Peter Cushing
Acting
Born: May 26, 1913 · Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Died: August 11, 1994 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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
Star Wars
1977
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Top Secret!
1984
Dracula
1958
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Tales from the Crypt
1972
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Horror Express
1972
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
Hamlet
1948
The Mummy
1959
The Brides of Dracula
1960
Photos (8)
Movies (116)
Star Wars
Grand Moff Tarkin
Top Secret!
Bookstore Proprietor
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Tales from the Crypt
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Innocent Blood
Van Helsing (archive footage)
The Brides of Dracula
Dr. J. Van Helsing
Dracula
Doctor Van Helsing
The Vampire Lovers
General von Spielsdorf
Horror Express
Dr. Wells
The Curse of Frankenstein
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Ship's Captain
The House That Dripped Blood
Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Seneschal
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
Moulin Rouge
Marcel de la Voisier
Twins of Evil
Gustav Weil
Alexander the Great
Memmon
House of the Long Shadows
Sebastian Grisbane
Dracula A.D. 1972
Professor Van Helsing
Frankenstein Created Woman
Baron Frankenstein
The Mummy
John Banning
Arabian Adventure
Wazir Al Wuzara
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Dr. Victor Stein
Shock Waves
SS Commander
The Gorgon
Dr. Namaroff
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of the Big Heat
Dr. Vernon Stone
Hamlet
Osric
The Man in the Iron Mask
Second Officer
John Paul Jones
Captain Richard Pearson
A Chump at Oxford
Student
The Abominable Snowman
Dr. John Rollason
I, Monster
Frederick Utterson
Asylum
Smith
Madhouse
Herbert Flay
Shatter
Paul Rattwood
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
The Black Knight
Sir Palamides
Scream and Scream Again
Major Heinrich Benedek
Biggles
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
From Beyond the Grave
The Proprietor
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Doctor Who
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
The Skull
Dr. Christopher Maitland
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Sheriff of Nottingham
She
Holly
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Dr. Pope
Captain Clegg
Reverend Dr. Blyss
Torture Garden
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Island of Terror
Dr. Brian Stanley
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Doctor Who
The Evil of Frankenstein
Baron Frankenstein
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Baron Victor Frankenstein
At the Earth's Core
Dr. Abner Perry
The Blood Beast Terror
Detective Inspector Quennell
Cash on Demand
Harry Fordyce
Time Without Pity
Jeremy Clayton
The Howards of Virginia
Leslie Stephens
The Man Who Finally Died
Doctor Peter von Brecht
Corruption
Sir John Rowan
The Creeping Flesh
Emmanuel Hildern
The Uncanny
Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
The Flesh and the Fiends
Dr. Robert Knox
The Naked Edge
Mr. Evan Wrack
Fear in the Night
Michael Carmichael
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Winston Smith
Dalekmania
Doctor Who (archive footage)
Nothing But the Night
Sir Mark Ashley
Mystery on Monster Island
William T. Kolderup
The Story of Star Wars
Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
Son of Hitler
Heinrich Haussner
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Frankenstein Reborn
Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
Number Three
Simpson
The End of the Affair
Henry Miles
Magic Fire
Otto Wesendonk
The Creature
Dr. John Rollason
The Masks of Death
Sherlock Holmes
The Devil's Men
Baron Corofax
Cone of Silence
Capt. Clive Judd
The Caves of Steel
Elijah Baley
The Beast Must Die
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Suspect
Professor Sewell
One More Time
Dr. Frankenstein
Violent Playground
Father Laidlaw
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
(archive footage)
A Tale of Two Cities
Dr. Alexander Manette
The Hellfire Club
Mr. Merryweather
The Ghoul
Dr. Lawrence
Legend of the Werewolf
Prof. Paul
Women in War
Capt. Evans
The Moment of Truth
The Prime Minister
Trial by Combat
Sir Edward Gifford
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
Some May Live
John Meredith
They Dare Not Love
Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
Tender Dracula
MacGregor
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Squire Trevenyan
The Standard
Baron Hackenberg
Blood Suckers
Dr. Walter Goodrich
Vigil in the Night
Joe Shand
The Great Houdinis
Conan Doyle
Laddie
Robert Pryor
It Might Be You
The doctor
The Hidden Master
Robert Clive of India
Halloween Monster Bash
Dr. Wells (archive footage)
A Touch of the Sun
Commissioner Potts
The Woman in the House
Man Waking Up (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Detour
Narrator
Attack of the Octopus People
Doctor Welles (archive footage)
Black Jack
Sir Thomas Bedford
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
(archive footage)
Dreams
First Dreamer
TV Shows (15)
The Avengers
Paul Beresford · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Von Baden · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Leonard · 1 eps
Space: 1999
Raan · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Winston Smith · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Dr. John Rollason · 1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Simpson · 1 eps
The New Avengers
Von Claus · 1 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Count Gerard De Merret · 1 eps
Hammer House of Horror
Martin Blueck · 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes · 16 eps
Television
1 eps
The Spread of the Eagle
Caius Cassius · 3 eps
The Zoo Gang
Judge Gautier · 1 eps
Pride and Prejudice
Mr Darcy · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
Wogan
Self · 2 eps
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage) · 11 eps
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Self (archive footage)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Narrator (voice) / Self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Self
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Himself
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Himself
