Peter Cushing (I) (1913–1994)

Actor | Art Department | Soundtrack

Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) ...

Born: May 26, 1913
Died: August 11, 1994 (age 81)

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Filmography

Known For

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Grand Moff Tarkin (1977)
The Curse of Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein (1957)
Horror Express Dr. Wells (1972)
Known For

Horror of Dracula Doctor Van Helsing (1958)
Actor

Biggles: Adventures in Time Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond (1986)
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death Sherlock Holmes (1984)
Sword of the Valiant Seneschal - Gaspar (1984)
Top Secret! Bookstore Proprietor (1984)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues Professor Charles Copeland (1984)
Tales of the Unexpected Von Baden (1983)
House of the Long Shadows Sebastian Grisbane (1983)
Black Jack Sir Thomas Bedford (1981)
Mystery on Monster Island William T. Kolderup (1981)
A Tale of Two Cities Dr. Alexander Manette (1980)
Hammer House of Horror Martin Blueck (1980)
A Touch of the Sun Commissioner Potts (1979)
Arabian Adventure Wazir Al Wuzara (1979)
Son of Hitler Heinrich Haussner (1979)
The Standard Baron von Hackenberg (1977)
The Uncanny Wilbur (1977)
Shock Waves SS Commander (1977)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Grand Moff Tarkin (1977)
The Great Houdini Conan Doyle (1976)
The New Avengers Von Claus (1976)
The Devil's Men Baron Corofax (1976)
At the Earth's Core Dr. Abner Perry (1976)
A Dirty Knight's Work Sir Edward Gifford (1976)
Space: 1999 Raan (1976)
The Ghoul Doctor Lawrence (1975)
Legend of the Werewolf Professor Paul (1975)
Shatter Paul Rattwood (1974)
The Big Scare MacGregor (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires Professor Lawrence Van Helsing (1974)
The Zoo Gang Judge Gautier (1974)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Baron Frankenstein (1974)
The Beast Must Die Dr. Christopher Lundgren (1974)
Madhouse Herbert Flay (1974)
From Beyond the Grave The Proprietor (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing (1973)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Count Gerard De Merret (1973)
And Now the Screaming Starts! Dr. Pope (1973)
The Creeping Flesh Emmanuel Hildern (1973)
Nothing But the Night Sir Mark Ashley (1973)
Horror Express Dr. Wells (1972)
Dr. Phibes Rises Again Captain (1972)
Fear in the Night The Headmaster / Michael Carmichael (1972)
Asylum Smith (segment "The Weird Tailor") (1972)
Dracula A.D. 1972 Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing (1972)
Tales from the Crypt Grimsdyke (segment "Poetic Justice") (1972)
I, Monster Utterson (1971)
Twins of Evil Gustav Weil (1971)
Incense for the Damned Dr. Walter Goodrich (1971)
The House That Dripped Blood Philip (segment "Waxworks") (1971)
The Vampire Lovers General von Spielsdorf (1970)
One More Time Dr. Frankenstein (1970)
Scream and Scream Again Major Heinrich Benedek (1970)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Baron Frankenstein (1969)
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes (1968)
Corruption Sir John Rowan (1968)
The Blood Beast Terror Inspector Quennell (1968)
Torture Garden Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") (1967)
The Avengers Paul Beresford (1967)
Some May Live John Meredith (1967)
Island of the Burning Damned Dr. Vernon Stone (1967)
Frankenstein Created Woman Baron Frankenstein (1967)
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. Dr. Who (1966)
Island of Terror Dr. Brian Stanley (1966)
Thirty-Minute Theatre Leonard (1965)
The Skull Christopher Maitland (1965)
Dr. Who and the Daleks Dr. Who (1965)
She Holly (1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Dr. Terror (1965)
The Gorgon Dr. Namaroff (1964)
Story Parade Elijah Baley (1964)
The Evil of Frankenstein Baron Frankenstein (1964)
The Man Who Finally Died Dr. Peter von Brecht (1963)
Comedy Playhouse Albert Fawkes (1963)
The Spread of the Eagle Caius Cassius (1963)
The Devil's Agent (1962)
ITV Television Playhouse Fred Parsons (1962)
Night Creatures Rev. Dr. Blyss (1962)
Drama 61-67 Frederick James Parsons (1962)
Cash on Demand Harry Fordyce (1961)
The Naked Edge Mr. Evan Wrack (1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay Squire Trevenyan (1961)
The Hellfire Club Mr. Merryweather (1961)
Sword of Sherwood Forest Sheriff of Nottingham (1960)
The Risk Professor Sewell (1960)
The Brides of Dracula Doctor Van Helsing (1960)
Trouble in the Sky Capt. Judd (1960)
The Flesh and the Fiends Dr. Robert Knox (1960)
The Mummy John Banning (1959)
John Paul Jones Capt. Richard Pearson (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes (1959)
The Revenge of Frankenstein Doctor Victor Stein (1958)
Uncle Harry Uncle Harry (1958)
Horror of Dracula Doctor Van Helsing (1958)
The Winslow Boy Sir Robert Morton (1958)
Violent Playground Priest (1958)
The Abominable Snowman Dr. Rollason (1957)
Home at Seven David Preston (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein (1957)
Time Without Pity Jeremy Clayton (1957)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Mr. Manningham (1951-1957)
Alexander the Great Gen. Memnon (1956)
Richard of Bordeaux Richard II (1955)
Magic Fire Otto Wesendonk (1955)
The Browning Version Andrew Crocker-Harris (1955)
The End of the Affair Henry Miles (1955)
The Face of Love Mardian Thersites (1954)
The Black Knight Sir Palamides (1954)
The Noble Spaniard Duke of Hermanos (1953)
You Are There Rudolf Hess (1953)
Rookery Nook Clive Popkiss (1953)
Wednesday Theatre Henry Robbins (1953)
Epitaph for a Spy Josef Vadassey (1953)
The Silver Swan Lord Henriques (1952)
Moulin Rouge Marcel de la Voisier (1952)
Asmodée Blaise Lebel (1952)
If This Be Error Nick Grant (1952)
Pride and Prejudice Mr. Darcy (1952)
When We Are Married Gerald Forbes (1951)
Hamlet Osric (1948)
It Might Be You The doctor (1946)
The New School Stephen (1944)
They Dare Not Love Sub-Lieutenant Blackler (1941)
Dreams First Dreamer (1940)
The Howards of Virginia Leslie Stephens (1940)
Women in War Capt. Evans (1940)
The Hidden Master Robert Clive of India (1940)
Vigil in the Night Joe Shand (1940)
Laddie Robert Pryor (1940)
A Chump at Oxford Student Jones (1939)
Actor

