Peter Cushing

Date of Birth: May 26, 1913
Place of Birth: Kenley, Surrey, England

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Peter Cushing mini-bio: Peter Cushing (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. He was also asked, because he was such a familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, to appear as Grand Moff Tarkin in the original Star Wars film.

Cushing was born in Kenley in Surrey on 26 May 1913. He was raised in Kenley and Dulwich, South London. He left his first job as a surveyor's assistant to take up a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After working in repertory theatre, he left for Hollywood in 1939, but returned in 1941 after roles in several films, one of them A Chump at Oxford (1940) appearing alongside Laurel and Hardy. His first major film part was as Osric in Hamlet (1948) with Laurence Olivier.

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darthde

was one of the best!
He will be missed ,by all.

posted 518 days ago
Elsashoni

LEGEND

posted 804 days ago
eirikfarwanderer

Who could not love Peter "Props" Cushing. One of the kindest men in the buisness that could be so evil on screen. It was a sad day when he died, and it is sadder still that many have forgotten him or only know him from Star Wars.

posted 926 days ago
dsalvagni

You Are so cool!!!!!!!

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Peter Cushing Movies

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (Unrated, 2007)
Creeping Flesh (PG, 2004)
Cinemaker (Unrated, 2004)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (R, 2003)
The Horror of Hammer (Unrated, 1994)
Scream Dream (Unrated, 1989)
Biggles - Adventures in Time (PG, 1986)
Top Secret! (PG, 1984)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (PG, 1984)
The Masks of Death (Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death) (Unrated, 1984)

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