Peter Vaughan
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Good to see that Peter Vaughan is still acting at the grand old age of 91.
He has graced so many memorable TV series - Porridge, Chancer, Citizen Smith. Never the star but always memorable for his appearances. Now excellent in Game of Thrones.
Long may you continue Peter
He has graced so many memorable TV series - Porridge, Chancer, Citizen Smith. Never the star but always memorable for his appearances. Now excellent in Game of Thrones.
Long may you continue Peter
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So did I, suspect that was entirely deliberate by the OP too.
He was great as Billy Fox in 'Fox'.
He had quite a major role in one of my favourite BBC Dickens adaptations; Our Mutual Friend from 1998.
Yes, by a strange coincidence only last Friday in the pub we were having a discussion about people who we weren't sure if they were still alive or not and Peter Vaughan was one of the names that came up.
None of us were really sure so glad to hear he's still with us.
Loved Peter Vaughan in Remains of the Day and Brazil.
"Do you wanna Bath Oliver?"
"What, is he in here an all?"
Fox was brilliant. I'm tempted to get it out on DVD, if it's available.
Me too, or three or is it twenty three.
Always a good actor, never gets the credit he deserves.
Can't think of him headlining any major part, though he is very memorable. I don't think "Genial" Harry Grout actually featured in many episodes of Porridge.
Enjoyed him this week in "Game of Thrones" - Maester Aemon is probably his swansong, good that its in a role that will (presumably) still be enjoyed long in the future.
Yes it is available.
I've had the box set for years now. :cool:
That's what I thought, ages ago, and was amazed when I found out he was still around. (I'm usually very good at knowing who's 'with us' or not, too.)
I thought he'd passed away too. He's still here, at 91.
This is a good website for finding out who's dead or alive in the celeb world:
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages-nf/main
It is surprising how many older actors are still alive who you might have thought had died.
There was a documentary about British war films on BBC 4 the other night and quite famous actors popped up who appeared in some of them in the interview inserts.
Donald Sinden appeared and for some reason I felt really happy to see that he was alive. Especially after the recent few days. He is someone I would have assumed may have died years ago.
Maybe Our Friends in the North will be repeated on 'Drama', sometime in the next year or two. Who knows?
Another programme that's rarely repeated is 'Where the Heart Is', shown on ITV in the late 90s and early 00s. Set in Yorkshire about district nurses. It had Pam Ferris and Sarah Lancashire in the early days, then Lesley Dunlop and Lesley Ash after that. Also Des Barnes from Corrie appeared too, for some time.
It has a wonderful theme, performed by Prefab Sprout of "The King of Rock and Roll" fame:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwlHXz8n9XE
It's available on DVD from amazon. Series 1-4 are out now seperately. I've got series 1. I must get series 2-4.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-The-Heart-Complete-Series/dp/B000EBFOTM
I think Grouty was only in 3 episodes of Porridge; 2 regular and 1 Christmas Special although he may have been mentioned in a few more
That sounds about right, I think he was a good character played by a brilliant actor so his presence was in the show even when he was just mentioned
I suspect he's got a fair bit of 'credit' with the viewing public of a certain age.
Great deal of value in steady hands like Peter Vaughan, not the headline act, but there propping the thing up.
I guess that's why he's still getting the offers even at his age.
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A great performance in a very great series.