The Man in the Iron Mask Second Officer (1939)
Soundtrack

The Morecambe & Wise Show (1973)
Archive footage

From Page to Screen: George Orwell's 1984 (2019)
Psychotronic Fiction The Movie (2017)
The Almost Doctors (2017)
The Drunken Peasants (2015-2016)
Dante's Domicile (2015)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Special Collector's Edition (2014)
Taking Over the Asylum: The Making of Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (2013)
Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story (2013)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007-2013)
Making of the Evil of Frankenstein (2013)
Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (2012)
The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012)
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010)
Attack of the Octopus People (2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Morecambe & Wise: In Their Own Words (2008)
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)
Philip Madoc: A Villain for All Seasons (2007)
Hammer Horror (2007)
British Film Forever (2007)
Beloved Count (2007)
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
History's Mysteries (2006)
The Lost (2006)
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006)
Timeshift (2005)
Cinemaker (2004)
Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)
Sherlock Holmes: The True Story (2003)
Inside the Fear Factory (2003)
The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002)
Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee (2002)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001)
Movie Magic: Behind the Scenes - Monsters & Mayhem (1998)
Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror (1996-1997)
100 Years of Horror (1996)
The Bookworm (1996)
Match of the Seventies (1995)
Dalekmania (1995)
The Vampire Interviews (1995)
The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995)
The World of Hammer (1994)
It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994)
Doctor Who: 30 Years in the Tardis (1993)
Dracula in the Movies (1992)
Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years (1992)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Monsters & Maniacs (1988)
The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986)
The Best of All Time Horror Classics (1985)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Great Performances (1983)
Coming Soon (1982)
The Horror Show (1979)
Parkinson (1974)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Horror!!! (1964)
Lolita (1962)
Archive footage

Return from Nowhere (1944)
The Woman in the House (1942)
Art Department

49th Parallel (1941)

Videos

Awards

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Did You Know

The costume boots they gave Cushing for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) were too small and hurt his feet. Cushing told George Lucas this, and asked if he could wear slippers instead. Lucas agreed, and shot Cushing from the waist up for ...

Quotes

"It gives me the most wonderful feeling. These dear people love me so much and want to see me. The astonishing thing is that when I made the Frankenstein and Dracula movies almost 30 years ago the young audiences who see me now weren't even born yet...