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	\| birth_name = Peter Ewart Ohm		\| birth_name = Peter Ewart Ohm
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Wem\|~~Wem]], [[w:Shropshire\|Shropshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[Wem]], [[w:Shropshire\|Shropshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2016\|12\|6\|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2016\|12\|6\|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[~~w:Mannings Heath\|~~Mannings Heath]], [[~~w:West Sussex\|~~West Sussex]], England		\| death_place = [[Mannings Heath]], [[West Sussex]], England
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|		\| spouse = {{Plainlist\|
	*{{marriage\|[[~~w:Billie Whitelaw\|~~Billie Whitelaw]]\|1952\|1966\|end=div}}		*{{marriage\|[[Billie Whitelaw]]\|1952\|1966\|end=div}}
	*Lillias Walker}}		*Lillias Walker}}
	\| website =		\| website =
	\| education = [[~~w:Uttoxeter Grammar School\|~~Uttoxeter Grammar School]]		\| education = [[Uttoxeter Grammar School]]
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	\| yearsactive = 1931–2016		\| yearsactive = 1931–2016
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	'''Peter Vaughan''' (born '''Peter Ewart Ohm'''; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) was an English [[~~w:character actor\|~~character actor]] known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 \|title=Peter Vaughan \|access-date=7 December 2016 \|work=British Film Institute}}</ref> He also acted extensively on the stage.		'''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.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 \|title=Peter Vaughan \|access-date=7 December 2016 \|work=British Film Institute}}</ref> He also acted extensively on the stage.

	He is perhaps best known for his role as [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Harry Grout\|Grouty]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'' and its [[Porridge (film)\|1979 film adaptation]]. Other parts included a recurring role alongside [[w:Robert Lindsay (actor)\|Robert Lindsay]] in the sitcom ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', Tom Hedden in ''[[w:Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'', Winston the Ogre in ''[[w:Time Bandits\|Time Bandits]]'', Tom Franklin in ''[[~~w:Chancer\|~~Chancer]]'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''[[w:The Remains of the Day (film)\|The Remains of the Day]]''. His final role was as [[w:List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Maester Aemon\|Maester Aemon]] in [[~~w:HBO\|~~HBO]]'s ''[[~~w:Game of Thrones\|~~Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).		He is perhaps best known for his role as [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Harry Grout\|Grouty]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'' and its [[Porridge (film)\|1979 film adaptation]]. Other parts included a recurring role alongside [[w:Robert Lindsay (actor)\|Robert Lindsay]] in the sitcom ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', Tom Hedden in ''[[w:Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'', Winston the Ogre in ''[[w:Time Bandits\|Time Bandits]]'', Tom Franklin in ''[[Chancer]]'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)\|The Remains of the Day]]''. His final role was as [[w:List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Maester Aemon\|Maester Aemon]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).

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	Vaughan made his film debut in 1959 in an uncredited role as a police officer in ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)\|The 39 Steps]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He continued for several years to play small parts, including more cameos as policemen in ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)\|Village of the Damned]]'' and ''[[The Victors (1963 film)\|The Victors]],'' before gaining his first starring role, in a minor picture called ''[[Smokescreen (film)\|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 [[B-movies]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1967, he received second billing opposite [[Frank Sinatra]] in the film ''[[The Naked Runner]]''. His performance was not well received by one critic who accused him of overacting in his role as a British agent.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793409?refcatid=31\|title=Review: 'The Naked Runner'\|work=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]\|location=[[Los Angeles]]\|date=31 December 1966\|author=Variety Staff\|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> He played Mr. Freeman in [[Karel Reisz]]'s 1980 ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)\|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'', alongside [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Jeremy Irons]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/18/movies/the-french-lieutenant-s-woman.html?pagewanted=all\|publisher=NYTimes\|title='THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN'\|author=Vincent Canby\|date=18 September 1981}}</ref>		Vaughan made his film debut in 1959 in an uncredited role as a police officer in ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)\|The 39 Steps]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He continued for several years to play small parts, including more cameos as policemen in ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)\|Village of the Damned]]'' and ''[[The Victors (1963 film)\|The Victors]],'' before gaining his first starring role, in a minor picture called ''[[Smokescreen (film)\|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 [[B-movies]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1967, he received second billing opposite [[Frank Sinatra]] in the film ''[[The Naked Runner]]''. His performance was not well received by one critic who accused him of overacting in his role as a British agent.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793409?refcatid=31\|title=Review: 'The Naked Runner'\|work=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]\|location=[[Los Angeles]]\|date=31 December 1966\|author=Variety Staff\|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> He played Mr. Freeman in [[Karel Reisz]]'s 1980 ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)\|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'', alongside [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Jeremy Irons]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/18/movies/the-french-lieutenant-s-woman.html?pagewanted=all\|publisher=NYTimes\|title='THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN'\|author=Vincent Canby\|date=18 September 1981}}</ref>

