Peter Cushing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill as
- 2020 · AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. as Self
- 2020 · The Skywalker Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself
- 2017 · Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2010 · Halloween: The Inside Story as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Attack of the Octopus People as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
- 2008 · Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
- 2007 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Story of Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
- 1995 · Dalekmania as Doctor Who (archive footage)
- 1994 · The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
- 1994 · The World of Hammer as
- 1994 · The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing as
- 1994 · Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
- 1993 · Frankenstein Reborn as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
- 1991 · Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
- 1989 · Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood as Himself
- 1987 · Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self
- 1986 · Biggles as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
- 1985 · The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
- 1984 · The Masks of Death as Sherlock Holmes
- 1984 · Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Seneschal
- 1984 · Top Secret! as Bookstore Proprietor
- 1984 · Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as Professor Charles Copeland
- 1983 · House of the Long Shadows as Sebastian Grisbane
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · Black Jack as Sir Thomas Bedford
- 1981 · Mystery on Monster Island as William T. Kolderup
- 1980 · A Tale of Two Cities as Dr. Alexander Manette
- 1980 · Hammer House of Horror as Martin Blueck
- 1979 · Arabian Adventure as Wazir Al Wuzara
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Von Baden
- 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
- 1979 · Son of Hitler as Heinrich Haussner
- 1979 · A Touch of the Sun as
- 1979 · The Detour as Narrator
- 1977 · The Standard as Baron Hackenberg
- 1977 · The Uncanny as Wilbur Gray
- 1977 · Shock Waves as SS Commander
- 1977 · Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin
- 1976 · The New Avengers as Von Claus
- 1976 · The Great Houdinis as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1976 · The Devil's Men as Baron Corofax
- 1976 · At the Earth's Core as Dr. Abner Perry
- 1976 · Trial by Combat as Sir Edward Gifford
- 1975 · Space: 1999 as Raan
- 1975 · Legend of the Werewolf as Prof. Paul
- 1975 · The Ghoul as Dr. Lawrence
- 1975 · Fists of Fire as Himself
- 1974 · Shatter as Paul Rattwood
- 1974 · Tender Dracula as MacGregor
- 1974 · The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
- 1974 · Madhouse as Herbert Flay
- 1974 · The Zoo Gang as Judge Gautier
- 1974 · Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
- 1974 · The Beast Must Die as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
- 1974 · From Beyond the Grave as The Proprietor
- 1973 · The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Count Gerard De Merret
- 1973 · And Now the Screaming Starts! as Dr. Pope
- 1973 · Nothing But the Night as Sir Mark Ashley
- 1973 · The Creeping Flesh as Emmanuel Hildern
- 1973 · Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong as (archive footage)
- 1972 · Asylum as Smith
- 1972 · Horror Express as Dr. Wells
- 1972 · Fear in the Night as Michael Carmichael
- 1972 · Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Ship's Captain
- 1972 · Dracula A.D. 1972 as Professor Van Helsing
- 1972 · Tales from the Crypt as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
- 1971 · I, Monster as Frederick Utterson
- 1971 · Twins of Evil as Gustav Weil
- 1971 · Blood Suckers as Dr. Walter Goodrich
- 1971 · The House That Dripped Blood as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
- 1970 · The Vampire Lovers as General von Spielsdorf
- 1970 · Treffpunkte as Self
- 1970 · One More Time as Dr. Frankenstein
- 1970 · Scream and Scream Again as Major Heinrich Benedek
- 1969 · Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Baron Victor Frankenstein
- 1968 · Corruption as Sir John Rowan
- 1968 · The Blood Beast Terror as Detective Inspector Quennell
- 1967 · Torture Garden as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
- 1967 · Night of the Big Heat as Dr. Vernon Stone
- 1967 · Frankenstein Created Woman as Baron Frankenstein
- 1967 · Some May Live as John Meredith
- 1966 · Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. as Doctor Who
- 1966 · Island of Terror as Dr. Brian Stanley
- 1966 · Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Skull as Dr. Christopher Maitland
- 1965 · Dr. Who and the Daleks as Doctor Who
- 1965 · She as Holly
- 1965 · Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
- 1964 · The Gorgon as Dr. Namaroff
- 1964 · Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
- 1964 · The Evil of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
- 1963 · The Man Who Finally Died as Doctor Peter von Brecht
- 1962 · Captain Clegg as Reverend Dr. Blyss
- 1961 · Cash on Demand as Harry Fordyce
- 1961 · The Naked Edge as Mr. Evan Wrack
- 1961 · The Hellfire Club as Merryweather
- 1961 · The Avengers as Paul Beresford
- 1961 · Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Squire Trevenyan
- 1960 · Sword of Sherwood Forest as Sheriff of Nottingham
- 1960 · Suspect as Professor Sewell
- 1960 · The Brides of Dracula as Dr. J. Van Helsing
- 1960 · Cone of Silence as Capt. Clive Judd
- 1960 · The Flesh and the Fiends as Dr. Robert Knox
- 1959 · The Mummy as John Banning
- 1959 · John Paul Jones as Captain Richard Pearson
- 1959 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
- 1958 · The Revenge of Frankenstein as Dr. Victor Stein
- 1958 · Dracula as Doctor Van Helsing
- 1958 · Violent Playground as Father Laidlaw
- 1957 · The Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rollason
- 1957 · The Curse of Frankenstein as Baron Victor Frankenstein
- 1957 · Time Without Pity as Jeremy Clayton
- 1956 · Alexander the Great as Memmon
- 1955 · Magic Fire as Otto Wesendonk
- 1955 · The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
- 1954 · Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith
- 1954 · The Black Knight as Sir Palamides
- 1953 · Anastasia as Piotr Petrovsky
- 1952 · Moulin Rouge as Marcel de la Voisier
- 1952 · Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy
- 1951 · When We Are Married as Gerald Forbes
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as Winston Smith
- 1948 · Hamlet as Osric
- 1946 · It Might Be You as The doctor
- 1942 · The Woman in the House as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
- 1941 · They Dare Not Love as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
- 1940 · Dreams as First Dreamer
- 1940 · The Howards of Virginia as Leslie Stephens
- 1940 · Women in War as Capt. Evans
- 1940 · The Hidden Master as Robert Clive of India
- 1940 · Vigil in the Night as Joe Shand
- 1940 · A Chump at Oxford as Student
- 1940 · Laddie as Robert Pryor
- 1939 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Second Officer