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Peter Cushing is a Actor and Props British born on 26 may 1913

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing
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Birth name Peter Wilton Cushing
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 may 1913
Death 11 august 1994 (at 81 years) at Canterbury (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor and a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner in 1956. He is mainly known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played the sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, among many other roles. He appeared frequently opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, Cushing's best-known roles outside the Hammer productions include Grand Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars movie (1977) and Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966), films based on the Doctor Who television series.

Biography

In 1971, Cushing withdrew from the filming of Blood from the Mummy's Tomb following the death of his wife, actress Violet Helene Beck (8 February 1905 – 14 January 1971), to whom he had been married since 1943. The following year, he was quoted in the Radio Times as having said, "Since Helen passed on I can't find anything; the heart, quite simply, has gone out of everything. Time is interminable, the loneliness is almost unbearable and the only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that my dear Helen and I will be reunited again some day. To join Helen is my only ambition. You have my permission to publish that ... really, you know, dear boy, it's all just killing time. Please say that."

In his autobiography, Cushing implies that he attempted suicide on the night of his wife's death by running up and down stairs in the vain hope that it would induce a heart attack. He later stated that this had simply been a hysterical response borne out of grief, and that he had not purposely attempted to end his life; a poem left by Helen had implored him not to die until he had lived his life to the full, and he had resolved that to commit suicide would have meant letting her down. Although not conventionally religious, Cushing maintained a belief both in God and an afterlife. Cushing's colleagues of that period commented on his deeply Christian faith and his conviction that his separation from his wife was only temporary.

The effects of his wife's death proved to be as much physical as mental. For his role in Dracula A.D. 1972, Cushing had originally been cast as the father of Stephanie Beacham's character, but had aged so visibly and lost so much weight that the script was hastily re-written to make him her grandfather: it was done again in the last Dracula film from Hammer, The Satanic Rites of Dracula. In a silent tribute to Helen, a shot of Van Helsing's desk includes a photograph of her. He repeated the role of the man who lost family in other horror films, including Asylum (1972), The Creeping Flesh (1973), and The Ghoul (1975). In 1986, Cushing appeared on the BBC TV show Jim'll Fix It, his wish being to have a strain of rose named after Helen; the "Helen Cushing Rose" was the result. As the 1970s ended, Cushing did two final Hammer films, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell and The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires.

Best films

Star Wars (1977)
(Actor)
Top Secret! (1984)
(Actor)
49th Parallel (1941)
(Props)
Hamlet (1948)
(Actor)