	Possibly Vaughan's highest-profile film performance was as the father of [[Anthony Hopkins]]'s character in ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)\|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web\|title='There are unfortunately a lot of us old guys around'\|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/2007/10/there-are-unfortunately-a-lot-of-us-old-guys-around/\|work=[[The Spectator]]\|publisher=[[Press Holdings]]\|location=United Kingdom\|access-date=29 September 2016\|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> He was also cast in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'', but had not shot any material before that project was abandoned. He had previously appeared for Gilliam in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' and ''[[Brazil (1985 film)\|Brazil]]''. Vaughan appeared as a menacing character in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971), and with Bill Murray in a film of [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s novel ''[[The Razor's Edge (1984 film)\|The Razor's Edge]]'' in 1984. In 1996, he appeared as [[Giles Corey]] in ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)\|The Crucible]]'', and in 1997 he appeared alongside [[Robert Carlyle]] and [[Ray Winstone]] in ''[[Face (1997 film)\|Face]]''. In 1998, Vaughan played [[Bishop Myriel]] in ''[[Les Misérables (1998 film)\|Les Misérables]],'' alongside [[Liam Neeson]]. His most unusual role may have been as [[SS]] [[Obergruppenführer]] [[Arthur Nebe]] in the 1994 film of [[Robert Harris (novelist)\|Robert Harris']]s novel ''[[Fatherland (1994 film)\|Fatherland]]''.~~{{citation needed\|date=December 2016}}~~		Possibly Vaughan's highest-profile film performance was as the father of [[Anthony Hopkins]]'s character in ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)\|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web\|title='There are unfortunately a lot of us old guys around'\|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/2007/10/there-are-unfortunately-a-lot-of-us-old-guys-around/\|work=[[The Spectator]]\|publisher=[[Press Holdings]]\|location=United Kingdom\|access-date=29 September 2016\|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> He was also cast in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'', but had not shot any material before that project was abandoned. He had previously appeared for Gilliam in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' and ''[[Brazil (1985 film)\|Brazil]]''. Vaughan appeared as a menacing character in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971), and with Bill Murray in a film of [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s novel ''[[The Razor's Edge (1984 film)\|The Razor's Edge]]'' in 1984. In 1996, he appeared as [[Giles Corey]] in ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)\|The Crucible]]'', and in 1997 he appeared alongside [[Robert Carlyle]] and [[Ray Winstone]] in ''[[Face (1997 film)\|Face]]''. In 1998, Vaughan played [[Bishop Myriel]] in ''[[Les Misérables (1998 film)\|Les Misérables]],'' alongside [[Liam Neeson]]. His most unusual role may have been as [[SS]] [[Obergruppenführer]] [[Arthur Nebe]] in the 1994 film of [[Robert Harris (novelist)\|Robert Harris']]s novel ''[[Fatherland (1994 film)\|Fatherland]]''.

	He appeared in the music video for [[Kate Bush]]'s song "[[Experiment IV]]".~~{{citation needed\|date=October 2021}}~~		He appeared in the music video for [[Kate Bush]]'s song "[[Experiment IV]]".

