Peter Vaughan, the actor who performed Maester Aemon Targaryen on Game of Thrones, died in England on Tuesday, December 6, his agent confirmed to Deadline. He used to be 93.
“This is to substantiate that very sadly Peter Vaughan has passed on to the great beyond at roughly 10:30 [GMT] this morning,” agent Sally Long-Innes said in a statement to the site. “He died peacefully along with his circle of relatives round him.”
Vaughan was most just lately identified for his role as Maester Aemon, the aged, blind pupil of the Night’s Watch in HBO’s Game of Thrones. He made several visitor appearances in the first 5 seasons of the display, from 2011 to 2015, prior to his personality died of previous age in season 5.
The English actor was once additionally identified for his role as Harry “Grouty” Grout within the BBC sitcom Porridge, in spite of having only seemed in 3 episodes. He later reprised the fan-favorite position within the 1979 film of the similar identify.
Born Peter Olm in April 1923, Vaughan started his occupation within the Wolverhampton Repertory theatre earlier than becoming a member of the army all the way through World War II, right through which he served as an officer in Normandy, Belgium and the Far East.
The Wem, Shropshire, England, local made his onscreen debut within the 1959 remake of The 39 Steps. He earned his first starring function in 1964’s Smokescreen. Three years later, he starred reverse Frank Sinatra in The Naked Runner.
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Vaughan later starred within the BBC’s 1972 adaptation of A Warning to the Curious, 1980’s 13-part Thames Television sequence Fox, the 1981 fantasy Time Bandits and the 1993 drama The Remains of the Day, among different works.
Vaughan is survived via his second spouse, Lillias Walker. He used to be prior to now married to Billie Whitelaw from 1952 to 1966.
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