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Peter Cushing
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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.
Notable films
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Star Wars
As Grand Moff Tarkin
Top Secret!
As Bookstore Proprietor
The Mummy
As John Banning
Alexander the Great
As Memmon
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
As Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
The Curse of Frankenstein
As Baron Victor Frankenstein
Horror Express
As Dr. Wells
Tales from the Crypt
As Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
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Acted
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Top Secret!
1984 · Bookstore Proprietor
House of the Long Shadows
1983 · Sebastian Grisbane
Star Wars
1977 · Grand Moff Tarkin
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
1974 · Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Horror Express
1972 · Dr. Wells
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972 · Professor Van Helsing
Tales from the Crypt
1972 · Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Twins of Evil
1971 · Gustav Weil
The House That Dripped Blood
1971 · Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
The Vampire Lovers
1970 · General von Spielsdorf
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
1969 · Baron Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein Created Woman
1967 · Baron Frankenstein
Island of Terror
1966 · Dr. Brian Stanley
The Gorgon
1964 · Dr. Namaroff
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 · Squire Trevenyan
The Mummy
1959 · John Banning
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Sherlock Holmes
The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958 · Dr. Victor Stein
Dracula
1958 · Doctor Van Helsing
The Abominable Snowman
1957 · Dr. John Rollason
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Baron Victor Frankenstein
Alexander the Great
1956 · Memmon
The Black Knight
1954 · Sir Palamides
Moulin Rouge
1952 · Marcel de la Voisier
Hamlet
1948 · Osric
A Chump at Oxford
1940 · Student
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · Second Officer