Peter Cushing
Known for: Acting
Born: May 26, 1913
Died: August 11, 1994
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
132 movies · 19 TV shows, newest first
8.2
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
NR
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
NR
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
7.5
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
6.0
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
7.5
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
NR
Attack of the Octopus People
2010
7.0
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
2004
7.6
Dalekmania
1995
6.8
The World of Hammer
1994
7.3
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
7.0
Frankenstein Reborn
1993
6.2
Innocent Blood
1992
10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
NR
Halloween Monster Bash
19916.3
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
9.5
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
1989
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
5.2
Biggles
1986
8.0
Television
1985
8.5
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
5.4
The Masks of Death
1984
5.2
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
7.1
Top Secret!
19847.0
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
6.4
House of the Long Shadows
1983
5.3
Wogan
1982
10.0
Black Jack
1981
4.6
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
7.1
Hammer House of Horror
1980
5.0
A Touch of the Sun
1979
5.9
Arabian Adventure
1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
5.8
Son of Hitler
1979
NR
The Detour
1979
4.2
The Standard
1977
5.8
The Uncanny
1977
4.9
Shock Waves
1977
8.2
Star Wars
1977
7.1
The New Avengers
1976
6.4
The Great Houdinis
1976
4.1
The Devil's Men
1976
5.1
At the Earth's Core
1976
7.8
Trial by Combat
1976
7.1
Space: 1999
1975
5.4
Legend of the Werewolf
1975
4.9
The Ghoul
1975NR
Fists of Fire
1975
5.6
Shatter
1974
4.2
Tender Dracula
1974
5.9
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974
6.1
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974
7.8
The Zoo Gang
1974
5.5
The Beast Must Die
1974
6.2
Madhouse
1974
6.5
From Beyond the Grave
1974
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
5.9
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
5.6
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
6.2
Nothing But the Night
1973
5.9
The Creeping Flesh
1973
6.0
Asylum
1972
6.3
Horror Express
1972
5.8
Fear in the Night
1972
6.3
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
6.0
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
6.8
Tales from the Crypt
19725.1
Film '72
1971
5.5
I, Monster
1971
6.7
Twins of Evil
1971
4.1
Blood Suckers
1971
6.4
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
6.4
The Vampire Lovers
1970
5.0
One More Time
1970NR
Treffpunkte
1970
5.3
Scream and Scream Again
1970
6.3
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
5.8
Corruption
1968
5.5
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
6.2
Torture Garden
1967
4.3
Some May Live
1967
5.3
Night of the Big Heat
1967
6.4
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967
6.1
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966
5.9
Island of Terror
1966
6.7
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
6.1
The Skull
1965
5.7
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965
5.6
She
1965
6.5
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
6.4
The Gorgon
1964
7.0
The Caves of Steel
1964
6.9
Sherlock Holmes
1964
6.2
The Evil of Frankenstein
19648.0
Story Parade
1964
6.3
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
NR
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
6.3
Captain Clegg
1962
7.6
Cash on Demand
1961
6.3
The Naked Edge
1961NR
Drama 61-67
1961
5.9
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
5.4
The Hellfire Club
1961
7.8
The Avengers
1961
6.1
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
6.9
Suspect
1960
6.7
The Brides of Dracula
1960
6.8
Cone of Silence
1960
6.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960NR
Look at Life: Model World
1960
6.7
The Mummy
1959
6.0
John Paul Jones
1959
6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
6.6
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
7.3
Dracula
1958
7.2
Violent Playground
1958
6.2
The Abominable Snowman
1957
6.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
6.5
Time Without Pity
1957
6.1
Alexander the Great
1956
5.0
Magic Fire
1955
7.0
The Moment of Truth
1955
5.8
The End of the Affair
195510.0
The Creature
1955
7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
6.4
The Black Knight
19546.3
Anastasia
19539.0
Number Three
1953
6.6
Moulin Rouge
1952
9.0
Pride and Prejudice
195210.0
When We Are Married
1951
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
7.4
Hamlet
1948
NR
It Might Be You
1946
6.5
The Woman in the House
1942
7.0
49th Parallel
1941
7.5
They Dare Not Love
1941
6.0
Dreams
1940
6.7
The Howards of Virginia
1940
5.2
Women in War
1940
8.0
The Hidden Master
1940
5.9
Vigil in the Night
1940
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
1940
6.6
Laddie
1940
7.1
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939