Peter Vaughan
Birthday
1923/04/04
Day of death
2016/12/06 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
Also know as
Peter Ewart Ohm
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...Read more
Acting
(1985) Brazil
as Mr. Helpmann
(1971) Straw Dogs
as Tom Hedden
(1993) The Remains of the Day
as William Stevens
(2007) Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Alfie
(1998) Les Misérables
as Bishop
(1994) Fatherland
as SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
(1983) Jamaica Inn
as Squire Bassatt
(1960) Village of the Damned
as P.C. Gobby
(1999) An Ideal Husband
as Phipps
(1973) The MacKintosh Man
as Brunskill
(1981) A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
as Mr. Hugh Peter
(1970) Emma's Time
as Sladeck
(2000) Making Love
as Barone Blau
(1981) Time Bandits
as Winston the Ogre
(1965) Fanatic
as Harry
(1999) Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Admiral Lord Hood
(1973) Massacre in Rome
as Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
(1979) Porridge
as Grouty
(1959) Sapphire
as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
(1961) The Court Martial of Major Keller
as Purvey
(1968) The Drummer and the Bloke
as Ron
(2000) Longitude
as George Graham
(2006) Care
as Archie
(1973) The Blockhouse
as Aufret
(1969) Alfred the Great
as Burrud
(1962) I Thank a Fool
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
(2003) The Mother
as Toots
(2007) Christmas at the Riviera
as Glen
(1974) Symptoms
as Brady
(1972) A Warning to the Curious
as Mr Paxton
(2004) The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Edward Pretty
(1996) The Moonstone
as Gabriel Betteredge
(1986) Season's Greetings
as Harvey
(1970) Eyewitness
as Paul Grazzini
(1967) The Naked Runner
as Martin Slattery
(1990) King of the Wind
as Captain
(1968) Hammerhead
as Hammerhead
(1987) Coast to Coast
as The Chiropodist
(1964) Smokescreen
as Roper
(1973) The Return
as Stephen Royds
(2001) Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
as Harold King
(2003) Margery and Gladys
as Troy Gladwell
(1974) 11 Harrowhouse
as Coglin
(1972) Savage Messiah
as Museum Attendant
(2004) Beauty
as Mr. Robbins
(1967) The Man Outside
as Nikolai Volkov
(1993) The Spot FX Man
as Harold Listings
(1965) Rotten to the Core
as Sir Henry Capell
(1968) A Twist of Sand
as Johann
(1973) You and Me and Him
as Coster
(1962) The Devil's Agent
as Chief of Hungarian Police
(1991) Prisoner of Honor
as Gen. Mercier
(1996) The Secret Agent
as The Driver
(1998) The Legend of 1900
as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
(1984) The Razor's Edge
as Mackenzie
(1969) Taste of Excitement
as Inspector Malling
(2004) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Bill Sellers
(2009) The Antiques Rogue Show
as George Greenhalgh
(1979) Zulu Dawn
as QSM Bloomfield
(2001) Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
(1975) Porridge: No Way Out
as Harry Grout
(1970) The Cellar and the Almond Tree
as ---
(1978) Two Days That Shook the Branch
as Harold Praed
(1972) A Man without Friends
as Det. Insp. Crouch
(2003) Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Harry Grout
(2015) Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Aemon Targaryen
(2011) Albatross
as Grandpa
(1996) The Crucible
as Giles Corey
(1994) Hildegard
as Abbot
(1997) Face
as Sonny
(1980) Fox
as Billy Fox
(1986) Haunted Honeymoon
as Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
(2009) Is Anybody There?
as Bob
(1986) Experiment IV
as The General
(1979) The Danedyke Mystery
as Detective Inspector Burroughs
(1963) The Punch and Judy Man
as Committee Man
(1980) The Crucible
as Judge Hathorne
(1977) Valentino
as Rory O'Neil
(2000) Hotel Splendide
as Morton Blanche
(1981) The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Mr. Freeman
(1979) Henry VIII
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
(1988) Codename: Kyril
as Marshal Stanov
(1985) Forbidden
as Major Stauffel
(1968) The Bofors Gun
as Sergeant Walker
(1993) Circle of Deceit
as Liam McAuley
(1973) Malachi's Cove
as Mr. Gunliffe
(1993) Heart of Darkness
as Director
(1964) The Horse Without a Head
as Police Sergeant
(1989) Countdown to War
as Hermann Goering
(1972) The Pied Piper
as Bishop
(1984) Under the Hammer
as Les Stone
(1987) When We Are Married
as Alderman Joseph Helliwell
(1973) The Eyes Have It
as Anderson
(1963) The Victors
as Policeman
(1959) The 39 Steps
as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
(2001) Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Daddy Zoo
(1961) Two Living, One Dead
as John Kester
(1982) Coming Out of the Ice
as Belov
(1960) Make Mine Mink
as Policeman in Car
(2003) Thursday the 12th
as Edgar Bannister
(1990) Mountains of the Moon
as Lord Houghton
(1984) Czech Mate
as Bullneck
(1978) Freedom of the Dig
as Emerson
(1977) Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Philby's Control
(1973) Thriller
as Anderson
(1991) Murder Most Horrid
as Doverson
(1974) Porridge
as Harry Grout
(1961) The Avengers
as Jaeger
(1971) The Persuaders!
as Lance Schubert
(1992) Heartbeat
as Arthur Wainwright
(1975) The Sweeney
as Tony Kirby
(1977) Citizen Smith
as Dad
(1962) The Saint
as Walter Devan
(1959) Interpol Calling
as Inspector
(1978) The Doombolt Chase
as ---
(1980) Fox
as Billy Fox
(1971) The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Dorrington
(1996) Our Friends in the North
as Felix Hutchinson
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Izvolsky
(1968) The Expert
as Richard Toller
(1967) Man in a Suitcase
as ---
(1984) Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
as Bullneck
(1981) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as ---
(1962) Oliver Twist
as ---
(1960) Deadline Midnight
as ---
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1994) Dandelion Dead
as Dr. Hinks
(1963) Our Man At St Mark's
as ---
(1998) Hornblower
as Admiral Hood
(2011) Silk
as ---
(1972) The Adventurer
as Roberts
(2002) The Jury
as Michael Colchester
(1995) Oliver's Travels
as ---
(1988) Game, Set, and Match
as David Kimber-Hutchinson
(1998) Our Mutual Friend
as Mr. Boffin
(2001) In Deep
as Clayton Waddington
(1971) A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Mr. Paxton
(2007) Mobile
as Grandad Stoan
(1989) Birds of a Feather
as Monty
(2008) Lark Rise to Candleford
as ---
(1990) Chillers
as Winston Greeves
(2011) Game of Thrones
as Maester Aemon
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as John Turner
(1986) Casualty
as Henry Lambert
(1995) Oliver's Travels
as Delaney
(1988) The Bourne Identity
as Fritz Koenig
(1995) The Choir
as Frank Ashworth
(1969) The Gold Robbers
as DCS Cradock
(2000) Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
(2005) Malice Aforethought
as Widdicombe
(1986) Monte Carlo
as Pabst
(2000) The 10th Kingdom
as Wilfred Peep
(1962) Oliver Twist
as Bill Sikes
(1967) Great Expectations
as Mr. Jaggers
(1992) Heartbeat
as Mr. Andrews
(1990) Nightingales
as The Inspector
(1972) The Protectors
as Quin
(1985) Bleak House
as Tulkinghorn
(1966) The Informer
as David Janner
(1974) Hardness 10
as Mackintosh