Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Known for
Acting
Born
May 26, 1913
Died
August 11, 1994 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Dinosaur Drive-In poster

Dinosaur Drive-In

Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters poster

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words poster

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

Movie · as Himself

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. poster

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

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Movie · as (archive footage)

2017
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions poster

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

Movie · as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Movie · as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010
Attack of the Octopus People poster

Attack of the Octopus People

Movie · as Doctor Welles (archive footage)

2008
Fanex Files: Hammer Films poster

Fanex Files: Hammer Films

Movie · as Self

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman poster

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
The Story of Star Wars poster

The Story of Star Wars

Movie · as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

1995
Dalekmania poster

Dalekmania

Movie · as Doctor Who (archive footage)

1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror poster

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

Movie · as Narrator (voice) / Self

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 11 eps

1993
Frankenstein Reborn poster

Frankenstein Reborn

Movie · as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)

1992
Innocent Blood poster

Innocent Blood

Movie · as Van Helsing (archive footage)

1992
Dracula in the Movies poster

Dracula in the Movies

Movie · as (archive footage)

1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

1991
Halloween Monster Bash poster

Halloween Monster Bash

Movie · as Dr. Wells (archive footage)

1989
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood poster

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood

Movie · as Himself

1987
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood poster

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

Movie · as Self

1986
Biggles poster

Biggles

Movie · as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes poster

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1985
Television poster

Television

TV · 1 ep

1984
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster

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

Movie · as Seneschal

1984
Top Secret! poster

Top Secret!

Movie · as Bookstore Proprietor

1984
The Masks of Death poster

The Masks of Death

Movie · as Sherlock Holmes

1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Movie · as Professor Charles Copeland

1983
House of the Long Shadows poster

House of the Long Shadows

Movie · as Sebastian Grisbane

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1981
Mystery on Monster Island poster

Mystery on Monster Island

Movie · as William T. Kolderup

1981
Black Jack poster

Black Jack

Movie · as Sir Thomas Bedford

1980
A Tale of Two Cities poster

A Tale of Two Cities

Movie · as Dr. Alexander Manette

1980
Hammer House of Horror poster

Hammer House of Horror

TV · as Martin Blueck · 1 ep

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1979
Arabian Adventure poster

Arabian Adventure

Movie · as Wazir Al Wuzara

1979
Son of Hitler poster

Son of Hitler

Movie · as Heinrich Haussner

1979
A Touch of the Sun poster

A Touch of the Sun

Movie · as Commissioner Potts

1979
The Detour poster

The Detour

Movie · as Narrator

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Von Baden · 1 ep

1977
Star Wars poster

Star Wars

Movie · as Grand Moff Tarkin

1977
Shock Waves poster

Shock Waves

Movie · as SS Commander

1977
The Uncanny poster

The Uncanny

Movie · as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")

1977
The Standard poster

The Standard

Movie · as Baron Hackenberg

1977
Everyman poster

Everyman

TV · 1 ep

1976
At the Earth's Core poster

At the Earth's Core

Movie · as Dr. Abner Perry

1976
The Devil's Men poster

The Devil's Men

Movie · as Baron Corofax

1976
Trial by Combat poster

Trial by Combat

Movie · as Sir Edward Gifford

1976
The Great Houdinis poster

The Great Houdinis

Movie · as Conan Doyle

1976
The New Avengers poster

The New Avengers

TV · as Von Claus · 1 ep

1975
Legend of the Werewolf poster

Legend of the Werewolf

Movie · as Prof. Paul

1975
The Ghoul poster

The Ghoul

Movie · as Dr. Lawrence

1975
Fists of Fire

Fists of Fire

Movie · as Self

1975
Space: 1999 poster

Space: 1999

TV · as Raan · 1 ep

1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell poster

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Movie · as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

1974
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires poster

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Movie · as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

1974
The Beast Must Die poster

The Beast Must Die

Movie · as Dr. Christopher Lundgren

1974
Madhouse poster

Madhouse

Movie · as Herbert Flay

1974
From Beyond the Grave poster

From Beyond the Grave

Movie · as The Proprietor

1974
Shatter poster

Shatter

Movie · as Paul Rattwood

1974
Tender Dracula poster

Tender Dracula

Movie · as MacGregor

1974
The Zoo Gang poster

The Zoo Gang

TV · as Judge Gautier · 1 ep

1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula poster

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Movie · as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

1973
Nothing But the Night poster

Nothing But the Night

Movie · as Sir Mark Ashley

1973
And Now the Screaming Starts! poster

And Now the Screaming Starts!

Movie · as Dr. Pope

1973
The Creeping Flesh poster

The Creeping Flesh

Movie · as Emmanuel Hildern

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV · as Count Gerard De Merret · 1 ep

1972
Dracula A.D. 1972 poster

Dracula A.D. 1972

Movie · as Professor Van Helsing

1972
Horror Express poster

Horror Express

Movie · as Dr. Wells

1972
Asylum poster

Asylum

Movie · as Smith

1972
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

Movie · as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

1972
Fear in the Night poster

Fear in the Night

Movie · as Michael Carmichael

1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again poster

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Movie · as Ship's Captain

1971
Twins of Evil poster

Twins of Evil

Movie · as Gustav Weil

1971
The House That Dripped Blood poster

The House That Dripped Blood

Movie · as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

1971
I, Monster poster

I, Monster

Movie · as Frederick Utterson

1971
Blood Suckers poster

Blood Suckers

Movie · as Dr. Walter Goodrich

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1970
The Vampire Lovers poster