	===Television===		===Television===

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	* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27604406 Obituary: Peter Vaughan] from BBC News		*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27604406 Obituary: Peter Vaughan] from BBC News

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	In 1969, Vaughan appeared in ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)\|Randall and Hopkirk]]'' in the episode "[[Never Trust a Ghost]]". In the same year, he starred in the thirteen-part [[London Weekend Television]] 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 ''[[A Warning to the Curious]]'',<ref name=":0" /> shown as part of their annual series ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas]]''.<ref name=warning>Angelini, Sergio, {{Screenonline TV title\|id=711560\|title=A Warning to the Curious}}. Retrieved 2010-7-7.</ref>' In September 1973, he appeared as Quinn in the [[London Weekend Television]] TV series The Protectors, in an episode called 'Quinn'.		In 1969, Vaughan appeared in ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)\|Randall and Hopkirk]]'' in the episode "[[Never Trust a Ghost]]". In the same year, he starred in the thirteen-part [[London Weekend Television]] 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 ''[[A Warning to the Curious]]'',<ref name=":0" /> shown as part of their annual series ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas]]''.<ref name=warning>Angelini, Sergio, {{Screenonline TV title\|id=711560\|title=A Warning to the Curious}}. Retrieved 2010-7-7.</ref>' In September 1973, he appeared as Quinn in the [[London Weekend Television]] TV series The Protectors, in an episode called 'Quinn'.

	Vaughan starred as Billy Fox in the [[Thames Television]] series ''[[Fox (TV series)\|Fox]]'' (1980).<ref name=":0" /> The saga was written by [[Trevor Preston]], directed by [[Jim Goddard]], and produced by [[Verity Lambert]]. Other Fox family members were played by [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Larry Lamb]], and [[Bernard Hill]]. Historical roles Vaughan played include those of Russian foreign minister [[Alexander Izvolsky]] in the serial ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974), British politician [[Thomas Inskip]] 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 ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)\|War and Remembrance]]'' (1988) and [[Hermann Göring]] in the [[ITV Granada\|Granada Television]]-[[Public Broadcasting Service\|PBS]] docu-drama ''[[Countdown to War]]'' (1989). He also appeared in many literary adaptations, such as ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)\|Bleak House]]'' (BBC, 1985), in which he played the sinister lawyer Mr. Tulkinghorn, and ''[[Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)\|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 [[KGB]].~~{{citation needed\|date=December 2016}}~~		Vaughan starred as Billy Fox in the [[Thames Television]] series ''[[Fox (TV series)\|Fox]]'' (1980).<ref name=":0" /> The saga was written by [[Trevor Preston]], directed by [[Jim Goddard]], and produced by [[Verity Lambert]]. Other Fox family members were played by [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Larry Lamb]], and [[Bernard Hill]]. Historical roles Vaughan played include those of Russian foreign minister [[Alexander Izvolsky]] in the serial ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974), British politician [[Thomas Inskip]] 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 ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)\|War and Remembrance]]'' (1988) and [[Hermann Göring]] in the [[ITV Granada\|Granada Television]]-[[Public Broadcasting Service\|PBS]] docu-drama ''[[Countdown to War]]'' (1989). He also appeared in many literary adaptations, such as ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)\|Bleak House]]'' (BBC, 1985), in which he played the sinister lawyer Mr. Tulkinghorn, and ''[[Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)\|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 [[KGB]].

	In 1986, Vaughan appeared in the [[music video\|promotional video]] for [[Kate Bush]]'s "[[Experiment IV]]" single. In 1991, he played John Turner in an episode of [[ITV Granada\|Granada Television]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)\|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' titled '"[[The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]".~~{{citation needed\|date=December 2016}}~~		In 1986, Vaughan appeared in the [[music video\|promotional video]] for [[Kate Bush]]'s "[[Experiment IV]]" single. In 1991, he played John Turner in an episode of [[ITV Granada\|Granada Television]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)\|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' titled '"[[The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]".

	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.		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.

