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 ''

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'', Tom Hedden in '' Straw Dogs'', Winston the Ogre in ''

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'', Tom Franklin in '' Chancer'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''

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''. His final role was as Maester Aemon in HBO's '' Game of Thrones'' (2011–2015).

Early life

Vaughan was born Peter Ewart Ohm on 4 April 1923 in Wem,

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, the son of a bank clerk, Max Ohm, who was an Austrian immigrant, and Eva Wright, a nurse. The family later moved to

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, in the same county, where he began his schooling. Vaughan said that while reciting a poem at infant school in Wellington he first experienced the applause and admiration coming from a good performance.Report by Mat Growcott. From the age of seven he lived in Staffordshire, where he attended Uttoxeter Grammar School. After leaving school, Vaughan joined the Wolverhampton Repertory Theatre, and gained experience in other repertory theatres as well, before

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service during the

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. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals on 9 June 1943, and served in

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, and the

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. At the end of the war, Vaughan was in

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during the liberation of

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Career

Vaughan made his film debut in 1959 in an uncredited role as a police officer in '' The 39 Steps''. He continued for several years to play small parts, including more cameos as policemen in '' Village of the Damned'' and ''

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,'' before gaining his first starring role, in a minor picture called '' Smokescreen'' (1964), where he played an insurance assessor investigating a businessman's disappearance in one of the last, and best, of the old-style British

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. In 1967, he received second billing opposite Frank Sinatra in the film ''

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''. His performance was not well received by one critic who accused him of overacting in his role as a British agent. He played Mr. Freeman in

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's 1980 ''

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'', alongside

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and

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. Possibly Vaughan's highest-profile film performance was as the father of

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's character in ''

'' (1993). He was also cast in

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's ''

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'', but had not shot any material before that project was abandoned. He had previously appeared for Gilliam in ''

'' and ''

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''. Vaughan appeared as a menacing character in '' Straw Dogs'' (1971), and with Bill Murray in a film of W. Somerset Maugham's novel '' The Razor's Edge'' in 1984. In 1996, he appeared as

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in ''

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'', and in 1997 he appeared alongside

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and

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in ''

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''. In 1998, Vaughan played

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in ''

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,'' alongside

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. His most unusual role may have been as SS

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in the 1994 film of Robert Harris's novel ''

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''. He appeared in the music video for

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's song " Experiment IV".

Television

Vaughan became known for his performances on television, including supporting roles in '' Porridge'' (as "Genial" Harry Grout) and ''

'' as Charles Johnson (his role in the latter series was taken over by

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). His role in ''Porridge'' brought him a great deal of public recognition despite his character appearing in only three episodes and in the 1979 film of the series. In 1975, he appeared as Tony Kirby in an episode of the hard hitting police drama '' The Sweeney'' entitled ''Stay Lucky, Eh?'' He also appeared as "The Fence" in the well known humorous advert for McVities Fruit Shortcake biscuits along with Harry Fowler. In 1969, Vaughan appeared in '' Randall and Hopkirk'' in the episode " Never Trust a Ghost". In the same year, he starred in the thirteen-part

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TV series ''The Gold Robbers''. In December 1972, he appeared as Mr. Paxton in the BBC television adaptation of the M.R. James ghost story ''

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'', shown as part of their annual series ''

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''.Angelini, Sergio, . Retrieved 2010-7-7.' In September 1973, he appeared as Quinn in the

TV series The Protectors, in an episode called 'Quinn'. Vaughan starred as Billy Fox in the

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series '' Fox'' (1980). The saga was written by Trevor Preston, directed by

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, and produced by

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. Other Fox family members were played by Elizabeth Spriggs,

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, and Bernard Hill. Historical roles Vaughan played include those of Russian foreign minister

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in the serial ''

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'' (1974), British politician

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in the mini-series '' Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years'' (1981), the title role in ''A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter'' (1981), and German Nazi figures Kurt Zeitzler in the miniseries ''

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'' (1988) and

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in the Granada Television-

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docu-drama ''

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'' (1989). He also appeared in many literary adaptations, such as ''

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'' (BBC, 1985), in which he played the sinister lawyer Mr. Tulkinghorn, and '' Our Mutual Friend'' (BBC Two, 1998). Other television work includes the espionage thriller '' Codename: Kyril'' (1988), in a lead role as the head of the

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. In 1986, Vaughan appeared in the

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for

's " Experiment IV" single. In 1991, he played John Turner in an episode of Granada Television's ''

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'' titled '"

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". He also appeared in the BBC production of Alan Aykbourn's play 'Season's Greetings' which was broadcast at Christmas 1986, and repeated on BBC 2 some years later. He played the role of Uncle Harvey. Vaughan later attained particular acclaim for his supporting role as the Alzheimer's sufferer Felix Hutchinson in ''

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'' ( BBC Two, 1996), a role that garnered a Best Actor nomination at the 1997 British Academy Television Awards. He played the clockmaker

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in ''

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'', the TV drama adaptation of

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's eponymous non-fiction novel about the quest for a means to determine longitude at sea. In 2007 he starred in the television series ''

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,'' and as Uncle Alfie in the film '' Death at a Funeral''. In 2011 Vaughan starred as Michael Dodd in the BBC courtroom drama ''

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''. His final role, between 2011 and 2015, was Maester Aemon in the HBO series '' Game of Thrones''.

