Peter Vaughan

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Apr 04, 1923 (102 years old)
Death date
Dec 06, 2016

Peter Vaughan

Known For

The Antiques Rogue Show
0h 59m
Movie 2009

The Antiques Rogue Show

Drama documentary about one of the world's most prolific and diverse art forgers, Shaun Greenhalgh, who created fake paintings, antiques and sculptures to dupe the art world.

Death at a Funeral
1h 31m
Movie 2007

Death at a Funeral

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death.

Care
0h 18m
Movie 2006

Care

'Mali' visits the homes of frail elderly people and provides the care they can no longer give to themselves. But when he enters the home of a new client 'Archie' he finds neither he, nor his help, are welcome.

Malice Aforethought
0h 55m
TV Show 2005

Malice Aforethought

Malice Aforethought is a 2005 ITV drama based on Anthony Berkeley Cox’s 1931 novel of the same name, made by Granada Television. There was an earlier BBC television adaptation of this novel in 1979. Dr. Edmund Bickleigh is married to a particularly overbearing woman who reminds him at every turn that he is living in her house. But the good doctor has outside interests to help him cope.

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
0h 50m
Movie 2003

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.

The Mother
1h 52m
Movie 2003

The Mother

A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter.

Thursday the 12th
3h 20m
Movie 2003

Thursday the 12th

In this two-part Rashomon-esque mini-series, a TV journalist investigates a rich politician and his family after a dead body is found on their property and they all have different story about the day of the incident.

Lorna Doone
1h 15m
TV Show 2000

Lorna Doone

Passionate love story set in 17th century rural England, charting the young John Ridd's search for revenge after his father's murder, and the chance encounter with beautiful Lorna Doone that changes the course of his life.

An Ideal Husband
1h 37m
Movie 1999

An Ideal Husband

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

The Legend of 1900
2h 50m
Movie 1998

The Legend of 1900

The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.

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. Stevens, Sr. in The Remains of the Day. His final role was as Maester Aemon in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2015). (wikipedia)

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