Usually with

Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
(26 films)
Milton Subotsky
Milton Subotsky
(16 films)
Max Rosenberg
Max Rosenberg
(16 films)
Roy Ashton
Roy Ashton
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Peter Cushing (101 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2007Joe Strummer: The Future Is UnwrittenActor
1995DalekmaniaActorDoctor Who (archive footage)
1986BigglesActorAir Commodore Colonel William Raymond
1984Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green KnightActorSeneschal
1984Top Secret!ActorBookstore Proprietor
1984The Masks of DeathActorSherlock Holmes
1983House of the Long ShadowsActorSebastian Grisbane
1980A Tale of Two CitiesActorDr. Alexander Manette
1979Arabian AdventureActorWazir Al Wuzara
1979A Touch of the SunActorCommissioner Potts
1977Star WarsActorGrand Moff Tarkin
1977The UncannyActorWilbur Gray
1977Shock WavesActorSS Commander
1977The StandardActorBaron Hackenberg
1976The Devil's MenActorBaron Corofax
1976At the Earth's CoreActorDr. Abner Perry
1976Trial by CombatActorSir Edward Gifford
1976The Great HoudinisActorSir Arthur Conan Doyle
1975The GhoulActorDr. Lawrence
1975Legend of the WerewolfActorProf. Paul
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from HellActorBaron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
1974The Legend of the 7 Golden VampiresActorProfessor Lawrence Van Helsing
1974ShatterActorPaul Rattwood
1974The Beast Must DieActorDr. Christopher Lundgren
1974MadhouseActorHerbert Flay
1974Tender DraculaActorMacGregor
1974From Beyond the GraveActorThe Proprietor
1973The Satanic Rites of DraculaActorProf. Lorrimer Van Helsing
1973And Now the Screaming Starts!ActorDr. Pope
1973The Creeping FleshActorEmmanuel Hildern
1973Nothing But the NightActorSir Mark Ashley
1973La Grande BretècheActor
1972Dracula A.D. 1972ActorProfessor Van Helsing
1972Tales from the CryptActorArthur Edward Grimsdyke
1972Dr. Phibes Rises AgainActorShip's Captain
1972AsylumActorSmith
1972Fear in the NightActorMichael Carmichael
1972Horror ExpressActorDr. Wells
1972Fear in the NightActorMichael Carmichael
1971The House That Dripped BloodActorPhilip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
1971I, MonsterActorFrederick Utterson
1971Twins of EvilActorGustav Weil
1971Incense for the DamnedActorDr. Walter Goodrich
1970One More TimeActorDr. Frankenstein
1970Scream and Scream AgainActorMajor Heinrich Benedek
1970The Vampire LoversActorGeneral von Spielsdorf
1969Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedActorBaron Victor Frankenstein
1968The Blood Beast TerrorActorDetective Inspector Quennell
1968CorruptionActorSir John Rowan
1967Frankenstein Created WomanActorBaron Frankenstein
1967The Mummy's ShroudActorNarrator
1967Night of the Big HeatActorDr. Vernon Stone
1967Torture GardenActorLancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe")
1967Some May LiveActorJohn Meredith
1966Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.ActorDoctor Who
1966Dracula: Prince of DarknessActorDoctor Van Helsing (archive footage)
1966Island of TerrorActorDr. Brian Stanley
1965SheActorHolly
1965Dr. Who and the DaleksActorDoctor Who
1965Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsActorDr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
1965The SkullActorDr. Christopher Maitland
1964The Evil of FrankensteinActorBaron Frankenstein
1964The GorgonActorDr. Namaroff
1963The Man Who Finally DiedActorDoctor Peter von Brecht
1962LolitaActor
1962Cash on DemandActorHarry Fordyce
1962Captain CleggActorReverend Dr. Blyss
1962The Devil's AgentActor(scenes deleted) (uncredited)
1961Fury at Smugglers' BayActorSquire Trevenyan
1961The Hellfire ClubActorMerryweather
1961The Naked EdgeActorMr. Evan Wrack
1960The Brides of DraculaActorDr. J. Van Helsing
1960Sword of Sherwood ForestActorSheriff of Nottingham
1960Trouble in the SkyActorCapt. Clive Judd
1960The Flesh and the FiendsActorDr. Robert Knox
1960SuspectActorProfessor Sewell
1959The Hound of the BaskervillesActorSherlock Holmes
1959John Paul JonesActorCaptain Richard Pearson
1959The MummyActorJohn Banning
1958DraculaActorDoctor Van Helsing
1958The Revenge of FrankensteinActorDr. Victor Stein
1958Violent PlaygroundActorFather Laidlaw
1957The Curse of FrankensteinActorBaron Viktor Frankenstein
1957The Abominable SnowmanActorDr. John Rollason
1957Time Without PityActorJeremy Clayton
1956Alexander the GreatActorMemmon
1955Magic FireActorOtto Wesendonk
1955The End of the AffairActorHenry Miles
1954The Black KnightActorSir Palamides
1954Nineteen Eighty-FourActorWinston Smith
1952Moulin RougeActorMarcel de la Voisier
1948HamletActorOsric
1942The Woman in the HouseActorMan Waking Up (archive footage)
194149th ParallelProps
1941They Dare Not LoveActorSub-Lieutenant Blackler
1940A Chump at OxfordActorStudent
1940The Howards of VirginiaActorLeslie Stephens
1940LaddieActorRobert Pryor
1940Vigil in the NightActorJoe Shand
1940Women in WarActorCapt. Evans
1939The Man in the Iron MaskActorSecond Officer