FrameThrower · Actors · Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan
4 films · 234 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1971–1996
Born 4 April 1923 · Wem, Shropshire, England, UK · died 6 December 2016
Peter Vaughan 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).
How their films are shot
Measured across 234 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Peter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 47% low key — the look of the work Peter takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 234 frames from Peter Vaughan's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.