Actor Peter Vaughan has died today aged 93, his agent said.
The Britsh actor, who was born in Shropshire, is best known for his roles as Grouty in Porridge and Maester Aemon in Game of Thrones.
He also starred alongside Robert Lindsay in Citizen Smith, written by Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan, and appeared in Zulu Dawn, Time Bandits and Brazil.
A statement from his agent, Sally Long-Innes, said: "This is to confirm that very sadly Peter Vaughan passed away at approximately 10.30 this morning.
"He died peacefully with his family around him."
Read more: The Herald's obituary
Despite being in only three episodes of Porridge alongside Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, Vaughan made his mark as villain Harry "Grouty" Grout.
He was appearing in a play when he was asked to take on the role.
"I still get people saying 'Let you out, have they, Grouty?" the actor said more than 40 years later.
"I was in just three episodes and, of course, the feature film, so I have to thank the writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais for the fact I'm one of the characters people always remember when they talk about Porridge because Grouty is so prominent - even though I'm not there.
"Everybody's frightened to death of him, so they talked about him a lot and so it was a huge character but I didn't have to be there," he previously told the Sunday Post.
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