Peter Cushing

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-05-26

Deathday 1994-08-11 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As Peter Wilton Cushing, 彼得·庫辛, Питер Кушинг, Питер Уилтон Кушинг

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

as Self (archive footage)

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
Halloween: The Inside Story

as (archive footage)

2010
Attack of the Octopus People

as Doctor Welles (archive footage)

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
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead

as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

1994
1993
Frankenstein Reborn

as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)

1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

1986
Biggles

as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

1985
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1984
The Masks of Death

as Sherlock Holmes

1984
Top Secret!

as Bookstore Proprietor

1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

as Professor Charles Copeland

1983
House of the Long Shadows

as Sebastian Grisbane

1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
Black Jack

as Sir Thomas Bedford

1981
Mystery on Monster Island

as William T. Kolderup

1980
A Tale of Two Cities

as Dr. Alexander Manette

1980
Hammer House of Horror

as Martin Blueck

1979
Arabian Adventure

as Wazir Al Wuzara

1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1979
Son of Hitler

as Heinrich Haussner

1979
The Detour

as Narrator

1979
1977
The Standard

as Baron Hackenberg

1977
The Uncanny

as Wilbur Gray

1977
Shock Waves

as SS Commander

1977
Star Wars

as Grand Moff Tarkin

1976
The Great Houdinis

as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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 New Avengers

as Von Claus

1975
1975
The Ghoul

as Dr. Lawrence

1975
Fists of Fire

as Himself

1975
Space: 1999

as Raan

1974
Shatter

as Paul Rattwood

1974
Tender Dracula

as MacGregor

1974
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

1974
Madhouse

as Herbert Flay

1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

1974
The Beast Must Die

as Dr. Christopher Lundgren

1974
From Beyond the Grave

as The Proprietor

1974
The Zoo Gang

as Judge Gautier

1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula

as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

1973
Nothing But the Night

as Sir Mark Ashley

1973
The Creeping Flesh

as Emmanuel Hildern

1973
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong

as (archive footage)

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

as Count Gerard De Merret

1972
Asylum

as Smith

1972
Horror Express

as Dr. Wells

1972
Fear in the Night

as Michael Carmichael

1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again

as Ship's Captain

1972
Dracula A.D. 1972

as Professor Van Helsing

1972
Tales from the Crypt

as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

1971
I, Monster

as Frederick Utterson

1971
Twins of Evil

as Gustav Weil

1971
Blood Suckers

as Dr. Walter Goodrich

1971
The House That Dripped Blood

as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

1970
The Vampire Lovers

as General von Spielsdorf

1970
One More Time

as Dr. Frankenstein

1970
Scream and Scream Again

as Major Heinrich Benedek

1970
Treffpunkte

as Self

1969
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

as Baron Victor Frankenstein

1968
Corruption

as Sir John Rowan

1968
The Blood Beast Terror

as Detective Inspector Quennell

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
Island of Terror

as Dr. Brian Stanley

1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness

as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

1965
The Skull

as Dr. Christopher Maitland

1965
1965
She

as Holly

1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

1964
The Gorgon

as Dr. Namaroff

1964
The Evil of Frankenstein

as Baron Frankenstein

1964
Sherlock Holmes

as Sherlock Holmes

1963
The Man Who Finally Died

as Doctor Peter von Brecht

1962
Captain Clegg

as Reverend Dr. Blyss

1962
Lolita

as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961
Cash on Demand

as Harry Fordyce

1961
The Naked Edge

as Mr. Evan Wrack

1961
The Hellfire Club

as Merryweather

1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay

as Squire Trevenyan

1961
The Avengers

as Paul Beresford

1960
Sword of Sherwood Forest

as Sheriff of Nottingham

1960
Suspect

as Professor Sewell

1960
The Brides of Dracula

as Dr. J. Van Helsing

1960
Cone of Silence

as Capt. Clive Judd

1960
The Flesh and the Fiends

as Dr. Robert Knox

1959
The Mummy

as John Banning

1959
John Paul Jones

as Captain Richard Pearson

1959
1958
The Revenge of Frankenstein

as Dr. Victor Stein

1958
Dracula

as Doctor Van Helsing

1958
Violent Playground

as Father Laidlaw

1957
The Abominable Snowman

as Dr. John Rollason

1957
The Curse of Frankenstein

as Baron Victor Frankenstein

1957
Time Without Pity

as Jeremy Clayton

1956
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

1952
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
Dreams

as First Dreamer

1940
The Howards of Virginia

as Leslie Stephens

1940
Women in War

as Capt. Evans

1940
The Hidden Master

as Robert Clive of India

1940
Vigil in the Night

as Joe Shand

1940
1940
Laddie

as Robert Pryor

1939
The Man in the Iron Mask

as Second Officer

Art

1941
49th Parallel

as Props