Peter Cushing
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Star Wars
1977
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958
Biggles
1986
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984
The Brides of Dracula
1960
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Hamlet
1948
Dracula
1958
The Vampire Lovers
1970
Top Secret!
1984
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
At the Earth's Core
1976
Horror Express
1972
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965
Asylum
1972
Shock Waves
1977
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
1965
The Horror Show
1979
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
The Beast Must Die
1974
The Gorgon
1964
Madhouse
1974
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
The Black Knight
1954
Island of Terror
1966
The Masks of Death
1984
Torture Garden
1967
Twins of Evil
1971
Nothing But the Night
1973
Legend of the Werewolf
1975
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
The Creeping Flesh
1973
Scream and Scream Again
1970
Alexander the Great
1956
The Skull
1965
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020
Time Without Pity
1957
Cash on Demand
1961
The Abominable Snowman
1957
The Devil's Men
1976
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966
Tales from the Crypt
1972
Dalekmania
1995
House of the Long Shadows
1983
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
She
1965
Corruption
1968
From Beyond the Grave
1974
Fear in the Night
1972
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972
The Mummy
1959
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Captain Clegg
1962
The Ghoul
1975
I, Monster
1971
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
Arabian Adventure
1979
John Paul Jones
1959
Night of the Big Heat
1967
Son of Hitler
1979
The Uncanny
1977
Shatter
1974
Violent Playground
1958
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
The End of the Affair
1955
Blood Suckers
1971
The Hellfire Club
1961
Trial by Combat
1976
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
The Naked Edge
1961
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
Tender Dracula
1974
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
They Dare Not Love
1941
Magic Fire
1955
Vigil in the Night
1940
The Great Houdinis
1976
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
1989
Cone of Silence
1960
Suspect
1960
The Standard
1977
Laddie
1940
Moulin Rouge
1952
A Chump at Oxford
1940
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
Women in War
1940
Anastasia
1953
Some May Live
1967
A Touch of the Sun
1979
Black Jack
1981
Frankenstein Reborn
1993
One More Time
1970
The Woman in the House
1942
The Detour
1979
The Story of Star Wars
2004
Attack of the Octopus People
2010
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
Fists of Fire
1975
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017
The Hidden Master
1940
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020
It Might Be You
1946
Dreams
1940
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
When We Are Married
1951
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024
Lolita
1962
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Innocent Blood
1992
Look at Life: Model World
1960
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Number Three
1953
The Creature
1955
The Moment of Truth
1955
The Caves of Steel
1964
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Space: 1999
1975
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
The Avengers
1961
The New Avengers
1976
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Hammer House of Horror
1980
Sherlock Holmes
1964
The Zoo Gang
1974
Wogan
1982
Pride and Prejudice
1952
Treffpunkte
1970
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
The Spread of the Eagle
1963
Story Parade
1964
Film '72
1971
The World of Hammer
1994
Drama 61-67
1961
Sunday Night Theatre
1950