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