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.
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
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