Peter Cushing

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1913-05-26

Day of Death

1994-08-11

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.

Filmography (130)

⭐ 8.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.

⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage)

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

⭐ 7.5 Role: Himself

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

⭐ 7.2 Role: Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

⭐ 0 Role: Doctor Welles (archive footage)

Attack of the Octopus People

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Fanex Files: Hammer Films

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

⭐ 7.2 Role: Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

The Story of Star Wars

⭐ 7.8 Role: Doctor Who (archive footage)

Dalekmania

⭐ 7.3 Role: Narrator (voice) / Self

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

⭐ 10.0 Role: Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)

Frankenstein Reborn

⭐ 6.2 Role: Van Helsing (archive footage)

Innocent Blood

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Dracula in the Movies

⭐ 0 Role: Dr. Wells (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

⭐ 6.2 Role: Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

⭐ 9.5 Role: Himself

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood

⭐ 6.4 Role: Self

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

⭐ 5.2 Role: Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

Biggles

⭐ 8.5 Role: Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

⭐ 5.4 Role: Sherlock Holmes

The Masks of Death

⭐ 5.2 Role: Seneschal

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

⭐ 7.1 Role: Bookstore Proprietor

Top Secret!

⭐ 7.0 Role: Professor Charles Copeland

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

⭐ 6.4 Role: Sebastian Grisbane

House of the Long Shadows

⭐ 10.0 Role: Sir Thomas Bedford

Black Jack

⭐ 4.5 Role: William T. Kolderup

Mystery on Monster Island

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Alexander Manette

A Tale of Two Cities

⭐ 5.0 Role: Commissioner Potts

A Touch of the Sun

⭐ 5.9 Role: Wazir Al Wuzara

Arabian Adventure

⭐ 3.8 Role: (archive footage)

The Horror Show

⭐ 5.8 Role: Heinrich Haussner

Son of Hitler

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

The Detour

⭐ 4.2 Role: Baron Hackenberg

The Standard

⭐ 5.9 Role: Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")

The Uncanny

⭐ 4.8 Role: SS Commander

Shock Waves

⭐ 8.2 Role: Grand Moff Tarkin

Star Wars

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Great Houdinis

⭐ 4.2 Role: Baron Corofax

The Devil's Men

⭐ 5.1 Role: Dr. Abner Perry

At the Earth's Core

⭐ 7.8 Role: Sir Edward Gifford

Trial by Combat

⭐ 5.4 Role: Prof. Paul

Legend of the Werewolf

⭐ 5.0 Role: Dr. Lawrence

The Ghoul

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Fists of Fire

⭐ 5.7 Role: Paul Rattwood

Shatter

⭐ 4.2 Role: MacGregor

Tender Dracula

⭐ 5.8 Role: Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

⭐ 6.2 Role: Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

⭐ 5.4 Role: Dr. Christopher Lundgren

The Beast Must Die

⭐ 6.2 Role: Herbert Flay

Madhouse

⭐ 6.5 Role: The Proprietor

From Beyond the Grave

⭐ 5.9 Role: Dr. Pope

And Now the Screaming Starts!