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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Wem]], [[Shropshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Wem\|Wem]], [[w:Shropshire\|Shropshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2016\|12\|6\|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2016\|12\|6\|1923\|4\|4\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Mannings Heath]], [[West Sussex]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Mannings Heath\|Mannings Heath]], [[w:West Sussex\|West Sussex]], England
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
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	*{{marriage\|[[Billie Whitelaw]]\|1952\|1966\|end=div}}		*{{marriage\|[[w:Billie Whitelaw\|Billie Whitelaw]]\|1952\|1966\|end=div}}
	*Lillias Walker}}		*Lillias Walker}}
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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.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 \|title=Peter Vaughan \|access-date=7 December 2016 \|work=British Film Institute}}</ref> He also acted extensively on the stage.		'''Peter Vaughan''' (born '''Peter Ewart Ohm'''; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) was an English [[w:character actor\|character actor]] known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 \|title=Peter Vaughan \|access-date=7 December 2016 \|work=British Film Institute}}</ref> He also acted extensively on the stage.

	He is perhaps best known for his role as [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Harry Grout\|Grouty]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'' and its [[Porridge (film)\|1979 film adaptation]]. Other parts included a recurring role alongside [[Robert Lindsay (actor)\|Robert Lindsay]] in the sitcom ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', Tom Hedden in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'', Winston the Ogre in ''[[Time Bandits]]'', Tom Franklin in ''[[Chancer]]'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)\|The Remains of the Day]]''. His final role was as [[List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Maester Aemon\|Maester Aemon]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).		He is perhaps best known for his role as [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Harry Grout\|Grouty]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (TV series)\|Porridge]]'' and its [[Porridge (film)\|1979 film adaptation]]. Other parts included a recurring role alongside [[w:Robert Lindsay (actor)\|Robert Lindsay]] in the sitcom ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', Tom Hedden in ''[[w:Straw Dogs (1971 film)\|Straw Dogs]]'', Winston the Ogre in ''[[w:Time Bandits\|Time Bandits]]'', Tom Franklin in ''[[w:Chancer\|Chancer]]'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''[[w:The Remains of the Day (film)\|The Remains of the Day]]''. His final role was as [[w:List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Maester Aemon\|Maester Aemon]] in [[w:HBO\|HBO]]'s ''[[w:Game of Thrones\|Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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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.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef5bd96 |title=Peter Vaughan |access-date=7 December 2016 |work=British Film Institute}}</ref> He also acted extensively on the stage.

He is perhaps best known for his role as [[Characters of Porridge (TV series)#Harry Grout|Grouty]] in the sitcom ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]'' and its [[Porridge (film)|1979 film adaptation]]. Other parts included a recurring role alongside [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] in the sitcom ''[[Citizen Smith]]'', Tom Hedden in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'', Winston the Ogre in ''[[Time Bandits]]'', Tom Franklin in ''[[Chancer]]'' and Mr. Stevens, Sr. in ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]''. His final role was as [[List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters#Maester Aemon|Maester Aemon]] in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015).

==Early life==
Vaughan was born Peter Ewart Ohm<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records?firstname=peter&lastname=ohm&yearofbirth=1923&yearofbirth_offset=2|title=FindMyPast record of birth|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> on 4 April 1923<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/game-thrones-actor-peter-vaughan-140727121.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb|title='Game of Thrones' Actor Peter Vaughan Dies At Age 93|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|location=[[Sunnyvale, California]]|date=6 December 2016|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> in [[Wem]], [[Shropshire]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/60/Peter-Vaughan.html|title=Peter Vaughan Biography (1923–)|work=filmreference.com|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> the son of a bank clerk, Max Ohm, who was an [[Austrians|Austrian]] immigrant,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/06/peter-vaughan-obituary Peter Vaughan obituary] ''The Guardian'', 6 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.</ref> and Eva Wright, a nurse.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27604406|title=Obituary: Peter Vaughan|date=6 December 2016|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|language=en-GB|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> The family later moved to [[Wellington, Shropshire|Wellington]], 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.<ref name=shropstar>{{cite news|title=Thrones star, 93, launches memoirs. County-born actor tells how performing bug bit him at school|work=Shropshire Star|date=4 July 2016|page=16}}Report by Mat Growcott.</ref> From the age of seven he lived in [[Staffordshire]],<ref>[http://www.shropshiremagazine.com/2007/11/peter-vaughan-acting-clever/ "Peter Vaughan: Acting Clever", ''Shropshire Magazine'', November 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526015914/http://www.shropshiremagazine.com/2007/11/peter-vaughan-acting-clever/ |date=26 May 2008 }}. Accessed 22 December 2014</ref> where he attended [[Uttoxeter Grammar School]].<ref name=":0" />

