
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…
Known For
Star Wars
Grand Moff Tarkin
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Actor's Assistant
Lolita
John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
Top Secret!
Bookstore Proprietor
Dracula
Doctor Van Helsing
Hamlet
Osric
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sherlock Holmes
Tales from the Crypt
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
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Filmography
Acting (143)
Movies (126)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025as Self - (archive footage)
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024as Self (archive footage)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020as (archive footage)
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
2020as (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
2020as Himself
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
2017as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Attack of the Octopus People
2010as Doctor Welles (archive footage)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
2008as Self
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007as Self (archive footage)
The Story of Star Wars
2004as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
Dalekmania
1995as Doctor Who (archive footage)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994as Narrator (voice) / Self
Frankenstein Reborn
1993as Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
Innocent Blood
1992as Van Helsing (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
1989as Himself
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987as Self
Biggles
1986as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
The Masks of Death
1984as Sherlock Holmes
Top Secret!
1984as Bookstore Proprietor
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
1984as Seneschal
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984as Professor Charles Copeland
House of the Long Shadows
1983as Sebastian Grisbane
Black Jack
1981as Sir Thomas Bedford
Mystery on Monster Island
1981as William T. Kolderup
A Tale of Two Cities
1980as Dr. Alexander Manette
Son of Hitler
1979as Heinrich Haussner
Arabian Adventure
1979as Wazir Al Wuzara
The Horror Show
1979as (archive footage)
A Touch of the Sun
1979
The Detour
1979as Narrator
Star Wars
1977as Grand Moff Tarkin
Shock Waves
1977as SS Commander
The Uncanny
1977as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
The Standard
1977as Baron Hackenberg
The Great Houdinis
1976as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
At the Earth's Core
1976as Dr. Abner Perry
The Devil's Men
1976as Baron Corofax
Trial by Combat
1976as Sir Edward Gifford
Fists of Fire
1975as Self
The Ghoul
1975as Dr. Lawrence
Legend of the Werewolf
1975as Prof. Paul
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Shatter
1974as Paul Rattwood
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Madhouse
1974as Herbert Flay
The Beast Must Die
1974as Dr. Christopher Lundgren
From Beyond the Grave
1974as The Proprietor
Tender Dracula
1974as MacGregor
The Creeping Flesh
1973as Emmanuel Hildern
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Nothing But the Night
1973as Sir Mark Ashley
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973as Dr. Pope
Asylum
1972as Smith
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972as Professor Van Helsing
Tales from the Crypt
1972as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Horror Express
1972as Dr. Wells
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972as Ship's Captain
Fear in the Night
1972as Michael Carmichael
I, Monster
1971as Frederick Utterson
Twins of Evil
1971as Gustav Weil
The House That Dripped Blood
1971as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
Blood Suckers
1971as Dr. Walter Goodrich
The Vampire Lovers
1970as General von Spielsdorf
One More Time
1970as Dr. Frankenstein
Scream and Scream Again
1970as Major Heinrich Benedek
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969as Baron Victor Frankenstein
Corruption
1968as Sir John Rowan
The Blood Beast Terror
1968as Detective Inspector Quennell
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967as Baron Frankenstein
Torture Garden
1967as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Night of the Big Heat
1967as Dr. Vernon Stone
Some May Live
1967as John Meredith
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
1966as Doctor Who
Island of Terror
1966as Dr. Brian Stanley
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
1965as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
She
1965as Holly
The Skull
1965as Dr. Christopher Maitland
Dr. Who and the Daleks
1965as Doctor Who
The Gorgon
1964as Dr. Namaroff
The Evil of Frankenstein
1964as Baron Frankenstein
The Man Who Finally Died
1963as Doctor Peter von Brecht
Lolita
1962as John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain Clegg
1962as Reverend Dr. Blyss
Cash on Demand
1961as Harry Fordyce
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961as Squire Trevenyan
The Naked Edge
1961as Mr. Evan Wrack
The Hellfire Club
1961as Merryweather
The Brides of Dracula
1960as Dr. J. Van Helsing
Suspect
1960as Professor Sewell
Sword of Sherwood Forest
1960as Sheriff of Nottingham
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960as Dr. Robert Knox
Cone of Silence
1960as Capt. Clive Judd
Look at Life: Model World
1960as Self
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959as Sherlock Holmes
John Paul Jones
1959as Captain Richard Pearson
The Mummy
1959as John Banning
Dracula
1958as Doctor Van Helsing
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958as Dr. Victor Stein
Violent Playground
1958as Father Laidlaw
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957as Baron Victor Frankenstein
The Abominable Snowman
1957as Dr. John Rollason
Time Without Pity
1957as Jeremy Clayton
Alexander the Great
1956as Memmon
Magic Fire
1955as Otto Wesendonk
The End of the Affair
1955as Henry Miles
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954as Winston Smith
The Black Knight
1954as Sir Palamides
Anastasia
1953as Piotr Petrovsky
Moulin Rouge
1952as Marcel de la Voisier
When We Are Married
1951as Gerald Forbes
Hamlet
1948as Osric
It Might Be You
1946as The doctor
The Woman in the House
1942as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
They Dare Not Love
1941as Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
The Hidden Master
1940as Robert Clive of India
Women in War
1940as Capt. Evans
Laddie
1940as Robert Pryor
Dreams
1940as First Dreamer
A Chump at Oxford
1940as Student
The Howards of Virginia
1940as Leslie Stephens
Vigil in the Night
1940as Joe Shand
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939as Second Officer
Television (17)
The World of Hammer
1994as Self (archive footage)
Wogan
1982as Self
Hammer House of Horror
1980as Martin Blueck
Tales of the Unexpected
1979as Von Baden
The New Avengers
1976as Von Claus
Space: 1999
1975as Raan
The Zoo Gang
1974as Judge Gautier
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973as Count Gerard De Merret
Film '72
1971as Self
Treffpunkte
1970as Self
Story Parade
1964as Elijah Baley
Sherlock Holmes
1964as Sherlock Holmes
The Spread of the Eagle
1963as Caius Cassius
The Avengers
1961as Paul Beresford
Drama 61-67
1961as Frederick James Parsons
Pride and Prejudice
1952as Mr. Darcy
Sunday Night Theatre
1950as Winston Smith
Crew (2)
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