⭐ 5.6 Role: Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sir Mark Ashley

Nothing But the Night

⭐ 5.9 Role: Emmanuel Hildern

The Creeping Flesh

⭐ 6.0 Role: Smith

Asylum

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Wells

Horror Express

⭐ 5.8 Role: Michael Carmichael

Fear in the Night

⭐ 6.3 Role: Ship's Captain

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

⭐ 5.9 Role: Professor Van Helsing

Dracula A.D. 1972

⭐ 6.8 Role: Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

Tales from the Crypt

⭐ 5.5 Role: Frederick Utterson

I, Monster

⭐ 6.7 Role: Gustav Weil

Twins of Evil

⭐ 4.1 Role: Dr. Walter Goodrich

Blood Suckers

⭐ 6.4 Role: Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

The House That Dripped Blood

⭐ 6.4 Role: General von Spielsdorf

The Vampire Lovers

⭐ 5.0 Role: Dr. Frankenstein

One More Time

⭐ 5.3 Role: Major Heinrich Benedek

Scream and Scream Again

⭐ 6.3 Role: Baron Victor Frankenstein

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

⭐ 5.8 Role: Sir John Rowan

Corruption

⭐ 5.5 Role: Detective Inspector Quennell

The Blood Beast Terror

⭐ 6.2 Role: Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

Torture Garden

⭐ 4.2 Role: John Meredith

Some May Live

⭐ 5.3 Role: Dr. Vernon Stone

Night of the Big Heat

⭐ 6.4 Role: Baron Frankenstein

Frankenstein Created Woman

⭐ 6.2 Role: Doctor Who

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

⭐ 5.9 Role: Dr. Brian Stanley

Island of Terror

⭐ 6.7 Role: Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Christopher Maitland

The Skull

⭐ 5.7 Role: Doctor Who

Dr. Who and the Daleks

⭐ 5.5 Role: Holly

She

⭐ 6.5 Role: Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Namaroff

The Gorgon

⭐ 7.0 Role: Elijah Baley

The Caves of Steel

⭐ 6.2 Role: Baron Frankenstein

The Evil of Frankenstein

⭐ 6.2 Role: Doctor Peter von Brecht

The Man Who Finally Died

⭐ 6.3 Role: Reverend Dr. Blyss

Captain Clegg

⭐ 7.6 Role: Harry Fordyce

Cash on Demand

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mr. Evan Wrack

The Naked Edge

⭐ 5.9 Role: Squire Trevenyan

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mr. Merryweather

The Hellfire Club

⭐ 6.1 Role: Sheriff of Nottingham

Sword of Sherwood Forest

⭐ 6.9 Role: Professor Sewell

Suspect

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dr. J. Van Helsing

The Brides of Dracula

⭐ 6.8 Role: Capt. Clive Judd

Cone of Silence

⭐ 6.6 Role: Dr. Robert Knox

The Flesh and the Fiends

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Look at Life: Model World

⭐ 6.7 Role: John Banning

The Mummy

⭐ 6.0 Role: Captain Richard Pearson

John Paul Jones

⭐ 6.8 Role: Sherlock Holmes

The Hound of the Baskervilles

⭐ 6.6 Role: Dr. Victor Stein

The Revenge of Frankenstein

⭐ 7.2 Role: Doctor Van Helsing

Dracula

⭐ 7.2 Role: Father Laidlaw

Violent Playground

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dr. John Rollason

The Abominable Snowman

⭐ 6.8 Role: Baron Victor Frankenstein

The Curse of Frankenstein

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jeremy Clayton

Time Without Pity

⭐ 6.0 Role: Memmon

Alexander the Great

⭐ 4.9 Role: Otto Wesendonk

Magic Fire

⭐ 7.0 Role: The Prime Minister

The Moment of Truth

⭐ 5.8 Role: Henry Miles

The End of the Affair

⭐ 10.0 Role: Dr. John Rollason

The Creature

⭐ 7.3 Role: Winston Smith

Nineteen Eighty-Four

⭐ 6.4 Role: Sir Palamides

The Black Knight

⭐ 6.3 Role: Piotr Petrovsky

Anastasia

⭐ 9.0 Role: Simpson

Number Three

⭐ 6.6 Role: Marcel de la Voisier

Moulin Rouge

⭐ 10.0 Role: Gerald Forbes

When We Are Married

⭐ 7.4 Role: Osric

Hamlet

⭐ 0 Role: The doctor

It Might Be You

⭐ 6.6 Role: Man Waking Up (archive footage)

The Woman in the House

⭐ 7.5 Role: Sub-Lieutenant Blackler

They Dare Not Love

⭐ 6.0 Role: First Dreamer

Dreams

⭐ 6.8 Role: Leslie Stephens

The Howards of Virginia

⭐ 5.2 Role: Capt. Evans

Women in War

⭐ 10.0 Role: Robert Clive of India

The Hidden Master

⭐ 5.9 Role: Joe Shand

Vigil in the Night

⭐ 6.9 Role: Student

A Chump at Oxford

⭐ 6.6 Role: Robert Pryor

Laddie

⭐ 7.1 Role: Second Officer

The Man in the Iron Mask