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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2025
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/10/2024
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A.
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/2020
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Character:Himself
Release Date:08/02/2020
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Character:Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/2017
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Character:Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/2014
Attack of the Octopus People
Character:Doctor Welles (archive footage)
Release Date:29/06/2010
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Character:Self
Release Date:08/02/2008
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/2007
The Story of Star Wars
Character:Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
Release Date:18/08/2004
Dalekmania
Character:Doctor Who (archive footage)
Release Date:24/07/1995
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Character:Narrator (voice) / Self
Release Date:06/08/1994
Frankenstein Reborn
Character:Victor's Grandfather (photo) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1993
Innocent Blood
Character:Van Helsing (archive footage)
Release Date:25/09/1992
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character:Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1991
Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood
Character:Himself
Release Date:04/06/1989
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Character:Self
Release Date:26/06/1987
Biggles
Character:Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
Release Date:30/05/1986
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1985
The Masks of Death
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:23/12/1984
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Character:Seneschal
Release Date:17/08/1984
Top Secret!
Character:Bookstore Proprietor
Release Date:22/06/1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Character:Professor Charles Copeland
Release Date:23/04/1984
House of the Long Shadows
Character:Sebastian Grisbane
Release Date:17/06/1983
Black Jack
Character:Sir Thomas Bedford
Release Date:14/09/1981
Mystery on Monster Island
Character:William T. Kolderup
Release Date:03/04/1981
A Tale of Two Cities
Character:Dr. Alexander Manette
Release Date:02/12/1980
Arabian Adventure
Character:Wazir Al Wuzara
Release Date:08/07/1979
The Horror Show
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1979
Son of Hitler
Character:Heinrich Haussner
Release Date:01/01/1979
A Touch of the Sun
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1979
The Detour
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1979
The Standard
Character:Baron Hackenberg
Release Date:25/11/1977
The Uncanny
Character:Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977")
Release Date:24/08/1977
Shock Waves
Character:SS Commander
Release Date:15/07/1977
Star Wars
Character:Grand Moff Tarkin
Release Date:25/05/1977
The Great Houdinis
Character:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Release Date:08/10/1976
The Devil's Men
Character:Baron Corofax
Release Date:11/08/1976
At the Earth's Core
Character:Dr. Abner Perry
Release Date:01/07/1976
Trial by Combat
Character:Sir Edward Gifford
Release Date:01/04/1976
Legend of the Werewolf
Character:Prof. Paul
Release Date:06/08/1975
The Ghoul
Character:Dr. Lawrence
Release Date:01/06/1975
Fists of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/1975
Shatter
Character:Paul Rattwood
Release Date:06/12/1974
Tender Dracula
Character:MacGregor
Release Date:07/08/1974
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
Character:Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
Release Date:11/07/1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Character:Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
Release Date:02/05/1974
The Beast Must Die
Character:Dr. Christopher Lundgren
Release Date:01/04/1974
Madhouse
Character:Herbert Flay
Release Date:28/03/1974
From Beyond the Grave
Character:The Proprietor
Release Date:21/02/1974
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Character:Dr. Pope
Release Date:27/04/1973
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Character:Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
Release Date:17/04/1973
Nothing But the Night
Character:Sir Mark Ashley
Release Date:16/02/1973
The Creeping Flesh
Character:Emmanuel Hildern
Release Date:01/01/1973
Asylum
Character:Smith
Release Date:17/11/1972
Horror Express
Character:Dr. Wells
Release Date:30/09/1972
Fear in the Night
Character:Michael Carmichael
Release Date:09/07/1972
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Character:Ship's Captain
Release Date:01/07/1972
Dracula A.D. 1972
Character:Professor Van Helsing
Release Date:26/06/1972
Tales from the Crypt
Character:Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Release Date:09/03/1972
I, Monster
Character:Frederick Utterson
Release Date:01/11/1971
Twins of Evil
Character:Gustav Weil
Release Date:17/10/1971
Blood Suckers
Character:Dr. Walter Goodrich
Release Date:14/05/1971
The House That Dripped Blood
Character:Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
Release Date:22/02/1971
The Vampire Lovers
Character:General von Spielsdorf
