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Peter Vaughan

Born: 4th Apr 1923 Wem, Shropshire, England, UK - Died 6th Dec 2016
Dept: Acting
Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm) 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).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 184
Film: 108 (59%)
Television: 76 (41%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action, War & Politics, Fantasy, Family, Documentary, Music, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Soap

Filmography

2025
A cozy ambient video from the Game of Thrones world. ... view
Character:
Maester Aemon
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience Drama, Fantasy, Action
2015
The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to ... view
Character:
Aemon Targaryen
Albatross Drama
2011
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that th ... view
Character:
Grandpa
Game of Thrones Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient ... view
Character:
Maester Aemon (11 ep.)
Silk Drama
Feb 2011 (first aired)
Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written by Peter Moffat, the series follows a set of barristers ... view
Character:
Michael Dodd (1 ep.)
2009
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician. ... view
Character:
Bob
The Antiques Rogue Show Drama, Documentary
2009
Drama documentary about one of the world's most prolific and diverse art forgers, Shaun Greenhalgh, who created fake paintings, antiques and sculpture ... view
Character:
George Greenhalgh
Jan 2008 (first aired)
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, cr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Christmas at the Riviera Comedy, Family
2007
The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period. ... view
Character:
Glen
Death at a Funeral Comedy, Drama
2007
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 ... view
Character:
Uncle Alfie
Mobile Drama, Crime, Mystery
Mar 2007 (first aired)
Mobile is a 4-part British television drama series with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of ... view
Character:
Grandad Stoan (2 ep.)
Care Drama
2006
'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 clie ... view
Character:
Archie
Malice Aforethought Crime, Drama
Apr 2005 (first aired)
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 earlie ... view
Character:
Widdicombe (2 ep.)
2004
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack's 16th birthday. Her remarkable likenes ... view
Character:
Edward Pretty
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Drama, Comedy, Romance
2004
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge suc ... view
Character:
Bill Sellers
Beauty TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Romance
2004
Tom Fitzhenry is an ugly and reclusive aristocrat who lives on his own in a large mansion. He despairs of ever having a relationship with a woman... u ... view
Character:
Mr. Robbins
2003
Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional foota ... view
Character:
Harry Grout
The Mother Drama, Romance
2003
A grandmother has a passionate affair with a man half her age, who is also sleeping with her daughter. ... view
Character:
Toots
Margery and Gladys TV Movie, Comedy, Drama
2003
Haughty housewife Margery and her cleaner Gladys go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar. ... view
Character:
Troy Gladwell
Thursday the 12th Crime, Drama, Mystery
2003
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 propert ... view
Character:
Edgar Bannister
The Jury Drama, Crime
Feb 2002 (first aired)
The Jury is a British television serial broadcast in 2002. The series was the first ever to be allowed to film inside the historic Old Bailey courthou ... view
Character:
Michael Colchester (6 ep.)
Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) Action, Crime
2001
A hit man who wants out of the business is targeted by old colleagues. ... view
Character:
Daddy Zoo
Lorna Doone Drama, Romance
2001
The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the thron ... view
Character:
Sir Ensor Doone
In Deep Drama, Crime
Feb 2001 (first aired)
Lying, cheating, thieving—they’re the best undercover cops in the business. Liam Ketman (Nick Berry, Heartbeat) and Garth O'Hanlon (Stephen Tompki ... view
Character:
Clayton Waddington (2 ep.)
Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind Crime, Drama, Mystery
2001
While hiding his own rapidly deteriorating eyesight, a detective investigates the murder of a black youth leader. ... view
Character:
Harold King
Lorna Doone Drama
Dec 2000 (first aired)
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 e ... view
Character:
Sir Ensor Doone (2 ep.)
