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Peter Cushing
Known for: ActingPeter 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 81
Star Wars
as Grand Moff Tarkin 
Hamlet
as Osric 
Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes 
Asylum
as Smith 
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. J. Van Helsing 
Top Secret!
as Bookstore Proprietor 
Innocent Blood
as Van Helsing (archive footage) 
Dracula
as Doctor Van Helsing 
The Curse of Frankenstein
as Baron Victor Frankenstein 
The Vampire Lovers
as General von Spielsdorf 
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing 
Alexander the Great
as Memmon 
Dracula A.D. 1972
as Professor Van Helsing 
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing 
Torture Garden
as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") 
Twins of Evil
as Gustav Weil 
Tales from the Crypt
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke 
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sherlock Holmes 
The House That Dripped Blood
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") 
The Gorgon
as Dr. Namaroff 
At the Earth's Core
as Dr. Abner Perry 
From Beyond the Grave
as The Proprietor 
Horror Express
as Dr. Wells 
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror" 
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage) 
I, Monster
as Frederick Utterson 
The Abominable Snowman
as Dr. John Rollason 
Moulin Rouge
as Marcel de la Voisier 
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
as Ship's Captain 
The Evil of Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein 
Fear in the Night
as Michael Carmichael 
Dr. Who and the Daleks
as Doctor Who 
The Mummy
as John Banning 
Shock Waves
as SS Commander 
The Skull
as Dr. Christopher Maitland 
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
as Doctor Who 
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
as Self (archive footage) 
Frankenstein Created Woman
as Baron Frankenstein 
The Revenge of Frankenstein
as Dr. Victor Stein 
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor 
Scream and Scream Again
as Major Heinrich Benedek 
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
as Baron Victor Frankenstein 
The Blood Beast Terror
as Detective Inspector Quennell 
Captain Clegg
as Reverend Dr. Blyss 
The Creeping Flesh
as Emmanuel Hildern 
Trial by Combat
as Sir Edward Gifford 
House of the Long Shadows
as Sebastian Grisbane 
And Now the Screaming Starts!
as Dr. Pope 
The Black Knight
as Sir Palamides 
Sword of Sherwood Forest
as Sheriff of Nottingham 
The Beast Must Die
as Dr. Christopher Lundgren 
Nothing But the Night
as Sir Mark Ashley 
Mystery on Monster Island
as William T. Kolderup 
Night of the Big Heat
as Dr. Vernon Stone 
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
as Narrator (voice) / Self 
She
as Holly 
John Paul Jones
as Captain Richard Pearson 
The Devil's Men
as Baron Corofax 
Time Without Pity
as Jeremy Clayton 
Biggles
as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond 
The Man Who Finally Died
as Doctor Peter von Brecht 
The End of the Affair
as Henry Miles 
The Flesh and the Fiends
as Dr. Robert Knox 
Cash on Demand
as Harry Fordyce 
The Masks of Death
as Sherlock Holmes 
A Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Alexander Manette 
A Chump at Oxford
as Student 
Island of Terror
as Dr. Brian Stanley 
The Uncanny
as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977") 
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage) 
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) 
Madhouse
as Herbert Flay 
Tender Dracula
as MacGregor 
Violent Playground
as Father Laidlaw 
Corruption
as Sir John Rowan 
The Ghoul
as Dr. Lawrence 
The Hellfire Club
as Mr. Merryweather 
Cone of Silence
as Capt. Clive Judd 
A Touch of the Sun
as Commissioner Potts 
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
as Himself