Peter Cushing
Birthday: 1913-05-26
Deathday: 1994-08-11
Birthplace: Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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1993-10-01 | Frankenstein Reborn | Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited) |
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1986-05-30 | Biggles | Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond |
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1984-12-23 | The Masks of Death | Sherlock Holmes |
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1984-08-17 | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Seneschal |
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1984-06-22 | Top Secret! | Bookstore Proprietor |
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1984-04-23 | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Professor Charles Copeland |
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1983-06-17 | House of the Long Shadows | Sebastian Grisbane |
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1981-09-14 | Black Jack | Sir Thomas Bedford |
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1981-04-03 | Mystery on Monster Island | William T. Kolderup |
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1980-12-02 | A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Alexander Manette |
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1979-09-01 | A Touch of the Sun | Commissioner Potts |
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1979-07-08 | Arabian Adventure | Wazir Al Wuzara |
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1979-01-01 | Son of Hitler | Heinrich Haussner |
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1977-11-25 | The Standard | Baron Hackenberg |
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1977-08-24 | The Uncanny | Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977") |
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1977-07-15 | Shock Waves | SS Commander |
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1977-05-25 | Star Wars | Grand Moff Tarkin |
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1976-10-08 | The Great Houdinis | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
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1976-08-11 | The Devil's Men | Baron Corofax |
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1976-07-01 | At the Earth's Core | Dr. Abner Perry |
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1976-04-01 | Trial by Combat | Sir Edward Gifford |
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1975-08-06 | Legend of the Werewolf | Prof. Paul |
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1975-06-01 | The Ghoul | Dr. Lawrence |
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1974-12-06 | Shatter | Paul Rattwood |
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1974-08-07 | Tender Dracula | MacGregor |
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1974-07-11 | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Professor Lawrence Van Helsing |
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1974-05-02 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor |
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1974-04-01 | The Beast Must Die | Dr. Christopher Lundgren |
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1974-03-28 | Madhouse | Herbert Flay |
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1974-02-21 | From Beyond the Grave | The Proprietor |
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1973-04-27 | And Now the Screaming Starts! | Dr. Pope |
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1973-04-17 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing |
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1973-02-16 | Nothing But the Night | Sir Mark Ashley |
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1973-01-01 | The Creeping Flesh | Emmanuel Hildern |
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1972-11-17 | Asylum | Smith |
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1972-09-30 | Horror Express | Dr. Wells |
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1972-07-09 | Fear in the Night | Michael Carmichael |
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1972-07-01 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Ship's Captain |
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1972-06-26 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Professor Van Helsing |
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1972-03-09 | Tales from the Crypt | Arthur Edward Grimsdyke |
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1971-11-01 | I, Monster | Frederick Utterson |
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1971-10-17 | Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil |
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1971-05-14 | Blood Suckers | Dr. Walter Goodrich |
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1971-02-22 | The House That Dripped Blood | Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") |
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1970-10-04 | The Vampire Lovers | General von Spielsdorf |
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1970-05-01 | One More Time | Dr. Frankenstein |
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1970-02-02 | Scream and Scream Again | Major Heinrich Benedek |
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1969-05-22 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Baron Victor Frankenstein |
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1968-07-19 | Corruption | Sir John Rowan |
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1968-02-01 | The Blood Beast Terror | Detective Inspector Quennell |
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1967-11-01 | Torture Garden | Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") |
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1967-05-01 | Night of the Big Heat | Dr. Vernon Stone |
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1967-03-15 | Frankenstein Created Woman | Baron Frankenstein |
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1967-01-01 | Some May Live | John Meredith |
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1966-08-05 | Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | Doctor Who |
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1966-06-20 | Island of Terror | Dr. Brian Stanley |
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1965-08-25 | The Skull | Dr. Christopher Maitland |
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1965-08-23 | Dr. Who and the Daleks | Doctor Who |
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1965-06-09 | She | Holly |
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1965-02-23 | Dr Terror's House of Horrors | Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror" |
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1964-10-18 | The Gorgon | Dr. Namaroff |
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1964-06-05 | The Caves of Steel | Elijah Baley |
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1964-05-08 | The Evil of Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein |
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1963-12-01 | The Man Who Finally Died | Doctor Peter von Brecht |
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1962-06-13 | Captain Clegg | Reverend Dr. Blyss |
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1961-12-20 | Cash on Demand | Harry Fordyce |
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1961-06-28 | The Naked Edge | Mr. Evan Wrack |
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1961-03-01 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Squire Trevenyan |
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1961-02-03 | The Hellfire Club | Merryweather |
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1960-12-26 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Sheriff of Nottingham |
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1960-11-15 | Suspect | Professor Sewell |
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1960-06-15 | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. J. Van Helsing |
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1960-05-10 | Cone of Silence | Capt. Clive Judd |
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1960-02-02 | The Flesh and the Fiends | Dr. Robert Knox |
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1959-08-01 | The Mummy | John Banning |
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1959-06-16 | John Paul Jones | Captain Richard Pearson |
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1959-05-04 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes |
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1958-06-01 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Dr. Victor Stein |
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1958-04-21 | Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing |
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1958-01-14 | Violent Playground | Father Laidlaw |
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1957-08-26 | The Abominable Snowman | Dr. John Rollason |
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1957-05-20 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Baron Victor Frankenstein |
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1957-03-21 | Time Without Pity | Jeremy Clayton |
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1956-03-28 | Alexander the Great | Memmon |
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1955-06-30 | Magic Fire | Otto Wesendonk |
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1955-03-06 | The Moment of Truth | The Prime Minister |
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1955-02-24 | The End of the Affair | Henry Miles |
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1955-01-30 | The Creature | Dr. John Rollason |
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1954-12-16 | Nineteen Eighty-Four | Winston Smith |
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1954-08-26 | The Black Knight | Sir Palamides |
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1953-07-12 | Anastasia | Piotr Petrovsky |
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1953-02-01 | Number Three | Simpson |
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1952-12-23 | Moulin Rouge | Marcel de la Voisier |
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1951-12-25 | When We Are Married | Gerald Forbes |
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1948-12-10 | Hamlet | Osric |
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1946-07-25 | It Might Be You | The doctor |
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1941-05-16 | They Dare Not Love | Sub-Lieutenant Blackler |
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1940-11-10 | Dreams | First Dreamer |
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1940-09-19 | The Howards of Virginia | Leslie Stephens |
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1940-06-05 | Women in War | Capt. Evans |
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1940-04-20 | The Hidden Master | Robert Clive of India |
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1940-02-05 | Vigil in the Night | Joe Shand |
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1940-01-25 | A Chump at Oxford | Student |
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1940-01-18 | Laddie | Robert Pryor |
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1939-07-13 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Second Officer |