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.
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Acting
(2025)
(2024)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill
as Dr. Who
(2020)
The Skywalker Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2020)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself
(2017)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
(2010)
Halloween: The Inside Story
as (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)
(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
(1984)
(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)
Arabian Adventure
as Wazir Al Wuzara
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1979)
Son of Hitler
as Heinrich Haussner
(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
(1977)
The Standard
as Baron Hackenberg
(1976)
The Devil's Men
as Baron Corofax
(1976)
At the Earth's Core
as Dr. Abner Perry
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Sir Edward Gifford
(1976)
The Great Houdinis
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1975)
The Ghoul
as Dr. Lawrence
(1975)
Legend of the Werewolf
as Prof. Paul
(1975)
Fists of Fire
as Himself
(1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
(1974)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
(1974)
From Beyond the Grave
as The Proprietor
(1974)
Shatter
as Paul Rattwood
(1974)
The Beast Must Die
as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
(1974)
Tender Dracula
as MacGregor
(1974)
Madhouse
as Herbert Flay
(1973)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
(1973)
The Creeping Flesh
as Emmanuel Hildern
(1973)
Nothing But the Night
as Sir Mark Ashley
(1973)
And Now the Screaming Starts!
as Dr. Pope
(1973)
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Asylum
as Smith
(1972)
Horror Express
as Dr. Wells
(1972)
Tales from the Crypt
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
(1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972
as Professor Van Helsing
(1972)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
as Ship's Captain
(1972)
Fear in the Night
as Michael Carmichael
(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)
The Vampire Lovers
as General von Spielsdorf
(1970)
Scream and Scream Again
as Major Heinrich Benedek
(1970)
One More Time
as Dr. Frankenstein
(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)
Torture Garden
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
(1967)
Night of the Big Heat
as Dr. Vernon Stone
(1967)
Frankenstein Created Woman
as Baron Frankenstein
(1967)
Some May Live
as John Meredith
(1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
(1966)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as Doctor Who
(1966)
Island of Terror
as Dr. Brian Stanley
(1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
(1965)
She
as Holly
(1965)
Dr. Who and the Daleks
as Doctor Who
(1965)
The Skull
as Dr. Christopher Maitland
(1964)
The Gorgon
as Dr. Namaroff
(1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
(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)
The Naked Edge
as Mr. Evan Wrack
(1961)
Cash on Demand
as Harry Fordyce
(1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Squire Trevenyan
(1961)
The Hellfire Club
as Merryweather
(1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Dr. Robert Knox
(1960)
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
(1960)
Suspect
as Professor Sewell
(1960)
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Sheriff of Nottingham
(1960)
Cone of Silence
as Capt. Clive Judd
(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)
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Dr. Victor Stein
(1958)
Violent Playground
as Father Laidlaw
(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)
The End of the Affair
as Henry Miles
(1955)
Magic Fire
as Otto Wesendonk
(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)
A Chump at Oxford
as Student
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as Leslie Stephens
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Joe Shand
(1940)
Laddie
as Robert Pryor
(1940)
Women in War
as Capt. Evans
(1940)
Dreams
as First Dreamer
(1940)
The Hidden Master
as Robert Clive of India
(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