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
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and ...
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Top Secret!
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Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a mu...
Relase Date : 22 Jun, 1984
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The Revenge of Frankenstein
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Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck,...
Relase Date : 1 Jun, 1958
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Tales from the Crypt
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When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Ke...
Relase Date : 9 Mar, 1972
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Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to p...
Relase Date : 17 Aug, 1984
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The Man in the Iron Mask
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Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought toget...
Relase Date : 13 Jul, 1939
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- 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
- 1981 Mystery on Monster Island as William T. Kolderup
- 1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
- 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 And Now the Screaming Starts! as Dr. Pope
- 1973 The Creeping Flesh as Emmanuel Hildern
- 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
- 1955 The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1971 Blood Suckers as Dr. Walter Goodrich
- 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)
- 1955 Magic Fire as Otto Wesendonk
- 1941 They Dare Not Love as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
- 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
- 1967 Some May Live as John Meredith
- 1981 Black Jack as Sir Thomas Bedford
- 1979 A Touch of the Sun as Commissioner Potts
- 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 )
