Peter Cushing

Acting · Born 1913-05-26 in Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

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

• Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin
• Hamlet as Osric
• Dracula as Doctor Van Helsing
• Top Secret! as Bookstore Proprietor
• Lolita as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Baron Victor Frankenstein
• The Curse of Frankenstein as Baron Victor Frankenstein
• Frankenstein Created Woman as Baron Frankenstein
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
• The Evil of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein

TV

• The Avengers as Paul Beresford
• Space: 1999 as Raan
• Tales of the Unexpected as Von Baden
• The New Avengers as Von Claus
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Count Gerard De Merret
• Hammer House of Horror as Martin Blueck
• Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
• The Zoo Gang as Judge Gautier
• Wogan as Self
• Sunday Night Theatre as Winston Smith