Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

  • Birthday: 1913-05-26
  • Deathday: 1994-08-11
  • Place of birth: Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
  • Also know as: Peter Wilton 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

1969

As Baron Victor Frankenstein

Frankenstein Created Woman

1967

As Baron Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957

As Baron Viktor Frankenstein

The Revenge of Frankenstein

1958

As Dr. Victor Stein

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974

As Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

The Evil of Frankenstein

1964

As Baron Frankenstein

The Brides of Dracula

1960

As Dr. J. Van Helsing

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

As Sherlock Holmes

Dracula

1958

As Doctor Van Helsing

Asylum

1972

As Smith

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

1974

As Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

Dr. Who and the Daleks

1965

As Doctor Who

Shock Waves

1977

As SS Commander

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

As Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

The Gorgon

1964

As Dr. Namaroff

Island of Terror

1966

As Dr. Brian Stanley

The Masks of Death

1984

As Sherlock Holmes

Twins of Evil

1971

As Gustav Weil

Legend of the Werewolf

1975

As Prof. Paul

The Creeping Flesh

1973

As Emmanuel Hildern

The Skull

1965

As Dr. Christopher Maitland

Cash on Demand

1961

As Harry Fordyce

Corruption

1968

As Sir John Rowan

From Beyond the Grave

1974

As The Proprietor

The Mummy

1959

As John Banning

Captain Clegg

1962

As Reverend Dr. Blyss

The Ghoul

1975

As Dr. Lawrence

The Flesh and the Fiends

1960

As Dr. Robert Knox

The Uncanny

1977

As Wilbur Gray

The Blood Beast Terror

1968

As Detective Inspector Quennell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1954

As Winston Smith

Tender Dracula

1974

As MacGregor

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

1961

As Squire Trevenyan

Black Jack

1981

As Sir Thomas Bedford

Anastasia

1953

As Piotr Petrovsky

The Vampire Lovers

1970

As General von Spielsdorf

Horror Express

1972

As Dr. Wells

Dracula A.D. 1972

1972

As Professor Van Helsing

At the Earth's Core

1976

As Dr. Abner Perry

The Beast Must Die

1974

As Dr. Christopher Lundgren

Mystery on Monster Island

1981

As William T. Kolderup

Madhouse

1974

As Herbert Flay

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973

As Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

Nothing But the Night

1973

As Sir Mark Ashley

The Devil's Men

1976

As Baron Corofax

The Abominable Snowman

1957

As Dr. John Rollason

Tales from the Crypt

1972

As Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

Dalekmania

1995

As Doctor Who (archive footage)

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

As Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

She

1965

As Holly

Fear in the Night

1972

As Michael Carmichael

A Tale of Two Cities

1980

As Dr. Alexander Manette

I, Monster

1971

As Frederick Utterson

Son of Hitler

1979

As Heinrich Haussner

The Man Who Finally Died

1963

As Doctor Peter von Brecht

Sword of Sherwood Forest

1960

As Sheriff of Nottingham

Trouble in the Sky

1960

As Capt. Clive Judd

The Hidden Master

1940

As Robert Clive of India

The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead

1994

As Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

It Might Be You

1946

As The doctor

Dreams

1940

As First Dreamer

Top Secret!

1984

As Bookstore Proprietor

Scream and Scream Again

1970

As Major Heinrich Benedek

House of the Long Shadows

1983

As Sebastian Grisbane

Night of the Big Heat

1967

As Dr. Vernon Stone

The Hellfire Club

1961

As Merryweather

Some May Live

1967

As John Meredith

The Woman in the House

1942

As Man Waking Up (archive footage)

Star Wars

1977

As Grand Moff Tarkin

Biggles

1986

As Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

Violent Playground

1958

As Father Laidlaw

Shatter

1974

As Paul Rattwood

Incense for the Damned

1971

As Dr. Walter Goodrich

The End of the Affair

1955

As Henry Miles

They Dare Not Love

1941

As Sub-Lieutenant Blackler

Torture Garden

1967

As Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

The Black Knight

1954

As Sir Palamides

Time Without Pity

1957

As Jeremy Clayton

Trial by Combat

1976

As Sir Edward Gifford

Suspect

1960

As Professor Sewell

Attack of the Octopus People

2010

As Doctor Welles (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

1985

As Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

The Naked Edge

1961

As Mr. Evan Wrack

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

1984

As Professor Charles Copeland

Magic Fire

1955

As Otto Wesendonk

The Standard

1977

As Baron Hackenberg

Vigil in the Night

1940

As Joe Shand

Fists of Fire

1975

As Himself

Alexander the Great

1956

As Memmon

The Great Houdinis

1976

As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

John Paul Jones

1959

As Captain Richard Pearson

Women in War

1940

As Capt. Evans

Hamlet

1948

As Osric

When We Are Married

1951

As Gerald Forbes

Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong

1973

As (archive footage)

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

1972

As Ship's Captain

A Chump at Oxford

1940

As Student

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017

As Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Laddie

1940

As Robert Pryor

The Horror Show

1979

As (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

2004

As Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

1966

As Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

As Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

Moulin Rouge

1952

As Marcel de la Voisier

The Howards of Virginia

1940

As Leslie Stephens

The Skywalker Legacy

2020

As Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

As Self (archive footage)

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939

As Second Officer

One More Time

1970

As Dr. Frankenstein

Halloween: The Inside Story

2010

As (archive footage)

Arabian Adventure

1979

As Wazir Al Wuzara

Production

49th Parallel

1941

As Props

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