Acting

Peter Cushing

1913–1994 · Acting

70.3avg grm
5titles
#25best rank
3honors
Sbest title · #25 on siteStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · as Grand Moff Tarkin84.7

Honors

3
1956British Academy Television Award — Best Actor
1989Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1976Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award

Bio

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.

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

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1970s1 titleSStar Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977 · as Grand Moff Tarkin84.7
1960s2 titlesSSherlock Holmes1964 · as Sherlock Holmes · series63.4CCash on Demand1961 · as Harry Fordyce58.1
1950s1 titleHHorror of Dracula1958 · as Doctor Van Helsing70.2
1940s1 titleHHamlet1948 · as Osric74.9

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Peter Cushing

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born1913
died1994
known forActing
titles on site5
avg GRM70.3
honors3 · British Academy Television Award — Best Actor, 1956
Honors
  • 1956British Academy Television Award — Best Actor
  • 1989Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • 1976Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
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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