Peter Cushing
Acting
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.
Born: May 26, 1913
Place of Birth: Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Himself
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
as Doctor Who (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice) / Self
as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
as Van Helsing (archive footage)
as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
as Sherlock Holmes
as Bookstore Proprietor
as Sebastian Grisbane
as Self
as Sir Thomas Bedford
as William T. Kolderup
as Dr. Alexander Manette
as Martin Blueck
as Wazir Al Wuzara
as Von Baden
as (archive footage)
as Heinrich Haussner
as Narrator
as Baron Hackenberg
as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
as SS Commander
as Grand Moff Tarkin
as Von Claus
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Baron Corofax
as Dr. Abner Perry
as Sir Edward Gifford
as Raan
as Prof. Paul
as Dr. Lawrence
as Paul Rattwood
as MacGregor
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
as Herbert Flay
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
as Judge Gautier
as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
as The Proprietor
as Count Gerard De Merret
as Dr. Pope
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
as Sir Mark Ashley
as Emmanuel Hildern
as Smith
as Dr. Wells
as Michael Carmichael
as Ship's Captain
as Professor Van Helsing
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
as Self
as Frederick Utterson
as Gustav Weil
as Dr. Walter Goodrich
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
as General von Spielsdorf
as Dr. Frankenstein
as Major Heinrich Benedek
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
as Sir John Rowan
as Detective Inspector Quennell
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
as Dr. Vernon Stone
as Baron Frankenstein
as John Meredith
as Doctor Who
as Dr. Brian Stanley
as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
as Dr. Christopher Maitland
as Doctor Who
as Holly
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
as Dr. Namaroff
as Sherlock Holmes
as Baron Frankenstein
as Doctor Peter von Brecht
as Caius Cassius
as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Reverend Dr. Blyss
as Harry Fordyce
as Mr. Evan Wrack
as Merryweather
as Paul Beresford
as Squire Trevenyan
as Sheriff of Nottingham
as Professor Sewell
as Capt. Clive Judd
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
as Dr. Robert Knox
as John Banning
as Captain Richard Pearson
as Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Victor Stein
as Doctor Van Helsing
as Father Laidlaw
as Dr. John Rollason
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
as Jeremy Clayton
as Memmon
as Otto Wesendonk
as Henry Miles
as Winston Smith
as Sir Palamides
as Marcel de la Voisier
as Mr. Darcy
as Winston Smith
as Dr. John Rollason
as Osric
as The doctor
as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
as First Dreamer
as Leslie Stephens
as Capt. Evans
as Robert Clive of India
as Joe Shand
as Student
as Robert Pryor
as Second Officer