Peter Cushing

1913-1994

Biography: life and films

Peter Cushing was an English actor. He was born in Kenley, Surrey, England on 26th May 1913 and died in Canterbury, Kent, England on 11th August 1994, aged 81.

His best films as an actor include Terence Fisher's crime-thriller The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), John Gilling's thriller The Flesh and the Fiends (1960), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Kevin Connor's From Beyond the Grave (1973) and George Lucas's Star Wars (1977).

Peter Cushing appeared in 91 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Terence Fisher (14 films), Freddie Francis (8), Roy Ward Baker (4), Kevin Connor (4), Vernon Sewell (2), Stephen Weeks (2), Robert Hartford-Davis (2), Quentin Lawrence (2), John Hough (2), John Gilling (2), James Whale (2), Gordon Flemyng (2) and Alan Gibson (2).

His most frequent genres include: Horror (52 films), Thriller (30), drama (29), Fantasy (13), comedy (12), War (6), history (5), crime-thriller (5), Biography (4), comedy-thriller (3), comedy-romance (3) and romance (2).

Our average rating for Peter Cushing over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) [a]

A Chump at Oxford (1940) [a]

Laddie (1940) [a]

The Howards of Virginia (1940) [a]

Vigil in the Night (1940) [a]

Women in War (1940) [a]

They Dare Not Love (1941) [a]

Hamlet (1948) [a]

Moulin Rouge (1952) [a]

The Black Knight (1954) [a]

Magic Fire (1955) [a]

The End of the Affair (1955) [a]

Alexander the Great (1956) [a]

The Abominable Snowman (1957) [a]

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) [a]

Time Without Pity (1957) [a]

Dracula (1958) [a]

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) [a]

Violent Playground (1958) [a]

John Paul Jones (1959) [a]

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) [a]

The Mummy (1959) [a]

Cone of Silence (1960) [a]

Suspect (1960) [a]

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) [a]

The Brides of Dracula (1960) [a]

The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) [a]

Cash on Demand (1961) [a]

Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961) [a]

The Hellfire Club (1961) [a]

The Naked Edge (1961) [a]

Captain Clegg (1962) [a]

The Man Who Finally Died (1963) [a]

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) [a]

The Gorgon (1964) [a]

Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) [a]

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) [a]

She (1965) [a]

The Skull (1965) [a]

Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966) [a]

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) [a]

Island of Terror (1966) [a]

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) [a]

Night of the Big Heat (1967) [a]

Some May Live (1967) [a]

Torture Garden (1967) [a]

Corruption (1968) [a]

The Blood Beast Terror (1968) [a]

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) [a]

Incense for the Damned (1970) [a]

Scream and Scream Again (1970) [a]

The Vampire Lovers (1970) [a]

I, Monster (1971) [a]

The House That Dripped Blood (1971) [a]

Twins of Evil (1971) [a]

Asylum (1972) [a]

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) [a]

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) [a]

Fear in the Night (1972) [a]

Tales from the Crypt (1972) [a]

-- And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) [a]

From Beyond the Grave (1973) [a]

Horror Express (1973) [a]

Nothing But the Night (1973) [a]

The Creeping Flesh (1973) [a]

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) [a]

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) [a]

Madhouse (1974) [a]

Shatter (1974) [a]

Tendre Dracula (1974) [a]

The Beast Must Die (1974) [a]

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) [a]

Legend of the Werewolf (1975) [a]

The Ghoul (1975) [a]

At the Earth's Core (1976) [a]

The Devil's Men (1976) [a]

Trial by Combat (1976) [a]

Die Standarte (1977) [a]

Shock Waves (1977) [a]

Star Wars (1977) [a]

The Uncanny (1977) [a]

Son of Hitler (1978) [a]

A Touch of the Sun (1979) [a]

Arabian Adventure (1979) [a]

Black Jack (1980) [a]

Misterio en la isla de los monstruos (1981) [a]

House of the Long Shadows (1983) [a]

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984) [a]

Top Secret! (1984) [a]

Biggles (1986) [a]

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991) [a]



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