Peter Cushing
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1913
- Died
- Aug 11, 1994 (aged 81)
- Place of birth
- Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
- Credits
- 149
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
1977Movie
Grand Moff Tarkin
Top Secret!
1984Movie
Bookstore Proprietor
Dracula
1958Movie
Doctor Van Helsing
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Tales from the Crypt
1972Movie
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957Movie
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Filmography
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020Movie
(archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020Movie
(archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020Movie
Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017Movie
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014Movie
Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Attack of the Octopus People
2010Movie
Doctor Welles (archive footage)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008Movie
Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004Movie
Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
Dalekmania
1995Movie
Doctor Who (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994TV
Self (archive footage)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994Movie
Narrator (voice) / Self
Frankenstein Reborn
1993Movie
Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
Innocent Blood
1992Movie
Van Helsing (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
1992Movie
(archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991Movie
Dr. Wells (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991Movie
Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
1989Movie
Himself
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987Movie
Self
Biggles
1986Movie
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
Television
1985TV
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985Movie
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Masks of Death
1984Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984Movie
Seneschal
Top Secret!
1984Movie
Bookstore Proprietor
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984Movie
Professor Charles Copeland
House of the Long Shadows
1983Movie
Sebastian Grisbane
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Black Jack
1981Movie
Sir Thomas Bedford
Mystery on Monster Island
1981Movie
William T. Kolderup
A Tale of Two Cities
1980Movie
Dr. Alexander Manette
Hammer House of Horror
1980TV
Martin Blueck
A Touch of the Sun
1979Movie
Commissioner Potts
Arabian Adventure
1979Movie
Wazir Al Wuzara
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Von Baden
The Horror Show
1979Movie
(archive footage)
Son of Hitler
1979Movie
Heinrich Haussner
The Detour
1979Movie
Narrator
The Standard
1977Movie
Baron Hackenberg
The Uncanny
1977Movie
Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
Shock Waves
1977Movie
SS Commander
Star Wars
1977Movie
Grand Moff Tarkin
The New Avengers
1976TV
Von Claus
The Great Houdinis
1976Movie
Conan Doyle
The Devil's Men
1976Movie
Baron Corofax
At the Earth's Core
1976Movie
Dr. Abner Perry
Trial by Combat
1976Movie
Sir Edward Gifford
Space: 1999
1975TV
Raan
Legend of the Werewolf
1975Movie
Prof. Paul
The Ghoul
1975Movie
Dr. Lawrence
Fists of Fire
1975Movie
Self
Shatter
1974Movie
Paul Rattwood
Tender Dracula
1974Movie
MacGregor
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974Movie
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974Movie
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
The Zoo Gang
1974TV
Judge Gautier
The Beast Must Die
1974Movie
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Madhouse
1974Movie
Herbert Flay
From Beyond the Grave
1974Movie
The Proprietor
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973TV
Count Gerard De Merret
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973Movie
Dr. Pope
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973Movie
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Nothing But the Night
1973Movie
Sir Mark Ashley
The Creeping Flesh
1973Movie
Emmanuel Hildern
Asylum
1972Movie
Smith
Horror Express
1972Movie
Dr. Wells
Fear in the Night
1972Movie
Michael Carmichael
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972Movie
Ship's Captain
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972Movie
Professor Van Helsing
Tales from the Crypt
1972Movie
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Film '72
1971TV
Self
I, Monster
1971Movie
Frederick Utterson
Twins of Evil
1971Movie
Gustav Weil
Blood Suckers
1971Movie
Dr. Walter Goodrich
The House That Dripped Blood
1971Movie
Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
The Vampire Lovers
1970Movie
General von Spielsdorf
One More Time
1970Movie
Dr. Frankenstein
Treffpunkte
1970TV
Self
Scream and Scream Again
1970Movie
Major Heinrich Benedek
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969Movie
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Corruption
1968Movie
Sir John Rowan
The Blood Beast Terror
1968Movie
Detective Inspector Quennell
Torture Garden
1967Movie
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Some May Live
1967Movie
John Meredith
Night of the Big Heat
1967Movie
Dr. Vernon Stone
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967Movie
Baron Frankenstein
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966Movie
Doctor Who
Island of Terror
1966Movie
Dr. Brian Stanley
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966Movie
Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Leonard
The Skull
1965Movie
Dr. Christopher Maitland
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965Movie
Doctor Who
She
1965Movie
Holly
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965Movie
Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
The Gorgon
1964Movie
Dr. Namaroff
The Caves of Steel
1964Movie
Elijah Baley
Sherlock Holmes
1964TV
Sherlock Holmes
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964Movie
Baron Frankenstein
Story Parade
1964TV
Elijah Baley
The Man Who Finally Died
1963Movie
Doctor Peter von Brecht
The Spread of the Eagle
1963TV
Caius Cassius
Captain Clegg
1962Movie
Reverend Dr. Blyss
Cash on Demand
1961Movie
Harry Fordyce
The Naked Edge
1961Movie
Mr. Evan Wrack
Drama 61-67
1961TV
Frederick James Parsons
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961Movie
Squire Trevenyan
The Hellfire Club
1961Movie
Mr. Merryweather
The Avengers
1961TV
Paul Beresford
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960Movie
Sheriff of Nottingham
Suspect
1960Movie
Professor Sewell
The Brides of Dracula
1960Movie
Dr. J. Van Helsing
Cone of Silence
1960Movie
Capt. Clive Judd
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960Movie
Dr. Robert Knox
Look at Life: Model World
1960Movie
Self
The Mummy
1959Movie
John Banning
John Paul Jones
1959Movie
Captain Richard Pearson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959Movie
Sherlock Holmes
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958Movie
Dr. Victor Stein
Dracula
1958Movie
Doctor Van Helsing
Violent Playground
1958Movie
Father Laidlaw
The Abominable Snowman
1957Movie
Dr. John Rollason
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957Movie
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Time Without Pity
1957Movie
Jeremy Clayton
Alexander the Great
1956Movie
Memmon
Magic Fire
1955Movie
Otto Wesendonk
The Moment of Truth
1955Movie
The Prime Minister
The End of the Affair
1955Movie
Henry Miles
The Creature
1955Movie
Dr. John Rollason
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954Movie
Winston Smith
The Black Knight
1954Movie
Sir Palamides
Anastasia
1953Movie
Piotr Petrovsky
Number Three
1953Movie
Simpson
Moulin Rouge
1952Movie
Marcel de la Voisier
Pride and Prejudice
1952TV
Mr Darcy
When We Are Married
1951Movie
Gerald Forbes
Sunday Night Theatre
1950TV
Winston Smith, Dr. John Rollason, Simpson
Hamlet
1948Movie
Osric
It Might Be You
1946Movie
The doctor
The Woman in the House
1942Movie
Man Waking Up (archive footage)
They Dare Not Love
1941Movie
Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
Dreams
1940Movie
First Dreamer
The Howards of Virginia
1940Movie
Leslie Stephens
Women in War
1940Movie
Capt. Evans
The Hidden Master
1940Movie
Robert Clive of India
Vigil in the Night
1940Movie
Joe Shand
A Chump at Oxford
1940Movie
Student
Laddie
1940Movie
Robert Pryor
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939Movie
Second Officer