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Peter Cushing

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.

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  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

    Played Grand Moff Tarkin

    Average Rating
    8.2
    21666 votes
    Release Date
    May 25, 1977
    49 years ago
  • Lolita

    Lolita

    Played John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.3
    2170 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 13, 1962
    64 years ago
  • Top Secret!

    Top Secret!

    Played Bookstore Proprietor

    Average Rating
    7.1
    1315 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 08, 1984
    42 years ago
  • Dracula

    Dracula

    Played Doctor Van Helsing

    Average Rating
    7.3
    668 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 21, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Played Sherlock Holmes

    Average Rating
    6.8
    357 votes
    Release Date
    May 04, 1959
    67 years ago
  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

    Played Arthur Edward Grimsdyke

    Average Rating
    6.8
    327 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 09, 1972
    54 years ago
  • The Curse of Frankenstein

    The Curse of Frankenstein

    Played Baron Victor Frankenstein

    Average Rating
    6.8
    322 votes
    Release Date
    May 20, 1957
    69 years ago
  • Horror Express

    Horror Express

    Played Dr. Wells

    Average Rating
    6.3
    321 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 30, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Played Osric

    Average Rating
    7.4
    274 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 10, 1948
    78 years ago
  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness

    Dracula: Prince of Darkness

    Played Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.7
    271 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 09, 1966
    61 years ago
  • The Brides of Dracula

    The Brides of Dracula

    Played Dr. J. Van Helsing

    Average Rating
    6.7
    247 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1960
    66 years ago
  • The Mummy

    The Mummy

    Played John Banning

    Average Rating
    6.7
    247 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 01, 1959
    67 years ago
  • Innocent Blood

    Innocent Blood

    Played Van Helsing (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.1
    238 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 25, 1992
    34 years ago
  • The Vampire Lovers

    The Vampire Lovers

    Played General von Spielsdorf

    Average Rating
    6.3
    211 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 04, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

    Played Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

    Average Rating
    6.4
    186 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 23, 1965
    62 years ago
  • Asylum

    Asylum

    Played Smith

    Average Rating
    6.0
    185 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 17, 1972
    54 years ago
  • Dracula A.D. 1972

    Dracula A.D. 1972

    Played Professor Van Helsing

    Average Rating
    5.9
    182 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 26, 1972
    54 years ago
  • The House That Dripped Blood

    The House That Dripped Blood

    Played Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

    Average Rating
    6.3
    176 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 22, 1971
    55 years ago
  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Played Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    170 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 06, 2014
    11 years ago
  • The Satanic Rites of Dracula

    The Satanic Rites of Dracula

    Played Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

    Average Rating
    5.6
    161 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 17, 1973
    53 years ago
  • At the Earth's Core

    At the Earth's Core

    Played Dr. Abner Perry

    Average Rating
    5.0
    160 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1976
    50 years ago
  • The Gorgon

    The Gorgon

    Played Dr. Namaroff

    Average Rating
    6.3
    160 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 18, 1964
    62 years ago
  • Twins of Evil

    Twins of Evil

    Played Gustav Weil

    Average Rating
    6.7
    152 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 03, 1971
    55 years ago
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    Dr. Phibes Rises Again

    Played Ship's Captain

    Average Rating
    6.3
    150 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 01, 1972
    54 years ago
  • From Beyond the Grave

    From Beyond the Grave

    Played The Proprietor

    Average Rating
    6.5
    148 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 21, 1974
    52 years ago
  • The Revenge of Frankenstein

    The Revenge of Frankenstein

    Played Dr. Victor Stein

    Average Rating
    6.6
    143 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 13, 1958
    68 years ago
  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    Played Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

    Average Rating
    5.8
    140 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 11, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Frankenstein Created Woman

    Frankenstein Created Woman

    Played Baron Frankenstein

    Average Rating
    6.4
    138 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 15, 1967
    59 years ago
  • Shock Waves

    Shock Waves

    Played SS Commander

    Average Rating
    4.8
    130 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 15, 1977
    49 years ago
  • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

    Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

    Played Baron Victor Frankenstein

    Average Rating
    6.3
    127 votes
    Release Date
    May 22, 1969
    57 years ago
  • Madhouse

    Madhouse

    Played Herbert Flay

    Average Rating
    6.2
    115 votes
    Release Date
    May 22, 1974
    52 years ago
  • House of the Long Shadows

    House of the Long Shadows

    Played Sebastian Grisbane

    Average Rating
    6.4
    115 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 17, 1983
    43 years ago
  • Dr. Who and the Daleks

    Dr. Who and the Daleks

    Played Doctor Who

    Average Rating
    5.7
    112 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 23, 1965
    61 years ago
  • The Creeping Flesh

    The Creeping Flesh

    Played Emmanuel Hildern

    Average Rating
    5.9
    110 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 12, 1973
    53 years ago
  • Island of Terror

