Acting
Community Rating
6.8
TMDB estimate
Born
October 24, 1925
Died
November 14, 2014 (age 89)
Born in
Brixton, London, England, U.K.
Paul Vaughan was an English actor, author and voiceover virtuoso, known to millions as the “Horizon voice” on BBC2, as well as for Waking Ned Devine (1998), Threads (1984) and The Escapist (2008). His voice was his prize accomplishment, in professional use into his 80s, but it was not the only one. He matriculated at Oxford in 1943, reading English and French at Wadham College in two spells wrapped around national service in the Royal Engineers, finally emerging with a wartime degree. A lifelong clarinettist (self-taught from the recordings of Frank Teschemacher), he most enjoyed sitting in the midst of an orchestra and contributing to its sublime sound. His first books were spin-offs from his career as a medical journalist, including a history of the British Medical Association, and a study of the contraceptive pill (The Pill on Trial, 1972).

The Escapist
as Prison Tannoy Voice (voice)
2008

Jessica the Hippo
as Narrator (voice)
2007

Waking Ned
as Narrator (voice)
1998

South Africa: A Journey of Discovery
as Narrator
1992

The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein
as Self - Narrator
1987

Threads
as Narrator (voice)
1985
Leprosy
as Narrator
1974

Horizon
as Narrator (voice)
1964