Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan | |
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Uttoxeter Grammar School | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1931–2016 |
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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.[1] He also acted extensively on stage.
He is perhaps best known for his role as
Early life
Vaughan was born Peter Ewart Ohm
After leaving school, Vaughan joined
Career
Vaughan made his film debut in 1959 in an uncredited role as a police officer in
Possibly Vaughan's highest-profile film performance was as the father of
He appeared in the music video for Kate Bush's song "Experiment IV".[citation needed]
Television
Vaughan became known for his performances on television, including supporting roles in
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
Vaughan starred as Billy Fox in the
In 1986, Vaughan appeared in the
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 Our Friends in the North (BBC Two, 1996), a role that garnered a Best Actor nomination at the 1997 British Academy Television Awards.[16] He played the clockmaker George Graham in Longitude, the TV drama adaptation of Dava Sobel's eponymous non-fiction novel about the quest for a means to determine longitude at sea. In 2007 he starred in the television series Mobile, and as Uncle Alfie in the film Death at a Funeral.[17] In 2011 Vaughan starred as Michael Dodd in the BBC courtroom drama
Radio
Vaughan was heard as Superintendent Kirk in the BBC dramatisation of
Stage
Vaughan's first breakthrough role was in 1964 as Ed in Joe Orton's work Entertaining Mr Sloane performed at Wyndham's Theatre.[6]
Personal life and death
The first of Vaughan's two marriages was to Billie Whitelaw, whom he married in 1952 and divorced in 1966.[3][6] His second wife was actress Lilias Walker, with whom he lived in the village of Mannings Heath, in West Sussex, until his death, having previously lived in Crawley.[22] His stepdaughter Victoria Burton (actress and producer) is married to Gregor Fisher.[23]
Vaughan was partially blind in his old age. On 6 December 2016, he died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 93.[24][25]
Filmography
Vaughan appeared in the following films and television series:[1]
- The 39 Steps (1959) as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
- Sapphire (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
- The Court Martial of Major Keller (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
- The Punch and Judy Man (1963) as Committee Man
- The Victors (1963) as Policeman
- Smokescreen (1964) as Roper
- Fanatic (1965) as Harry
- Rotten to the Core (1965) as Sir Henry Capell
- The Naked Runner (1967) as Martin Slattery
- The Man Outside (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
- The Gold Robbers (1969) as DCS Cradock
- Taste of Excitement (1970) as Inspector Malling
- Eyewitness (1970) as Paul Grazzini
- Straw Dogs (1971) as Tom Hedden
- Horace Dorrington
- The Pied Piper (1972) as Bishop
- Savage Messiah (1972) as Museum Attendant
- A Warning to the Curious(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
- Massacre in Rome (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
- The Doombolt Chase (1978, TV miniseries) as Captain Hatfield
- Zulu Dawn (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
- Time Bandits (1981) as Winston the Ogre
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) as Mr. Freeman
- Coming Out of the Ice (1982) as Belov
- The Razor's Edge (1984) as Mackenzie
- Forbidden (1984) as Major Stauffel
- Brazil (1985) as Mr. Helpmann
- Sins (1986, TV miniseries) as Chief Prosecutor
- Monte Carlo (1986, TV miniseries) as Pabst
- Haunted Honeymoon (1986) as Francis Abbot, Sr.
