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Peter Vaughan is a Actor and Director British born on 4 april 1923 at Shropshire (United-kingdom)

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan
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Birth name Peter Ewart Olm
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 4 april 1923 at Shropshire (United-kingdom)
Death 6 december 2016 (at 93 years)

Peter Vaughan (born 4 April 1923) is an English character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts.

He is best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom Porridge (despite appearing in only three episodes) and also had a recurring role alongside Robert Lindsay in Citizen Smith, written by John Sullivan. He also had major parts as Tom Franklin in Chancer (1990–1991) which ran for 20 episodes and as Maester Aemon in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011-2015).

Biography

He was born Peter Olm in Wem, Shropshire, the son of a bank clerk and a nurse, and was brought up from the age of seven in Staffordshire where he attended Uttoxeter Grammar School. After leaving school he joined Wolverhampton Repertory theatre and gained experience in other repertory theatres before army service in the Second World War, where he served in Normandy, Belgium and the Far East.

Vaughan has been married twice, on the first occasion to Billie Whitelaw. His second wife is actress Lillias Walker, with whom he lives in the village of Mannings Heath, in West Sussex, having previously lived in Crawley, West Sussex. He is partially blind.

Best films

Time Bandits (1981)
(Actor)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
(Actor)

Usually with

Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
(2 films)
Ken Russell
Ken Russell
(3 films)
David Warner
David Warner
(4 films)
Michael Palin
Michael Palin
(2 films)
Ian Holm
Ian Holm
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Peter Vaughan (71 films)

Display filmography as detailed form
YearNameJobRoles
2011AlbatrossActorGrandpa
2009Is Anybody There?ActorBob
2007Death at a FuneralActorUncle Alfie
2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersActorBill Sellers
2004The Queen of Sheba's PearlsActorEdward Pretty
2003The MotherActorToots
2003Margery and GladysActorTroy Gladwell
2001Lorna DooneActorSir Ensor Doone
2001Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)ActorDaddy Zoo
2000Hotel SplendideActorMorton Blanche
2000Hotel SplendideActorMorton Blanche
2000Making LoveActorBarone Blau
2000The 10th KingdomActorWilfred Peep
1999An Ideal HusbandActorPhipps
1998Les MisérablesActorBishop
1998The Legend of 1900Actor'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1997FaceActorSonny
1996The CrucibleActorGiles Corey
1996The Secret AgentActorThe Driver
1994FatherlandActorSS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
1994Heart of DarknessActorDirector
1993The Remains of the DayActorWilliam Stevens
1991Prisoner of HonorActorGen. Mercier
1990Mountains of the MoonActorLord Houghton
1990King of the WindActorCaptain
1988Codename: KyrilActor
1988The Bourne IdentityActorFritz Koenig
1987Coast to CoastActorThe Chiropodist
1986Haunted HoneymoonActorUncle Francis Abbot Sr.
1985BrazilActorMr. Helpmann
1985ForbiddenActorMajor Stauffel
1984The Razor's EdgeActorMackenzie
1982Coming Out of the IceActorBelov
1981Time BanditsActor, DirectorWinston the Ogre
1981The French Lieutenant's WomanActorMr. Freeman
1979PorridgeActorGrouty
1979Zulu DawnActorQSM Bloomfield
1977ValentinoActorRory O'Neil
1975Intimate ReflectionsActor
197411 HarrowhouseActorCoglin
1974SymptomsActorBrady
1973The BlockhouseActorAufret
1973The MacKintosh ManActorBrunskill
1973Massacre in RomeActorField Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973Malachi's CoveActorMr. Gunliffe
1972The Pied PiperActorBishop
1972Savage MessiahActorMuseum Attendant
1971Straw DogsActorTom Hedden
1970EyewitnessActorPaul Grazzini
1969Alfred the GreatActorBurrud
1969Taste of ExcitementActorInspector Malling
1968HammerheadActorHammerhead
1968A Twist of SandActorJohann
1968The Bofors GunActorSergeant Walker
1967The Man OutsideActorNikolai Volkov
1967The Naked RunnerActorMartin Slattery
1965FanaticActorHarry
1965Rotten to the CoreActorSir Henry Capell
1964SmokescreenActorRoper
1964The Horse Without a HeadActorPolice Sergeant
1963The VictorsActorPoliceman
1963The Punch and Judy ManActorCommittee Man
1962I Thank a FoolActorPolice Inspector (uncredited)
1962The Devil's AgentActorChief of Hungarian Police
1961The Court Martial of Major KellerActorPurvey
1961Two Living, One DeadActorJohn Kester
1960Make Mine MinkActorPoliceman in Car
1960Village of the DamnedActorP.C. Gobby
1959SapphireActorDetective Whitehead (uncredited)
1959The 39 StepsActor2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
-Circle of DeceitActorLiam McAuley