Peter Cushing
Born in Kenley, Surrey, England, UK — May 26 1913• Died Aug 11 1994
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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 Eart…
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The Avengers
Paul Beresford
Star Wars
Grand Moff Tarkin
Tales of the Unexpected
Von Baden
Space: 1999
Raan
Sunday Night Theatre
Winston Smith
Drama 61-67
Frederick James Parsons
Story Parade
Elijah Baley
Film '72
Self
The New Avengers
Von Claus
Hammer House of Horror
Martin Blueck
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Count Gerard De Merret
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Crew
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Lolita
John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
The Zoo Gang
Judge Gautier
Top Secret!
Bookstore Proprietor
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
Twins of Evil
Gustav Weil
Dracula
Doctor Van Helsing
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Skull
Dr. Christopher Maitland
Hamlet
Osric
Asylum
Smith
Innocent Blood
Van Helsing (archive footage)
Fists of Fire
Self
Moulin Rouge
Marcel de la Voisier
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Seneschal
Alexander the Great
Memmon
The Spread of the Eagle
Caius Cassius
She
Holly
The Man in the Iron Mask
Second Officer
The Gorgon
Dr. Namaroff
49th Parallel
Art
The Mummy
John Banning
A Tale of Two Cities
Dr. Alexander Manette
John Paul Jones
Captain Richard Pearson
The Great Houdinis
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Madhouse
Herbert Flay
I, Monster
Frederick Utterson
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
The Story of Star Wars
Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
Frankenstein Created Woman
Baron Frankenstein
The Vampire Lovers
General von Spielsdorf
Cash on Demand
Harry Fordyce
Tales from the Crypt
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
The Evil of Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
Shatter
Paul Rattwood
Torture Garden
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
The Curse of Frankenstein
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Darcy
Shock Waves
SS Commander
From Beyond the Grave
The Proprietor
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
Time Without Pity
Jeremy Clayton
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Trial by Combat
Sir Edward Gifford
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Biggles
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith
House of the Long Shadows
Sebastian Grisbane
Dracula A.D. 1972
Professor Van Helsing
Blood Suckers
Dr. Walter Goodrich
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
The Brides of Dracula
Dr. J. Van Helsing
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Ship's Captain
Horror Express
Dr. Wells
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self
The Howards of Virginia
Leslie Stephens
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Baron Victor Frankenstein
The Flesh and the Fiends
Dr. Robert Knox
The Beast Must Die
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
The Uncanny
Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
A Chump at Oxford
Student
The End of the Affair
Henry Miles
Nothing But the Night
Sir Mark Ashley
Island of Terror
Dr. Brian Stanley
The Blood Beast Terror
Detective Inspector Quennell
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Doctor Who
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Sheriff of Nottingham
The Ghoul
Dr. Lawrence
The Creeping Flesh
Emmanuel Hildern
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Squire Trevenyan
They Dare Not Love
Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Self (archive footage)
The Black Knight
Sir Palamides
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Dr. Victor Stein
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Narrator (voice) / Self
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Dr. Pope
Arabian Adventure
Wazir Al Wuzara
Captain Clegg
Reverend Dr. Blyss
Women in War
Capt. Evans
Black Jack
Sir Thomas Bedford
Corruption
Sir John Rowan
At the Earth's Core
Dr. Abner Perry
The Naked Edge
Mr. Evan Wrack
The Standard
Baron Hackenberg
The Devil's Men
Baron Corofax
Magic Fire
Otto Wesendonk
The Masks of Death
Sherlock Holmes
The Hellfire Club
Merryweather
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Professor Charles Copeland
Legend of the Werewolf
Prof. Paul
Cone of Silence
Capt. Clive Judd
Scream and Scream Again
Major Heinrich Benedek
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Suspect
Professor Sewell
Son of Hitler
Heinrich Haussner
Dalekmania
Doctor Who (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
The Abominable Snowman
Dr. John Rollason
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
One More Time
Dr. Frankenstein
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Doctor Who
The Man Who Finally Died
Doctor Peter von Brecht
Night of the Big Heat
Dr. Vernon Stone
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Self
Tender Dracula
MacGregor
The House That Dripped Blood
Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
Dreams
First Dreamer
Vigil in the Night
Joe Shand
Some May Live
John Meredith
When We Are Married
Gerald Forbes
Fear in the Night
Michael Carmichael
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Himself
Mystery on Monster Island
William T. Kolderup
The Woman in the House
Man Waking Up (archive footage)
Violent Playground
Father Laidlaw
Laddie
Robert Pryor
Anastasia
Piotr Petrovsky
Number Three
Simpson
Attack of the Octopus People
Doctor Welles (archive footage)
The Detour
Narrator
It Might Be You
The doctor
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Himself
The Creature
Dr. John Rollason
A Touch of the Sun
Commissioner Potts
The Hidden Master
Robert Clive of India
The Caves of Steel
Elijah Baley
Frankenstein Reborn
Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
Look at Life: Model World
Self
The Moment of Truth
The Prime Minister