Peter Cushing

★ Acting #504

1913 - 1994 (age 81) • Acting

Born: 5/26/1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

Died: 8/11/1994 (age 81)

Known for: Acting

Peter Cushing

★ Acting #504

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.

Known For

Star Wars

82%

Grand Moff Tarkin

1977

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

75%

Actor's Assistant

2016

Top Secret!

71%

Bookstore Proprietor

1984

Dracula

73%

Doctor Van Helsing

1958

The Hound of the Baskervilles

68%

Sherlock Holmes

1959

Tales from the Crypt

68%

Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

1972

The Curse of Frankenstein

68%

Baron Victor Frankenstein

1957

Horror Express

63%

Dr. Wells

1972

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters

82%

Self (archive footage)

2024

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

(archive footage)

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

(archive footage)

2020

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

75%

Himself

2020

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

60%

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2017

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

75%

Actor's Assistant

2016

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

72%

Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

Attack of the Octopus People

Doctor Welles (archive footage)

2010

Fanex Files: Hammer Films

70%

Self

2008

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

90%

Self (archive footage)

2007

The Story of Star Wars

72%

Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

2004

Dalekmania

76%

Doctor Who (archive footage)

1995

The World of Hammer

68%

Self (archive footage)

1994

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

73%

Narrator (voice) / Self

1994

Frankenstein Reborn

70%

Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)

1993

Innocent Blood

62%

Van Helsing (archive footage)

1992

Dracula in the Movies

100%

(archive footage)

1992

Halloween Monster Bash

Dr. Wells (archive footage)

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

63%

Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

1991

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood

95%

Himself

1989

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

64%

Self

1987

Biggles

52%

Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

1986

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

85%

Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1985

The Masks of Death

54%

Sherlock Holmes

1984

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

52%

Seneschal

1984

Top Secret!

71%

Bookstore Proprietor

1984

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

70%

Professor Charles Copeland

1984

House of the Long Shadows

64%

Sebastian Grisbane

1983