Peter Cushing
Acting
1913-05-26 · Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
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
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · Movie
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020 · Movie
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 · Movie
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020 · Movie
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017 · Movie
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Movie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
Attack of the Octopus People
2010 · Movie
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008 · Movie
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Movie
The Story of Star Wars
2004 · Movie
Dalekmania
1995 · Movie
The World of Hammer
1994 · Series
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994 · Movie
Frankenstein Reborn
1993 · Movie
Innocent Blood
1992 · Movie
Dracula in the Movies
1992 · Movie
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Movie
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Movie
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
1989 · Movie
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · Movie
Biggles
1986 · Movie
Television
1985 · Series
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985 · Movie
The Masks of Death
1984 · Movie
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984 · Movie
Top Secret!
1984 · Movie
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984 · Movie
House of the Long Shadows
1983 · Movie
Wogan
1982 · Series
Black Jack
1981 · Movie
Mystery on Monster Island
1981 · Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
1980 · Movie
Hammer House of Horror
1980 · Series
A Touch of the Sun
1979 · Movie
Arabian Adventure
1979 · Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
The Horror Show
1979 · Movie
Son of Hitler
1979 · Movie
The Detour
1979 · Movie
The Standard
1977 · Movie
The Uncanny
1977 · Movie
Shock Waves
1977 · Movie
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
The New Avengers
1976 · Series
The Great Houdinis
1976 · Movie
The Devil's Men
1976 · Movie
At the Earth's Core
1976 · Movie
Trial by Combat
1976 · Movie
Space: 1999
1975 · Series
Legend of the Werewolf
1975 · Movie
The Ghoul
1975 · Movie
Fists of Fire
1975 · Movie
Shatter
1974 · Movie
Tender Dracula
1974 · Movie
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974 · Movie
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974 · Movie
The Zoo Gang
1974 · Series
The Beast Must Die
1974 · Movie
Madhouse
1974 · Movie
From Beyond the Grave
1974 · Movie
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Series
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973 · Movie
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973 · Movie
Nothing But the Night
1973 · Movie
The Creeping Flesh
1973 · Movie
Asylum
1972 · Movie
Horror Express
1972 · Movie
Fear in the Night
1972 · Movie
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972 · Movie
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
I, Monster
1971 · Movie
Twins of Evil
1971 · Movie
Blood Suckers
1971 · Movie
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · Movie
The Vampire Lovers
1970 · Movie
One More Time
1970 · Movie
Treffpunkte
1970 · Series
Scream and Scream Again
1970 · Movie
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 · Movie
Corruption
1968 · Movie
The Blood Beast Terror
1968 · Movie
Torture Garden
1967 · Movie
Some May Live
1967 · Movie
Night of the Big Heat
1967 · Movie
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967 · Movie
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966 · Movie
Island of Terror
1966 · Movie
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966 · Movie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
The Skull
1965 · Movie
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965 · Movie
She
1965 · Movie
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 · Movie
The Gorgon
1964 · Movie
The Caves of Steel
1964 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes
1964 · Series
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964 · Movie
Story Parade
1964 · Series
The Man Who Finally Died
1963 · Movie
The Spread of the Eagle
1963 · Series
Captain Clegg
1962 · Movie
Cash on Demand
1961 · Movie
The Naked Edge
1961 · Movie
Drama 61-67
1961 · Series
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 · Movie
The Hellfire Club
1961 · Movie
The Avengers
1961 · Series
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960 · Movie
Suspect
1960 · Movie
The Brides of Dracula
1960 · Movie
Cone of Silence
1960 · Movie
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Movie
Look at Life: Model World
1960 · Movie
The Mummy
1959 · Movie
John Paul Jones
1959 · Movie
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Movie
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Movie
Dracula
1958 · Movie
Violent Playground
1958 · Movie
The Abominable Snowman
1957 · Movie
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Movie
Time Without Pity
1957 · Movie
Alexander the Great
1956 · Movie
Magic Fire
1955 · Movie
The Moment of Truth
1955 · Movie
The End of the Affair
1955 · Movie
The Creature
1955 · Movie
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954 · Movie
The Black Knight
1954 · Movie
Anastasia
1953 · Movie
Number Three
1953 · Movie
Moulin Rouge
1952 · Movie
Pride and Prejudice
1952 · Series
When We Are Married
1951 · Movie
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Series
Hamlet
1948 · Movie
It Might Be You
1946 · Movie
The Woman in the House
1942 · Movie
49th Parallel
1941 · Movie
They Dare Not Love
1941 · Movie
Dreams
1940 · Movie
The Howards of Virginia
1940 · Movie
Women in War
1940 · Movie
The Hidden Master
1940 · Movie
Vigil in the Night
1940 · Movie
A Chump at Oxford
1940 · Movie
Laddie
1940 · Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · Movie