2000
A chef seeks reconciliation with her brother by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa. ... view
Character:
Morton Blanche
Making Love Drama, Music
Original title: Canone Inverso
2000
Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not ... view
Character:
Barone Blau
Longitude TV Movie, Drama, History
2000
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it. ... view
Character:
George Graham
Longitude Drama
Jan 2000 (first aired)
The fascinating story of John Harrison who, in the 18th century, believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship—and so solve the pro ... view
Character:
George Graham (1 ep.)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters War, Adventure, TV Movie
1999
Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France. ... view
Character:
Admiral Lord Hood
An Ideal Husband Drama, Comedy, Romance
1999
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 w ... view
Character:
Phipps
The Legend of 1900 Drama, Music
Original title: La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano
1998
Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the s ... view
Character:
'Pops', the Shopkeeper
Hornblower Drama, War & Politics, Action & Adventure
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral. ... view
Character:
Admiral Hood (1 ep.)
Les Misérables Crime, Drama, History, Romance
1998
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me ... view
Character:
Bishop
Mar 1998 (first aired)
After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threat ... view
Character:
Nicodemus 'Noddy' Boffin (4 ep.)
Face Crime, Drama, Thriller
1997
Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-be ... view
Character:
Sonny
The Moonstone TV Movie, Crime, Mystery, Drama
1996
Greg Wise (Sense and Sensibility) and Keeley Hawes (Karaoke) star in this sumptuous adaptation of Wilkie Collins' classic mystery, the first detective ... view
Character:
Gabriel Betteredge
The Crucible Drama, History
1996
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials. ... view
Character:
Giles Corey
The Secret Agent Drama, Thriller
1996
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a la ... view
Character:
The Driver
Our Friends in the North War & Politics, Drama
Jan 1996 (first aired)
An epic tale of a changing Britain over four decades, seen through the eyes of four friends. ... view
Character:
Felix Hutchinson (9 ep.)
Oliver's Travels Comedy, Drama
Jun 1995 (first aired)
Bates plays the titular Oliver, a keen word-game enthusiast and lecturer in comparative religion. After his teaching post is made redundant, he resolv ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Delaney (5 ep.)
The Choir Drama
Mar 1995 (first aired)
Based on Joanna Trollope's novel. Explores the internal politics and scandals of a British cathedral choir school. ... view
Character:
Frank Ashworth (5 ep.)
Fatherland Drama, Thriller, Action, TV Movie
1994
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Germany's war crimes have so far been kept a secret. ... view
Character:
SS-Oberstgruppenführer Artur Nebe
Dandelion Dead Crime, Drama
Oct 1994 (first aired)
This is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and magistrate's clerk who lived in the small Welsh town of Ha ... view
Character:
Dr. Hinks (4 ep.)
The World of Hammer Documentary
Aug 1994 (first aired)
The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast ... view
Character:
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Hildegard Documentary, Music, History
1994
An abbess, visionary, naturalist, playwright and composer, Hildegard of Bingen (played by Patricia Routledge) was a remarkable woman of the Middle Age ... view
Character:
Abbot
The Spot FX Man Drama, TV Movie
1993
The sound effects store for radio drama is a veritable museum of sound, but effects discs and CDs are more cost effective. The old storekeeper feels h ... view
Character:
Harold Listings
The Remains of the Day Drama, Romance
1993
A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with ... view
Character:
William Stevens
Circles of Deceit TV Movie, Drama, Thriller
1993
John is a special forces operative who retires after his family is killed in a terrorist bombing, but his former bosses have other plans. He is re-act ... view
Character:
Liam McAuley
Heart of Darkness Drama, TV Movie
1993
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul. ... view
Character:
Director
Heartbeat Crime, Drama, Comedy
Apr 1992 (first aired)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ... view
Character:
Arthur Wainwright (1 ep.)
Mr. Andrews (1 ep.)
Murder Most Horrid Mystery, Crime, Comedy
Nov 1991 (first aired)
Comedienne Dawn French tackles dark, tongue-in-cheek thrillers as her various characters embark on a different mystery every episode. In one way or an ... view
Character:
Doverson (1 ep.)
Prisoner of Honor Drama, History, TV Movie
1991
France, 1897. Colonel Georges Picquart challenges the French government when he discovers the obscure political maneuvers that led to the imprisonment ... view
Character:
Gen. Mercier
King of the Wind Adventure
1990
In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil and good. And thus begins the life of Sham. He is a ... view
Character:
Captain
Chancer Drama
Mar 1990 (first aired)
Chancer is a British television serial produced by Central Television for ITV. It tells the story of a likable conman and rogue at the end of the yupp ... view
Character:
Tom Franklyn (20 ep.)