After leaving school, Vaughan joined [[Wolverhampton|the Wolverhampton]] [[Repertory theatre|Repertory Theatre]], and gained experience in other repertory theatres as well, before [[British Army|army]] service during the [[Second World War]]. He was commissioned a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Corps of Signals]] on 9 June 1943,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36080 |supp=y|page=3050|date=2 July 1943}}</ref> and served in [[Normandy]], [[Belgium]], and the [[Far East]].<ref name="Yahoo"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27604406|title=Obituary: Peter Vaughan|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2016|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> At the end of the war, Vaughan was in [[Singapore]] during the liberation of [[Changi Prison]].<ref name=":0" />

==Career==

Vaughan made his film debut in 1959 in an uncredited role as a police officer in ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He continued for several years to play small parts, including more cameos as policemen in ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' and ''[[The Victors (1963 film)|The Victors]],'' before gaining his first starring role, in a minor picture called ''[[Smokescreen (film)|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 [[B-movies]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1967, he received second billing opposite [[Frank Sinatra]] in the film ''[[The Naked Runner]]''. His performance was not well received by one critic who accused him of overacting in his role as a British agent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117793409?refcatid=31|title=Review: 'The Naked Runner'|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=31 December 1966|author=Variety Staff|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> He played Mr. Freeman in [[Karel Reisz]]'s 1980 ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'', alongside [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Jeremy Irons]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/18/movies/the-french-lieutenant-s-woman.html?pagewanted=all|publisher=NYTimes|title='THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN'|author=Vincent Canby|date=18 September 1981}}</ref>

Possibly Vaughan's highest-profile film performance was as the father of [[Anthony Hopkins]]'s character in ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite web|title='There are unfortunately a lot of us old guys around'|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/2007/10/there-are-unfortunately-a-lot-of-us-old-guys-around/|work=[[The Spectator]]|publisher=[[Press Holdings]]|location=United Kingdom|access-date=29 September 2016|date=31 October 2007}}</ref> He was also cast in [[Terry Gilliam]]'s ''[[The Man Who Killed Don Quixote]]'', but had not shot any material before that project was abandoned. He had previously appeared for Gilliam in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' and ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]''. Vaughan appeared as a menacing character in ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971), and with Bill Murray in a film of [[W. Somerset Maugham]]'s novel ''[[The Razor's Edge (1984 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'' in 1984. In 1996, he appeared as [[Giles Corey]] in ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'', and in 1997 he appeared alongside [[Robert Carlyle]] and [[Ray Winstone]] in ''[[Face (1997 film)|Face]]''. In 1998, Vaughan played [[Bishop Myriel]] in ''[[Les Misérables (1998 film)|Les Misérables]],'' alongside [[Liam Neeson]]. His most unusual role may have been as [[SS]] [[Obergruppenführer]] [[Arthur Nebe]] in the 1994 film of [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris']]s novel ''[[Fatherland (1994 film)|Fatherland]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

He appeared in the music video for [[Kate Bush]]'s song "[[Experiment IV]]".{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

===Television===
Vaughan became known for his performances on television, including supporting roles in ''[[Porridge (TV series)|Porridge]]'' (as [[Harry Grout|"Genial" Harry Grout]]) and ''[[Citizen Smith]]'' as Charles Johnson (his role in the latter series was taken over by [[Tony Steedman]]). His role in ''Porridge'' brought him a great deal of public recognition despite his character appearing in only three episodes and in the [[Porridge (film)|1979 film]] of the series.<ref>{{cite web|title=Game of Thrones star Peter Vaughan is still best known for being Porridge's Grouty – Sunday Post|url=https://www.sundaypost.com/in10/entertainment/game-thrones-star-peter-vaughan-still-best-known-porridges-grouty/|website=sundaypost.com|access-date=29 September 2016|date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
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 (Deceased)|Randall and Hopkirk]]'' in the episode "[[Never Trust a Ghost]]". In the same year, he starred in the thirteen-part [[London Weekend Television]] 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 ''[[A Warning to the Curious]]'',<ref name=":0" /> shown as part of their annual series ''[[A Ghost Story for Christmas]]''.<ref name=warning>Angelini, Sergio, {{Screenonline TV title|id=711560|title=A Warning to the Curious}}. Retrieved 2010-7-7.</ref>' In September 1973, he appeared as Quinn in the [[London Weekend Television]] TV series The Protectors, in an episode called 'Quinn'.

