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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

140

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
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Питер Кушинг
Питер Уилтон Кушинг
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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		The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self
2025		The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as Self

2024

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)

2022

Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill

2020		AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. as Self
2020		The Skywalker Legacy as Self (archive footage)
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		The World of Hammer
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

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood as Himself

1987

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self

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		Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Seneschal
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		Tales of the Unexpected as Von Baden
1979		The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1979		Son of Hitler as Heinrich Haussner
1979		A Touch of the Sun
1979		The Detour as Narrator

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 New Avengers as Von Claus
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

1975		Space: 1999 as Raan
1975		Legend of the Werewolf as Prof. Paul
1975		The Ghoul as Dr. Lawrence
1975		Fists of Fire as Himself

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 Zoo Gang as Judge Gautier
1974		The Beast Must Die as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
1974		From Beyond the Grave as The Proprietor

1973		Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Count Gerard De Merret
1973		And Now the Screaming Starts! as Dr. Pope
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)

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		Treffpunkte as Self
1970		One More Time as Dr. Frankenstein
1970		Scream and Scream Again as Major Heinrich Benedek

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		Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. as Doctor Who
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		Dr. Who and the Daleks as Doctor Who
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		Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
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		Cash on Demand as Harry Fordyce
1961		The Naked Edge as Mr. Evan Wrack
1961		The Hellfire Club as Merryweather
1961		The Avengers as Paul Beresford
1961		Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Squire Trevenyan

1960		Sword of Sherwood Forest as Sheriff of Nottingham
1960		Suspect as Professor Sewell
1960		Cone of Silence as Capt. Clive Judd
1960		The Brides of Dracula as Dr. J. Van Helsing
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		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes

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

Alexander the Great as Memmon

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		A Chump at Oxford as Student
1940		Laddie as Robert Pryor

1939

The Man in the Iron Mask as Second Officer

Art

1941

49th Parallel as Props

Crew

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Actor's Assistant