Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

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Birthday: 
4 April 1923, Wem, Shropshire, England, UK
Birth Name: 
Peter Ewart Ohm
Height: 
183 cm
A true character actor in the best sense of the word, offbeat British thespian Peter Vaughan's hefty frame could appear intimidating or marshmallow benevolent; his beady, hollow eyes menacing or tender; his mere presence menacing or avuncular. Adept at playing both sides of the law, his characters usually possessed a strange, somewhat wary cou... Show more »
A true character actor in the best sense of the word, offbeat British thespian Peter Vaughan's hefty frame could appear intimidating or marshmallow benevolent; his beady, hollow eyes menacing or tender; his mere presence menacing or avuncular. Adept at playing both sides of the law, his characters usually possessed a strange, somewhat wary countenance that seemed to keep his audience slightly off balance. A homely sort with a bloated face, jutting chin, sliver lips and pronounced nose, this veteran has been a stalwart presence for nearly fifty years. Born Peter Ohm in 1923, he began on the stage and didn't enter films until 1959, well into his thirties.Married in 1952 to rising actress Billie Whitelaw, Peter was primarily in the background at first, offering a cheapjack gallery of thugs, unsmiling cops, and foreign agents in movies. An easily unsympathetic bloke, he played unbilled policemen in his first two films, then slowly gravitated up the credits list. He appeared as the chief of police in the spy drama The Devil's Agent (1962), which also featured his wife, and then gained a bit more attention in a prime part as an offbeat insurance investigator in the B movie Smokescreen (1964), a role that propelled him into the higher ranks. Noticeably shady roles came with playing Tallulah Bankhead's seedy handyman who meets a fatal end in the Gothic horror Fanatic (1965) [aka Die! Die! My Darling!]; his villainous roles in the spy thrillers The Naked Runner (1967) opposite Frank Sinatra and The Man Outside (1967); a German thug in A Twist of Sand (1968); and Sgt. Walker in The Bofors Gun (1968).Divorced from Whitelaw in 1966, he later married actress Lillias Walker, who had roles in a couple of his pictures: Malachi's Cove (1973) and Intimate Reflections (1974). TV became a large source of income for Vaughan in the 1970s, particularly in his role of Grouty in Porridge (1974) on both the large and small screen, and his quirky demeanor fitted like a glove for bizarre director Terry Gilliam, who cast him as the Ogre in Time Bandits (1981) and then as Mr. Helpman in Brazil (1985). For the past few decades he has maintained a healthy balance between film (including standout roles in Zulu Dawn (1979), The Remains of the Day (1993) and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)) and TV mini-movies, both contemporary and period. He was still performing into his 90s: his final role was Maester Aemon Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011). Show less «

Peter Vaughan's FILMOGRAPHY

Doc Martin - Season 10

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Game Of Thrones - Season 8

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Doc Martin - Season 9

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Game Of Thrones - Season 7

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Horizon - Season 56

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Doc Martin - Season 8

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Heartbeat - Season 17

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Game Of Thrones - Season 6

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Birds of a Feather - Season 12

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Game Of Thrones - Season 5

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Doc Martin - Season 7

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Game Of Thrones - Season 2

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Game Of Thrones - Season 4

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Game Of Thrones - Season 3

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Silk - Season 3

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Birds of a Feather - Season 11

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Birds of a Feather - Season 10

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Game Of Thrones - Season 1

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Doc Martin - Season 6

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Silk - Season 2

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Doc Martin - Season 5

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Lark Rise to Candleford - Season 4

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Silk - Season 1

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Peter Vaughan'S roles

Winston the Ogre
Winston the Ogre
Phipps
Phipps
Tom Hedden
Tom Hedden
Francis Abbot Sr.
Francis Abbot Sr.
Giles Corey
Giles Corey
Uncle Russell
Uncle Russell
Mr. Helpmann
Mr. Helpmann
Maester Aemon
Maester Aemon
Wilfred Peep
Wilfred Peep
Maester Aemon
Maester Aemon