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Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE was an English actor best known for his roles in the Hammer Productions horror films of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as well as his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. Born in Kenley, Surrey, Cushing made his stage debut in 1935 and spent three years at a repertory theatre before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film career.
Birth Name
Peter Wilton Cushing
Born
Monday, 26 May 1913
Died
Thursday, 11 August 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Manson & Dracula: Closer Than We Think | (archive footage) | 2022 |
| The Skywalker Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Wild Session | Dr. Wells | 2019 |
| Creepshow | Dr. Wells | 2019 |
| Peter Cushing: In His Own Words | Himself | 2019 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Sebastian Grisbane | 2014 |
| The Drunken Peasants | Grand Moff Tarkin / Peter Cushing | 2014 |
| Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story | Self | 2013 |
| Dante's Domicile | Dr. Wells | 2013 |
| The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Manson & Dracula: Closer Than We Think | (archive footage) | 2022 |
| The Skywalker Legacy | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Wild Session | Dr. Wells | 2019 |
| Creepshow | Dr. Wells | 2019 |
| Peter Cushing: In His Own Words | Himself | 2019 |
| Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Sebastian Grisbane | 2014 |
| The Drunken Peasants | Grand Moff Tarkin / Peter Cushing | 2014 |
| Morecambe & Wise: The Whole Story | Self | 2013 |
| Dante's Domicile | Dr. Wells | 2013 |
| The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | 2012 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Grand Moff Tarkin (clip from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)) | 2011 |
| Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Self / Victor Frankenstein / Doctor Van Helsing / Doctor Victor Stein | 2010 |
| Attack of the Octopus People | Doctor Welles (archive footage) / Dr. Welles | 2010 |
| Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self | 2010 |
| Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 2009 |
| Fanex Files: Hammer Films | 2008 | |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Baron Frankenstein / Doctor Van Helsing / Victor Frankenstein / Professor Van Helsing / Professor Laurence Van Helsing / Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing / Doctor Victor Stein / Captain / Baron Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten | Winston Smith | 2007 |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Cinemaker | Self | 2006 |
| Timeshift | Himself (archive footage) | 2002 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies | Self | 2001 |
| The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Dr. Frankenstein | 1999 |
| History's Mysteries | Dr. Frankenstein | 1998 |
| 100 Years of Horror | Self - Actor, 'The Brides of Dracula' | 1996 |
| 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company | Self | 1996 |
| Dalekmania | Doctor Who (archive footage) / Dr. Who | 1995 |
| The 67th Annual Academy Awards | Self (Memorial Tribute) | 1995 |
| It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator / Himself / Self | 1994 |
| Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage) | 1991 |
| Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood | Himself / Self | 1989 |
| Monsters & Maniacs | Self | 1988 |
| Biggles: Adventures in Time | Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond | 1986 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) / Sherlock Holmes | 1985 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death | Sherlock Holmes | 1984 |
| Top Secret! | Bookstore Proprietor | 1984 |
| Sword of the Valiant | Seneschal - Gaspar / Seneschal | 1984 |
| House of the Long Shadows | Sebastian Grisbane | 1983 |
| Coming Soon | edited from 'Brides of Dracula' | 1982 |
| 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 |
| Arabian Adventure | Wazir Al Wuzara | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Karl Von Baden | 1979 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Son of Hitler | Heinrich Haussner | 1979 |
| The Uncanny | Wilbur / Wilbur Gray | 1977 |
| Shock Waves | SS Commander | 1977 |
| Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | Grand Moff Tarkin | 1977 |
| The Standard | Baron Hackenberg / Baron von Hackenberg | 1977 |
| A Dirty Knight's Work | Sir Edward Gifford | 1976 |
| The Great Houdini | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / 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 |
| Legend of the Werewolf | Professor Paul / Prof. Paul | 1975 |
| Space: 1999 | Raan | 1975 |
| The Ghoul | Doctor Lawrence / Dr. Lawrence | 1975 |
| Jim'll Fix It | Self | 1975 |
| The Big Scare | MacGregor | 1974 |
| The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Professor Lawrence Van Helsing / Prof. Van Helsing | 1974 |
| Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Baron Frankenstein / Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor | 1974 |
| The Zoo Gang | Judge Gautier | 1974 |
| The Beast Must Die | Dr. Christopher Lundgren | 1974 |
| Madhouse | Herbert Flay | 1974 |
| From Beyond the Grave | The Proprietor | 1974 |
| Shatter | Paul Rattwood | 1974 |
| The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing / 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 / Doctor Wells | 1972 |
| Fear in the Night | The Headmaster / Michael Carmichael | 1972 |
| Asylum | Smith / Smith (segment "The Weird Tailor") | 1972 |
| Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Captain / Ship's Captain | 1972 |
| Dracula A.D. 1972 | Professor Lorrimer Van Helsing / Professor Van Helsing | 1972 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Grimsdyke (segment "Poetic Justice") / Arthur Edward Grimsdyke | 1972 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| I, Monster | Frederick Utterson | 1971 |
| Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | 1971 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The House That Dripped Blood | Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") / Philip (segment "Waxworks") | 1971 |
| Incense for the Damned | Dr. Walter Goodrich | 1970 |
| 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 / Baron Victor Frankenstein | 1969 |
| The Morecambe & Wise Show | Self | 1968 |
| Corruption | Sir John Rowan | 1968 |
| The Blood Beast Terror | Inspector Quennell / Detective Inspector Quennell | 1968 |
| Torture Garden | Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") | 1967 |
| Night of the Big Heat | Dr. Vernon Stone | 1967 |
| Frankenstein Created Woman | Baron Frankenstein | 1967 |
| Some May Live | John Meredith | 1967 |
| Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. | Dr. Who / Doctor Who | 1966 |
| Island of Terror | Dr. Brian Stanley | 1966 |
| Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Doctor Van Helsing / Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage) | 1966 |
| Man Alive | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Leonard | 1965 |
| The Skull | Christopher Maitland / Dr. Christopher Maitland | 1965 |
| Dr. Who and the Daleks | Dr. Who / Doctor Who | 1965 |
| She | Holly | 1965 |
| Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Dr. Terror / Dr. Sandor Schreck (segment "Dr. Terror") | 1965 |
| The Gorgon | Dr. Namaroff | 1964 |
| Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | 1964 |
| The Evil of Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1964 |
| The Man Who Finally Died | Dr. Peter von Brecht / Doctor Peter von Brecht | 1963 |
| The Devil's Agent | (scenes deleted) | 1962 |
| Lolita | Dr. Frankenstein | 1962 |
| Night Creatures | Rev. Dr. Blyss / Reverend Dr. Blyss | 1962 |
| Cash on Demand | Harry Fordyce | 1961 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Albert Fawkes | 1961 |
| The Naked Edge | Mr. Evan Wrack | 1961 |
| Drama 61-67 | Frederick James Parsons | 1961 |
| The Hellfire Club | Mr. Merryweather / Merryweather | 1961 |
| The Avengers | Paul Beresford | 1961 |
| Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Squire Trevenyan | 1961 |
| Sword of Sherwood Forest | Sheriff of Nottingham | 1960 |
| The Brides of Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing / Dr. J. Van Helsing | 1960 |
| Trouble in the Sky | Capt. Judd / Capt. Clive Judd | 1960 |
| The Flesh and the Fiends | Dr. Robert Knox | 1960 |
| The Risk | Professor Sewell | 1960 |
| The Mummy | John Banning | 1959 |
| John Paul Jones | Capt. Richard Pearson / Captain Richard Pearson | 1959 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | 1959 |
| The Revenge of Frankenstein | Doctor Victor Stein / Dr. Victor Stein | 1958 |
| Horror of Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing | 1958 |
| Violent Playground | Priest / Father Laidlaw | 1958 |
| The Abominable Snowman | Dr. Rollason / Dr. John Rollason | 1957 |
| The Curse of Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein / Baron Viktor Frankenstein | 1957 |
| Time Without Pity | Jeremy Clayton | 1957 |
| Alexander the Great | Gen. Memnon / Memmon | 1956 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Fred Parsons | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Magic Fire | Otto Wesendonk | 1955 |
| The End of the Affair | Henry Miles | 1955 |
| The Black Knight | Sir Palamides | 1954 |
| The Black Knight | Sir Palamides | 1954 |
| You Are There | Rudolf Hess | 1953 |
| Moulin Rouge | Marcel de la Voisier | 1952 |
| Hamlet | Osric | 1948 |
| The Woman in the House | Man Waking Up (archive footage) | 1942 |
| They Dare Not Love | Sub-Lieutenant Blackler | 1941 |
| The Howards of Virginia | Leslie Stephens | 1940 |
| Women in War | Capt. Evans | 1940 |
| Vigil in the Night | Joe Shand | 1940 |
| A Chump at Oxford | Student / Student Jones | 1940 |
| Laddie | Robert Pryor | 1940 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Second Officer | 1939 |
