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Post by felixdeburgh on Dec 6, 2016 13:35:06 GMT
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Post by gustav on Dec 6, 2016 13:46:05 GMT
Yes that is really sad news. He was brilliant in so many things.
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Post by pr1 on Dec 6, 2016 14:29:13 GMT
A very fine character actor. Rest In Peace.
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Post by Zimbo on Dec 6, 2016 15:10:21 GMT
I was thinking about going to his show in London ton the 18th December. He was a great actor and it's sad that he's died now.
RIP Peter.
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Post by flyingsquad on Dec 6, 2016 15:21:02 GMT
A great actor in everything he was in.
RIP Peter
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Post by jno on Dec 6, 2016 15:35:50 GMT
Agree with all of the comments here so far - superb in everything I can remember him in. 'The Gold Robbers' still one of his most memorable roles for me as he is the star of that. Wow, just look at the list ... what a career, starting in the 50s - how many things has he been in...superb: www.imdb.com/name/nm0891092/93 is a good innings, a sad loss nevertheless. RIP.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2016 15:52:57 GMT
Very sorry to hear this. Quite simply, Peter was one of our best ever character actors. Never gave a bad performance over decades of work.
RIP Peter.
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Post by Zimbo on Dec 6, 2016 17:54:19 GMT
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Post by pr1 on Dec 6, 2016 18:04:47 GMT
Very sorry to hear this. Quite simply, Peter was one of our best ever character actors. Never gave a bad performance over decades of work. RIP Peter. I think I mentioned it somewhere else on the forum but Peter Vaughn was part of a generation that produced many fine character actors and actresses in both the UK and the US. It's pretty cool that he was still acting and entertaining people practically to the end of his life.
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Post by daz on Dec 6, 2016 18:12:37 GMT
A superb actor who had done just about all an actor could do and was doing it up until the age of 93, amazing stuff, just makes him even more special.
A sad loss.
RIP
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Post by ltd on Dec 6, 2016 18:16:58 GMT
Great in so many roles, but it's his hard-as-nails South London patriarch in Fox that really stands out for me.
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Post by wayne2467 on Dec 6, 2016 18:18:47 GMT
Still acting at 93- that is impressive
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Post by daz on Dec 6, 2016 18:21:49 GMT
Great in so many roles, but it's his hard-as-nails South London patriarch in Fox that really stands out for me. I'll give this DVD a watch in his memory. Had it a while but never got around to watching it.
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Post by ace5150 on Dec 6, 2016 18:45:40 GMT
He always looked menacing, and I recall him as Wolfies girlfriends dad in Citizen Smith. Brilliant in whatever he appeared in. Rest In Peace
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Post by ltd on Dec 6, 2016 19:49:58 GMT
Great in so many roles, but it's his hard-as-nails South London patriarch in Fox that really stands out for me. I'll give this DVD a watch in his memory. Had it a while but never got around to watching it. It's the sort of role he could do in his sleep, Ace mentions him as Wolfie's potential father-in-law in Citizen Smith, but he brings a real depth to the character in Fox.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 6, 2016 21:27:08 GMT
He was also compelling as a self-serving (is there any other?) businessman/millionaire whose grandchildren were kidnapped in a series 2 episode of the underrated BBC1 crime series In Deep which starred Nick Berry and Stephen Tompkinson.
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Post by gustav on Dec 7, 2016 0:04:19 GMT
Yes he never gave a less than totally committed performance in anything he did and he always lifted any show by his presence. I have never seen 'Game of Thrones' and didn't know he was even in it but that is another reason to watch it now. Just a few years ago he was in a thing called 'The Antiques Rogue Show' where he played an old criminal who had successfully forged objects in his garage to sell to museums. A completely true story and he was perfect in it. 93 is a good age but it is still sad to lose him.
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Post by plasticpenguin on Dec 7, 2016 1:18:33 GMT
Very sad. So many films and TV. My favourite was a Euston Production: Fox. Loved the series.
Think he was a very good actor, although IMO "great" is overworked term when it comes to actors. Everything I've seen him in he's played gangster types. But most actors are stereotyped.
RIP Peter.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Dec 7, 2016 7:39:49 GMT
Extremely sad. Another iconic face from British TV and film gone. I didn't realise he was still performing and involved in the circuit up until he died. Very impressive.. For me he never seemed to age. He looked like he aged about 15-20yrs over a span of about 50! He just had that unique presence and look. And as Penguin said in the post above, that did lean to certain amounts of typecasting. As others have said on here though, I never once saw Peter in anything that I wasn't 100% convinced by his depiction.
RIP sir.
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Post by bensonrad on Dec 7, 2016 10:07:48 GMT
Great shame, he will always be Grouty to me, I had been searching for a signed copy of his recent book only last week, wish I'd bought one then as not likely to find one now. I remember he used to live fairly close to where my Dad used to work, and my dad would tell me he saw him often out on his morning walk, anytime I went to work with my dad, I'd be avidly watching out the window incase he happened to be walking past (I never did see him). RIP Peter.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2016 13:06:50 GMT
Sadly, with Peter's passing, I don't think you will see the like of his talent again so much on screen. He worked constantly when we had a TV and film industry that was thriving.
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Post by daz on Dec 7, 2016 18:14:26 GMT
Our Friends In The North is something else he appeared in which is well worth a watch if you have never seen it. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his role, didn't win though.
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 7, 2016 23:39:23 GMT
Very sad loss. He was in so many productions that are on my favourites list. Excellent in 'Goldrobbers' as mentioned whilst another oustanding performance was as the insurance assessor 'Roper' in 'Smokscreen'. RIP
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Post by Portland Road on Dec 13, 2016 10:46:35 GMT
A face that looked right for the parts he played.
RIP Peter Vaughan.
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Post by thewoodster on Oct 15, 2018 10:30:42 GMT
RIP peter.
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