Peter Cushing
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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
Credits
Star Wars (1977)
as Grand Moff Tarkin
Top Secret! (1984)
as Bookstore Proprietor
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
as Dr. Vernon Stone
Dracula (1958)
as Doctor Van Helsing
Corruption (1968)
as Sir John Rowan
I, Monster (1971)
as Frederick Utterson
The Gorgon (1964)
as Dr. Namaroff
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
as Sherlock Holmes
Innocent Blood (1992)
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
The Mummy (1959)
as John Banning
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
as General von Spielsdorf
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
as Second Officer
Alexander the Great (1956)
as Memmon
Moulin Rouge (1952)
as Marcel de la Voisier
Twins of Evil (1971)
as Gustav Weil
Horror Express (1972)
as Dr. Wells
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
as Baron Frankenstein
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
as Professor Van Helsing
Asylum (1972)
as Smith
Arabian Adventure (1979)
as Wazir Al Wuzara
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
The Naked Edge (1961)
as Mr. Evan Wrack
Hamlet (1948)
as Osric
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
as Seneschal
The Skull (1965)
as Dr. Christopher Maitland
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
as Dr. Victor Stein
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
The Uncanny (1977)
as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
as Doctor Who
Captain Clegg (1962)
as Reverend Dr. Blyss
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
as Doctor Who
Shock Waves (1977)
as SS Commander
She (1965)
as Holly
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
Island of Terror (1966)
as Dr. Brian Stanley
The Ghoul (1975)
as Dr. Lawrence
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
as Dr. Alexander Manette
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
as Ship's Captain
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
Biggles (1986)
as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
The Black Knight (1954)
as Sir Palamides
The End of the Affair (1955)
as Henry Miles
At the Earth's Core (1976)
as Dr. Abner Perry
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
as Narrator (voice) / Self
Torture Garden (1967)
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
as Dr. John Rollason
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
as Detective Inspector Quennell
Cash on Demand (1961)
as Harry Fordyce
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
John Paul Jones (1959)
as Captain Richard Pearson
Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
as William T. Kolderup
Fear in the Night (1972)
as Michael Carmichael
Madhouse (1974)
as Herbert Flay
Shatter (1974)
as Paul Rattwood
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
as Baron Frankenstein
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
as Emmanuel Hildern
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
as The Proprietor
And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
as Dr. Pope
The Horror Show (1979)
as (archive footage)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
as Sebastian Grisbane
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
as Winston Smith
The Devil's Men (1976)
as Baron Corofax
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
as (archive footage)
The Masks of Death (1984)
as Sherlock Holmes
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
as Leslie Stephens
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
as Squire Trevenyan
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
as Dr. Robert Knox
Fists of Fire (1975)
as Self
Blood Suckers (1971)
as Dr. Walter Goodrich
Suspect (1960)
as Professor Sewell
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
as (archive footage)
Time Without Pity (1957)
as Jeremy Clayton
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Student
The Hellfire Club (1961)
as Mr. Merryweather
Trial by Combat (1976)
as Sir Edward Gifford
Cone of Silence (1960)
as Capt. Clive Judd
The Woman in the House (1942)
as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
One More Time (1970)
as Dr. Frankenstein
They Dare Not Love (1941)
as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Creature (1955)
as Dr. John Rollason
Women in War (1940)
as Capt. Evans
Dalekmania (1995)
as Doctor Who (archive footage)
The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
as Doctor Peter von Brecht
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)
as Professor Charles Copeland
The Great Houdinis (1976)
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Standard (1977)
as Baron Hackenberg
Magic Fire (1955)
as Otto Wesendonk
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
as Major Heinrich Benedek
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
as Self
Tender Dracula (1974)
as MacGregor
Nothing But the Night (1973)
as Sir Mark Ashley
Violent Playground (1958)
as Father Laidlaw
The Caves of Steel (1964)
as Elijah Baley
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
as Prof. Paul
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Son of Hitler (1979)
as Heinrich Haussner
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
as (archive footage)
Some May Live (1967)
as John Meredith
Laddie (1940)
as Robert Pryor
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
as Dr. Wells (archive footage)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
as Joe Shand
The Moment of Truth (1955)
as The Prime Minister
When We Are Married (1951)
as Gerald Forbes
Number Three (1953)
as Simpson
Frankenstein Reborn (1993)
as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
A Touch of the Sun (1979)
as Commissioner Potts
The Detour (1979)
as Narrator
Attack of the Octopus People (2010)
as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
It Might Be You (1946)
as The doctor
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Anastasia (1953)
as Piotr Petrovsky
The Hidden Master (1940)
as Robert Clive of India
Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
as Self
Dreams (1940)
as First Dreamer
Black Jack (1981)
as Sir Thomas Bedford
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)
as Himself
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
as Himself
Look at Life: Model World (1960)
as Self