---
name: "Paul Vaughan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-vaughan"
fi1m_id: "paul-vaughan"
imdb_id: "nm0891090"
tmdb_id: 1609635
wikidata_id: "Q7154147"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 October 1925"
died: "14 November 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T01:32:05.701842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Vaughan

## Identity

Paul Vaughan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-vaughan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-vaughan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0891090
- **TMDB ID:** 1609635
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7154147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vaughan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609635

Actor. Born 24 October 1925 in Brixton, London, England, U.K.. Died 14 November 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 October 1925, Brixton, London, England, U.K.
- **Died:** 14 November 2014
- **Active:** 1984–1998
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 92 (1), 1990s 73 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Vaughan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7154147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891090/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609635

## Biography

Paul Vaughan (1925–2014) was an English actor, journalist and voiceover artist, best known as the narrator of the BBC science documentary series *Horizon* from 1968 to 1995. He also narrated the 1984 television film *Threads* and provided the voice of the narrator in the 1998 feature *Waking Ned* (also known as *Waking Ned Devine*), as well as a prison tannoy voice in *The Escapist* (2008).

Vaughan presented the Radio 4 arts magazine programme *Kaleidoscope* from its launch in 1973 until 1998. Earlier in his career he worked as Chief Press Officer for the British Medical Association and contributed to science programmes on BBC World Service radio. His distinctive voice was widely used in television commercials and trailers.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Waking Ned* (1998), Fi1m 73, as Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *Threads* (1984), Fi1m 92, as Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/threads.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Escapist* (2008), as Prison Tannoy Voice (voice)
- *Jessica the Hippo* (2007), as Narrator (voice)
- *Waking Ned* (1998), as Narrator (voice) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/waking-ned.md)
- *South Africa: A Journey of Discovery* (1992), as Narrator
- *Threads* (1984), as Narrator (voice) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/threads.md)
- *The Great British Drought* (1976), as Narrator
- *Leprosy* (1974), as Narrator
- *Horizon* (1964), series, as Narrator (voice)

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