The Vampire Lovers

Movie · as General von Spielsdorf

1970
Scream and Scream Again poster

Scream and Scream Again

Movie · as Major Heinrich Benedek

1970
One More Time poster

One More Time

Movie · as Dr. Frankenstein

1970
Treffpunkte

Treffpunkte

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed poster

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Movie · as Baron Victor Frankenstein

1968
Corruption poster

Corruption

Movie · as Sir John Rowan

1968
The Blood Beast Terror poster

The Blood Beast Terror

Movie · as Detective Inspector Quennell

1967
Frankenstein Created Woman poster

Frankenstein Created Woman

Movie · as Baron Frankenstein

1967
Torture Garden poster

Torture Garden

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

1967
Night of the Big Heat poster

Night of the Big Heat

Movie · as Dr. Vernon Stone

1967
Some May Live poster

Some May Live

Movie · as John Meredith

1966
Island of Terror poster

Island of Terror

Movie · as Dr. Brian Stanley

1966
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. poster

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Movie · as Doctor Who

1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness poster

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Movie · as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

1965
Dr. Who and the Daleks poster

Dr. Who and the Daleks

Movie · as Doctor Who

1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors poster

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Movie · as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

1965
The Skull poster

The Skull

Movie · as Dr. Christopher Maitland

1965
She poster

She

Movie · as Holly

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Leonard · 1 ep

1964
The Evil of Frankenstein poster

The Evil of Frankenstein

Movie · as Baron Frankenstein

1964
The Gorgon poster

The Gorgon

Movie · as Dr. Namaroff

1964
The Caves of Steel poster

The Caves of Steel

Movie · as Elijah Baley

1964
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Sherlock Holmes · 16 eps

1964
Story Parade

Story Parade

TV · as Elijah Baley · 1 ep

1963
The Man Who Finally Died poster

The Man Who Finally Died

Movie · as Doctor Peter von Brecht

1963
The Spread of the Eagle poster

The Spread of the Eagle

TV · as Caius Cassius · 3 eps

1962
Captain Clegg poster

Captain Clegg

Movie · as Reverend Dr. Blyss

1961
Cash on Demand poster

Cash on Demand

Movie · as Harry Fordyce

1961
The Hellfire Club poster

The Hellfire Club

Movie · as Mr. Merryweather

1961
The Naked Edge poster

The Naked Edge

Movie · as Mr. Evan Wrack

1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay poster

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

Movie · as Squire Trevenyan

1961
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

TV · as Paul Beresford · 1 ep

1961
Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67

TV · as Frederick James Parsons · 1 ep

1960
The Brides of Dracula poster

The Brides of Dracula

Movie · as Dr. J. Van Helsing

1960
The Flesh and the Fiends poster

The Flesh and the Fiends

Movie · as Dr. Robert Knox

1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest poster

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Movie · as Sheriff of Nottingham

1960
Cone of Silence poster

Cone of Silence

Movie · as Capt. Clive Judd

1960
Suspect poster

Suspect

Movie · as Professor Sewell

1960
Look at Life: Model World

Look at Life: Model World

Movie · as Self

1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Movie · as Sherlock Holmes

1959
The Mummy poster

The Mummy

Movie · as John Banning

1959
John Paul Jones poster

John Paul Jones

Movie · as Captain Richard Pearson

1958
The Revenge of Frankenstein poster

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Movie · as Dr. Victor Stein

1958
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Doctor Van Helsing

1958
Violent Playground poster

Violent Playground

Movie · as Father Laidlaw

1957
The Curse of Frankenstein poster

The Curse of Frankenstein

Movie · as Baron Victor Frankenstein

1957
Time Without Pity poster

Time Without Pity

Movie · as Jeremy Clayton

1957
The Abominable Snowman poster

The Abominable Snowman

Movie · as Dr. John Rollason

1956
Alexander the Great poster

Alexander the Great

Movie · as Memmon

1955
The End of the Affair poster

The End of the Affair

Movie · as Henry Miles

1955
Magic Fire poster

Magic Fire

Movie · as Otto Wesendonk

1955
The Creature poster

The Creature

Movie · as Dr. John Rollason

1955
The Moment of Truth poster

The Moment of Truth

Movie · as The Prime Minister

1954
The Black Knight poster

The Black Knight

Movie · as Sir Palamides

1954
Nineteen Eighty-Four poster

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Movie · as Winston Smith

1953
Anastasia

Anastasia

Movie · as Piotr Petrovsky

1953
Number Three poster

Number Three

Movie · as Simpson

1952
Moulin Rouge poster

Moulin Rouge

Movie · as Marcel de la Voisier

1952
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · as Mr Darcy · 6 eps

1951
When We Are Married

When We Are Married

Movie · as Gerald Forbes

1950
Sunday Night Theatre poster

Sunday Night Theatre

TV · as Winston Smith, Dr. John Rollason, Simpson · 1 ep

1948
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Osric

1946
It Might Be You poster

It Might Be You

Movie · as The doctor

1942
The Woman in the House poster

The Woman in the House

Movie · as Man Waking Up (archive footage)

1941
They Dare Not Love poster

They Dare Not Love

Movie · as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler

1940
The Howards of Virginia poster

The Howards of Virginia

Movie · as Leslie Stephens

1940
Vigil in the Night poster

Vigil in the Night

Movie · as Joe Shand

1940
Laddie poster

Laddie

Movie · as Robert Pryor

1940
A Chump at Oxford poster

A Chump at Oxford

Movie · as Student

1940
Women in War poster

Women in War

Movie · as Capt. Evans

1940
The Hidden Master poster

The Hidden Master

Movie · as Robert Clive of India

1940
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · as First Dreamer

1939
The Man in the Iron Mask poster

The Man in the Iron Mask

Movie · as Second Officer