Peter Cushing

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-26 (81 years old)

Deathday

1994-08-11

Place of Birth

Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

Peter Cushing

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. ...

Acting

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

1960

The Brides of Dracula

as Dr. J. Van Helsing

1959

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

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)

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

1973

The Creeping Flesh

as Emmanuel Hildern

1970

Scream and Scream Again

as Major Heinrich Benedek

1956

1965

The Skull

as Dr. Christopher Maitland

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

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

1974

Shatter

as Paul Rattwood

1958

Violent Playground

as Father Laidlaw

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 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 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1961

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

as Squire Trevenyan

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

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

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 Himself

2017

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2020

The Skywalker Legacy

as Self (archive footage)

1940

The Hidden Master

as Robert Clive of India

1946

It Might Be You

as The doctor

1973

Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong

as (archive footage)

2010

Halloween: The Inside Story

as (archive footage)

1940

Dreams

as First Dreamer

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)

1962

Lolita

as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

1941

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

as Actor's Assistant

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