Peter Cushing  

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Peter Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor, best known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, often appearing opposite his close friend Christopher Lee.

Filmography

• The Man in the Iron Mask (1939; playing opposite Louis Hayward to facilitate the double exposure scenes, with a small role of his own)
• Laddie (1940)
• Vigil in the Night (1940)
• A Chump at Oxford (1940)
• Women in War (1940)
• The Howards of Virginia (1940; uncredited)
• Dreams (1940)
• They Dare Not Love (1941; uncredited)
• Hamlet (1948)
• Pride and Prejudice (TV serial; 1952)
• Moulin Rouge (1952)
• 1984 (TV film; 1954)
• The Black Knight (film) (1954)
• The End of the Affair (1955)
• Alexander the Great (1956)
• Time Without Pity (1957)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
• The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957)
• Violent Playground (1958)
• Dracula (1958 film) (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula; 1958)
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
• The Mummy (1959)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
• John Paul Jones (1959)
• The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
• The Brides of Dracula (1960)
• Suspect (1960)
• Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
• Cash on Demand (1961)
• The Hellfire Club (1961)
• Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
• The Naked Edge (1961)
• Night Creatures (1962)
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
• The Gorgon (1964)
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
• Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
• She (1965)
• The Skull (1965)
• Island of Terror (1966)
• Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
• Torture Garden (1967)
• Blood Beast Terror (1967)
• Night of the Big Heat (1967)
• Corruption (1968)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• Incense for the Damned (1970)
• Scream and Scream Again (1970)
• The Vampire Lovers (1970)
• The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
• Twins of Evil (1971)
• Tales From The Crypt (1972)
• Dracula AD 1972 (1972)
• Fear In the Night (1972)
• Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
• Horror Express (1972)
• Asylum (1972)
• And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
• From Beyond the Grave (1973)
• The Creeping Flesh (1973)
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
• Shatter (1974)
• Madhouse (1974)
• The Beast Must Die (1974)
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
• Tender Dracula (1974)
• Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
• Space: 1999 (TV; 1975) – episode "Missing Link", as Raan
• The Ghoul (1975)
• Land of the Minotaur (a.k.a. The Devil's Men; 1976)
• Trial by Combat (1976)
• At the Earth's Core (1976)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)
• Shock Waves (1977)
• The Uncanny (1977)
• Arabian Adventure (1979)
• A Tale of Two Cities (TV; 1980)
• Hammer House of Horror (TV series; 1980) – episode "The Silent Scream"
• Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
• House of the Long Shadows (1983)
• The Masks of Death (1984)
• Top Secret! (1984)
• Sword of the Valiant (1984)
• Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) as Colonel William Raymond