    Island of Terror

    Played Dr. Brian Stanley

    Average Rating
    5.8
    109 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 20, 1966
    60 years ago
  • The Abominable Snowman

    The Abominable Snowman

    Played Dr. John Rollason

    Average Rating
    6.2
    109 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 26, 1957
    69 years ago
  • The Evil of Frankenstein

    The Evil of Frankenstein

    Played Baron Frankenstein

    Average Rating
    6.1
    108 votes
    Release Date
    May 08, 1964
    62 years ago
  • The Skull

    The Skull

    Played Dr. Christopher Maitland

    Average Rating
    6.0
    108 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 25, 1965
    61 years ago
  • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

    Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

    Played Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

    Average Rating
    6.2
    107 votes
    Release Date
    May 02, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Moulin Rouge

    Moulin Rouge

    Played Marcel de la Voisier

    Average Rating
    6.6
    105 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 23, 1952
    74 years ago
  • A Chump at Oxford

    A Chump at Oxford

    Played Student

    Average Rating
    6.9
    104 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 25, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Scream and Scream Again

    Scream and Scream Again

    Played Major Heinrich Benedek

    Average Rating
    5.3
    103 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 02, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    Played Memmon

    Average Rating
    6.0
    100 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 28, 1956
    71 years ago
  • Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

    Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

    Played Doctor Who

    Average Rating
    6.2
    95 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 05, 1966
    60 years ago
  • The Beast Must Die

    The Beast Must Die

    Played Dr. Christopher Lundgren

    Average Rating
    5.4
    82 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 01, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Torture Garden

    Torture Garden

    Played Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

    Average Rating
    6.1
    82 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 01, 1967
    59 years ago
  • Biggles

    Biggles

    Played Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

    Average Rating
    5.2
    76 votes
    Release Date
    May 30, 1986
    40 years ago
  • Captain Clegg

    Captain Clegg

    Played Reverend Dr. Blyss

    Average Rating
    6.2
    66 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 13, 1962
    64 years ago
  • And Now the Screaming Starts!

    And Now the Screaming Starts!

    Played Dr. Pope

    Average Rating
    5.9
    65 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 27, 1973
    53 years ago
  • The Uncanny

    The Uncanny

    Played Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")

    Average Rating
    5.9
    62 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 24, 1977
    49 years ago
  • Fear in the Night

    Fear in the Night

    Played Michael Carmichael

    Average Rating
    5.8
    59 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 09, 1972
    54 years ago
  • She

    She

    Played Holly

    Average Rating
    5.5
    58 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 09, 1965
    61 years ago
  • The Blood Beast Terror

    The Blood Beast Terror

    Played Detective Inspector Quennell

    Average Rating
    5.5
    58 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 01, 1968
    59 years ago
  • Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Played Seneschal

    Average Rating
    5.2
    57 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 17, 1984
    42 years ago
  • Cash on Demand

    Cash on Demand

    Played Harry Fordyce

    Average Rating
    7.6
    55 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 20, 1961
    65 years ago
  • Night of the Big Heat

    Night of the Big Heat

    Played Dr. Vernon Stone

    Average Rating
    5.3
    55 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1967
    59 years ago
  • The Flesh and the Fiends

    The Flesh and the Fiends

    Played Dr. Robert Knox

    Average Rating
    6.5
    54 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 02, 1960
    67 years ago
  • I, Monster

    I, Monster

    Played Frederick Utterson

    Average Rating
    5.4
    52 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 01, 1971
    55 years ago
  • Arabian Adventure

    Arabian Adventure

    Played Wazir Al Wuzara

    Average Rating
    5.8
    51 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 08, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity

    Played Jeremy Clayton

    Average Rating
    6.4
    47 votes
    Release Date
    Mar 21, 1957
    70 years ago
  • Corruption

    Corruption

    Played Sir John Rowan

    Average Rating
    5.8
    44 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 19, 1968
    58 years ago
  • The Devil's Men

    The Devil's Men

    Played Baron Corofax

    Average Rating
    4.1
    43 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 11, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    Played Winston Smith

    Average Rating
    7.3
    38 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 16, 1954
    72 years ago
  • Sword of Sherwood Forest

    Sword of Sherwood Forest

    Played Sheriff of Nottingham

    Average Rating
    6.0
    37 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 26, 1960
    66 years ago
  • Nothing But the Night

    Nothing But the Night

    Played Sir Mark Ashley

    Average Rating
    6.1
    36 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 16, 1973
    53 years ago
  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    Played Second Officer

    Average Rating
    7.1
    36 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 13, 1939
    87 years ago
  • The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

    Played Dr. Lawrence

    Average Rating
    4.9
    33 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 11, 1975
    51 years ago
  • Mystery on Monster Island

