- published: 03 Sep 2006
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Peter Vaughan (born 4 April 1923) is an English character actor, known for many supporting roles in a variety of British film and television productions. He has worked extensively on the stage, becoming known for roles such as police inspectors, Soviet agents and similar parts. He is best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom Porridge and also had a recurring role alongside Robert Lindsay in Citizen Smith, written by John Sullivan. He also had a major part as Tom Franklin in the Chancer TV series 1990 -1991 which ran for 20 episodes
He was born Peter Olm in Wem, Shropshire, the son of a bank clerk and a nurse, and was brought up in Staffordshire where he attended Uttoxeter Grammar School. After leaving school he joined Wolverhampton Repertory theatre and gained experience in other repertory theatres before army service in WWII, having served in Normandy, Belgium and the Far East. Vaughan has been married twice, on the first occasion to Billie Whitelaw. His second wife is actress Lillias Walker, with whom he lives in the village of Mannings Heath, in West Sussex, having previously lived in Crawley, West Sussex. He is legally blind.
Actors: Michiel van Erp (producer), Michiel van Erp (director), Ruud Bos (composer), Axel Skovdal Roelofs (editor), Monique Busman (producer), Marnie Blok (writer), Bert Hana (actor), Erik van der Horst (actor), Thomas Cammaert (actor), Viktor Griffioen (actor), Stefan Rokebrand (actor), Vincent van der Valk (actor), Jim Deddes (actor), Lykele Muus (actor), Bob Schwarze (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: José Sacristán (actor), Boy Olmi (actor), Ernesto Larrese (actor), Jimena La Torre (actress), Néstor Sánchez (actor), Pasta Dioguardi (actor), Mario E. Levit (producer), Mario E. Levit (actor), Mariano De Rosa (producer), Marcel Cluzet (editor), Lucas Santa Ana (actor), Daniel Burak (producer), Alejandro Gruz (producer), Alejandro Gruz (actor), Daniel Burak (writer),
Plot: Martina is a young editor that works for a television network. She is decided to make a documentary on the legendery Bar El Chino, a place where tango, friendship and love are highly valued. Her first night at Bar El Chino, she meets Jorge, a single father who was making a documentary about Bar El Chino also, but who had to leave it unfinished because of the economic depression. With the aid of Jorge, she will discover this wonderful place, get the documentary in progress, learn to love, and know what migration is like... from first-hand experience.
Keywords: independent-film, tango