Release Date:04/10/1970
One More Time
Character:Dr. Frankenstein
Release Date:01/05/1970
Scream and Scream Again
Character:Major Heinrich Benedek
Release Date:02/02/1970
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Character:Baron Victor Frankenstein
Release Date:22/05/1969
Corruption
Character:Sir John Rowan
Release Date:19/07/1968
The Blood Beast Terror
Character:Detective Inspector Quennell
Release Date:01/02/1968
Torture Garden
Character:Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
Release Date:01/11/1967
Night of the Big Heat
Character:Dr. Vernon Stone
Release Date:01/05/1967
Frankenstein Created Woman
Character:Baron Frankenstein
Release Date:15/03/1967
Some May Live
Character:John Meredith
Release Date:01/01/1967
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Character:Doctor Who
Release Date:05/08/1966
Island of Terror
Character:Dr. Brian Stanley
Release Date:20/06/1966
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Character:Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
Release Date:09/01/1966
The Skull
Character:Dr. Christopher Maitland
Release Date:25/08/1965
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Character:Doctor Who
Release Date:23/08/1965
She
Character:Holly
Release Date:09/06/1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Character:Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
Release Date:23/02/1965
The Gorgon
Character:Dr. Namaroff
Release Date:18/10/1964
The Evil of Frankenstein
Character:Baron Frankenstein
Release Date:08/05/1964
The Man Who Finally Died
Character:Doctor Peter von Brecht
Release Date:01/12/1963
Captain Clegg
Character:Reverend Dr. Blyss
Release Date:13/06/1962
Lolita
Character:John Banning (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:13/06/1962
Cash on Demand
Character:Harry Fordyce
Release Date:20/12/1961
The Naked Edge
Character:Mr. Evan Wrack
Release Date:28/06/1961
The Hellfire Club
Character:Merryweather
Release Date:03/02/1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Character:Squire Trevenyan
Release Date:01/01/1961
Sword of Sherwood Forest
Character:Sheriff of Nottingham
Release Date:26/12/1960
Suspect
Character:Professor Sewell
Release Date:15/11/1960
The Brides of Dracula
Character:Dr. J. Van Helsing
Release Date:15/06/1960
Cone of Silence
Character:Capt. Clive Judd
Release Date:10/05/1960
The Flesh and the Fiends
Character:Dr. Robert Knox
Release Date:02/02/1960
Look at Life: Model World
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1960
The Mummy
Character:John Banning
Release Date:01/08/1959
John Paul Jones
Character:Captain Richard Pearson
Release Date:16/06/1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Release Date:04/05/1959
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Character:Dr. Victor Stein
Release Date:01/06/1958
Dracula
Character:Doctor Van Helsing
Release Date:21/04/1958
Violent Playground
Character:Father Laidlaw
Release Date:14/01/1958
The Abominable Snowman
Character:Dr. John Rollason
Release Date:26/08/1957
The Curse of Frankenstein
Character:Baron Victor Frankenstein
Release Date:20/05/1957
Time Without Pity
Character:Jeremy Clayton
Release Date:21/03/1957
Alexander the Great
Character:Memmon
Release Date:28/03/1956
Magic Fire
Character:Otto Wesendonk
Release Date:30/06/1955
The End of the Affair
Character:Henry Miles
Release Date:24/02/1955
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Character:Winston Smith
Release Date:16/12/1954
The Black Knight
Character:Sir Palamides
Release Date:26/08/1954
Anastasia
Character:Piotr Petrovsky
Release Date:12/07/1953
Moulin Rouge
Character:Marcel de la Voisier
Release Date:23/12/1952
When We Are Married
Character:Gerald Forbes
Release Date:25/12/1951
Hamlet
Character:Osric
Release Date:10/12/1948
It Might Be You
Character:The doctor
Release Date:25/07/1946
The Woman in the House
Character:Man Waking Up (archive footage)
Release Date:09/05/1942
They Dare Not Love
Character:Sub-Lieutenant Blackler
Release Date:16/05/1941
Dreams
Character:First Dreamer
Release Date:10/11/1940
The Howards of Virginia
Character:Leslie Stephens
Release Date:19/09/1940
Women in War
Character:Capt. Evans
Release Date:05/06/1940
The Hidden Master
Character:Robert Clive of India
Release Date:20/04/1940
Vigil in the Night
Character:Joe Shand
Release Date:05/02/1940
A Chump at Oxford
Character:Student
Release Date:25/01/1940
Laddie
Character:Robert Pryor
Release Date:18/01/1940
The Man in the Iron Mask
Character:Second Officer
Release Date:13/07/1939
Television Appearances
The World of Hammer
Character:Self (archive footage)
Wogan
Character:Self
Hammer House of Horror
Character:Martin Blueck
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Von Baden
The New Avengers
Character:Von Claus
Space: 1999
Character:Raan
The Zoo Gang
Character:Judge Gautier
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character:Count Gerard De Merret
Film '72
Character:Self
Treffpunkte
Character:Self
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sherlock Holmes
Story Parade
Character:Elijah Baley
The Spread of the Eagle
Character:Caius Cassius
Drama 61-67
Character:Frederick James Parsons
The Avengers
Character:Paul Beresford
Pride and Prejudice
Character:Mr. Darcy
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Winston Smith
Sunday Night Theatre
Character:Dr. John Rollason
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