Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Acting

Born May 26, 1913 · Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

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 o…

Known for

Wogan

Wogan

1982

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961

Star Wars

1977

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Space: 1999

Space: 1999

1975

Film '72

1971

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

1950

Acting(149)

2024Hammer: Heroes, Legends and MonstersSelf (archive footage)

2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.(archive footage)

2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault(archive footage)

2020Peter Cushing: In His Own WordsHimself

2017Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsSebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010Attack of the Octopus PeopleDoctor Welles (archive footage)

2008Fanex Files: Hammer FilmsSelf

2007Famous Monster: Forrest J AckermanSelf (archive footage)

2004The Story of Star WarsGrand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)

1995DalekmaniaDoctor Who (archive footage)

1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)

1994Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorNarrator (voice) / Self

1993Frankenstein RebornVictor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)

1992Innocent BloodVan Helsing (archive footage)

1992Dracula in the Movies(archive footage)

1991Halloween Monster BashDr. Wells (archive footage)

1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic ScrapbookVictor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)

1989Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to HollywoodHimself

1987Hammer: The Studio That Dripped BloodSelf

1986BigglesAir Commodore Colonel William Raymond

1985The Many Faces of Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes (archive footage)

1984The Masks of DeathSherlock Holmes

1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green KnightSeneschal

1984Top Secret!Bookstore Proprietor

1984Helen Keller: The Miracle ContinuesProfessor Charles Copeland

1983House of the Long ShadowsSebastian Grisbane

1981Black JackSir Thomas Bedford

1981Mystery on Monster IslandWilliam T. Kolderup

1980A Tale of Two CitiesDr. Alexander Manette

1980Hammer House of HorrorMartin Blueck

1979A Touch of the SunCommissioner Potts

1979Arabian AdventureWazir Al Wuzara

1979Tales of the UnexpectedVon Baden

1979The Horror Show(archive footage)

1979Son of HitlerHeinrich Haussner

1979The DetourNarrator

1977The StandardBaron Hackenberg

1977The UncannyWilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")

1977Shock WavesSS Commander

1977Star WarsGrand Moff Tarkin

1976The New AvengersVon Claus

1976The Great HoudinisSir Arthur Conan Doyle

1976The Devil's MenBaron Corofax

1976At the Earth's CoreDr. Abner Perry

1976Trial by CombatSir Edward Gifford

1975Space: 1999Raan

1975Legend of the WerewolfProf. Paul

1975The GhoulDr. Lawrence

1975Fists of FireSelf

1974ShatterPaul Rattwood

1974Tender DraculaMacGregor

1974The Legend of the 7 Golden VampiresProfessor Lawrence Van Helsing

1974Frankenstein and the Monster from HellBaron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

1974The Zoo GangJudge Gautier

1974The Beast Must DieDr. Christopher Lundgren

1974MadhouseHerbert Flay

1974From Beyond the GraveThe Proprietor

1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesCount Gerard De Merret

1973And Now the Screaming Starts!Dr. Pope

1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaProf. Lorrimer Van Helsing

1973Nothing But the NightSir Mark Ashley

1973The Creeping FleshEmmanuel Hildern

1972AsylumSmith

1972Horror ExpressDr. Wells

1972Fear in the NightMichael Carmichael

1972Dr. Phibes Rises AgainShip's Captain

1972Dracula A.D. 1972Professor Van Helsing

1972Tales from the CryptArthur Edward Grimsdyke

1971Film '72Self

1971I, MonsterFrederick Utterson

1971Twins of EvilGustav Weil

1971Blood SuckersDr. Walter Goodrich

1971The House That Dripped BloodPhilip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")

1970The Vampire LoversGeneral von Spielsdorf

1970One More TimeDr. Frankenstein

1970TreffpunkteSelf

1970Scream and Scream AgainMajor Heinrich Benedek

1969Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedBaron Victor Frankenstein

1968CorruptionSir John Rowan

1968The Blood Beast TerrorDetective Inspector Quennell

1967Torture GardenLancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")

1967Some May LiveJohn Meredith

1967Night of the Big HeatDr. Vernon Stone

1967Frankenstein Created WomanBaron Frankenstein

1966Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.Doctor Who

1966Island of TerrorDr. Brian Stanley

1966Dracula: Prince of DarknessDoctor Van Helsing (archive footage)

1965Thirty-Minute TheatreLeonard

1965The SkullDr. Christopher Maitland

1965Dr. Who and the DaleksDoctor Who

1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsDr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"

1964The GorgonDr. Namaroff

1964The Caves of SteelElijah Baley

1964Sherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes

1964The Evil of FrankensteinBaron Frankenstein

1964Story ParadeElijah Baley

1963The Man Who Finally DiedDoctor Peter von Brecht

1963The Spread of the EagleCaius Cassius

1962Captain CleggReverend Dr. Blyss

1961Cash on DemandHarry Fordyce

1961The Naked EdgeMr. Evan Wrack

1961Drama 61-67Frederick James Parsons

1961Fury at Smugglers' BaySquire Trevenyan

1961The Hellfire ClubMr. Merryweather

1961The AvengersPaul Beresford

1960Sword of Sherwood ForestSheriff of Nottingham

1960SuspectProfessor Sewell

1960The Brides of DraculaDr. J. Van Helsing

1960Cone of SilenceCapt. Clive Judd

1960The Flesh and the FiendsDr. Robert Knox

1960Look at Life: Model WorldSelf

1959The MummyJohn Banning

1959John Paul JonesCaptain Richard Pearson

1959The Hound of the BaskervillesSherlock Holmes

1958The Revenge of FrankensteinDr. Victor Stein

1958DraculaDoctor Van Helsing

1958Violent PlaygroundFather Laidlaw

1957The Abominable SnowmanDr. John Rollason

1957The Curse of FrankensteinBaron Victor Frankenstein

1957Time Without PityJeremy Clayton

1956Alexander the GreatMemmon

1955Magic FireOtto Wesendonk

1955The Moment of TruthThe Prime Minister

1955The End of the AffairHenry Miles

1955The CreatureDr. John Rollason

1954Nineteen Eighty-FourWinston Smith

1954The Black KnightSir Palamides

1953AnastasiaPiotr Petrovsky

1953Number ThreeSimpson

1952Moulin RougeMarcel de la Voisier

1952Pride and PrejudiceMr Darcy

1951When We Are MarriedGerald Forbes

1950Sunday Night TheatreWinston Smith

1948HamletOsric

1946It Might Be YouThe doctor

1942The Woman in the HouseMan Waking Up (archive footage)

1941They Dare Not LoveSub-Lieutenant Blackler

1940DreamsFirst Dreamer

1940The Howards of VirginiaLeslie Stephens

1940Women in WarCapt. Evans

1940The Hidden MasterRobert Clive of India

1940Vigil in the NightJoe Shand

1940A Chump at OxfordStudent

1940LaddieRobert Pryor

1939The Man in the Iron MaskSecond Officer

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