Carlo
Pabst

Casualty
Henry Lambert

Haunted Honeymoon
Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.

Bleak House
Tulkinghorn

Brazil
Mr. Helpmann

Forbidden
Major Stauffel

Czech Mate
Bullneck

The Razor's Edge
Mackenzie

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Bullneck

Sherlock Holmes
John Turner

Under the Hammer
Les Stone

Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt

Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt

Coming Out of the Ice
Belov

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Mr. Freeman

Time Bandits
Winston the Ogre

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Mr. Hugh Peter

Fox
Billy Fox

Porridge
Grouty

The Danedyke Mystery
Detective Inspector Burroughs

Zulu Dawn
QSM Bloomfield

Henry VIII
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

Freedom of the Dig
Emerson

The Doombolt Chase

Valentino
Rory O'Neil

Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby's Control

Citizen Smith
Dad

Porridge: No Way Out
Harry Grout

The Sweeney
Tony Kirby

Hardness 10
Mackintosh

11 Harrowhouse
Coglin

Porridge
Harry Grout

Symptoms
Brady

Fall of Eagles
Izvolsky

Playhouse
Hugh Peter

Zodiac
Richard Meade

The Pallisers
Mr Chaffanbrass

The Return
Stephen Royds

Massacre in Rome
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring

Malachi's Cove
Mr. Gunliffe

The MacKintosh Man
Brunskill

The Eyes Have It
Anderson

Thriller
Anderson

You and Me and Him
Coster

The Blockhouse
Aufret

The Pied Piper
Bishop

A Warning to the Curious
Mr Paxton

The Adventurer
Roberts

The Protectors
Quin

Savage Messiah
Museum Attendant

A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mr. Paxton

Straw Dogs
Tom Hedden

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dorrington

The Persuaders!
Lance Schubert

Eyewitness
Paul Grazzini

Emma's Time
Sladeck

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Taste of Excitement
Inspector Malling

Alfred the Great
Burrud

The Gold Robbers
DCS Cradock

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Albert

A Twist of Sand
Johann

Hammerhead
Hammerhead

The Expert
Richard Toller

The Bofors Gun
Sergeant Walker

The Drummer and the Bloke
Ron

Man in a Suitcase

ITV Playhouse
Harold Praed

The Man Outside
Nikolai Volkov

The Naked Runner
Martin Slattery

Great Expectations
Jaggers

The Informer
David Janner

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Coster

Rotten to the Core
Sir Henry Capell

Fanatic
Harry

The Wednesday Play
Ron

Theatre 625
Ernst Torgler

The Horse Without a Head
Police Sergeant

Smokescreen
Roper

The Victors
Policeman

Espionage
Waring

Our Man At St Mark's

The Punch and Judy Man
Committee Man

The Saint
Walter Devan

I Thank a Fool
Police Inspector (uncredited)

The Devil's Agent
Chief of Hungarian Police

Richard the Lionheart
Caspar

Oliver Twist

The Court Martial of Major Keller
Purvey

The Avengers
Jaeger

Make Mine Mink
Policeman in Car

Village of the Damned
P.C. Gobby

Sapphire
Detective Whitehead (uncredited)

No Hiding Place

Interpol Calling
Inspector

The 39 Steps
2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)

Armchair Theatre
Third Journalist

ITV Play of the Week
Anthony Sellman