Vaughan starred as Billy Fox in the [[Thames Television]] series ''[[Fox (TV series)|Fox]]'' (1980).<ref name=":0" /> The saga was written by [[Trevor Preston]], directed by [[Jim Goddard]], and produced by [[Verity Lambert]]. Other Fox family members were played by [[Elizabeth Spriggs]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Larry Lamb]], and [[Bernard Hill]]. Historical roles Vaughan played include those of Russian foreign minister [[Alexander Izvolsky]] in the serial ''[[Fall of Eagles]]'' (1974), British politician [[Thomas Inskip]] 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 ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'' (1988) and [[Hermann Göring]] in the [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]-[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] docu-drama ''[[Countdown to War]]'' (1989). He also appeared in many literary adaptations, such as ''[[Bleak House (1985 TV serial)|Bleak House]]'' (BBC, 1985), in which he played the sinister lawyer Mr. Tulkinghorn, and ''[[Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)|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 [[KGB]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

In 1986, Vaughan appeared in the [[music video|promotional video]] for [[Kate Bush]]'s "[[Experiment IV]]" single. In 1991, he played John Turner in an episode of [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' titled '"[[The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]".{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

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 disease|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/a-hard-act-to-follow-1342532.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/a-hard-act-to-follow-1342532.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=A hard act to follow|work=[[The Independent]]|first=Marianne|last=MacDonald|location=[[London]]|publisher=[[Independent News & Media]] (1997–2010)|date=16 March 1966|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> He played the clockmaker [[George Graham (clockmaker)|George Graham]] in ''[[Longitude (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Mobile]],'' and as Uncle Alfie in the film ''[[Death at a Funeral (2007 film)|Death at a Funeral]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Berardinelli|first1=James|title=Death at a Funeral {{!}} Reelviews Movie Reviews|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/d/death_funeral.html|website=Reelviews Movie Reviews|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2011 Vaughan starred as Michael Dodd in the BBC courtroom drama ''[[Silk (TV series)|Silk]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=PBS Masterpiece Review: Silk Episode One|url=http://www.bestbritishtv.com/?p=4699|website=www.bestbritishtv.com|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref> His final role, between 2011 and 2015, was [[Maester Aemon]] in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shropshire's Game of Thrones star Peter Vaughan still game « Shropshire Star|url=http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/04/19/shropshires-game-of-thrones-star-peter-vaughan-still-game/|website=www.shropshirestar.com|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Game of Thrones? 'It's a hard act to follow' ...|url=http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/game-of-thrones-it-s-a-hard-act-to-follow-1-7401887|website=www.wscountytimes.co.uk|access-date=29 September 2016}}</ref>

===Radio===
Vaughan was heard as Superintendent Kirk in the BBC dramatisation of [[Dorothy L. Sayers]]' Peter Wimsey novel ''Busman's Honeymoon'', and as [[Denethor]] in the 1981 [[BBC Radio]] production of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He played [[Charles Augustus Milverton]] in a 1993 BBC radio dramatization of the [[Sherlock Holmes]] short story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://merrisonholmes.com/return.php|title=The BBC audio complete Sherlock Holmes}}</ref>

=== Stage ===
Vaughan's first breakout role was in 1964 as Ed in [[Joe Orton]]'s work ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' performed at [[Wyndham's Theatre]].<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life and death==
The first of Vaughan's two marriages was to [[Billie Whitelaw]], whom he married in 1952 and divorced in 1966.<ref name="Yahoo"/><ref name=":0" /> His second wife was actress Lillias Walker, with whom he lived in the village of [[Mannings Heath]], in [[West Sussex]], until his death, having previously lived in [[Crawley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/legendary-actor-to-be-immortalised-at-sussex-pub-1-7909269|title=Legendary actor to be immortalised at Sussex pub|last=Page|first=Sarah|date=10 April 2017|website=West Sussex County Times|language=en|access-date=15 February 2019}}</ref> His stepdaughter Victoria Burton (actress and producer) is married to [[Gregor Fisher]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stepdaughter|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1526400/bio|website=IMDb|publisher=IMDb|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>

