Peter Cushing
Birthday
1913/05/26
Day of death
1994/08/11 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Also know as
Peter Wilton Cushing, 彼得·庫辛, Питер Кушинг, Питер Уилтон Кушинг, پیتر کوشینگ
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 Docto...Read more
Acting
(1977) Star Wars
as Grand Moff Tarkin
(1969) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
(1957) The Curse of Frankenstein
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
(1967) Frankenstein Created Woman
as Baron Frankenstein
(1974) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
(1964) The Evil of Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
(1958) The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Dr. Victor Stein
(1986) Biggles
as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
(1984) Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as Seneschal
(1960) The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
(1959) The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes
(1948) Hamlet
as Osric
(1958) Dracula
as Doctor Van Helsing
(1970) The Vampire Lovers
as General von Spielsdorf
(1984) Top Secret!
as Bookstore Proprietor
(1972) Dracula A.D. 1972
as Professor Van Helsing
(1976) At the Earth's Core
as Dr. Abner Perry
(1972) Horror Express
as Dr. Wells
(1974) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
(1965) Dr. Who and the Daleks
as Doctor Who
(1972) Asylum
as Smith
(1977) Shock Waves
as SS Commander
(1965) Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
(1979) The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1994) Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Narrator (voice) / Self
(1974) The Beast Must Die
as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
(1964) The Gorgon
as Dr. Namaroff
(1974) Madhouse
as Herbert Flay
(1973) The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
(1981) Mystery on Monster Island
as William T. Kolderup
(1954) The Black Knight
as Sir Palamides
(1966) Island of Terror
as Dr. Brian Stanley
(1984) The Masks of Death
as Sherlock Holmes
(1967) Torture Garden
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
(1971) Twins of Evil
as Gustav Weil
(1973) Nothing But the Night
as Sir Mark Ashley
(1975) Legend of the Werewolf
as Prof. Paul
(1973) The Creeping Flesh
as Emmanuel Hildern
(1973) And Now the Screaming Starts!
as Dr. Pope
(1970) Scream and Scream Again
as Major Heinrich Benedek
(1956) Alexander the Great
as Memmon
(1965) The Skull
as Dr. Christopher Maitland
(2020) Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself
(1957) Time Without Pity
as Jeremy Clayton
(1961) Cash on Demand
as Harry Fordyce
(1957) The Abominable Snowman
as Dr. John Rollason
(1976) The Devil's Men
as Baron Corofax
(1966) Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as Doctor Who
(1972) Tales from the Crypt
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
(1995) Dalekmania
as Doctor Who (archive footage)
(1983) House of the Long Shadows
as Sebastian Grisbane
(1971) The House That Dripped Blood
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
(1965) She
as Holly
(1968) Corruption
as Sir John Rowan
(1974) From Beyond the Grave
as The Proprietor
(1972) Fear in the Night
as Michael Carmichael
(1980) A Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Alexander Manette
(1972) Dr. Phibes Rises Again
as Ship's Captain
(1959) The Mummy
as John Banning
(1940) The Howards of Virginia
as Leslie Stephens
(1962) Captain Clegg
as Reverend Dr. Blyss
(1975) The Ghoul
as Dr. Lawrence
(1971) I, Monster
as Frederick Utterson
(1960) The Flesh and the Fiends
as Dr. Robert Knox
(1979) Arabian Adventure
as Wazir Al Wuzara
(1959) John Paul Jones
as Captain Richard Pearson
(1967) Night of the Big Heat
as Dr. Vernon Stone
(1979) Son of Hitler
as Heinrich Haussner
(1977) The Uncanny
as Wilbur Gray
(1974) Shatter
as Paul Rattwood
(1958) Violent Playground
as Father Laidlaw
(1987) Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
as Self
(1968) The Blood Beast Terror
as Detective Inspector Quennell
(1971) Blood Suckers
as Dr. Walter Goodrich
(1955) The End of the Affair
as Henry Miles
(1961) The Hellfire Club
as Merryweather
(1976) Trial by Combat
as Sir Edward Gifford
(1954) Nineteen Eighty-Four
as Winston Smith
(1961) The Naked Edge
as Mr. Evan Wrack
(1984) Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as Professor Charles Copeland
(1963) The Man Who Finally Died
as Doctor Peter von Brecht
(1974) Tender Dracula
as MacGregor
(1960) Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Sheriff of Nottingham
(1991) Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
(1941) They Dare Not Love
as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
(1955) Magic Fire
as Otto Wesendonk
(1940) Vigil in the Night
as Joe Shand
(1976) The Great Houdinis
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(1961) Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Squire Trevenyan
(1989) Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
as Himself
(1960) Cone of Silence
as Capt. Clive Judd
(1960) Suspect
as Professor Sewell
(2022) Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill
as ---
(1977) The Standard
as Baron Hackenberg
(1940) Laddie
as Robert Pryor
(1952) Moulin Rouge
as Marcel de la Voisier
(1940) A Chump at Oxford
as Student
(1939) The Man in the Iron Mask
as Second Officer
(1940) Women in War
as Capt. Evans
(1953) Anastasia
as Piotr Petrovsky
(1981) Black Jack
as Sir Thomas Bedford
(1979) A Touch of the Sun
as ---
(1967) Some May Live
as John Meredith
(1993) Frankenstein Reborn
as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
(1970) One More Time
as Dr. Frankenstein
(1942) The Woman in the House
as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
(1979) The Detour
as Narrator
(2004) The Story of Star Wars
as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
(2010) Attack of the Octopus People
as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
(1985) The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
(1975) Fists of Fire
as Himself
(2017) Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
(2020) The Skywalker Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(1940) The Hidden Master
as Robert Clive of India
(2020) AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
as Self
(1946) It Might Be You
as The doctor
(1973) Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong
as (archive footage)
(2010) Halloween: The Inside Story
as (archive footage)
(1940) Dreams
as First Dreamer
(2008) Fanex Files: Hammer Films
as Self
(1966) Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(1951) When We Are Married
as Gerald Forbes
(2024) Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
(1962) Lolita
as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2025) The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as Self
(2025) The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as Self
(1975) Space: 1999
as Raan
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Von Baden
(1961) The Avengers
as Paul Beresford
(1976) The New Avengers
as Von Claus
(1973) Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Count Gerard De Merret
(1980) Hammer House of Horror
as Martin Blueck
(1964) Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes
(1994) The World of Hammer
as ---
(1974) The Zoo Gang
as Judge Gautier
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1952) Pride and Prejudice
as Mr. Darcy
(1970) Treffpunkte
as Self
(1950) Sunday Night Theatre
as Winston Smith