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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Grand Moff Tarkin

Star Wars

Baron Victor Frankenstein

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Baron Victor Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

Baron Frankenstein

Frankenstein Created Woman

Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Baron Frankenstein

The Evil of Frankenstein

Dr. Victor Stein

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

Biggles

Seneschal

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Dr. J. Van Helsing

The Brides of Dracula

Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Osric

Hamlet

Doctor Van Helsing

Dracula

General von Spielsdorf

The Vampire Lovers

Bookstore Proprietor

Top Secret!

Professor Van Helsing

Dracula A.D. 1972

Dr. Abner Perry

At the Earth's Core

Dr. Wells

Pánico en el Transiberiano

Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Doctor Who

Dr. Who and the Daleks

Smith

Asylum

SS Commander

Shock Waves

Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

(archive footage)

The Horror Show

Narrator (voice) / Self

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

Dr. Christopher Lundgren

The Beast Must Die

Dr. Namaroff

The Gorgon

Herbert Flay

Madhouse

William T. Kolderup

Misterio en la isla de los monstruos

Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Sir Palamides

The Black Knight

Dr. Brian Stanley

Island of Terror

Sherlock Holmes

The Masks of Death

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

Torture Garden

Gustav Weil

Twins of Evil

Sir Mark Ashley

Nothing But the Night

Prof. Paul

Legend of the Werewolf

Dr. Pope

And Now the Screaming Starts!

Emmanuel Hildern

The Creeping Flesh

Major Heinrich Benedek

Scream and Scream Again

Memmon

Alexander the Great

Dr. Christopher Maitland

The Skull

Himself

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

Jeremy Clayton

Time Without Pity

Harry Fordyce

Cash on Demand

Dr. John Rollason

The Abominable Snowman

Baron Corofax

The Devil's Men

Doctor Who

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

Tales from the Crypt

Doctor Who (archive footage)

Dalekmania

Sebastian Grisbane

House of the Long Shadows

Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

The House That Dripped Blood

Holly

She

Sir John Rowan

Corruption

The Proprietor

From Beyond the Grave

Michael Carmichael

Fear in the Night

Dr. Alexander Manette

A Tale of Two Cities

Ship's Captain

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

John Banning

The Mummy

Leslie Stephens

The Howards of Virginia

Reverend Dr. Blyss

Captain Clegg

Dr. Lawrence

The Ghoul

Frederick Utterson

I, Monster

Dr. Robert Knox

The Flesh and the Fiends

Wazir Al Wuzara

Arabian Adventure

Captain Richard Pearson

John Paul Jones

Dr. Vernon Stone

Night of the Big Heat

Heinrich Haussner

Son of Hitler

Wilbur Gray

The Uncanny

Paul Rattwood

Shatter

Father Laidlaw

Violent Playground

Self

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Detective Inspector Quennell

The Blood Beast Terror

Henry Miles

The End of the Affair

Dr. Walter Goodrich

Blood Suckers

Merryweather

The Hellfire Club

Sir Edward Gifford

Trial by Combat

Winston Smith

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Mr. Evan Wrack

The Naked Edge

Professor Charles Copeland

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Doctor Peter von Brecht

The Man Who Finally Died

MacGregor

La Grande Trouille

Sheriff of Nottingham

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Otto Wesendonk

Magic Fire

Sub-Lieutenant Blackler

They Dare Not Love

Joe Shand

Vigil in the Night

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Great Houdinis

Squire Trevenyan

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

Himself

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood

Capt. Clive Judd

Cone of Silence

Professor Sewell

Suspect

Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill

Baron Hackenberg

Die Standarte

Robert Pryor

Laddie

Marcel de la Voisier

Moulin Rouge

Student

A Chump at Oxford

Second Officer

The Man in the Iron Mask

Capt. Evans

Women in War

Piotr Petrovsky

Anastasia

John Meredith

Some May Live

Sir Thomas Bedford

Asalto al Casino

A Touch of the Sun

Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)

Frankenstein Reborn

Dr. Frankenstein

One More Time

Man Waking Up (archive footage)

The Woman in the House

Narrator

The Detour

Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

Doctor Welles (archive footage)

Attack of the Octopus People

Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Himself

Fists of Fire

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer

Self (archive footage)

The Skywalker Legacy

Robert Clive of India

The Hidden Master

Self

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

The doctor

It Might Be You

(archive footage)

Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong

(archive footage)

Halloween: The Inside Story

First Dreamer

Dreams

Self

Fanex Files: Hammer Films

Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Gerald Forbes

When We Are Married

Self (archive footage)

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lolita

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-26

Place of Birth

Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

Peter Wilton Cushing