Biography
Peter Wilton Cushing was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. He achieved recognition for his leading performances in the Hammer Productions horror films from the 1950s to 1970s and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).
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Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1989
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 1983
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award · 1976
- British Academy Television Award — Best Actor · 1956
- British Academy Television Award — Best Actor
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- British Academy Television Award — Best Actor · 1956 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
The Avengers
Cash on Demand
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Hamlet
Lolita
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Horror of Dracula
Violent Playground
Top Secret!
Hammer House of Horror
Space: 1999
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Invaders
A Chump at Oxford
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales from the Crypt
Cone of Silence
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Curse of Frankenstein
Twins of Evil
The Brides of Dracula
The Mummy
The Flesh and the Fiends
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Moulin Rouge
From Beyond the Grave
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Time Without Pity
House of the Long Shadows
The House That Dripped Blood
The Vampire Lovers
The Gorgon
The Black Knight
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Horror Express
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Night Creatures
Innocent Blood
Madhouse
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Nothing But the Night
Torture Garden
The Evil of Frankenstein
The Abominable Snowman
A Tale of Two Cities
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
The Skull
Asylum