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Peter Cushing
Actor· Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor whose career spanned decades, marked by his enduring presence in Hammer Films as Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, roles that often paired him with Christopher Lee and Vincent Price. Beyond the Gothic horrors, Cushing was a familiar figure in adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and appeared in science fiction classics like "Star Wars" as Grand Moff Tarkin and in the Doctor Who film adaptations, embodying the enigmatic Doctor Who and battling Daleks in vividly realized 1960s cinema.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | Dalekmania | Doctor Who (archive footage) | Film |
| 1994 | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator (voice) / Self | Film |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood | Van Helsing (archive footage) | Film |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage) | Film |
| 1987 | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Self | Film |
| 1986 | Biggles | Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond | Film |
| 1984 | Top Secret! | Bookstore Proprietor | Film |
| 1984 | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Seneschal | Film |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Sherlock Holmes | Film |
| 1984 | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Professor Charles Copeland | Film |
| 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Sebastian Grisbane | Film |
| 1981 | Mystery on Monster Island | William T. Kolderup | Film |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Alexander Manette | Film |
| 1979 | Son of Hitler | Heinrich Haussner | Film |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977") | Film |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Grand Moff Tarkin | Film |
| 1977 | Star Wars: 4K77 | Grand Moff Tarkin | Film |
| 1977 | Shock Waves | SS Commander | Film |
| 1976 | The Devil's Men | Baron Corofax | Film |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Sir Edward Gifford | Film |
| 1976 | At the Earth's Core | Dr. Abner Perry | Film |
| 1975 | Legend of the Werewolf | Prof. Paul | Film |
| 1975 | The Ghoul | Dr. Lawrence | Film |
| 1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor | Film |
| 1974 | Tender Dracula | MacGregor | Film |
| 1974 | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Professor Lawrence Van Helsing | Film |
| 1974 | From Beyond the Grave | The Proprietor | Film |
| 1974 | The Beast Must Die | Dr. Christopher Lundgren | Film |
| 1974 | Madhouse | Herbert Flay | Film |
| 1974 | Shatter | Paul Rattwood | Film |
| 1973 | The Creeping Flesh | Emmanuel Hildern | Film |
| 1973 | Nothing But the Night | Sir Mark Ashley | Film |
| 1973 | And Now the Screaming Starts! | Dr. Pope | Film |
| 1973 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing | Film |
| 1972 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Professor Van Helsing | Film |
| 1972 | Asylum | Smith | Film |
| 1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Ship's Captain | Film |
| 1972 | Horror Express | Dr. Wells | Film |
| 1972 | Tales from the Crypt | Arthur Edward Grimsdyke | Film |
| 1972 | Fear in the Night | Michael Carmichael | Film |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") | Film |
| 1971 | Blood Suckers | Dr. Walter Goodrich | Film |
| 1971 | Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | Film |
| 1971 | I, Monster | Frederick Utterson | Film |
| 1970 | One More Time | Dr. Frankenstein | Film |
| 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Major Heinrich Benedek | Film |
| 1970 | The Vampire Lovers | General von Spielsdorf | Film |
| 1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Baron Victor Frankenstein | Film |
| 1968 | Corruption | Sir John Rowan | Film |
| 1968 | The Blood Beast Terror | Detective Inspector Quennell | Film |
| 1967 | Night of the Big Heat | Dr. Vernon Stone | Film |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") | Film |
| 1967 | Frankenstein Created Woman | Baron Frankenstein | Film |
| 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage) | Film |
| 1966 | Island of Terror | Dr. Brian Stanley | Film |
| 1966 | Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | Doctor Who | Film |
| 1965 | Dr. Who and the Daleks | Doctor Who | Film |
| 1965 | She | Holly | Film |
| 1965 | The Skull | Dr. Christopher Maitland | Film |
| 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror" | Film |
| 1964 | The Evil of Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | Film |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Dr. Namaroff | Film |
| 1964 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | TV |
| 1963 | The Man Who Finally Died | Doctor Peter von Brecht | Film |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Reverend Dr. Blyss | Film |
| 1961 | Cash on Demand | Harry Fordyce | Film |
| 1961 | The Naked Edge | Mr. Evan Wrack | Film |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club | Mr. Merryweather | Film |
| 1960 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Sheriff of Nottingham | Film |
| 1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. J. Van Helsing | Film |
| 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends | Dr. Robert Knox | Film |
| 1960 | Cone of Silence | Capt. Clive Judd | Film |
| 1960 | Suspect | Professor Sewell | Film |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | Captain Richard Pearson | Film |
| 1959 | The Mummy | John Banning | Film |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | Film |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Dr. Victor Stein | Film |
| 1958 | Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing | Film |
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