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:
- 107
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Man in the Iron Mask 1939-07-13
- Latest Project:
- Movie Halloween: The Inside Story 2010-10-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Attack of the Octopus People | Doctor Welles (archive footage) | 2010-06-29 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Black Jack | Sir Thomas Bedford | 1981-09-14 |
| Movie | Mystery on Monster Island | William T. Kolderup | 1981-04-03 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Alexander Manette | 1980-12-02 |
| Movie | A Touch of the Sun | 1979-01-01 | |
| Movie | Son of Hitler | Heinrich Haussner | 1979-01-01 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Arabian Adventure | Wazir Al Wuzara | 1979-07-08 |
| Movie | Shock Waves | SS Commander | 1977-07-15 |
| Movie | Star Wars | Grand Moff Tarkin | 1977-05-25 |
| Movie | The Uncanny | Wilbur Gray | 1977-08-24 |
| Movie | The Standard | Baron Hackenberg | 1977-11-25 |
| Movie | Trial by Combat | Sir Edward Gifford | 1976-04-01 |
| Movie | At the Earth's Core | Dr. Abner Perry | 1976-07-01 |
| Movie | The Great Houdinis | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 1976-10-08 |
| Movie | The Devil's Men | Baron Corofax | 1976-08-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor | 1974-04-01 |
| Movie | From Beyond the Grave | The Proprietor | 1974-02-21 |
| Movie | The Beast Must Die | Dr. Christopher Lundgren | 1974-04-01 |
| Movie | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Professor Lawrence Van Helsing | 1974-07-11 |
| Movie | Shatter | Paul Rattwood | 1974-12-06 |
| Movie | Madhouse | Herbert Flay | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | Tender Dracula | MacGregor | 1974-08-07 |
| Movie | The Creeping Flesh | Emmanuel Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
| Movie | Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong | (archive footage) | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Night | Sir Mark Ashley | 1973-02-16 |
| Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
| 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 | Asylum | Smith | 1972-11-17 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Dr. Wells | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | Blood Suckers | Dr. Walter Goodrich | 1971-05-14 |
| Movie | I, Monster | Frederick Utterson | 1971-11-01 |
| Movie | Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | 1971-10-03 |
| Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Major Heinrich Benedek | 1970-02-02 |
| Movie | One More Time | Dr. Frankenstein | 1970-05-01 |
| 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 | Night of the Big Heat | Dr. Vernon Stone | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | Frankenstein Created Woman | Baron Frankenstein | 1967-03-15 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Movie | The Gorgon | Dr. Namaroff | 1964-10-18 |
| Series | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1964-05-17 |
| 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 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Squire Trevenyan | 1961-01-01 |
| Movie | The Naked Edge | Mr. Evan Wrack | 1961-06-28 |
| Movie | The Hellfire Club | Merryweather | 1961-02-03 |
| Movie | Cash on Demand | Harry Fordyce | 1961-12-20 |
| Movie | Cone of Silence | Capt. Clive Judd | 1960-05-10 |
| Movie | The Flesh and the Fiends | Dr. Robert Knox | 1960-02-02 |
| Movie | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. J. Van Helsing | 1960-07-07 |
| Movie | Suspect | Professor Sewell | 1960-11-15 |
| 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 | Violent Playground | Father Laidlaw | 1958-01-14 |
| Movie | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Dr. Victor Stein | 1958-06-13 |
| Movie | Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing | 1958-05-22 |
| Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | Baron Victor Frankenstein | 1957-05-20 |
| Movie | The Abominable Snowman | Dr. John Rollason | 1957-08-26 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Memmon | 1956-03-28 |
| Movie | The End of the Affair | Henry Miles | 1955-02-24 |
| Movie | Magic Fire | Otto Wesendonk | 1955-06-30 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
| Movie | The Black Knight | Sir Palamides | 1954-08-26 |
| Movie | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith | 1954-12-12 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Marcel de la Voisier | 1952-12-23 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Osric | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | The Woman in the House | Man Waking Up (archive footage) | 1942-05-09 |
| Movie | They Dare Not Love | Sub-Lieutenant Blackler | 1941-05-16 |
| Movie | Laddie | Robert Pryor | 1940-01-18 |
| Movie | A Chump at Oxford | Student | 1940-01-25 |
| Movie | Vigil in the Night | Joe Shand | 1940-02-05 |
| Movie | The Howards of Virginia | Leslie Stephens | 1940-09-19 |
| Movie | Women in War | Capt. Evans | 1940-06-05 |
| Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | Second Officer | 1939-07-13 |