Vaughan was partially blind in his old age. On 6 December 2016, he died peacefully of natural causes at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38225796|title=Peter Vaughan: Thrones and Porridge star dies at 93|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2016|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/06/game-thrones-porridge-star-peter-vaughan-dies-aged-93/|title=Peter Vaughan, star of Game of Thrones and Porridge, dies aged 93|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=[[London]]|date=6 December 2016|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>

==Filmography==
Vaughan appeared in the following films and television series:<ref name="BFI"/>
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* ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959) as 2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
* ''[[Sapphire (film)|Sapphire]]'' (1959) as Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
* ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1960) as P.C. Gobby
* ''[[Make Mine Mink]]'' (1960) as Policeman in Car (uncredited)
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|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 serial)|Oliver Twist]]'' (1962 TV series) as [[Bill Sikes]]
* ''[[The Punch and Judy Man]]'' (1963) as Committee Man
* ''[[The Victors (1963 film)|The Victors]]'' (1963) as Policeman
* ''[[Smokescreen (film)|Smokescreen]]'' (1964) as Roper
* ''[[Fanatic (film)|Fanatic]]'' (1965) as Harry
* ''[[Rotten to the Core (film)|Rotten to the Core]]'' (1965) as Sir Henry Capell
* ''[[The Naked Runner]]'' (1967) as Martin Slattery
* ''[[The Man Outside (1967 film)|The Man Outside]]'' (1967) as Nikolai Volkov
* ''[[Great Expectations (1967 TV series)|Great Expectations]]'' (1967, TV series) as Mr. Jaggers
* ''[[The Bofors Gun]]'' (1968) as Sgt. Walker
* ''[[Hammerhead (film)|Hammerhead]]'' (1968) as Hammerhead
* ''[[A Twist of Sand]]'' (1968) as Johann
* ''[[Alfred the Great (film)|Alfred the Great]]'' (1969) as Burrud
* ''[[Taste of Excitement]]'' (1970) as Inspector Malling
* ''[[Eyewitness (1970 film)|Eyewitness]]'' (1970) as Paul Grazzini
* ''[[Straw Dogs (1971 film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (1971) as Tom Hedden
* ''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1971, TV series) as [[Horace Dorrington]]
* ''[[The Pied Piper (1972 film)|The Pied Piper]]'' (1972) as Bishop
* ''[[Savage Messiah (1972 film)|Savage Messiah]]'' (1972) as Museum Attendant
* ''[[A Warning to the Curious]]'' (1972) as Mr. Paxton
* ''[[The Return (1973 film)|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 (film)|Symptoms]]'' (1974) as Brady
* ''[[11 Harrowhouse]]'' (1974) as Coglin
* ''[[Intimate Reflections]]'' (1975) as Saleman
* ''[[Valentino (1977 film)|Valentino]]'' (1977) as Rory O'Neil
* ''[[The Doombolt Chase]]'' (1978, TV miniseries) as Captain Hatfield
* ''[[Zulu Dawn]]'' (1979) as Q.S.M. Bloomfield
* ''[[Porridge (film)|Porridge]]'' (1979) as Harry Grout
* ''[[The Danedyke Mystery]]'' (1979, TV series) as Det. Insp. Burroughs
* ''[[Fox (TV series)|Fox]]'' (1980, TV series) as Billy Fox
* ''[[Time Bandits]]'' (1981) as Winston the Ogre
* ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' (1981) as Mr. Freeman
* ''[[Coming Out of the Ice]]'' (1982) as Belov
* ''[[The Razor's Edge (1984 film)|The Razor's Edge]]'' (1984) as Mackenzie
* ''[[Forbidden (1984 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1984) as Major Stauffel
* ''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985) as Mr. Helpmann
* ''[[Sins (miniseries)|Sins]]'' (1986, TV miniseries) as Chief Prosecutor
