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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Filmography
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Manson & Dracula: Closer Than We Think (2022)
Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill (2022)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
The Skywalker Legacy (2020)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
Sherlock Holmes Against Conan Doyle (2018)
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
Attack of the Octopus People (2010)
Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words (2008)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Beloved Count (2007)
The Story of Star Wars (2004)
Inside the Fear Factory (2003)
Sherlock Holmes: The True Story (2003)
Dalekmania (1995)
The World of Hammer: Lands Before Time (1994)
The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead (1994)
The World of Hammer (1994)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)
Monsters & Maniacs (1988)
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
Biggles (1986)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Masks of Death (1984)
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Top Secret! (1984)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)
House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Wogan (1982)
Black Jack (1981)
Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
The Horror Show (1979)
Son of Hitler (1979)
A Touch of the Sun (1979)
The Standard (1977)
The Uncanny (1977)
Shock Waves (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
The New Avengers (1976)
The Great Houdinis (1976)
The Devil's Men (1976)
At the Earth's Core (1976)
Trial by Combat (1976)
Space: 1999 (1975)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
The Ghoul (1975)
Fists of Fire (1975)
Shatter (1974)
Tender Dracula (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Madhouse (1974)
The Zoo Gang (1974)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1973)
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong (1973)
Asylum (1972)
Horror Express (1972)
Fear in the Night (1972)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
I, Monster (1971)
Twins of Evil (1971)
Incense for the Damned (1971)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Treffpunkte (1970)
One More Time (1970)
Scream and Scream Again (1970)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Corruption (1968)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Torture Garden (1967)
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Some May Live (1967)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
Island of Terror (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Skull (1965)
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
She (1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
The Gorgon (1964)
Sherlock Holmes (1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
Captain Clegg (1962)
Cash on Demand (1961)
The Naked Edge (1961)
The Hellfire Club (1961)
The Avengers (1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Suspect (1960)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
Trouble in the Sky (1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Mummy (1959)
John Paul Jones (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Dracula (1958)
Violent Playground (1958)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Time Without Pity (1957)
Alexander the Great (1956)
Magic Fire (1955)
The End of the Affair (1955)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
The Black Knight (1954)
Anastasia (1953)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Pride and Prejudice (1952)
When We Are Married (1951)
Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
Hamlet (1948)
It Might Be You (1946)
Return from Nowhere (1944)
The Woman in the House (1942)
49th Parallel (1941)
They Dare Not Love (1941)
Dreams (1940)
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Women in War (1940)
The Hidden Master (1940)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Laddie (1940)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-05-26
Deathday1994-08-11 (81 years old)
Birth NamePeter Wilton Cushing
Birth PlaceKenley, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
ResidencesPurley · Kenley · Dulwich · Whitstable, United Kingdom, Hollywood, United States of America
Also Known AsPeter Wilton Cushing
AwardsSitges Film Festival Best Actor award, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
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