
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
Photos
Filmography

Dinosaur Drive-In
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Movie · as Himself

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

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie · as (archive footage)

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Movie · as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie · as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Attack of the Octopus People
Movie · as Doctor Welles (archive footage)

Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Movie · as Self

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars
Movie · as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

Dalekmania
Movie · as Doctor Who (archive footage)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Movie · as Narrator (voice) / Self

The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 11 eps

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

Innocent Blood
Movie · as Van Helsing (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies
Movie · as (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash
Movie · as Dr. Wells (archive footage)

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Movie · as Himself

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Movie · as Self

Biggles
Movie · as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

Television
TV · 1 ep

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie · as Seneschal

Top Secret!
Movie · as Bookstore Proprietor

The Masks of Death
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Movie · as Professor Charles Copeland

House of the Long Shadows
Movie · as Sebastian Grisbane

Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Mystery on Monster Island
Movie · as William T. Kolderup

Black Jack
Movie · as Sir Thomas Bedford

A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Dr. Alexander Manette

Hammer House of Horror
TV · as Martin Blueck · 1 ep

The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)

Arabian Adventure
Movie · as Wazir Al Wuzara

Son of Hitler
Movie · as Heinrich Haussner

A Touch of the Sun
Movie · as Commissioner Potts

The Detour
Movie · as Narrator

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Von Baden · 1 ep

Star Wars
Movie · as Grand Moff Tarkin

Shock Waves
Movie · as SS Commander

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

The Standard
Movie · as Baron Hackenberg

Everyman
TV · 1 ep

At the Earth's Core
Movie · as Dr. Abner Perry

The Devil's Men
Movie · as Baron Corofax

Trial by Combat
Movie · as Sir Edward Gifford

The Great Houdinis
Movie · as Conan Doyle

The New Avengers
TV · as Von Claus · 1 ep

Legend of the Werewolf
Movie · as Prof. Paul

The Ghoul
Movie · as Dr. Lawrence
Fists of Fire
Movie · as Self

Space: 1999
TV · as Raan · 1 ep

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie · as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Movie · as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

The Beast Must Die
Movie · as Dr. Christopher Lundgren

Madhouse
Movie · as Herbert Flay

From Beyond the Grave
Movie · as The Proprietor

Shatter
Movie · as Paul Rattwood

Tender Dracula
Movie · as MacGregor

The Zoo Gang
TV · as Judge Gautier · 1 ep

The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Movie · as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

Nothing But the Night
Movie · as Sir Mark Ashley

And Now the Screaming Starts!
Movie · as Dr. Pope

The Creeping Flesh
Movie · as Emmanuel Hildern

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as Count Gerard De Merret · 1 ep

Dracula A.D. 1972
Movie · as Professor Van Helsing

Horror Express
Movie · as Dr. Wells

Asylum
Movie · as Smith

Tales from the Crypt
Movie · as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

Fear in the Night
Movie · as Michael Carmichael

Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Movie · as Ship's Captain

Twins of Evil
Movie · as Gustav Weil

The House That Dripped Blood
Movie · as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

I, Monster
Movie · as Frederick Utterson

Blood Suckers
Movie · as Dr. Walter Goodrich
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Vampire Lovers
Movie · as General von Spielsdorf

Scream and Scream Again
Movie · as Major Heinrich Benedek

One More Time
Movie · as Dr. Frankenstein
Treffpunkte
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie · as Baron Victor Frankenstein

Corruption
Movie · as Sir John Rowan

The Blood Beast Terror
Movie · as Detective Inspector Quennell

Frankenstein Created Woman
Movie · as Baron Frankenstein

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

Night of the Big Heat
Movie · as Dr. Vernon Stone

Some May Live
Movie · as John Meredith

Island of Terror
Movie · as Dr. Brian Stanley

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Movie · as Doctor Who

Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Movie · as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

Dr. Who and the Daleks
Movie · as Doctor Who

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Movie · as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

The Skull
Movie · as Dr. Christopher Maitland

She
Movie · as Holly

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Leonard · 1 ep

The Evil of Frankenstein
Movie · as Baron Frankenstein

The Gorgon
Movie · as Dr. Namaroff

The Caves of Steel
Movie · as Elijah Baley

Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Sherlock Holmes · 16 eps
Story Parade
TV · as Elijah Baley · 1 ep

The Man Who Finally Died
Movie · as Doctor Peter von Brecht

The Spread of the Eagle
TV · as Caius Cassius · 3 eps

Captain Clegg
Movie · as Reverend Dr. Blyss

Cash on Demand
Movie · as Harry Fordyce

The Hellfire Club
Movie · as Mr. Merryweather

The Naked Edge
Movie · as Mr. Evan Wrack

Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Movie · as Squire Trevenyan

The Avengers
TV · as Paul Beresford · 1 ep
Drama 61-67
TV · as Frederick James Parsons · 1 ep

The Brides of Dracula
Movie · as Dr. J. Van Helsing

The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie · as Dr. Robert Knox

Sword of Sherwood Forest
Movie · as Sheriff of Nottingham

Cone of Silence
Movie · as Capt. Clive Judd

Suspect
Movie · as Professor Sewell
Look at Life: Model World
Movie · as Self

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes

The Mummy
Movie · as John Banning

John Paul Jones
Movie · as Captain Richard Pearson

The Revenge of Frankenstein
Movie · as Dr. Victor Stein

Dracula
Movie · as Doctor Van Helsing

Violent Playground
Movie · as Father Laidlaw

The Curse of Frankenstein
Movie · as Baron Victor Frankenstein

Time Without Pity
Movie · as Jeremy Clayton

The Abominable Snowman
Movie · as Dr. John Rollason

Alexander the Great
Movie · as Memmon

The End of the Affair
Movie · as Henry Miles

Magic Fire
Movie · as Otto Wesendonk

The Creature
Movie · as Dr. John Rollason

The Moment of Truth
Movie · as The Prime Minister

The Black Knight
Movie · as Sir Palamides

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie · as Winston Smith
Anastasia
Movie · as Piotr Petrovsky

Number Three
Movie · as Simpson

Moulin Rouge
Movie · as Marcel de la Voisier

Pride and Prejudice
TV · as Mr Darcy · 6 eps
When We Are Married
Movie · as Gerald Forbes

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

Hamlet
Movie · as Osric

It Might Be You
Movie · as The doctor

The Woman in the House
Movie · as Man Waking Up (archive footage)

They Dare Not Love
Movie · as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler

The Howards of Virginia
Movie · as Leslie Stephens

Vigil in the Night
Movie · as Joe Shand

Laddie
Movie · as Robert Pryor

A Chump at Oxford
Movie · as Student

Women in War
Movie · as Capt. Evans

The Hidden Master
Movie · as Robert Clive of India

Dreams
Movie · as First Dreamer

The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Second Officer








