
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.

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 (segment "Montreal 1977")
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

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

Self
Fists of Fire

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer

Robert Clive of India
The Hidden Master

(archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

The doctor
It Might Be You

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

(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Van Helsing (archive footage)
Innocent Blood

Self
Look at Life: Model World
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
124
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-05-26
Place of Birth
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
Peter Wilton Cushing