List of the best Peter Vaughan movies: Smokescreen(1964), The Naked Runner(1967), Die! Die! My Darling!(1965), Straw Dogs(1971), The Moonstone(1996), The Legend of 1900(1998), The Remains of the Day(1993), Doing Time(1979), Albatross(2011), Porridge(1979), Canone Inverso: Making Love(2000), Alfred the Great(1969) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
1964
66 Minutes
Peter Vaughan John Carson Yvonne Romain Gerald Flood Glynn Edwards John Glyn-Jones Sam Kydd Deryck Guyler David Gregory Jill Curzon Barbara Hicks
investigator accident victim man woman insurance investigator insurance executive thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping bleak car fraud insurance fraud danger fear investigation adventure discovery rivalry
Drama
UK
1967
104 Minutes
Martin Slattery
Frank Sinatra Peter Vaughan Darren Nesbitt Nadia Gray Inger Stratton Toby Robins Cyril Luckham Edward Fox
During the Cold War, an American industrial-designer living in London is used by the MI-6 as an unwilling pawn in the spy game during a trip to a trade show in East Germany.
Horror
UK
1965
97 Minutes
Harry
Tallulah Bankhead Stefanie Powers Peter Vaughan Maurice Kaufman Yootha Joyce Donald Sutherland Gwendolyn Watts Robert Dorning Philip Gilbert Winifred Dennis Diana King
young woman mother housekeeper husband gardener fiancé frightening dark campy england village house grief marriage mother/son relationship family mental breakdown imprisonment revenge transformation
A young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1971
116 Minutes
Tom Hedden
Dustin Hoffman Susan George T.P. McKenna Peter Vaughan Del Henney Ken Hutchison Colin Welland Jim Norton Sally Thomsett Donald Webster Len Jones
mathematician wife ex-lover townsperson magistrate husband raw disturbing cornwall, england small town farmhouse rape culture clash marital problems self-defense violence harassment revenge transformation underdog
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Mystery & Thriller
Italy|France
1996
112 Minutes
Gabriel Betteredge
Keeley Hawes Greg Wise Patricia Hodge Peter Vaughan Terence Hardiman Anton Lesser Peter Jeffery Antony Sher
After a series of bizarre actions, Loris is mistaken for a serial killer. Jessica, a policewoman in undercover, will try to induce him to commit a murder.
Drama
Italy
1998
116 Minutes
Pops
Tim Roth Pruitt Taylor Vince Mélanie Thierry Bill Nunn Peter Vaughan Niall O'Brien Alberto Vázquez Clarence Williams III Gabriele Lavia Cory Buck Norman Chancer
pianist trumpeter mechanic jazz musician beautiful woman shopkeeper tender calm emotional fascinating music store ocean liner musicians outsider's life friendship orphans seafaring talent underdog discovery
A baby boy, discovered in 1900 on an ocean liner, grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.
Drama
USA|UK
1993
135 Minutes
Father
Anthony Hopkins Emma Thompson James Fox Christopher Reeve Peter Vaughan Hugh Grant Michael Lonsdale Tim Pigott-Smith Patrick Godfrey
butler aristocrat housekeeper congressman lord cook emotional tense bleak estate england manor loyalty anti-semitism world war ii duty class conflict regret transformation love
A butler who sacrificed body and soul to service in the years leading up to World War II realizes too late how misguided his loyalty was to his lordly employer.
Comedy
UK
1979
95 Minutes
Grouty
Ronnie Barker Richard Beckinsale Fulton Mackay Brian Wilde Peter Vaughan Julian Holloway
This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
2011
90 Minutes
Grandpa
Felicity Jones Jessica Brown Findlay Sebastian Koch Julia Ormond Peter Vaughan Louisa Bawden Mark Ryder Harry Treadaway
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Comedy
1979
95 Minutes
Grouty
Ronnie Barker Richard Beckinsale Fulton Mackay Brian Wilde Peter Vaughan Julian Holloway Geoffrey Bayldon Christopher Godwin Barrie Rutter Daniel Peacock
prisoners cellmate prison guard amusing cheeky crafty lighthearted prison countryside prison break prison life escape adventure pursuit underdog transformation 20th century
Drama
Italy
2000
107 Minutes
Old Baron Blau
Hans Matheson Mélanie Thierry Lee Williams Gabriel Byrne Ricky Tognazzi Peter Vaughan Nia Roberts Adriano Pappalardo Andy Luotto Mattia Sbragia Domiziana Giordano
Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK
1969
122 Minutes
Burrud
David Hemmings Michael York Prunella Ransome Colin Blakely Ian McKellen Peter Vaughan
war hero soldier princess viking brother spectacular patriotic thrilling melodramatic england battlefield church marsh invasion religion bloodlust patriotism english history royalty rivalry
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to... See full summary »
Drama, History
1991
88 Minutes
Gen. Mercier
Richard Dreyfuss Oliver Reed Peter Firth Jeremy Kemp Brian Blessed Peter Vaughan Kenneth Colley Lindsay Anderson
general doctor army major jew army colonel minister gripping inspiring disheartening prison office courtroom military court big city devil's island framed set-up fight for justice law duty
Georges Picquart (Richard Dreyfuss) dares to defend Jewish Capt. Alfred Dreyfus for treason in 1890s France.