Nightingales Comedy
Feb 1990 (first aired)
Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards working the night shift. It was written by Paul Makin and pr ... view
Character:
The Inspector (1 ep.)
Mountains of the Moon Adventure, Drama, History
1990
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victor ... view
Character:
Lord Houghton
Chillers Mystery, Drama
Jan 1990 (first aired)
A 1990 horror anthology series, with host Anthony Perkins presenting and screening tales based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories that display a si ... view
Character:
Winston Greeves (1 ep.)
Birds of a Feather Comedy, Drama
Oct 1989 (first aired)
Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson ... view
Character:
Monty (1 ep.)
Countdown to War Drama, History, War, TV Movie
1989
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until ... view
Character:
Hermann Goering
War and Remembrance Drama, War & Politics
Nov 1988 (first aired)
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the extended Henry and Jastrow families navigate the personal, social and political impacts of World War II, inc ... view
Character:
Kurt Zeitzler (3 ep.)
Oct 1988 (first aired)
Focuses on Bernard Samson (Ian Holm), beginning with his search for the "mole" that threatens the Brahms Network in East Germany. Samson is sent to Be ... view
Character:
David Kimber-Hutchinson (1 ep.)
The Bourne Identity Drama, Action & Adventure
May 1988 (first aired)
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank accoun ... view
Character:
Fritz Koenig (2 ep.)
Codename: Kyril War & Politics
Mar 1988 (first aired)
During the Cold War, a secret operative is dispatched to ferret out a suspected double agent within the KGB. ... view
Character:
Stanov (2 ep.)
Codename: Kyril Drama, Action, Thriller
1988
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark ... view
Character:
Marshal Stanov
1987
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth ... view
Character:
Alderman Joseph Helliwell
1987
It's the most important night of the year for the dynamic salesmen of King Double Glazing - the company prize-giving. It's all smiles for the winning ... view
Character:
Sid Harris
Coast to Coast Comedy, Thriller, TV Movie
1987
Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gain ... view
Character:
The Chiropodist
Season's Greetings Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
1986
Adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's black comedy about eight adults trying to have a happy family Christmas and failing dismally. ... view
Character:
Harvey
Monte Carlo Drama
Nov 1986 (first aired)
An American writer on the Riviera courts a Russian singer who is spying on Nazis for revenge. ... view
Character:
Pabst (2 ep.)
Casualty Drama, Soap
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
Character:
Henry Lambert (1 ep.)
Haunted Honeymoon Comedy, Horror, Mystery
1986
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech ... view
Character:
Uncle Francis Abbot Sr.
Bleak House Drama
Apr 1985 (first aired)
Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House and it ... view
Character:
Tulkinghorn (3 ep.)
Brazil Comedy, Science Fiction
1985
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautif ... view
Character:
Mr. Helpmann
Forbidden Drama, TV Movie
1984
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the hom ... view
Character:
Major Stauffel
Czech Mate Drama, Horror
1984
Vicky's ex-husband, John, invites her on a trip to communist Prague. First John disappears, then her passport. Vicky finds herself alone and penniless ... view
Character:
Bullneck
The Razor's Edge Drama, Romance
1984
An American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he ... view
Character:
Mackenzie
Sep 1984 (first aired)
A short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Sus ... view
Character:
Bullneck (1 ep.)
Sherlock Holmes Crime, Drama, Mystery
Apr 1984 (first aired)
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. ... view
Character:
John Turner (1 ep.)
Under the Hammer Comedy, TV Movie
1984
All seems ready for a major sale of impressionist paintings to be graced by a royal visit. But panic erupts in the boardroom when the pedigree of the ... view
Character:
Les Stone
Jamaica Inn TV Movie, Drama, Thriller
1983
The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and ... view
Character:
Squire Bassatt
Jamaica Inn Drama, Crime
Jan 1983 (first aired)
In the early 1800s, Mary Yellan's life is changed after her father is murdered by shipwreckers. When her mother dies of a broken heart not long afterw ... view
Character:
Squire Bassatt (2 ep.)
