Cast & creator
Peter Vaughan
Best known for Game of Thrones, Casualty, The Avengers
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).
Also known as: Peter Ewart Ohm
107
film credits
95
television credits
202
1955–2015 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (202)
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Game of Thrones
Maester Aemon
2011
Casualty
Henry Lambert
1986
The Avengers
Jaeger
1961
The Wednesday Play
Ron
1964The Wednesday Play
Volubin
1964The Wednesday Play
Sladek
1964
Heartbeat
Arthur Wainwright
1992Heartbeat
Mr. Andrews
1992
The Saint
Walter Devan
1962
Sherlock Holmes
John Turner
1984
ITV Playhouse
Harold Praed
1967
Playhouse
Hugh Peter
1974
Theatre 625
Ernst Torgler
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Coster
1965
No Hiding Place
1959No Hiding Place
Alfred Fitch
1959
Birds of a Feather
Monty
1989
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Albert
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Frank Rogers
1969
The Sweeney
Tony Kirby
1975
The Persuaders!
Lance Schubert
1971
ITV Play of the Week
Anthony Sellman
1955
The Expert
Richard Toller
1968
Silk
Michael Dodd
2011
Hornblower
Admiral Hood
1998
Thriller
Anderson
1973
The Protectors
Quin
1972
War and Remembrance
Kurt Zeitzler
1988
Espionage
Waring
1963
Richard the Lionheart
Caspar
1962
Interpol Calling
Inspector
1959
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Dorrington
1971
Murder Most Horrid
Doverson
1991
The Adventurer
Roberts
1972
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Bullneck
1984Festival
Gonnern
1963Festival
Schmitz
1963
Chillers
Winston Greeves
1990
The Pallisers
Mr Chaffanbrass
1974
Our Friends in the North
Felix Hutchinson
1996Armchair Mystery Theatre
Sgt. George Burtenshaw
1960
Fall of Eagles
Izvolsky
1974
The Bourne Identity
Fritz Koenig
1988
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mr. Paxton
1971
The Legend of 1900
'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1998
The 10th Kingdom
Wilfred Peep
2000
Citizen Smith
Dad
1977
Brazil
Mr. Helpmann
1985
The Remains of the Day
William Stevens
1993
The Informer
David Janner
1966Premiere
Emerson
1977
Porridge
Harry Grout
1974
Longitude
George Graham
2000
Bleak House
Tulkinghorn
1985
The Crucible
Giles Corey
1996
Death at a Funeral
Uncle Alfie
2007
The Jury
Michael Colchester
2002Late Night Theatre
The Interrogator
1972Crane
Max Goddard
1963
In Deep
Clayton Waddington
2001
Our Mutual Friend
Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin
1998
Time Bandits
Winston the Ogre
1981
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Chancer
Tom Franklyn
1990
Les Misérables
Bishop
1998
Straw Dogs
Tom Hedden
1971
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981Black and Blue
Miles Miles
1973
Game, Set, and Match
David Kimber-Hutchinson
1988Knock on Any Door
'The Boot' Winter
1965
Oliver's Travels
1995Oliver's Travels
Delaney
1995
Armchair Theatre
Third Journalist
1956Armchair Theatre
Ralph
1956Armchair Theatre
Sir Robert Byass
1956Armchair Theatre
Elmo Frankfurter
1956
Fox
Billy Fox
1980
Nightingales
The Inspector
1990Treasure Island
Long John Silver
1968
Zodiac
Richard Meade
1974
Fatherland
SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
1994Big Brother
John Cliveden
1970
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Mr. Freeman
1981
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Bill Sellers
2004
An Ideal Husband
Phipps
1999No Exit
Calder
1972
The Mother
Toots
2003
Village of the Damned
P.C. Gobby
1960
The Razor's Edge
Mackenzie
1984
Great Expectations
Jaggers
1967
Zulu Dawn
QSM Bloomfield
1979
Haunted Honeymoon
Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
1986
Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone
2000
Dandelion Dead
Dr. Hinks
1994Against the Crowd
Don Macintyre
1975
The Choir
Frank Ashworth
1995
Mobile
Grandad Stoan
2007
Strife
John Anthony
1988
Sapphire
Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
1959
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Aemon Targaryen
2015
Mountains of the Moon
Lord Houghton
1990
Oliver Twist
Bill Sikes
1962
The Secret Agent
The Driver
1996
Monte Carlo
Pabst
1986
Codename: Kyril
Stanov
1988
The Gold Robbers
DCS Cradock
1969
The MacKintosh Man
Inspector Brunskill
1973
Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt
1983
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
Admiral Lord Hood
1999
Valentino
Rory O'Neil
1977The Thing about Vince
Ray
2000
When We Are Married
Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1987This Way for Murder
Insp. Frant
1967
Malice Aforethought
Widdicombe
2005
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
Daddy Zoo
2001
Hardness 10
Mackintosh
1974
The 39 Steps
2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
1959
Fanatic
Harry
1965
Eyewitness
Paul Grazzini
1970
Heart of Darkness
Director
1994A Chance of Thunder
Yardley
1961
Longitude
George Graham
2000Deadline Midnight
1960
Is Anybody There?
