Peter Cushing
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 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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Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters as Self (archive footage)
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. as (archive footage)
2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
2020Peter Cushing: In His Own Words as Himself
2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010Attack of the Octopus People as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
2008Fanex Files: Hammer Films as Self
2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
2004The Story of Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
1995Dalekmania as Doctor Who (archive footage)
1994The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror as Narrator (voice) / Self
1993Frankenstein Reborn as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
1992Innocent Blood as Van Helsing (archive footage)
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
1989Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood as Himself
1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood as Self
1986Biggles as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
1985The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
1984The Masks of Death as Sherlock Holmes
1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Seneschal
1984Top Secret! as Bookstore Proprietor
1984Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as Professor Charles Copeland
1983House of the Long Shadows as Sebastian Grisbane
1982Wogan as Self
1981Black Jack as Sir Thomas Bedford
1981Mystery on Monster Island as William T. Kolderup
1980A Tale of Two Cities as Dr. Alexander Manette
1980Hammer House of Horror as Martin Blueck
1979Arabian Adventure as Wazir Al Wuzara
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Von Baden
1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1979Son of Hitler as Heinrich Haussner
1979The Detour as Narrator
1979A Touch of the Sun
1977The Standard as Baron Hackenberg
1977The Uncanny as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
1977Shock Waves as SS Commander
1977Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin
1976The New Avengers as Von Claus
1976The Great Houdinis as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1976The Devil's Men as Baron Corofax
1976At the Earth's Core as Dr. Abner Perry
1976Trial by Combat as Sir Edward Gifford
1975Space: 1999 as Raan
1975Legend of the Werewolf as Prof. Paul
1975The Ghoul as Dr. Lawrence
1975Fists of Fire as Self
1974Shatter as Paul Rattwood
1974Tender Dracula as MacGregor
1974The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
1974Madhouse as Herbert Flay
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
1974The Zoo Gang as Judge Gautier
1974The Beast Must Die as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
1974From Beyond the Grave as The Proprietor
1973Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Count Gerard De Merret
1973And Now the Screaming Starts! as Dr. Pope
1973The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
1973Nothing But the Night as Sir Mark Ashley
1973The Creeping Flesh as Emmanuel Hildern
1972Asylum as Smith
1972Horror Express as Dr. Wells
1972Fear in the Night as Michael Carmichael
1972Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Ship's Captain
1972Dracula A.D. 1972 as Professor Van Helsing
1972Tales from the Crypt as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
1971Film '72 as Self
1971I, Monster as Frederick Utterson
1971Twins of Evil as Gustav Weil
1971Blood Suckers as Dr. Walter Goodrich
1971The House That Dripped Blood as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
1970The Vampire Lovers as General von Spielsdorf
1970Treffpunkte as Self
1970One More Time as Dr. Frankenstein
1970Scream and Scream Again as Major Heinrich Benedek
1969Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Baron Victor Frankenstein
1968Corruption as Sir John Rowan
1968The Blood Beast Terror as Detective Inspector Quennell
1967Torture Garden as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967Night of the Big Heat as Dr. Vernon Stone
1967Frankenstein Created Woman as Baron Frankenstein
1967Some May Live as John Meredith
1966Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. as Doctor Who
1966Island of Terror as Dr. Brian Stanley
1966Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
1965The Skull as Dr. Christopher Maitland
1965Dr. Who and the Daleks as Doctor Who
1965She as Holly
1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
1964The Gorgon as Dr. Namaroff
1964Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes
1964The Evil of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein
1964Story Parade as Elijah Baley
1963The Man Who Finally Died as Doctor Peter von Brecht
1963The Spread of the Eagle as Caius Cassius
1962Lolita as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962Captain Clegg as Reverend Dr. Blyss
1961Cash on Demand as Harry Fordyce
1961The Naked Edge as Mr. Evan Wrack
1961The Hellfire Club as Merryweather
1961The Avengers as Paul Beresford
1961Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Squire Trevenyan
1960Sword of Sherwood Forest as Sheriff of Nottingham
1960Suspect as Professor Sewell
1960Cone of Silence as Capt. Clive Judd
1960The Brides of Dracula as Dr. J. Van Helsing
1960The Flesh and the Fiends as Dr. Robert Knox
1960Look at Life: Model World as Self
1959The Mummy as John Banning
1959John Paul Jones as Captain Richard Pearson
1959The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes
1958The Revenge of Frankenstein as Dr. Victor Stein
1958Dracula as Doctor Van Helsing
1958Violent Playground as Father Laidlaw
1957The Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rollason
1957The Curse of Frankenstein as Baron Victor Frankenstein
1957Time Without Pity as Jeremy Clayton
1956Alexander the Great as Memmon
1955Magic Fire as Otto Wesendonk
1955The End of the Affair as Henry Miles
1954Nineteen Eighty-Four as Winston Smith
1954The Black Knight as Sir Palamides
1953Anastasia as Piotr Petrovsky
1952Moulin Rouge as Marcel de la Voisier
1952Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Darcy
1951When We Are Married as Gerald Forbes
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Winston Smith
1950Sunday Night Theatre as Dr. John Rollason
1948Hamlet as Osric
1946It Might Be You as The doctor
1942The Woman in the House as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
1941They Dare Not Love as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
1940Dreams as First Dreamer
1940The Howards of Virginia as Leslie Stephens
1940Women in War as Capt. Evans
1940The Hidden Master as Robert Clive of India
1940Vigil in the Night as Joe Shand
1940A Chump at Oxford as Student
1940Laddie as Robert Pryor
1939The Man in the Iron Mask as Second Officer