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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-05-26 (111 years old)

Place of Birth

Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

2024

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

2022

2020

The Skywalker Legacy as Self (archive footage)

2017

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

2010

Attack of the Octopus People as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
Halloween: The Inside Story as (archive footage)

2008

2007

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

2004

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

1995

Dalekmania as Doctor Who (archive footage)

1994

1993

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

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

1989

1987

1986

Biggles as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

1985

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

1984

Top Secret! as Bookstore Proprietor
The Masks of Death as Sherlock Holmes
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as Professor Charles Copeland

1983

House of the Long Shadows as Sebastian Grisbane

1982

Wogan as Self

1981

Mystery on Monster Island as William T. Kolderup
Black Jack as Sir Thomas Bedford

1980

A Tale of Two Cities as Dr. Alexander Manette
Hammer House of Horror as Martin Blueck

1979

The Horror Show as (archive footage)
Arabian Adventure as Wazir Al Wuzara
Son of Hitler as Heinrich Haussner
The Detour as Narrator

1977

Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin
Shock Waves as SS Commander
The Uncanny as Wilbur Gray
The Standard as Baron Hackenberg

1976

At the Earth's Core as Dr. Abner Perry
The Devil's Men as Baron Corofax
Trial by Combat as Sir Edward Gifford
The Great Houdinis as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The New Avengers as Von Claus

1975

The Ghoul as Dr. Lawrence
Fists of Fire as Himself
Space: 1999 as Raan

1974

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
The Beast Must Die as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Madhouse as Herbert Flay
From Beyond the Grave as The Proprietor
Shatter as Paul Rattwood
Tender Dracula as MacGregor
The Zoo Gang as Judge Gautier

1973

The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Nothing But the Night as Sir Mark Ashley
The Creeping Flesh as Emmanuel Hildern
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong as (archive footage)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Count Gerard De Merret

1972

Dracula A.D. 1972 as Professor Van Helsing
Horror Express as Dr. Wells
Asylum as Smith
Tales from the Crypt as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Fear in the Night as Michael Carmichael
Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Ship's Captain

1971

Twins of Evil as Gustav Weil
The House That Dripped Blood as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
I, Monster as Frederick Utterson
Blood Suckers as Dr. Walter Goodrich

1970

The Vampire Lovers as General von Spielsdorf
Scream and Scream Again as Major Heinrich Benedek
One More Time as Dr. Frankenstein
Treffpunkte as Self

1969

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Baron Victor Frankenstein

1968

Corruption as Sir John Rowan
The Blood Beast Terror as Detective Inspector Quennell

1967

Frankenstein Created Woman as Baron Frankenstein
Torture Garden as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Night of the Big Heat as Dr. Vernon Stone
Some May Live as John Meredith

1966

Island of Terror as Dr. Brian Stanley
Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
The Skull as Dr. Christopher Maitland
She as Holly

1964

The Evil of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
The Gorgon as Dr. Namaroff
Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes

1963

The Man Who Finally Died as Doctor Peter von Brecht

1962

Captain Clegg as Reverend Dr. Blyss
Lolita as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961

Cash on Demand as Harry Fordyce
The Hellfire Club as Merryweather
The Naked Edge as Mr. Evan Wrack
Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Squire Trevenyan
The Avengers as Paul Beresford

1960

The Brides of Dracula as Dr. J. Van Helsing
The Flesh and the Fiends as Dr. Robert Knox
Sword of Sherwood Forest as Sheriff of Nottingham
Cone of Silence as Capt. Clive Judd
Suspect as Professor Sewell

1959

The Mummy as John Banning
John Paul Jones as Captain Richard Pearson

1958

The Revenge of Frankenstein as Dr. Victor Stein
Dracula as Doctor Van Helsing
Violent Playground as Father Laidlaw

1957

The Curse of Frankenstein as Baron Victor Frankenstein
Time Without Pity as Jeremy Clayton
The Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rollason

1956

1955

The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
Magic Fire as Otto Wesendonk

1954

The Black Knight as Sir Palamides
Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith

1953

Anastasia as Piotr Petrovsky

1952

Moulin Rouge as Marcel de la Voisier
Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy

1951

When We Are Married as Gerald Forbes

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as Winston Smith

1948

Hamlet as Osric

1946

It Might Be You as The doctor

1942

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

1941

They Dare Not Love as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler

1940

The Howards of Virginia as Leslie Stephens
Vigil in the Night as Joe Shand
Laddie as Robert Pryor
Women in War as Capt. Evans
The Hidden Master as Robert Clive of India
Dreams as First Dreamer

1939

The Man in the Iron Mask as Second Officer

Art

1941

49th Parallel as Props

Crew

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Actor's Assistant