* ''[[Monte Carlo (miniseries)|Monte Carlo]]'' (1986, TV miniseries) as Pabst
* ''[[Haunted Honeymoon]]'' (1986) as Francis Abbot, Sr.
* ''[[Coast to Coast (1987 film)|Coast to Coast]]'' (1987) as The Chiropodist
* ''[[Countdown to War]]'' (1989) as Hermann Göring
* ''[[Mountains of the Moon (film)|Mountains of the Moon]]'' (1990) as Lord Houghton
* ''[[King of the Wind (film)|King of the Wind]]'' (1990) as Captain
* ''[[Prisoner of Honor]]'' (1991) as Gen. Mercier
* ''[[The Boscombe Valley Mystery#Film and television|The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1991) as John Turner
* ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (1992) as Marek (episode "The Prague Sun")
* ''[[Nightingales (UK TV series)|Nightingales]]'' (1993) as William Stevens
* ''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|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 film)|Fatherland]]'' (1994) as Nebe
* ''[[The Secret Agent (1996 film)|The Secret Agent]]'' (1996) as The Driver
* ''[[The Crucible (1996 film)|The Crucible]]'' (1996) as Giles Corey
* ''[[Our Friends in the North]]'' (1996) as Felix Hutchinson
* ''[[The Moonstone (1996 film)|The Moonstone]]'' (1997) as Gabriel Betterege
* ''[[Face (1997 film)|Face]]'' (1997) as Sonny
* ''[[Our Mutual Friend (1998 TV serial)|Our Mutual Friend]]'' (1998, TV miniseries) as Mr. Boffin
* ''[[Les Misérables (1998 film)|Les misérables]]'' (1998) as the Bishop
* ''[[The Legend of 1900]]'' (1998) as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
* ''[[The Good Son (1998 film)|The Good Son]]'' (1998) as Mick Doyle
* ''[[An Ideal Husband (1999 film)|An Ideal Husband]]'' (1999) as Phipps
* ''[[The Frogs and the Lobsters|Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War]]'' (1999, TV movie) as Admiral Lord Hood
* ''[[Canone inverso|Canone inverso – Making Love]]'' (2000) as Old Baron Blau
* ''[[Longitude (film)|Longitude]]'' (2000) as George Graham
* ''[[The 10th Kingdom]]'' (2000) as Wilfred Peep
* ''[[The Thing About Vince]]'' (2000) as Ray Skinner
* ''[[Hotel Splendide (2000 film)|Hotel Splendide]]'' (2000) as Morton Blanche
* ''[[Second Sight (TV series)|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 (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (2002, TV series) as Arthur Wainwright
* ''[[The Jury (TV serial)|The Jury]]'' (2002, TV series) as Michael Colchester
* ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (2003, TV series) as Henry Lambert
* ''[[The Mother (2003 film)|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 film)|Beauty]]'' (2004, TV movie) as Mr. Robbins
* ''[[The Queen of Sheba's Pearls]]'' (2004) as Edward Pretty
* ''[[Malice Aforethought (film)|Malice Aforethought]]'' (2005, TV movie) as Widdicombe
* ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (2005, TV series) as Mr. Andrews
* ''[[Care (2006 film)|Care]]'' (2006, short) as Archie
* ''[[Death at a Funeral (2007 film)|Death at a Funeral]]'' (2007) as Uncle Alfie
* ''[[Mobile (TV series)|Mobile]]'' (2007, TV miniseries) as Grandad Stoan
* ''[[Christmas at the Riviera]]'' (2007, TV movie) as Glen
* ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Silk]]'' (2011, TV series) as Michael Dodd (guest appearance)
* ''[[Albatross (2011 film)|Albatross]]'' (2011) as Grandpa
* ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011–2015, TV series) as Maester Aemon (11 episodes; recurring) (final role)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|891092|Peter Vaughan}}
* {{Screenonline name|id=458104|name=Peter Vaughan}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27604406 Obituary: Peter Vaughan] from BBC News

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