Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, his most famous roles outside of "Hammer Horror" include his many appearances as Sherlock Holmes, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977) and as the mysterious Doctor Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966, two cinema films based on the television series Doctor Who. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 26, 1913 In Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 122
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Man in the Iron Mask 1939-07-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Skywalker Legacy 2020-03-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Skywalker Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2020-03-18 |
| Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
| Movie | Attack of the Octopus People | Doctor Welles (archive footage) | 2010-06-29 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| Movie | Fanex Files: Hammer Films | Self | 2008-02-08 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | Dalekmania | Doctor Who (archive footage) | 1995-07-24 |
| Movie | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator (voice) / Self | 1994-08-06 |
| Movie | Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood | Himself | 1989-06-04 |
| Movie | Biggles | Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond | 1988-01-29 |
| Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Self | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Professor Charles Copeland | 1984-04-23 |
| Movie | Top Secret! | Bookstore Proprietor | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | The Masks of Death | Sherlock Holmes | 1984-12-23 |
| Movie | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Seneschal | 1984-08-17 |
| Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Sebastian Grisbane | 1983-06-17 |
| Movie | Mystery on Monster Island | William T. Kolderup | 1981-04-03 |
| Movie | Black Jack | Sir Thomas Bedford | 1981-09-14 |
| Series | Hammer House of Horror | Unknown | 1980-09-13 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Alexander Manette | 1980-12-02 |
| Movie | Son of Hitler | Heinrich Haussner | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | A Touch of the Sun | 1979-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Series | Tales of the Unexpected | Unknown | 1979-03-24 |
| Movie | Arabian Adventure | Wazir Al Wuzara | 1979-07-08 |
| Movie | Star Wars | Grand Moff Tarkin | 1977-05-25 |
| Movie | Shock Waves | SS Commander | 1977-07-15 |
| Movie | The Uncanny | Wilbur Gray | 1977-08-24 |
| Movie | The Standard | Baron Hackenberg | 1977-11-25 |
| Movie | At the Earth's Core | Dr. Abner Perry | 1976-07-01 |
| Movie | The Devil's Men | Baron Corofax | 1976-08-11 |
| Movie | Trial by Combat | Sir Edward Gifford | 1976-04-01 |
| Movie | The Great Houdinis | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 1976-10-08 |
| Series | The New Avengers | Unknown | 1976-10-22 |
| Movie | Fists of Fire | Himself | 1975-01-16 |
| Movie | The Ghoul | Dr. Lawrence | 1975-07-11 |
| Movie | Legend of the Werewolf | Prof. Paul | 1975-08-06 |
| Series | Space: 1999 | Raan | 1975-09-04 |
| Movie | The Beast Must Die | Dr. Christopher Lundgren | 1974-04-01 |
| Movie | From Beyond the Grave | The Proprietor | 1974-02-21 |
| Movie | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor | 1974-04-01 |
| Movie | Madhouse | Herbert Flay | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Professor Lawrence Van Helsing | 1974-07-11 |
| Movie | Shatter | Paul Rattwood | 1974-12-06 |
| Movie | Tender Dracula | MacGregor | 1974-08-07 |
| Movie | The Creeping Flesh | Emmanuel Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Night | Sir Mark Ashley | 1973-02-16 |
| Movie | Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong | (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | And Now the Screaming Starts! | Dr. Pope | 1973-04-27 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing | 1973-11-03 |
| Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Professor Van Helsing | 1972-06-26 |
| Movie | Tales from the Crypt | Arthur Edward Grimsdyke | 1972-03-09 |
| Movie | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Ship's Captain | 1972-07-01 |
| Movie | Fear in the Night | Michael Carmichael | 1972-07-09 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Dr. Wells | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | Asylum | Smith | 1972-11-17 |
| Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") | 1971-02-22 |
| Movie | Blood Suckers | Dr. Walter Goodrich | 1971-05-14 |
| Movie | Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | 1971-10-03 |
| Movie | I, Monster | Frederick Utterson | 1971-11-01 |
| Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Major Heinrich Benedek | 1970-02-02 |
| Movie | One More Time | Dr. Frankenstein | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | The Vampire Lovers | General von Spielsdorf | 1970-10-04 |
| Movie | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Baron Victor Frankenstein | 1969-05-22 |
| Movie | The Blood Beast Terror | Detective Inspector Quennell | 1968-02-01 |
| Movie | Corruption | Sir John Rowan | 1968-07-19 |
| Movie | Some May Live | John Meredith | 1967-01-01 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Shroud | Narrator | 1967-03-15 |
| Movie | Frankenstein Created Woman | Baron Frankenstein | 1967-03-15 |
| Movie | Torture Garden | Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") | 1967-11-01 |
| Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Dr. Vernon Stone | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage) | 1966-01-09 |
| Movie | Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | Doctor Who | 1966-08-05 |
| Movie | Island of Terror | Dr. Brian Stanley | 1966-06-20 |
| Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror" | 1965-02-23 |
| Movie | She | Holly | 1965-04-18 |
| Movie | Dr. Who and the Daleks | Doctor Who | 1965-08-23 |
| Movie | The Skull | Dr. Christopher Maitland | 1965-08-25 |
| Movie | The Evil of Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1964-05-08 |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1964-05-17 |
| Movie | The Gorgon | Dr. Namaroff | 1964-10-18 |
| Movie | The Man Who Finally Died | Doctor Peter von Brecht | 1963-12-01 |
| Movie | Captain Clegg | Reverend Dr. Blyss | 1962-06-13 |
| Movie | The Devil's Agent | 1962-09-01 | |
| Series | The Avengers | Unknown | 1961-01-07 |
| Movie | The Hellfire Club | Merryweather | 1961-02-03 |
| Movie | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Squire Trevenyan | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | The Naked Edge | Mr. Evan Wrack | 1961-06-28 |
| Movie | Cash on Demand | Harry Fordyce | 1961-12-20 |
| Movie | The Flesh and the Fiends | Dr. Robert Knox | 1960-02-02 |
| Movie | Cone of Silence | Capt. Clive Judd | 1960-05-10 |
| Movie | Suspect | Professor Sewell | 1960-11-15 |
| Movie | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. J. Van Helsing | 1960-07-07 |
| Movie | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Sheriff of Nottingham | 1960-12-26 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | 1959-05-04 |
| Movie | The Mummy | John Banning | 1959-08-01 |
| Movie | John Paul Jones | Captain Richard Pearson | 1959-06-16 |
| Movie | Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing | 1958-05-22 |
| Movie | Violent Playground | Father Laidlaw | 1958-01-14 |
| Movie | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Dr. Victor Stein | 1958-06-13 |
| Movie | Time Without Pity | Jeremy Clayton | 1957-03-21 |
| Movie | The Abominable Snowman | Dr. John Rollason | 1957-08-26 |
| Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | Baron Viktor Frankenstein | 1957-05-20 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Memmon | 1956-03-28 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
| Movie | The End of the Affair | Henry Miles | 1955-02-24 |
| Movie | Magic Fire | Otto Wesendonk | 1955-06-30 |
| Movie | The Black Knight | Sir Palamides | 1954-08-26 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1954-12-12 |
| Series | Pride and Prejudice | Mr. Darcy | 1952-02-02 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Marcel de la Voisier | 1952-12-23 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Osric | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | It Might Be You | The doctor | 1946-07-25 |
| Movie | They Dare Not Love | Sub-Lieutenant Blackler | 1941-05-16 |
| Movie | A Chump at Oxford | Student | 1940-01-25 |
| Movie | Laddie | Robert Pryor | 1940-01-18 |
| Movie | Women in War | Capt. Evans | 1940-06-05 |
| Movie | Vigil in the Night | Joe Shand | 1940-02-05 |
| Movie | The Howards of Virginia | Leslie Stephens | 1940-09-19 |
| Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | Second Officer | 1939-07-13 |