Peter Cushing
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1913-05-26
Day of Death
1994-08-11 (81 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.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
(2020)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself
(2020)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as (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)
(2008)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
(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)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Narrator (voice) / Self
(1993)
Frankenstein Reborn
as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
(1992)
Innocent Blood
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
(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)
(1984)
Top Secret!
as Bookstore Proprietor
(1984)
The Masks of Death
as Sherlock Holmes
(1984)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Professor Charles Copeland
(1983)
House of the Long Shadows
as Sebastian Grisbane
(1981)
Mystery on Monster Island
as William T. Kolderup
(1981)
Black Jack
as Sir Thomas Bedford
(1980)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Alexander Manette
(1979)
Son of Hitler
as Heinrich Haussner
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1979)
Arabian Adventure
as Wazir Al Wuzara
(1979)
(1979)
The Detour
as Narrator
(1977)
Star Wars
as Grand Moff Tarkin
(1977)
Shock Waves
as SS Commander
(1977)
The Uncanny
as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
(1977)
The Standard
as Baron Hackenberg
(1976)
The Great Houdinis
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Sir Edward Gifford
(1976)
At the Earth's Core
as Dr. Abner Perry
(1976)
The Devil's Men
as Baron Corofax
(1975)
Fists of Fire
as Self
(1975)
Legend of the Werewolf
as Prof. Paul
(1975)
The Ghoul
as Dr. Lawrence
(1974)
The Beast Must Die
as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
(1974)
From Beyond the Grave
as The Proprietor
(1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
(1974)
Madhouse
as Herbert Flay
(1974)
Shatter
as Paul Rattwood
(1974)
Tender Dracula
as MacGregor
(1974)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
(1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
(1973)
And Now the Screaming Starts!
as Dr. Pope
(1973)
The Creeping Flesh
as Emmanuel Hildern
(1973)
Nothing But the Night
as Sir Mark Ashley
(1972)
Fear in the Night
as Michael Carmichael
(1972)
Asylum
as Smith
(1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972
as Professor Van Helsing
(1972)
Horror Express
as Dr. Wells
(1972)
Tales from the Crypt
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
(1972)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
as Ship's Captain
(1971)
The House That Dripped Blood
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
(1971)
Twins of Evil
as Gustav Weil
(1971)
Blood Suckers
as Dr. Walter Goodrich
(1971)
I, Monster
as Frederick Utterson
(1970)
Scream and Scream Again
as Major Heinrich Benedek
(1970)
One More Time
as Dr. Frankenstein
(1970)
The Vampire Lovers
as General von Spielsdorf
(1969)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
(1968)
The Blood Beast Terror
as Detective Inspector Quennell
(1968)
Corruption
as Sir John Rowan
(1967)
Night of the Big Heat
as Dr. Vernon Stone
(1967)
Torture Garden
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
(1967)
Frankenstein Created Woman
as Baron Frankenstein
(1967)
Some May Live
as John Meredith
(1966)
Island of Terror
as Dr. Brian Stanley
(1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
(1966)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as Doctor Who
(1965)
Dr. Who and the Daleks
as Doctor Who
(1965)
The Skull
as Dr. Christopher Maitland
(1965)
She
as Holly
(1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
(1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
(1964)
The Gorgon
as Dr. Namaroff
(1963)
The Man Who Finally Died
as Doctor Peter von Brecht
(1962)
Lolita
as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1962)
Captain Clegg
as Reverend Dr. Blyss
(1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Squire Trevenyan
(1961)
The Naked Edge
as Mr. Evan Wrack
(1961)
The Hellfire Club
as Merryweather
(1961)
Cash on Demand
as Harry Fordyce
(1960)
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
(1960)
Cone of Silence
as Capt. Clive Judd
(1960)
Suspect
as Professor Sewell
(1960)
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Sheriff of Nottingham
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Dr. Robert Knox
(1960)
Look at Life: Model World
as Self
(1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
(1959)
The Mummy
as John Banning
(1959)
John Paul Jones
as Captain Richard Pearson
(1958)
Dracula
as Doctor Van Helsing
(1958)
Violent Playground
as Father Laidlaw
(1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Dr. Victor Stein
(1957)
Time Without Pity
as Jeremy Clayton
(1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
(1957)
The Abominable Snowman
as Dr. John Rollason
(1956)
Alexander the Great
as Memmon
(1955)
Magic Fire
as Otto Wesendonk
(1955)
The End of the Affair
as Henry Miles
(1954)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Winston Smith
(1954)
The Black Knight
as Sir Palamides
(1953)
Anastasia
as Piotr Petrovsky
(1952)
Moulin Rouge
as Marcel de la Voisier
(1951)
When We Are Married
as Gerald Forbes
(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
(1940)
The Hidden Master
as Robert Clive of India
(1940)
Laddie
as Robert Pryor
(1940)
Dreams
as First Dreamer
(1940)
A Chump at Oxford
as Student
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Joe Shand
(1940)
Women in War
as Capt. Evans
(1939)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Second Officer
Crew
(2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Actor's Assistant
(1941)
49th Parallel
Props