Peter Cushing
Acting
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.
As actor 149
The Avengers
1961
Film '72
1971
Wogan
1982
Star Wars
1977
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Space: 1999
1975
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Hammer House of Horror
1980
The New Avengers
1976
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The World of Hammer
1994
Drama 61-67
1961
Top Secret!
1984
Television
1985
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Story Parade
1964
Dracula
1958
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Mummy
1959
Shock Waves
1977
Hamlet
1948
Alexander the Great
1956
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
Innocent Blood
1992
Horror Express
1972
Tales from the Crypt
1972
Moulin Rouge
1952
Treffpunkte
1970
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
House of the Long Shadows
1983
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
The Skull
1965
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
The Brides of Dracula
1960
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
The Vampire Lovers
1970
She
1965
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974
The Gorgon
1964
Arabian Adventure
1979
I, Monster
1971
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967
Twins of Evil
1971
Asylum
1972
John Paul Jones
1959
The Zoo Gang
1974
Frankenstein Reborn
1993
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
Madhouse
1974
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
The Abominable Snowman
1957
A Chump at Oxford
1940
Biggles
1986
Night of the Big Heat
1967
Dalekmania
1995
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
Scream and Scream Again
1970
Some May Live
1967
Island of Terror
1966
Corruption
1968
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
At the Earth's Core
1976
Torture Garden
1967
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966
Number Three
1953
Captain Clegg
1962
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
The Black Knight
1954
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
The Naked Edge
1961
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
From Beyond the Grave
1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974
The Devil's Men
1976
Dracula in the Movies
1992
The Creature
1955
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
One More Time
1970
Time Without Pity
1957
The Creeping Flesh
1973
The Uncanny
1977
The Hellfire Club
1961
The Beast Must Die
1974
Son of Hitler
1979
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Cash on Demand
1961
Legend of the Werewolf
1975
The End of the Affair
1955
Nothing But the Night
1973
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
Blood Suckers
1971
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
Fists of Fire
1975
Shatter
1974
Violent Playground
1958
Fear in the Night
1972
Magic Fire
1955
Pride and Prejudice
1952
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
Cone of Silence
1960
The Standard
1977
The Ghoul
1975
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
The Horror Show
1979
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
They Dare Not Love
1941
The Masks of Death
1984
Tender Dracula
1974
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
The Caves of Steel
1964
Trial by Combat
1976
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
When We Are Married
1951
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
The Moment of Truth
1955
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
Vigil in the Night
1940
Laddie
1940
A Touch of the Sun
1979
It Might Be You
1946
Women in War
1940
The Great Houdinis
1976
Black Jack
1981
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
Suspect
1960
The Woman in the House
1942
The Detour
1979
The Hidden Master
1940
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Attack of the Octopus People
2010
Look at Life: Model World
1960
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
Dreams
1940
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
1989
Anastasia
1953
