Peter Cushing

Career timeline

1. 1913 · Born

   Born in Kenley, Surrey, England, UK

2. 1939 · Screen debut

   The Man in the Iron Mask (Movie)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1994 · Died

   August 11, 1994

5. 2014 · Latest release

   Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1930s

2 1940s

11 1950s

23 1960s

33 1970s

7 1980s

1 1990s

1 2000s

1 2010s

• Horror46
• Science Fiction19
• Drama16
• Mystery11
• Adventure11
• Thriller8

Highest-rated title Star Wars 1977 8.2 Most popular title Star Wars 1977 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Peter Cushing in our catalogue.

Christopher Lee

13 titles together

Michael Ripper

6 titles together

Patrick Magee

4 titles together

Robert Bloch

4 titles together

David Prowse

3 titles together

Herbert Wise

3 titles together

Patrick Troughton

3 titles together

Sam Kydd

2 titles together

Jack Watson

2 titles together

Peter Halliday

2 titles together

1. 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
2. 2004 The Story of Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage) 7.2 Movie
3. 1992 Innocent Blood as Van Helsing (archive footage) 6.2 Movie
4. 1986 Biggles as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond 5.2 Movie
5. 1985 Television TV
6. 1984 Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as Seneschal 5.2 Movie
7. 1984 Top Secret! as Bookstore Proprietor 7.1 Movie
8. 1983 House of the Long Shadows as Sebastian Grisbane 6.4 Movie
9. 1981 Mystery on Monster Island as William T. Kolderup 4.6 Movie
10. 1980 Hammer House of Horror as Martin Blueck 7.0 TV
11. 1979 Arabian Adventure as Wazir Al Wuzara 6.0 Movie
12. 1979 Tales of the Unexpected as Von Baden 6.8 TV
13. 1977 The Uncanny as Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977") 5.8 Movie
14. 1977 Shock Waves as SS Commander 4.8 Movie
15. 1977 Star Wars as Grand Moff Tarkin 8.2 Movie
16. 1977 Everyman TV
17. 1976 The New Avengers as Von Claus 7.2 TV
18. 1976 The Devil's Men as Baron Corofax 4.1 Movie
19. 1976 At the Earth's Core as Dr. Abner Perry 5.1 Movie
20. 1975 Space: 1999 as Raan 7.1 TV
21. 1974 Shatter as Paul Rattwood 5.6 Movie
22. 1974 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing 5.9 Movie
23. 1974 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor 6.1 Movie
24. 1974 The Zoo Gang as Judge Gautier TV
25. 1974 The Beast Must Die as Dr. Christopher Lundgren 5.4 Movie
26. 1974 Madhouse as Herbert Flay 6.2 Movie
27. 1974 From Beyond the Grave as The Proprietor 6.7 Movie
28. 1973 Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Count Gerard De Merret TV
29. 1973 And Now the Screaming Starts! as Dr. Pope 5.9 Movie
30. 1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing 5.6 Movie
31. 1973 Nothing But the Night as Sir Mark Ashley 6.2 Movie
32. 1973 The Creeping Flesh as Emmanuel Hildern 5.9 Movie
33. 1972 Asylum as Smith 6.2 Movie
34. 1972 Horror Express as Dr. Wells 6.3 Movie
35. 1972 Fear in the Night as Michael Carmichael 5.8 Movie
36. 1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again as Ship's Captain 6.2 Movie
37. 1972 Dracula A.D. 1972 as Professor Van Helsing 5.9 Movie
38. 1972 Tales from the Crypt as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke 6.8 Movie
39. 1971 I, Monster as Frederick Utterson 5.5 Movie
40. 1971 Twins of Evil as Gustav Weil 6.7 Movie
41. 1971 The House That Dripped Blood as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") 6.4 Movie
42. 1970 The Vampire Lovers as General von Spielsdorf 6.4 Movie
43. 1970 Scream and Scream Again as Major Heinrich Benedek 5.3 Movie
44. 1969 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Baron Victor Frankenstein 6.3 Movie
45. 1968 The Blood Beast Terror as Detective Inspector Quennell 5.5 Movie
46. 1967 Torture Garden as Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") 6.2 Movie
47. 1967 Night of the Big Heat as Dr. Vernon Stone 5.3 Movie
48. 1967 Frankenstein Created Woman as Baron Frankenstein 6.4 Movie
49. 1966 Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. as Doctor Who 6.1 Movie
50. 1966 Island of Terror as Dr. Brian Stanley 5.9 Movie
51. 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness as Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage) 6.7 Movie
52. 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre as Leonard TV
53. 1965 The Skull as Dr. Christopher Maitland 6.0 Movie
54. 1965 Dr. Who and the Daleks as Doctor Who 5.7 Movie
55. 1965 She as Holly 5.6 Movie
56. 1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror" 6.5 Movie
57. 1964 The Gorgon as Dr. Namaroff 6.4 Movie
58. 1964 Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes 6.9 TV
59. 1964 The Evil of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein 6.2 Movie
60. 1964 Story Parade as Elijah Baley TV
61. 1963 The Spread of the Eagle as Caius Cassius TV
62. 1962 Captain Clegg as Reverend Dr. Blyss 6.3 Movie
63. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Frederick James Parsons TV
64. 1961 The Avengers as Paul Beresford 7.8 TV
65. 1960 The Brides of Dracula as Dr. J. Van Helsing 6.7 Movie
66. 1960 The Flesh and the Fiends as Dr. Robert Knox 6.7 Movie
67. 1959 The Mummy as John Banning 6.7 Movie
68. 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sherlock Holmes 6.8 Movie
69. 1958 The Revenge of Frankenstein as Dr. Victor Stein 6.6 Movie
70. 1958 Dracula as Doctor Van Helsing 7.2 Movie
71. 1957 The Abominable Snowman as Dr. John Rollason 6.2 Movie
72. 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein as Baron Victor Frankenstein 6.8 Movie
73. 1957 Time Without Pity as Jeremy Clayton 6.5 Movie
74. 1956 Alexander the Great as Memmon 6.1 Movie
75. 1952 Moulin Rouge as Marcel de la Voisier 6.6 Movie
76. 1952 Pride and Prejudice as Mr Darcy TV
77. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Winston Smith TV
78. 1948 Hamlet as Osric 7.4 Movie
79. 1940 A Chump at Oxford as Student 6.9 Movie
80. 1939 The Man in the Iron Mask as Second Officer 7.0 Movie

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