Bob
2009
Czech Mate
Bullneck
1984Intimate Reflections
1974
Face
Sonny
1997
Alfred the Great
Burrud
1969
The Horse Without a Head
Police Sergeant
1964
Symptoms
Brady
1974
King of the Wind
Captain
1990
I Thank a Fool
Police Inspector (uncredited)
1962
The Doombolt Chase
1978
A Twist of Sand
Johann
1968
Coming Out of the Ice
Belov
1982
The Naked Runner
Martin Slattery
1967
The Victors
Policeman
1963
Massacre in Rome
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973Beauty
Mr. Robbins
2004
The Devil's Agent
Chief of Hungarian Police
1962
Hildegard
Abbot
1994
The Pied Piper
Bishop
1972
11 Harrowhouse
Coglin
1974
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Edward Pretty
2004
Savage Messiah
Museum Attendant
1972
Rotten to the Core
Sir Henry Capell
1965
The Punch and Judy Man
Committee Man
1963
Thursday the 12th
Edgar Bannister
2003
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1970
Christmas at the Riviera
Glen
2007Fox
Billy Fox
1980The Snowdropper
Sergeant
1975
Forbidden
Major Stauffel
1984
Making Love
Barone Blau
2000
Lorna Doone
Sir Ensor Doone
2001The Antiques Rogue Show
George Greenhalgh
2009Circles of Deceit
Liam McAuley
1993Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind
Harold King
2001
Freedom of the Dig
Emerson
1978
The Court Martial of Major Keller
Purvey
1961
A Warning to the Curious
Mr Paxton
1972
The Blockhouse
Aufret
1973
Porridge: No Way Out
Harry Grout
1975
Make Mine Mink
Policeman in Car
1960
Albatross
Grandpa
2011
Two Living, One Dead
John Kester
1961
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
Philby's Control
1977
Hotel Splendide
Morton Blanche
2000Two Days That Shook the Branch
Harold Praed
1978
Porridge
Grouty
1979
A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
Mr. Hugh Peter
1981
Margery and Gladys
Troy Gladwell
2003
Prisoner of Honor
Gen. Mercier
1991
The Eyes Have It
Anderson
1973
The Drummer and the Bloke
Ron
1968
Countdown to War
Hermann Goering
1989
Hammerhead
Hammerhead
1968A Man without Friends
Det. Insp. Crouch
1972
Jamaica Inn
Squire Bassatt
1983
Coast to Coast
The Chiropodist
1987
Malachi's Cove
Mr. Gunliffe
1973
Henry VIII
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
1979
The Moonstone
Gabriel Betteredge
1996The Crucible
Judge Hathorne
1981
You and Me and Him
Coster
1973
The Man Outside
Nikolai Volkov
1967The Blackmailing of Mr. S
Sgt. George Burtonshaw
1964
Harry's Kingdom
Sid Harris
1987
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Harry Grout
2003
The Bofors Gun
Sergeant Walker
1968
Smokescreen
Roper
1964
The Spot FX Man
Harold Listings
1993
Under the Hammer
Les Stone
1984
The Danedyke Mystery
Detective Inspector Burroughs
1979
Season's Greetings
Harvey
1986
Taste of Excitement
Inspector Malling
1969
Emma's Time
Sladeck
1970
The Return
Stephen Royds
1973Care
Archie
2006