1982
A biographical film about Victor Herman, based on the memoir of the same name. ... view
Character:
Belov
Sep 1981 (first aired)
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
The French Lieutenant's Woman Drama, Romance, History
1981
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters ... view
Character:
Mr. Freeman
Time Bandits Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Comedy
1981
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purl ... view
Character:
Winston the Ogre
1981
In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason ... view
Character:
Mr. Hugh Peter
Fox Drama
Mar 1980 (first aired)
The thirteen-part series was based around the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in London and had gangland connections. ... view
Character:
Billy Fox (13 ep.)
Fox Thriller, Crime, Drama
1980
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections. ... view
Character:
Billy Fox
The Crucible TV Movie, Drama
1980
An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, concerning the Salem witch trials. ... view
Character:
Judge Hathorne
Porridge Comedy, Crime
1979
Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an es ... view
Character:
Grouty
1979
In the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church. ... view
Character:
Detective Inspector Burroughs
Zulu Dawn Adventure, Drama, History, War
1979
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. ... view
Character:
QSM Bloomfield
Henry VIII History, Drama, TV Movie
1979
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powe ... view
Character:
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
1978
After 15 years in HM Prisons, Emerson just wants to keep his nose clean and get out. Working on the Stone Age fort keeps him away from trouble, but th ... view
Character:
Emerson
1978
Des, an enthusiastic incompetent, always promises rather more that he can deliver. ... view
Character:
Harold Praed
Mar 1978 (first aired)
The Doombolt Chase is a naval-themed British science fiction/action television series aimed at a teenage audience. It was broadcast between March 12 a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Valentino Drama, History
1977
The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom. ... view
Character:
Rory O'Neil
Philby, Burgess and Maclean Thriller, Drama, TV Movie
1977
Recruited by the Russians during their days at Cambridge, three young Englishmen rise to become high-ranked MI5 agents until their exposure in 1949. ... view
Character:
Philby's Control
Citizen Smith Comedy
Apr 1977 (first aired)
Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting Popular Front. Hoping to emulate his icons, Wolfie form ... view
Character:
Dad (12 ep.)
Porridge: No Way Out Crime, Comedy
1975
Fletcher discovers that his fellow inmates are planning to escape. ... view
Character:
Harry Grout
Jul 1975 (first aired)
An anthology of seven plays. Against The Crowd dealt with people whose views differed from those of the majority - people who are against the crowd as ... view
Character:
Don Macintyre (1 ep.)
The Snowdropper Thriller, TV Movie
1975
An escaped convict takes refuge in a remote Welsh cottage. Adapted by Alun Richards from his stage play and shown only on BBC One Wales. ... view
Character:
Sergeant
The Sweeney Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ... view
Character:
Tony Kirby (1 ep.)
Hardness 10 Action & Adventure, Crime
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Character:
Mackintosh (5 ep.)
1974
Robert and Jane are a middle-aged couple grieving over a dead daughter. Michael and Zonny are a young couple with a bright future ahead of them. The f ... view
Character:
11 Harrowhouse Drama, Action, Comedy, Crime
1974
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen ... view
Character:
Coglin
Porridge Comedy
Sep 1974 (first aired)
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also t ... view
Character:
Harry Grout (2 ep.)
Symptoms Horror
1974
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. The estate, however, isn't quite what it ... view
Character:
Brady
Mar 1974 (first aired)
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with ... view
Character:
Izvolsky (1 ep.)
Playhouse Drama
Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
Character:
Hugh Peter (1 ep.)
Zodiac Crime, Drama, Comedy
Feb 1974 (first aired)
Zodiac was a six-part series transmitted by ITV in 1974. Starring Anton Rogers and Anouska Hempel as cynical detective David Gradley and his astrologe ... view
Character:
Richard Meade (1 ep.)
Jan 1974 (first aired)
This sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based o ... view
Character:
Mr Chaffanbrass (2 ep.)
The Return Horror
1973
Stephen Royds arrives at an old house announcing that he intends to buy the property, much to the surprise of its solitary occupant, caretaker Mrs Par ... view
Character:
Stephen Royds
Massacre in Rome Drama, History, War
Original title: Rappresaglia
1973
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. "Massacre in Rome" is the true story of ... view
Character:
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring
1973
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as ... view
Character:
Mr. Gunliffe
Black and Blue Comedy, Drama
Aug 1973 (first aired)
Black and Blue was a BBC TV comedy-drama series, first broadcast in 1973. The show consisted of six 50–60 minutes episodes, each a separate self-con ... view
Character:
Miles Miles (1 ep.)
