Personal Info
Birthday
May 26, 1913
Place of Birth
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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.
Acting Filmography (139)
8.2
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie2024
0.0
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Movie2020
0.0
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie2020
No Backdrop
7.5
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Movie2020
6.0
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Movie2017
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
Attack of the Octopus People
Movie2010
No Backdrop
7.0
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Movie2008
No Backdrop
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie2007
No Backdrop
7.2
The Story of Star Wars
Movie2004
7.6
Dalekmania
Movie1995
6.8
The World of Hammer
TV Series1994
7.3
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Movie1994
No Backdrop
10.0
Frankenstein Reborn
Movie1993
6.2
Innocent Blood
Movie1992
10.0
Dracula in the Movies
Movie1992
No Backdrop
0.0
Halloween Monster Bash
Movie1991
No Backdrop
9.5
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Movie1989
6.4
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Movie1987
5.2
Biggles
Movie1986
No Backdrop
8.0
Television
TV Series1985
No Backdrop
8.5
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Movie1985
5.4
The Masks of Death
Movie1984
5.2
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie1984
7.1
Top Secret!
Movie1984
6.4
House of the Long Shadows
Movie1983
5.3
Wogan
TV Series1982
10.0
Black Jack
Movie1981
4.5
Mystery on Monster Island
Movie1981
6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie1980
7.1
Hammer House of Horror
TV Series1980
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5.0
A Touch of the Sun
Movie1979
5.9
Arabian Adventure
Movie1979
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
TV Series1979
3.4
The Horror Show
Movie1979
5.8
Son of Hitler
Movie1979
No Backdrop
0.0
The Detour
Movie1979
4.3
The Standard
Movie1977
5.9
The Uncanny
Movie1977
4.9
Shock Waves
Movie1977
8.2
Star Wars
Movie1977
7.1
The New Avengers
TV Series1976
6.3
The Great Houdinis
Movie1976
4.1
The Devil's Men
Movie1976
5.1
At the Earth's Core
Movie1976
7.8
Trial by Combat
Movie1976
7.1
Space: 1999
TV Series1975
5.4
Legend of the Werewolf
Movie1975
5.0
The Ghoul
Movie1975
5.7
Shatter
Movie1974
4.2
Tender Dracula
Movie1974
5.8
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Movie1974
6.2
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie1974
7.8
The Zoo Gang
TV Series1974
5.5
The Beast Must Die
Movie1974
6.2
Madhouse
Movie1974
6.5
From Beyond the Grave
Movie1974
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV Series1973
5.9
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Movie1973
5.6
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Movie1973
6.2
Nothing But the Night
Movie1973
5.9
The Creeping Flesh
Movie1973
6.0
Asylum
Movie1972
6.3
Horror Express
Movie1972
5.9
Fear in the Night
Movie1972
6.3
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Movie1972
6.0
Dracula A.D. 1972
Movie1972
6.8
Tales from the Crypt
Movie1972
5.5
I, Monster
Movie1971
6.7
Twins of Evil
Movie1971
4.1
Blood Suckers
Movie1971
6.4
The House That Dripped Blood
Movie1971
6.4
The Vampire Lovers
Movie1970
5.0
One More Time
Movie1970
5.3
Scream and Scream Again
Movie1970
6.3
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie1969
5.9
Corruption
Movie1968
5.5
The Blood Beast Terror
Movie1968
6.2
Torture Garden
Movie1967
4.3
Some May Live
Movie1967
5.3
Night of the Big Heat
Movie1967
6.4
Frankenstein Created Woman
Movie1967
6.1
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Movie1966
5.9
Island of Terror
Movie1966
6.7
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Movie1966
No Backdrop
4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV Series1965
6.1
The Skull
Movie1965
5.8
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Movie1965
5.6
She
Movie1965
6.5
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Movie1965
6.4
The Gorgon
Movie1964
7.0
The Caves of Steel
Movie1964
6.7
Sherlock Holmes
TV Series1964
6.2
The Evil of Frankenstein
Movie1964
6.3
The Man Who Finally Died
Movie1963
0.0
The Spread of the Eagle
TV Series1963
6.3
Captain Clegg
Movie1962
7.6
Cash on Demand
Movie1961
6.3
The Naked Edge
Movie1961
5.9
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Movie1961
5.4
The Hellfire Club
Movie1961
7.8
The Avengers
TV Series1961
6.1
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Movie1960
6.9
Suspect
Movie1960
6.7
The Brides of Dracula
Movie1960
6.8
Cone of Silence
Movie1960
6.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie1960
6.7
The Mummy
Movie1959
6.0
John Paul Jones
Movie1959
6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie1959
6.6
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Movie1958
7.3
Dracula
Movie1958
7.2
Violent Playground
Movie1958
6.2
The Abominable Snowman
Movie1957
6.8
The Curse of Frankenstein
Movie1957
6.5
Time Without Pity
Movie1957
6.1
Alexander the Great
Movie1956
4.9
Magic Fire
Movie1955
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7.0
The Moment of Truth
Movie1955
5.8
The End of the Affair
Movie1955
No Backdrop
10.0
The Creature
Movie1955
7.3
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie1954
6.4
The Black Knight
Movie1954
No Backdrop
9.0
Number Three
Movie1953
6.6
Moulin Rouge
Movie1952
No Backdrop
9.0
Pride and Prejudice
TV Series1952
No Backdrop
3.5
Sunday Night Theatre
TV Series1950
7.4
Hamlet
Movie1948
No Backdrop
0.0
It Might Be You
Movie1946
No Backdrop
6.5
The Woman in the House
Movie1942
7.5
They Dare Not Love
Movie1941
No Backdrop
6.0
Dreams
Movie1940
6.8
The Howards of Virginia
Movie1940
5.2
Women in War
Movie1940
No Backdrop
8.0
The Hidden Master
Movie1940
5.9
Vigil in the Night
Movie1940
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
Movie1940
6.6
Laddie
Movie1940
7.1
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie1939