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Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Birthday: 1913-05-26 | Place of Birth: 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cushing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2006
Vader Sessions

as    Grand Moff Tarkin

1996
100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company

as    Himself (archive footage)

1995
Dalekmania

as    Doctor Who (archive footage)

1994
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror

as    Narrator (voice) / Self

1988
Biggles

as    Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond

1984
Top Secret!

as    Bookstore Proprietor

1984
House of the Long Shadows

as    Sebastian Grisbane

1984
The Masks of Death

as    Sherlock Holmes

1981
Mystery on Monster Island

as    William T. Kolderup

1980
A Tale of Two Cities

as    Dr. Alexander Manette

1979
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

as    Professor Lawrence Van Helsing

1979
Arabian Adventure

as    Wazir Al Wuzara

1978
The Satanic Rites of Dracula

as    Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing

1977
The Devil's Men

as    Baron Corofax

1977
Star Wars

as    Grand Moff Tarkin

1977
Shock Waves

as    SS Commander

1976
At the Earth's Core

as    Dr. Abner Perry

1976
The Great Houdinis

as    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

1976
Trial by Combat

as    Sir Edward Gifford

1975
Shatter

as    Paul Rattwood

1975
From Beyond the Grave

as    The Proprietor

1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

as    Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor

1974
The Beast Must Die

as    Dr. Christopher Lundgren

1974
Madhouse

as    Herbert Flay

1973
And Now the Screaming Starts!

as    Dr. Pope

1973
Horror Express

as    Dr. Wells

1973
The Creeping Flesh

as    Emmanuel Hildern

1972
Asylum

as    Smith