Peter Cushing
Acting • Born 1913-05-26 – Died 1994-08-11
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.
Filmography
148 credits
Star Wars
Movie • 1977
Grand Moff Tarkin
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Movie • 1969
Baron Victor Frankenstein
The Curse of Frankenstein
Movie • 1957
Baron Victor Frankenstein
Frankenstein Created Woman
Movie • 1967
Baron Frankenstein
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie • 1974
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
The Evil of Frankenstein
Movie • 1964
Baron Frankenstein
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Movie • 1958
Dr. Victor Stein
Biggles
Movie • 1986
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Movie • 1984
Seneschal
The Brides of Dracula
Movie • 1960
Dr. J. Van Helsing
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 1959
Sherlock Holmes
Hamlet
Movie • 1948
Osric
Dracula
Movie • 1958
Doctor Van Helsing
The Vampire Lovers
Movie • 1970
General von Spielsdorf
Top Secret!
Movie • 1984
Bookstore Proprietor
Dracula A.D. 1972
Movie • 1972
Professor Van Helsing
At the Earth's Core
Movie • 1976
Dr. Abner Perry
Horror Express
Movie • 1972
Dr. Wells
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Movie • 1974
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Movie • 1965
Doctor Who
Asylum
Movie • 1972
Smith
Shock Waves
Movie • 1977
SS Commander
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Movie • 1965
Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice) / Self
The Beast Must Die
Movie • 1974
Dr. Christopher Lundgren
The Gorgon
Movie • 1964
Dr. Namaroff
Madhouse
Movie • 1974
Herbert Flay
Mystery on Monster Island
Movie • 1981
William T. Kolderup
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Movie • 1973
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
The Black Knight
Movie • 1954
Sir Palamides
Island of Terror
Movie • 1966
Dr. Brian Stanley
The Masks of Death
Movie • 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Torture Garden
Movie • 1967
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Twins of Evil
Movie • 1971
Gustav Weil
Nothing But the Night
Movie • 1973
Sir Mark Ashley
Legend of the Werewolf
Movie • 1975
Prof. Paul
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Movie • 1973
Dr. Pope
The Creeping Flesh
Movie • 1973
Emmanuel Hildern
Scream and Scream Again
Movie • 1970
Major Heinrich Benedek
Alexander the Great
Movie • 1956
Memmon
The Skull
Movie • 1965
Dr. Christopher Maitland
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Movie • 2020
Himself
Time Without Pity
Movie • 1957
Jeremy Clayton
Cash on Demand
Movie • 1961
Harry Fordyce
The Abominable Snowman
Movie • 1957
Dr. John Rollason
The Devil's Men
Movie • 1976
Baron Corofax
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Movie • 1966
Doctor Who
Tales from the Crypt
Movie • 1972
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Dalekmania
Movie • 1995
Doctor Who (archive footage)
House of the Long Shadows
Movie • 1983
Sebastian Grisbane
The House That Dripped Blood
Movie • 1971
Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
She
Movie • 1965
Holly
Corruption
Movie • 1968
Sir John Rowan
From Beyond the Grave
Movie • 1974
The Proprietor
Fear in the Night
Movie • 1972
Michael Carmichael
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1980
Dr. Alexander Manette
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Movie • 1972
Ship's Captain
The Mummy
Movie • 1959
John Banning
The Howards of Virginia
Movie • 1940
Leslie Stephens
Captain Clegg
Movie • 1962
Reverend Dr. Blyss
The Ghoul
Movie • 1975
Dr. Lawrence
I, Monster
Movie • 1971
Frederick Utterson
The Flesh and the Fiends
Movie • 1960
Dr. Robert Knox
Arabian Adventure
Movie • 1979
Wazir Al Wuzara
John Paul Jones
Movie • 1959
Captain Richard Pearson
Night of the Big Heat
Movie • 1967
Dr. Vernon Stone
Son of Hitler
Movie • 1979
Heinrich Haussner
The Uncanny
Movie • 1977
Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
Shatter
Movie • 1974
Paul Rattwood
Violent Playground
Movie • 1958
Father Laidlaw
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Movie • 1987
Self
The Blood Beast Terror
Movie • 1968
Detective Inspector Quennell
The End of the Affair
Movie • 1955
Henry Miles
Blood Suckers
Movie • 1971
Dr. Walter Goodrich
The Hellfire Club
Movie • 1961
Merryweather
Trial by Combat
Movie • 1976
Sir Edward Gifford
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Movie • 1954
Winston Smith
The Naked Edge
Movie • 1961
Mr. Evan Wrack
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Movie • 1984
Professor Charles Copeland
The Man Who Finally Died
Movie • 1963
Doctor Peter von Brecht
Tender Dracula
Movie • 1974
MacGregor
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Movie • 1960
Sheriff of Nottingham
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
Magic Fire
Movie • 1955
Otto Wesendonk
They Dare Not Love
Movie • 1941
Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
Vigil in the Night
Movie • 1940
Joe Shand
The Great Houdinis
Movie • 1976
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Movie • 1961
Squire Trevenyan
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Movie • 1989
Himself
Cone of Silence
Movie • 1960
Capt. Clive Judd
Suspect
Movie • 1960
Professor Sewell
The Standard
Movie • 1977
Baron Hackenberg
Laddie
Movie • 1940
Robert Pryor
Moulin Rouge
Movie • 1952
Marcel de la Voisier
A Chump at Oxford
Movie • 1940
Student
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie • 1939
Second Officer
Women in War
Movie • 1940
Capt. Evans
Anastasia
Movie • 1953
Piotr Petrovsky
Some May Live
Movie • 1967
John Meredith
Black Jack
Movie • 1981
Sir Thomas Bedford
A Touch of the Sun
Movie • 1979
Commissioner Potts
Frankenstein Reborn
Movie • 1993
Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
One More Time
Movie • 1970
Dr. Frankenstein
The Woman in the House
Movie • 1942
Man Waking Up (archive footage)
The Detour
Movie • 1979
Narrator
The Story of Star Wars
Movie • 2004
Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
Attack of the Octopus People
Movie • 2010
Doctor Welles (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Movie • 1985
Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Fists of Fire
Movie • 1975
Self
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Movie • 2017
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
The Hidden Master
Movie • 1940
Robert Clive of India
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
It Might Be You
Movie • 1946
The doctor
Dreams
Movie • 1940
First Dreamer
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Movie • 2008
Self
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Movie • 1966
Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
When We Are Married
Movie • 1951
Gerald Forbes
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Lolita
Movie • 1962
John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
Innocent Blood
Movie • 1992
Van Helsing (archive footage)
Look at Life: Model World
Movie • 1960
Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Number Three
Movie • 1953
Simpson
The Creature
Movie • 1955
Dr. John Rollason
The Moment of Truth
Movie • 1955
The Prime Minister
The Caves of Steel
Movie • 1964
Elijah Baley
Space: 1999
TV • 1975
Raan
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Von Baden
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Paul Beresford
The New Avengers
TV • 1976
Von Claus
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV • 1973
Count Gerard De Merret
Hammer House of Horror
TV • 1980
Martin Blueck
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1964
Sherlock Holmes
The Zoo Gang
TV • 1974
Judge Gautier
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Pride and Prejudice
TV • 1952
Mr. Darcy
Treffpunkte
TV • 1970
Self
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Winston Smith
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Dr. John Rollason
The Spread of the Eagle
TV • 1963
Caius Cassius
Story Parade
TV • 1964
Elijah Baley
Film '72
TV • 1971
Self
The World of Hammer
TV • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Frederick James Parsons