Actor
Peter Vaughan
Biography

Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) 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 ...

Known For
Acting
2015 -- Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience | Aemon Targaryen
2011 -- Albatross | Grandpa
2009 -- Is Anybody There? | Bob
2009 -- The Antiques Rogue Show | George Greenhalgh
2007 -- Christmas at the Riviera | Glen
2007 -- Death at a Funeral | Uncle Alfie
2006 -- Care | Archie
2004 -- The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | Edward Pretty
2004 -- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Bill Sellers
2004 -- Beauty | Mr. Robbins
2003 -- Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher | Harry Grout
2003 -- The Mother | Toots
2003 -- Margery and Gladys | Troy Gladwell
2003 -- Thursday the 12th | Edgar Bannister
2001 -- Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | Daddy Zoo
2001 -- Lorna Doone | Sir Ensor Doone
2001 -- Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind | Harold King
2000 -- Hotel Splendide | Morton Blanche
2000 -- Making Love | Barone Blau
2000 -- Longitude | George Graham
1999 -- Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters | Admiral Lord Hood
1999 -- An Ideal Husband | Phipps
1998 -- The Legend of 1900 | 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1998 -- Les Misérables | Bishop
1997 -- Face | Sonny
1996 -- The Moonstone | Gabriel Betteredge
1996 -- The Crucible | Giles Corey
1996 -- The Secret Agent | The Driver
1994 -- Fatherland | SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
1994 -- Hildegard | Abbot
1993 -- The Spot FX Man | Harold Listings
1993 -- The Remains of the Day | William Stevens
1993 -- Circle of Deceit | Liam McAuley
1993 -- Heart of Darkness | Director
1991 -- Prisoner of Honor | Gen. Mercier
1990 -- King of the Wind | Captain
1990 -- Mountains of the Moon | Lord Houghton
1989 -- Countdown to War | Hermann Goering
1988 -- Codename: Kyril | Marshal Stanov
1987 -- When We Are Married | Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1987 -- Coast to Coast | The Chiropodist
1986 -- Season's Greetings | Harvey
1986 -- Experiment IV | The General
1986 -- Haunted Honeymoon | Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
1985 -- Forbidden | Major Stauffel
1985 -- Brazil | Mr. Helpmann
1984 -- Czech Mate | Bullneck
1984 -- The Razor's Edge | Mackenzie
1984 -- Under the Hammer | Les Stone
1983 -- Jamaica Inn | Squire Bassatt
1982 -- Coming Out of the Ice | Belov
1981 -- The French Lieutenant's Woman | Mr. Freeman
1981 -- Time Bandits | Winston the Ogre
1981 -- A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter | Mr. Hugh Peter
1980 -- Fox | Billy Fox
1980 -- The Crucible | Judge Hathorne
1979 -- Porridge | Grouty
1979 -- The Danedyke Mystery | Detective Inspector Burroughs
1979 -- Zulu Dawn | QSM Bloomfield
1979 -- Henry VIII | Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
1978 -- Freedom of the Dig | Emerson
1978 -- Two Days That Shook the Branch | Harold Praed
1977 -- Valentino | Rory O'Neil
1977 -- Philby, Burgess and Maclean | Philby's Control
1975 -- Porridge: No Way Out | Harry Grout
1974 -- 11 Harrowhouse | Coglin
1974 -- Symptoms | Brady
1973 -- The MacKintosh Man | Brunskill
1973 -- The Return | Stephen Royds
1973 -- Massacre in Rome | Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973 -- Malachi's Cove | Mr. Gunliffe
1973 -- The Eyes Have It | Anderson
1973 -- You and Me and Him | Coster
1973 -- The Blockhouse | Aufret
1972 -- The Pied Piper | Bishop
1972 -- A Warning to the Curious | Mr Paxton
1972 -- A Man without Friends | Det. Insp. Crouch
1972 -- Savage Messiah | Museum Attendant
1971 -- Straw Dogs | Tom Hedden
1970 -- Eyewitness | Paul Grazzini
1970 -- Emma's Time | Sladeck
1970 -- The Cellar and the Almond Tree |
1969 -- Taste of Excitement | Inspector Malling
1969 -- Alfred the Great | Burrud
1968 -- A Twist of Sand | Johann
1968 -- Hammerhead | Hammerhead
1968 -- The Bofors Gun | Sergeant Walker
1968 -- The Drummer and the Bloke | Ron
1967 -- The Man Outside | Nikolai Volkov
1967 -- The Naked Runner | Martin Slattery
1965 -- Rotten to the Core | Sir Henry Capell
1965 -- Fanatic | Harry
1964 -- The Horse Without a Head | Police Sergeant
1964 -- Smokescreen | Roper
1963 -- The Victors | Policeman
1963 -- The Punch and Judy Man | Committee Man
1962 -- I Thank a Fool | Police Inspector (uncredited)
1962 -- The Devil's Agent | Chief of Hungarian Police
1961 -- The Court Martial of Major Keller | Purvey
1961 -- Two Living, One Dead | John Kester
1960 -- Make Mine Mink | Policeman in Car
1960 -- Village of the Damned | P.C. Gobby
1959 -- Sapphire | Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
1959 -- The 39 Steps | 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
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