ACTOR

Peter Vaughan

1923 - 2016

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Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) 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 2,479,827 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Peter Vaughan is the 1,823rd 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

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter Vaughans by language

Over the past year Peter Vaughan has had the most page views in the with 243,341 views, followed by German (19,573), and Italian (16,375). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (55.69%), Simple English (51.15%), and Egyptian Arabic (40.43%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Vaughan ranks 1,823 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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Television and Movie Roles

Straw Dogs
Tom Hedden
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
Nov 25o 19717.1 / 10
The Legend of 1900
'Pops', the Shopkeeper
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
Oct 28o 19988.264 / 10
Brazil
Mr. Helpmann
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 beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Feb 20o 19857.678 / 10