ACTOR

Peter Vaughan

1923 - 2016

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Peter Ewart Ohm (4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016), known professionally as Peter Vaughan, was an English character actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on stage. He is perhaps best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom Porridge and its 1979 film adaptation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Vaughan has received more than 2,660,897 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Peter Vaughan is the 1,825th most popular actor (down from 1,694th in 2019), the 1,770th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,714th in 2019) and the 241st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Vaughan ranks 1,825 out of 13,578. Before him are Mary Astor, Barbara Valentin, Donald O'Connor, Marcia Gay Harden, Raymond Burr, and Peter Lawford. After him are Claude Akins, Rosa Albach-Retty, Matthew Modine, Abe Vigoda, Sydne Rome, and Esther Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Peter Vaughan ranks 142. Before him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Mario Brega, Tito Puente, Diana Douglas, Hans Riegel, and Peter Lawford. After him are Edward Mulhare, Bob Dole, Joseph Weizenbaum, Gordon Mitchell, Pahiño, and Faas Wilkes. Among people deceased in 2016, Peter Vaughan ranks 149. Before him are Piet de Jong, Anker Jørgensen, Silvana Pampanini, Trifon Ivanov, Zdravko Tolimir, and Jean-Baptiste Bagaza. After him are Rudolf E. Kálmán, Abe Vigoda, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Götz George, Rudi Altig, and Curtis Hanson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Vaughan ranks 1,770 out of 8,785. Before him are John Sulston (1942), Taliesin (518), Saint Alban (300), Amy Johnson (1903), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and Peter Lawford (1923). After him are Donald Maclean (1913), Mark Hollis (1955), Paul Di'Anno (1958), Reginald Lee (1870), Keith Flint (1969), and William Sealy Gosset (1876).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Vaughan ranks 241. Before him are Robert Brown (1921), Robert Pattinson (1986), James Finlayson (1887), Anthony Quayle (1913), Peg Entwistle (1908), and Peter Lawford (1923). After him are Sarah Miles (1941), Sam Worthington (1976), Michael Sheen (1969), Tom Felton (1987), Nigel Terry (1945), and Rupert Grint (1988).

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