Radio

Vaughan was heard as Superintendent Kirk in the BBC dramatisation of Dorothy L. Sayers' Peter Wimsey novel ''Busman's Honeymoon'', and as

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in the 1981

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production of ''

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''. He played Charles Augustus Milverton in a 1993 BBC radio dramatization of the Sherlock Holmes short story.

Stage

Vaughan's first breakout role was in 1964 as Ed in Joe Orton's work ''

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'' performed at

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Personal life and death

The first of Vaughan's two marriages was to Billie Whitelaw, whom he married in 1952 and divorced in 1966. His second wife was actress Lillias Walker, with whom he lived in the village of Mannings Heath, in

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, until his death, having previously lived in Crawley. His stepdaughter Victoria Burton (actress and producer) is married to

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. Vaughan was partially blind in his old age. On 6 December 2016, he died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 93.

Filmography

Vaughan appeared in the following films and television series: * '' The 39 Steps'' (1959) as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1959) as Detective Whitehead (uncredited) * '' Village of the Damned'' (1960) as P.C. Gobby * '' Make Mine Mink'' (1960) as Policeman in Car (uncredited) * '' Deadline Midnight'' (1960–1961, TV series) as Joe Dunn * '' Two Living, One Dead'' (1961) as John Kester * ''

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'' (1961) as Purvey * '' I Thank a Fool'' (1962) as Police Inspector * '' The Devil's Agent'' (1962) as Chief of Hungarian Police * '' Oliver Twist'' (1962 TV series) as Bill Sikes * ''

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'' (1963) as Committee Man * ''

'' (1963) as Policeman * '' Smokescreen'' (1964) as Roper * ''

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'' (1965) as Harry * '' Rotten to the Core'' (1965) as Sir Henry Capell * ''

'' (1967) as Martin Slattery * ''

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'' (1967) as Nikolai Volkov * '' Great Expectations'' (1967, TV series) as Mr. Jaggers * '' The Bofors Gun'' (1968) as Sgt. Walker * '' Hammerhead'' (1968) as Hammerhead * '' A Twist of Sand'' (1968) as Johann * '' Alfred the Great'' (1969) as Burrud * '' Taste of Excitement'' (1970) as Inspector Malling * '' Eyewitness'' (1970) as Paul Grazzini * '' Straw Dogs'' (1971) as Tom Hedden * '' The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes'' (1971, TV series) as Horace Dorrington * '' The Pied Piper'' (1972) as Bishop * '' Savage Messiah'' (1972) as Museum Attendant * ''

'' (1972) as Mr. Paxton * '' The Return'' (1973) as Steven Royds * '' The Blockhouse'' (1973) as Aufret * '' The MacKintosh Man'' (1973) as Brunskill * '' Malachi's Cove'' (1973) as Mr. Gunliffe * ''

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'' (1973) as Gen. Albert Kesselring * '' Symptoms'' (1974) as Brady * '' 11 Harrowhouse'' (1974) as Coglin * '' Intimate Reflections'' (1975) as Saleman * '' Valentino'' (1977) as Rory O'Neil * ''

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'' (1978, TV miniseries) as Captain Hatfield * ''

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'' (1979) as Q.S.M. Bloomfield * '' Porridge'' (1979) as Harry Grout * '' The Danedyke Mystery'' (1979, TV series) as Det. Insp. Burroughs * '' Fox'' (1980, TV series) as Billy Fox * ''

'' (1981) as Winston the Ogre * ''

'' (1981) as Mr. Freeman * '' Coming Out of the Ice'' (1982) as Belov * '' The Razor's Edge'' (1984) as Mackenzie * '' Forbidden'' (1984) as Major Stauffel * ''

'' (1985) as Mr. Helpmann * ''

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'' (1986, TV miniseries) as Chief Prosecutor * ''

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'' (1986, TV miniseries) as Pabst * ''

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'' (1986) as Francis Abbot, Sr. * '' Coast to Coast'' (1987) as The Chiropodist * ''

'' (1989) as Hermann Göring * '' Mountains of the Moon'' (1990) as Lord Houghton * ''

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'' (1991) as Gen. Mercier * '' The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes'' (1991) as John Turner * '' Lovejoy'' (1992) as Marek (episode "The Prague Sun") * '' Nightingales'' (1993) as William Stevens * ''

'' (1993) as William Stevens * '' Dandelion Dead'' (1994) as Doctor Hinks * '' Rab C. Nesbitt (1994) (UK TV series) as Brother Adam (episode "Buckfast") * ''

'' (1994) as Nebe * '' The Secret Agent'' (1996) as The Driver * ''

'' (1996) as Giles Corey * ''

'' (1996) as Felix Hutchinson * ''

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'' (1997) as Gabriel Betterege * ''

'' (1997) as Sonny * '' Our Mutual Friend'' (1998, TV miniseries) as Mr. Boffin * ''

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'' (1998) as the Bishop * ''

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'' (1998) as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper * '' The Good Son'' (1998) as Mick Doyle * '' An Ideal Husband'' (1999) as Phipps * '' Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War'' (1999, TV movie) as Admiral Lord Hood * '' Canone inverso – Making Love'' (2000) as Old Baron Blau * ''

'' (2000) as George Graham * ''

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Beauty Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes these objects pleasurable to perceive. Such objects include landscapes, sunsets, humans and works of art. Beauty, together with art and taste, is the main subject of aesthetics, o ...

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Obituary: Peter Vaughan
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