1973
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate ... view
Character:
Brunskill
The Eyes Have It Thriller, TV Movie, Horror
1973
A group of terrorists posing as plumbers set up base at a school for the blind. The students remain blissfully unaware while the terrorists plan the a ... view
Character:
Anderson
Thriller Drama, Crime, Mystery
Apr 1973 (first aired)
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-containe ... view
Character:
Anderson (1 ep.)
1973
A man has a three-way conversation between himself, his inner thoughts and as a psychiatrist. Part of the BBC Thirty Minute Theatre strand. ... view
Character:
Coster
The Blockhouse Drama, War
1973
A group of Slave workers, drafted by the Nazis to help construct their coastal defences in 1944, are trapped in an underground bunker when the Allies ... view
Character:
Aufret
The Pied Piper Fantasy, Drama
1972
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter ... view
Character:
Bishop
A Warning to the Curious TV Movie, Horror, Drama
1972
Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according ... view
Character:
Mr Paxton
1972
A man can't account for his movements when a woman is discovered strangled. ... view
Character:
Det. Insp. Crouch
The Adventurer Action & Adventure
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK ... view
Character:
Roberts (1 ep.)
The Protectors Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as o ... view
Character:
Quin (1 ep.)
Jul 1972 (first aired)
Anthology series of plays dealing with the themes of fear and entrapment ... view
Character:
Calder (1 ep.)
1972
In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is ... view
Character:
Museum Attendant
Dec 1971 (first aired)
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Chri ... view
Character:
Mr. Paxton (1 ep.)
Straw Dogs Thriller, Drama, Crime
1971
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David an ... view
Character:
Tom Hedden
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Crime, Drama
Sep 1971 (first aired)
An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detecti ... view
Character:
Dorrington (2 ep.)
The Persuaders! Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime
Sep 1971 (first aired)
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime. ... view
Character:
Lance Schubert (1 ep.)
Big Brother Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Aug 1970 (first aired)
A series of plays which examine if 1970s society is heading towards the dystopian world predicted in the book '1984'. ... view
Character:
John Cliveden (1 ep.)
Eyewitness Thriller
1970
A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him? ... view
Character:
Paul Grazzini
Emma's Time TV Movie, Drama
1970
After the death of novelist Robert Kelvin, his mistress Emma tries to adjust and reflects upon their relationship. ... view
Character:
Sladeck
1970
The Countess lives in her East European palace, oblivious to the new regime that has moved in. After the war Volubin, a Marxist writer, is instructed ... view
Character:
Taste of Excitement Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1969
A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young gi ... view
Character:
Inspector Malling
1969
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land ... view
Character:
Burrud
The Gold Robbers Crime, Drama
Jun 1969 (first aired)
Tough cop Detective Chief Superintendent Cradock is assigned to track down and bring to justice the criminals behind the daring theft of five and half ... view
Character:
DCS Cradock (13 ep.)
Jan 1969 (first aired)
Anthology series of dramatic works. ... view
Character:
Albert (1 ep.)
Frank Rogers (1 ep.)
A Twist of Sand Adventure
1968
A former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly bei ... view
Character:
Johann
Hammerhead Thriller
1968
An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world (what, another one ?). ... view
Character:
Hammerhead
The Expert Drama
Jul 1968 (first aired)
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologis ... view
Character:
Richard Toller (1 ep.)
The Bofors Gun Drama, War
1968
A national service NCO (David Warner) comes face to face with an embittered Irish Gunner (Nicol Williamson) who is determined to humiliate him. ... view
Character:
Sergeant Walker
1968
Alf and Jack, two labourers hired to work in a quarry,have decided to go on strike because of the degrading nature of the job. ... view
Character:
Ron
Man in a Suitcase Action & Adventure, Drama
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1967 (first aired)
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhy ... view
Character:
Harold Praed (1 ep.)
