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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-05-26
Place of birth
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
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Cast
Star Wars
1977
8.20
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
6.45
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
6.78
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967
6.48
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
6.15
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
6.59
Biggles
1986
5.25
The Brides of Dracula
1960
6.70
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
6.70
Hamlet
1948
7.40
Dracula
1958
7.27
The Vampire Lovers
1970
6.40
Top Secret!
1984
7.09
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
5.95
At the Earth's Core
1976
5.10
Horror Express
1972
6.32
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965
5.70
Asylum
1972
6.03
Shock Waves
1977
4.90
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
6.40
The Horror Show
1979
6.00
The Beast Must Die
1974
5.40
The Gorgon
1964
6.33
Madhouse
1974
6.18
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
4.33
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
5.64
The Black Knight
1954
6.20
Island of Terror
1966
5.78
The Masks of Death
1984
5.60
Torture Garden
1967
6.10
Twins of Evil
1971
6.70
Nothing But the Night
1973
6.10
Legend of the Werewolf
1975
5.30
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
6.03
The Creeping Flesh
1973
5.80
Scream and Scream Again
1970
5.36
Alexander the Great
1956
5.90
The Skull
1965
6.00
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
7.50
Time Without Pity
1957
6.60
Cash on Demand
1961
7.55
The Abominable Snowman
1957
6.20
The Devil's Men
1976
4.10
Tales from the Crypt
1972
6.85
Dalekmania
1995
7.10
House of the Long Shadows
1983
6.30
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
6.30
She
1965
5.60
Corruption
1968
5.80
From Beyond the Grave
1974
6.54
Fear in the Night
1972
5.90
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
5.70
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
6.30
The Mummy
1959
6.68
The Howards of Virginia
1940
6.40
Captain Clegg
1962
6.20
The Ghoul
1975
5.02
I, Monster
1971
5.52
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
6.60
Arabian Adventure
1979
5.90
John Paul Jones
1959
6.10
Night of the Big Heat
1967
5.44
Son of Hitler
1979
5.20
The Uncanny
1977
5.90
Shatter
1974
5.75
Violent Playground
1958
7.00
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
5.50
The End of the Affair
1955
5.70
Blood Suckers
1971
3.90
The Hellfire Club
1961
5.20
Trial by Combat
1976
7.70
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
7.40
The Naked Edge
1961
6.20
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
6.20
Tender Dracula
1974
4.33
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
6.00
They Dare Not Love
1941
6.00
Magic Fire
1955
4.80
Vigil in the Night
1940
6.00
The Great Houdinis
1976
6.00
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
5.00
Cone of Silence
1960
6.70
Suspect
1960
6.50
The Standard
1977
0.50
Laddie
1940
6.00
Moulin Rouge
1952
6.70
A Chump at Oxford
1940
6.90
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
7.00
Women in War
1940
3.00
Anastasia
1953
4.00
Some May Live
1967
3.50
A Touch of the Sun
1979
3.50
Black Jack
1981
0.00
Frankenstein Reborn
1993
10.00
One More Time
1970
4.30
The Woman in the House
1942
6.50
The Detour
1979
0.00
The Story of Star Wars
2004
7.12
Attack of the Octopus People
2010
0.00
Fists of Fire
1975
0.00
The Skywalker Legacy
2020
7.70
The Hidden Master
1940
0.00
It Might Be You
1946
0.00
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
1973
0.00
Halloween: The Inside Story
2010
7.40
Dreams
1940
5.00
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
7.00
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
6.74
When We Are Married
1951
0.00
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
10.00
Lolita
1962
7.33
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2025
0.00
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2025
0.00