

Peter Cushing
Acting
May 26, 1913
Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
August 11, 1994
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.
The Filmography


The House That Dripped Blood

The Vampire Lovers

Scream and Scream Again

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Corruption

The Blood Beast Terror

Torture Garden

Night of the Big Heat

Frankenstein Created Woman

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Island of Terror

The Skull

Dr. Who and the Daleks

She

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

The Gorgon

The Evil of Frankenstein

The Man Who Finally Died