Drama, History
UK|Germany|USA
1998
131 Minutes
Bishop
Liam Neeson Geoffrey Rush Uma Thurman Claire Danes Hans Matheson Reine Brynolfsson Peter Vaughan Mimi Newman
mayor stepdaughter police officer lover revolutionary ex-convict melodramatic fiery moving incredible paris vigau, france town battlefield woods river revolution double life loyalty rags to riches
Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
Fantasy
UK|West Germany|USA
1972
90 Minutes
Bishop
Donovan Jack Wild Donald Pleasence John Hurt Michael Hordern Roy Kinnear Peter Vaughan Diana Dors Cathryn Harrison Keith Buckley Patsy Puttnam
gypsy guitarist burgomaster daughter alchemist baron outlandish dreamy germany hamelin town black death wedding corruption folklore revenge love 14th century
In 1349, while the Black Plague threatens Germany, the town of Hamelin hires a wandering pied piper (Donovan) to lure rats away with his magic pipe, but then refuses to pay for his services, causing him to lure the town's children away.
Crime, Drama
1997
103 Minutes
Sonny
Robert Carlyle Ray Winstone Steven Waddington Philip Davis Damon Albarn Lena Headey Peter Vaughan Sue Johnston Gerry Conlon
criminal friend partner mobster girlfriend emotional tense london pub household heist teamwork disillusionment betrayal murder escape pursuit revenge 1990s
Unexpected developments and a traitor complicate hoodlums' (Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steven Waddington) efforts to rob a West London security firm.
Fantasy, Comedy
UK|USA
1985
142 Minutes
Mr. Helpmann
Jonathan Pryce Robert De Niro Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Bob Hoskins Michael Palin Ian Richardson Peter Vaughan Kim Greist Jim Broadbent
bureaucrat terrorist mother activist friend creative disturbing offbeat apartment office family home subconscious mind corruption politics terrorism mother/son relationship daunting task pursuit quest underdog
A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Fantasy
UK
1981
110 Minutes
Winston the Ogre
John Cleese Sean Connery Shelley Duvall Katherine Helmond Ian Holm Michael Palin Ralph Richardson Peter Vaughan David Warner Craig Warnock
dwarf young boy supernatural being napoleon bonaparte thief robin hood cheeky amusing creative england sherwood forest battlefield ship greece fantasy world time travel theft historical events supernatural growing up
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Biography, Drama
UK
1972
100 Minutes
Museum Attendant
Dorothy Tutin Scott Antony Helen Mirren Lindsay Kemp Michael Gough John Justin Aubrey Richards Peter Vaughan
sculptor governess writer suffragette muse creative fascinating inspiring melodramatic paris london artist's studio art artistic struggle henri gaudier may-december romance world war i sculpting rise transformation
Biographical movie of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Scott Antony).
Romance
UK|France|USA
1999
96 Minutes
Phipps
Rupert Everett Julianne Moore Jeremy Northam Cate Blanchett Minnie Driver John Wood Lindsay Duncan Peter Vaughan Jeroen Krabbé Benjamin Pullen Marsha Fitzalan
government official aristocrat lord wife mistress amusing witty lighthearted london marriage affair shady dealings metamorphosis love 19th century
London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.
Drama
USA
1996
123 Minutes
Giles Corey
Daniel Day-Lewis Winona Ryder Paul Scofield Joan Allen Bruce Davison Rob Campbell Jeffrey Jones Peter Vaughan Karron Graves Charlayne Woodard Frances Conroy
husband wife lover young woman judge friend emotional intense courtroom salem, mass. woods deception adultery witchcraft witch hunt trial honor revenge forbidden love 17th century
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Crime, Drama
UK
2001
99 Minutes
Daddy Zoo
Stellan Skarsgård Chris Penn Paul Bettany Sienna Guillory Allan Corduner Martine McCutcheon Jacqueline McKenzie Peter Vaughan
Hit-man Felix has quit his criminal activities and found employment minding a rich man's adult son. Meanwhile, Felix's old criminal gang have issued a hit on Felix.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1973
98 Minutes
Brunskill
Paul Newman Dominique Sanda James Mason Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Michael Hordern Nigel Patrick Peter Vaughan Roland Culver Percy Herbert Robert Lang
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor.
Drama
Sweden|UK
2004
131 Minutes
Edward Pretty
Helena Bergström Lorcan Cranitch Lindsay Duncan Tim Dutton Rolf Lassgård Natasha Little Elizabeth Spriggs Peter Vaughan Rollo Weeks Eileen Atkins Simon Day
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack Bradley's (Rollo Weeks') sixteenth birthday. Her remarkable likeness to a ... See full summary »
Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Bob
Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff David Morrissey Rosemary Harris Elizabeth Spriggs Leslie Phillips Peter Vaughan Linzey Cocker Sylvia Syms Ralph Ineson
young boy magician magician's assistant best friend friend teenager charming playful engaging suspenseful witty friendship best friends relationships unlikely friendship magic adventure discovery growing up mystery
A death-obsessed youth (Bill Milner) befriends an aging magician (Michael Caine) who longs to join his wife in the afterlife.
Romance
UK
1981
123 Minutes
Mr. Freeman
Meryl Streep Jeremy Irons Leo McKern Hilton McRae Emily Morgan Charlotte Mitchell Lynsey Baxter Jean Faulds Peter Vaughan Colin Jeavons Liz Smith
actor actress paleontologist brooding emotional melodramatic passionate movie set england affair filmmaking forbidden love art imitating life forbidden love temptation victorian era
Anna and Mike portray two characters in a film set in 19th century England who fall in love despite the fact that Mike's character is engaged.
Comedy, Drama
USA|Germany|UK|Netherlands
2007
90 Minutes
Uncle Alfie
Matthew Macfadyen Keeley Hawes Andy Nyman Ewen Bremner Daisy Donovan Alan Tudyk Jane Asher Kris Marshall Rupert Graves Peter Vaughan Thomas Wheatley
father son cousin brother fiancé little person hilarious madcap funeral england death family dysfunction dark secrets homosexuality mystery rivalry 2000s
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.