1967
Bill MacLean is a former CIA agent living in London. He had been fired when he stuck up for one of the men in his command who turned out to be branded ... view
Character:
Nikolai Volkov
The Naked Runner Drama, Thriller
1967
Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. He is planning to ... view
Character:
Martin Slattery
Jan 1967 (first aired)
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood ... view
Character:
Jaggers (7 ep.)
The Informer Crime, Drama
Aug 1966 (first aired)
The Informer is a British crime drama series broadcast on ITV from August 1966 to December 1967. Created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman, it star ... view
Character:
David Janner (2 ep.)
Rotten to the Core Crime, Comedy
1965
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl ... view
Character:
Sir Henry Capell
Fanatic Horror, Thriller, Mystery
1965
A young woman is terrorized by her former fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death. Also known as Die! Die! My Darling! ... view
Character:
Harry
Sep 1964 (first aired)
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although ada ... view
Character:
Ron (1 ep.)
Volubin (1 ep.)
Sladek (1 ep.)
1964
Stockbroker Mr Sparrow finds himself blackmailed by his secretary after fiddling the taxman plus making unwanted sexual advances. ... view
Character:
Sgt. George Burtonshaw
Theatre 625 Drama
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
Character:
Ernst Torgler (1 ep.)
The Horse Without a Head Family, Adventure, Drama
1964
Five pampered French children with their wheeled, headless, toy horse accidentally become tangled up in a plot to rob the Dijon- Paris express of 100, ... view
Character:
Police Sergeant
Smokescreen Crime, Mystery
1964
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud. ... view
Character:
Roper
The Victors Drama, War
1963
Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to G ... view
Character:
Policeman
Festival Drama
Oct 1963 (first aired)
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels. ... view
Character:
Gonnern (1 ep.)
Schmitz (1 ep.)
Espionage Action & Adventure, Drama
Oct 1963 (first aired)
Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far ... view
Character:
Waring (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Trials and tribulations of the priest of Felgate village. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (46 ep.)
1963
Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who g ... view
Character:
Committee Man
Crane Action & Adventure, Crime
Apr 1963 (first aired)
The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion ... view
Character:
Max Goddard (1 ep.)
The Saint Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Oct 1962 (first aired)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in ... view
Character:
Walter Devan (1 ep.)
1962
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has comple ... view
Character:
Police Inspector (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent Mystery, Drama
1962
Droste, a mild-mannered businessman, was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub, the two re ... view
Character:
Chief of Hungarian Police
Richard the Lionheart Action & Adventure, Family
Jun 1962 (first aired)
A kid-friendly take on the exploits of King Richard the Lion Heart, from his participation in the Crusades, to his capture in Austria, to his final re ... view
Character:
Caspar (1 ep.)
Jan 1962 (first aired)
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Esc ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (10 ep.)
Bill Sikes (13 ep.)
1961
Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer Co ... view
Character:
Purvey
1961
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one o ... view
Character:
John Kester
The Avengers Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jan 1961 (first aired)
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, ... view
Character:
Jaeger (1 ep.)
1960
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of ... view
Character:
Policeman in Car
Village of the Damned Horror, Science Fiction
1960
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children h ... view
Character:
P.C. Gobby
Jun 1960 (first aired)
A series about life on a London daily newspaper. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (39 ep.)
Armchair Mystery Theatre Drama, Mystery
Jun 1960 (first aired)
Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by ... view
Character:
Sgt. George Burtenshaw (1 ep.)
Sapphire Mystery, Crime, Thriller
1959
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspec ... view
Character:
Detective Whitehead (uncredited)
No Hiding Place Crime, Drama
Sep 1959 (first aired)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Alfred Fitch (1 ep.)
Interpol Calling Crime, Drama
Sep 1959 (first aired)
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery. ... view
Character:
Inspector (1 ep.)
The 39 Steps Thriller, Mystery
1959
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets. ... view
Character:
2nd Police Constable on Train (uncredited)
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produ ... view
Character:
Third Journalist (1 ep.)
Ralph (1 ep.)
Sir Robert Byass (1 ep.)
Elmo Frankfurter (1 ep.)
ITV Play of the Week Drama, Comedy
Sep 1955 (first aired)
A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episode ... view
Character:
Anthony Sellman (1 ep.)