    Mystery on Monster Island

    Played William T. Kolderup

    Average Rating
    4.4
    30 votes
    Release Date
    Apr 03, 1981
    45 years ago
  • The Naked Edge

    The Naked Edge

    Played Mr. Evan Wrack

    Average Rating
    6.2
    29 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 28, 1961
    65 years ago
  • Legend of the Werewolf

    Legend of the Werewolf

    Played Prof. Paul

    Average Rating
    5.2
    27 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 06, 1975
    51 years ago
  • The End of the Affair

    The End of the Affair

    Played Henry Miles

    Average Rating
    5.7
    26 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 24, 1955
    72 years ago
  • Shatter

    Shatter

    Played Paul Rattwood

    Average Rating
    5.6
    23 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 06, 1974
    52 years ago
  • Violent Playground

    Violent Playground

    Played Father Laidlaw

    Average Rating
    7.0
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 14, 1958
    69 years ago
  • The Story of Star Wars

    The Story of Star Wars

    Played Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.2
    22 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 18, 2004
    21 years ago
  • Blood Suckers

    Blood Suckers

    Played Dr. Walter Goodrich

    Average Rating
    3.9
    21 votes
    Release Date
    May 14, 1971
    55 years ago
  • Tender Dracula

    Tender Dracula

    Played MacGregor

    Average Rating
    4.0
    17 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 07, 1974
    52 years ago
  • A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Played Dr. Alexander Manette

    Average Rating
    5.7
    16 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 02, 1980
    46 years ago
  • The Man Who Finally Died

    The Man Who Finally Died

    Played Doctor Peter von Brecht

    Average Rating
    6.2
    15 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 01, 1963
    63 years ago
  • The Masks of Death

    The Masks of Death

    Played Sherlock Holmes

    Average Rating
    5.2
    13 votes
    Release Date
    Dec 23, 1984
    41 years ago
  • John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    Played Captain Richard Pearson

    Average Rating
    5.9
    12 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 16, 1959
    67 years ago
  • One More Time

    One More Time

    Played Dr. Frankenstein

    Average Rating
    4.4
    12 votes
    Release Date
    May 01, 1970
    56 years ago
  • Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

    Played Narrator (voice) / Self

    Average Rating
    7.3
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 06, 1994
    32 years ago
  • The Howards of Virginia

    The Howards of Virginia

    Played Leslie Stephens

    Average Rating
    6.5
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Sep 19, 1940
    86 years ago
  • Vigil in the Night

    Vigil in the Night

    Played Joe Shand

    Average Rating
    5.5
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 05, 1940
    87 years ago
  • The Great Houdinis

    The Great Houdinis

    Played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Average Rating
    5.9
    11 votes
    Release Date
    Oct 08, 1976
    50 years ago
  • Cone of Silence

    Cone of Silence

    Played Capt. Clive Judd

    Average Rating
    6.7
    11 votes
    Release Date
    May 10, 1960
    66 years ago
  • The Black Knight

    The Black Knight

    Played Sir Palamides

    Average Rating
    6.2
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 26, 1954
    72 years ago
  • Suspect

    Suspect

    Played Professor Sewell

    Average Rating
    6.5
    10 votes
    Release Date
    Nov 15, 1960
    66 years ago
  • Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    6.4
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 26, 1987
    39 years ago
  • Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    Fury at Smugglers' Bay

    Played Squire Trevenyan

    Average Rating
    5.7
    7 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1961
    66 years ago
  • The Hellfire Club

    The Hellfire Club

    Played Merryweather

    Average Rating
    4.7
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 03, 1961
    66 years ago
  • Magic Fire

    Magic Fire

    Played Otto Wesendonk

    Average Rating
    4.2
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 30, 1955
    71 years ago
  • Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

    Played Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    6.0
    6 votes
    Release Date
    Aug 06, 2017
    8 years ago
  • Dalekmania

    Dalekmania

    Played Doctor Who (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    7.1
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jul 24, 1995
    31 years ago
  • Son of Hitler

    Son of Hitler

    Played Heinrich Haussner

    Average Rating
    5.2
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 01, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Fanex Files: Hammer Films

    Fanex Files: Hammer Films

    Played Self

    Average Rating
    7.0
    5 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 08, 2008
    18 years ago
  • The Horror Show

    The Horror Show

    Played (archive footage)

    Average Rating
    3.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 06, 1979
    47 years ago
  • Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

    Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

    Played Himself

    Average Rating
    7.5
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Feb 08, 2020
    6 years ago
  • Laddie

    Laddie

    Played Robert Pryor

    Average Rating
    6.0
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jan 18, 1940
    87 years ago
  • Women in War

    Women in War

    Played Capt. Evans

    Average Rating
    4.8
    4 votes
    Release Date
    Jun 05, 1940
    87 years ago
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