Acting credits
155
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Peter Vaughan
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 95Series: 60
TMDB ID: 386
IMDb ID: nm0891092
Known for: Acting
Born: April 4, 1923
Died: December 6, 2016
Age: 93
Place of birth: Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.74
Wikidata: Q930691
Also known as
Peter Ewart Ohm
Biography
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peter Vaughan.
World of Westeros Ambient Video
as Maester Aemon
2025 Movie
8.6
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
as Aemon Targaryen
2015 Movie
6.0
Albatross
as Grandpa
2011 Movie
6.3
Is Anybody There?
as Bob
2009 Movie
4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
as Glen
2007 Movie
6.9
Death at a Funeral
as Uncle Alfie
2007 Movie
5.6
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
as Edward Pretty
2004 Movie
6.6
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Bill Sellers
2004 Movie
6.0
Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
as Harry Grout
2003 Movie
6.0
The Mother
as Toots
2003 Movie
7.4
Margery and Gladys
as Troy Gladwell
2003 Movie
Thursday the 12th
as Edgar Bannister
2003 Movie
5.7
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
as Daddy Zoo
2001 Movie
5.7
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
2001 Movie
5.5
Hotel Splendide
as Morton Blanche
2000 Movie
6.8
Making Love
as Barone Blau
2000 Movie
7.4
Longitude
as George Graham
2000 Movie
7.2
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters
as Admiral Lord Hood
1999 Movie
6.5
An Ideal Husband
as Phipps
1999 Movie
8.2
The Legend of 1900
as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
1998 Movie
7.2
Les Misérables
as Bishop
1998 Movie
6.2
Face
as Sonny
1997 Movie
7.0
The Moonstone
as Gabriel Betteredge
1996 Movie
6.6
The Crucible
as Giles Corey
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peter Vaughan.
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Maester Aemon • 11 eps
2011 Series
7.5
Silk
as Michael Dodd • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
2 eps
2008 Series
4.0
Mobile
as Grandad Stoan • 2 eps
2007 Series
4.1
Malice Aforethought
as Widdicombe • 2 eps
2005 Series
6.8
The Jury
as Michael Colchester • 6 eps
2002 Series
10.0
In Deep
as Clayton Waddington • 2 eps
2001 Series
7.7
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone • 2 eps
2000 Series
7.0
Longitude
as George Graham • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.8
Hornblower
as Admiral Hood • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.8
Our Mutual Friend
as Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin • 4 eps
1998 Series
7.5
Our Friends in the North
as Felix Hutchinson • 9 eps
1996 Series
5.0
Oliver's Travels
2 eps
1995 Series
The Choir
as Frank Ashworth • 5 eps
1995 Series
8.0
Dandelion Dead
as Dr. Hinks • 4 eps
1994 Series
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Arthur Wainwright • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.8
Murder Most Horrid
as Doverson • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.2
Chancer
as Tom Franklyn • 20 eps
1990 Series
6.4
Nightingales
as The Inspector • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.2
Chillers
as Winston Greeves • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.1
Birds of a Feather
as Monty • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.5
Game, Set, and Match
as David Kimber-Hutchinson • 1 eps
1988 Series
6.5
The Bourne Identity
as Fritz Koenig • 2 eps
1988 Series