- Coast to Coast (1987) as The Chiropodist
- Countdown to War (1989) as Hermann Göring
- Mountains of the Moon (1990) as Lord Houghton
- King of the Wind (1990) as Captain
- Prisoner of Honor (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
- The Remains of the Day (1993) as William Stevens
- Dandelion Dead (1994) as Doctor Hinks
- Rab C. Nesbitt (1994) (UK TV series) as Brother Adam (episode "Buckfast")
- Fatherland (1994) as Nebe
- The Secret Agent (1996) as The Driver
- The Crucible (1996) as Giles Corey
- Our Friends in the North (1996) as Felix Hutchinson
- The Moonstone (1997) as Gabriel Betterege
- Face (1997) as Sonny
- Our Mutual Friend (1998, TV miniseries) as Mr. Boffin
- Les misérables (1998) as the Bishop
- The Legend of 1900 (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
- Longitude (2000) as George Graham
- The 10th Kingdom (2000) as Wilfred Peep
- The Thing About Vince(2000) as Ray Skinner
- Hotel Splendide (2000) as Morton Blanche
- Second Sight (2000, TV series) as Harold King (guest appearance, episode Kingdom of the Blind)
- Lorna Doone (2000) as Sir Ensor Doone
- Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001) as Daddy Zoo
- Heartbeat (2002, TV series) as Arthur Wainwright
- The Jury (2002, TV series) as Michael Colchester
- Casualty (2003, TV series) as Henry Lambert
- The Mother (2003) as Toots
- Thursday the 12th (2003, TV movie) as Edgar Bannister
- Margery and Gladys (2003, TV movie) as Troy Gladwell
- Sweet Medicine (2003, TV series) as Laurence Barber
- Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher (2003, TV movie) as Harry Grout
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) as Bill Sellers
- Beauty (2004, TV movie) as Mr. Robbins
- The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004) as Edward Pretty
- Malice Aforethought (2005, TV movie) as Widdicombe
- Heartbeat (2005, TV series) as Mr. Andrews
- Care (2006, short) as Archie
- Death at a Funeral (2007) as Uncle Alfie
- Mobile (2007, TV miniseries) as Grandad Stoan
- Christmas at the Riviera (2007, TV movie) as Glen
- Lark Rise to Candleford (2008, TV series) as Reverend Ellison
- HolbyBlue (2008, TV series) as Clarence
- Is Anybody There? (2008) as Bob
- The Antiques Rogue Show (2009, TV movie) as George Greenhalgh
- Doc Martin (2011, TV series) as William Newcross (guest appearance)
- Silk (2011, TV series) as Michael Dodd (guest appearance)
- Albatross (2011) as Grandpa
- Game of Thrones (2011–2015, TV series) as Maester Aemon (11 episodes; recurring) (final role)
References
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- ^ "FindMyPast record of birth". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "'Game of Thrones' Actor Peter Vaughan Dies At Age 93". Yahoo! News. Sunnyvale, California: Yahoo!. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Peter Vaughan Biography (1923–)". filmreference.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Peter Vaughan obituary The Guardian, 6 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Obituary: Peter Vaughan". BBC News. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Thrones star, 93, launches memoirs. County-born actor tells how performing bug bit him at school". Shropshire Star. 4 July 2016. p. 16.Report by Mat Growcott.
- ^ "Peter Vaughan: Acting Clever", Shropshire Magazine, November 2007 Archived 26 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 22 December 2014
- ^ "No. 36080". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 July 1943. p. 3050.
- ^ "Obituary: Peter Vaughan". BBC News. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Variety Staff (31 December 1966). "Review: 'The Naked Runner'". Variety. Los Angeles: Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Vincent Canby (18 September 1981). "'THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN'". NYTimes.
- ^ "'There are unfortunately a lot of us old guys around'". The Spectator. United Kingdom: Press Holdings. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Game of Thrones star Peter Vaughan is still best known for being Porridge's Grouty – Sunday Post". sundaypost.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ Angelini, Sergio, A Warning to the Curious at the BFI's Screenonline. Retrieved 2010-7-7.
- Independent News & Media (1997–2010). Archivedfrom the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Berardinelli, James. "Death at a Funeral | Reelviews Movie Reviews". Reelviews Movie Reviews. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "PBS Masterpiece Review: Silk Episode One". www.bestbritishtv.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Shropshire's Game of Thrones star Peter Vaughan still game « Shropshire Star". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "Game of Thrones? 'It's a hard act to follow' ..." www.wscountytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ^ "The BBC audio complete Sherlock Holmes".
- ^ Page, Sarah (10 April 2017). "Legendary actor to be immortalised at Sussex pub". West Sussex County Times. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Stepdaughter". IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Peter Vaughan: Thrones and Porridge star dies at 93". BBC News. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Peter Vaughan, star of Game of Thrones and Porridge, dies aged 93". The Daily Telegraph. London. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
External links
- Peter Vaughan at IMDb
- Peter Vaughan at the BFI's Screenonline
- Obituary: Peter Vaughan from BBC News