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Name
Peter Cushing

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1913-05-26

Deathday
1994-08-11 (81 years old)

Place of Birth
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1977 Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin
1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Baron Victor Frankenstein
1957 The Curse of Frankenstein as Baron Victor Frankenstein
1967 Frankenstein Created Woman as Baron Frankenstein
1974 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
1964 The Evil of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein as Dr. Victor Stein
1986 Biggles as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
1984 Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Seneschal
1960 The Brides of Dracula as Dr. J. Van Helsing
1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
1948 Hamlet as Osric
1958 Dracula as Doctor Van Helsing
1970 The Vampire Lovers as General von Spielsdorf
1984 Top Secret! as Bookstore Proprietor
1972 Dracula A.D. 1972 as Professor Van Helsing
1976 At the Earth's Core as Dr. Abner Perry
1972 Horror Express as Dr. Wells
1974 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
1965 Dr. Who and the Daleks as Doctor Who
1972 Asylum as Smith
1977 Shock Waves as SS Commander
1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
1979 The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1994 Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
1974 The Beast Must Die as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
1964 The Gorgon as Dr. Namaroff
1974 Madhouse as Herbert Flay
1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
1981 Mystery on Monster Island as William T. Kolderup
1954 The Black Knight as Sir Palamides
1966 Island of Terror as Dr. Brian Stanley
1984 The Masks of Death as Sherlock Holmes
1967 Torture Garden as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1971 Twins of Evil as Gustav Weil
1973 Nothing But the Night as Sir Mark Ashley
1975 Legend of the Werewolf as Prof. Paul
1973 The Creeping Flesh as Emmanuel Hildern
1973 And Now the Screaming Starts! as Dr. Pope
1970 Scream and Scream Again as Major Heinrich Benedek
1956 Alexander the Great as Memmon
1965 The Skull as Dr. Christopher Maitland
2020 Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself
1957 Time Without Pity as Jeremy Clayton
1961 Cash on Demand as Harry Fordyce
1957 The Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rollason
1976 The Devil's Men as Baron Corofax
1966 Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. as Doctor Who
1972 Tales from the Crypt as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
1995 Dalekmania as Doctor Who (archive footage)
1983 House of the Long Shadows as Sebastian Grisbane
1971 The House That Dripped Blood as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
1965 She as Holly
1968 Corruption as Sir John Rowan
1974 From Beyond the Grave as The Proprietor
1972 Fear in the Night as Michael Carmichael
1980 A Tale of Two Cities as Dr. Alexander Manette
1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Ship's Captain
1959 The Mummy as John Banning
1940 The Howards of Virginia as Leslie Stephens
1962 Captain Clegg as Reverend Dr. Blyss
1975 The Ghoul as Dr. Lawrence
1971 I, Monster as Frederick Utterson
1960 The Flesh and the Fiends as Dr. Robert Knox
1979 Arabian Adventure as Wazir Al Wuzara
1959 John Paul Jones as Captain Richard Pearson
1967 Night of the Big Heat as Dr. Vernon Stone
1979 Son of Hitler as Heinrich Haussner
1977 The Uncanny as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
1974 Shatter as Paul Rattwood
1958 Violent Playground as Father Laidlaw
1987 Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self
1968 The Blood Beast Terror as Detective Inspector Quennell
1971 Blood Suckers as Dr. Walter Goodrich
1955 The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
1961 The Hellfire Club as Mr. Merryweather
1976 Trial by Combat as Sir Edward Gifford
1954 Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith
1961 The Naked Edge as Mr. Evan Wrack
1984 Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as Professor Charles Copeland
1963 The Man Who Finally Died as Doctor Peter von Brecht
1974 Tender Dracula as MacGregor
1960 Sword of Sherwood Forest as Sheriff of Nottingham
1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
1941 They Dare Not Love as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
1955 Magic Fire as Otto Wesendonk
1940 Vigil in the Night as Joe Shand
1976 The Great Houdinis as Conan Doyle
1961 Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Squire Trevenyan
1989 Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood as Himself
1960 Cone of Silence as Capt. Clive Judd
1960 Suspect as Professor Sewell
1977 The Standard as Baron Hackenberg
1940 Laddie as Robert Pryor
1952 Moulin Rouge as Marcel de la Voisier
1940 A Chump at Oxford as Student
1939 The Man in the Iron Mask as Second Officer
1940 Women in War as Capt. Evans
1953 Anastasia as Piotr Petrovsky
1981 Black Jack as Sir Thomas Bedford
1979 A Touch of the Sun as Commissioner Potts
1967 Some May Live as John Meredith
1993 Frankenstein Reborn as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
1970 One More Time as Dr. Frankenstein
1942 The Woman in the House as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
1979 The Detour as Narrator
2004 The Story of Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
2010 Attack of the Octopus People as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
1985 The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1975 Fists of Fire as Self
2017 Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
1940 The Hidden Master as Robert Clive of India
2020 AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. as (archive footage)
1946 It Might Be You as The doctor
1940 Dreams as First Dreamer
2008 Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
1951 When We Are Married as Gerald Forbes
2024 Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
2020 The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
1992 Innocent Blood as Van Helsing (archive footage)
1960 Look at Life: Model World as Self
2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
1953 Number Three as Simpson
1955 The Creature as Dr. John Rollason
1955 The Moment of Truth as The Prime Minister
1964 The Caves of Steel as Elijah Baley
1992 Dracula in the Movies as (archive footage)
1991 Halloween Monster Bash as Dr. Wells (archive footage)

1975 Space: 1999 ( 1 episode ) as Raan
1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Von Baden
1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Paul Beresford
1976 The New Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Von Claus
1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Count Gerard De Merret
1980 Hammer House of Horror ( 1 episode ) as Martin Blueck
1964 Sherlock Holmes ( 16 episodes ) as Sherlock Holmes
1974 The Zoo Gang ( 1 episode ) as Judge Gautier
1982 Wogan ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1952 Pride and Prejudice ( 6 episodes ) as Mr Darcy
1970 Treffpunkte ( 1 episode ) as Self
1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Winston Smith
1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dr. John Rollason
1963 The Spread of the Eagle ( 3 episodes ) as Caius Cassius
1964 Story Parade ( 1 episode ) as Elijah Baley
1971 Film '72 ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1994 The World of Hammer ( 11 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
1961 Drama 61-67 ( 1 episode ) as Frederick James Parsons
1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Simpson
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Leonard
1985 Television ( 1 episode )
1977 Everyman ( 1 episode )

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