Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor and a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner in 1956. He is mainly known for his prolific appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played strong character roles like the sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, among many other roles. He appeared frequently opposite Christopher Lee and, occasionally, Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, Cushing is best known outside the Hammer productions for his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). He also played Dr. Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth (1966). In 2016 he reprise his role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.
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ActorKnown Credits
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25-05-1913Died
10-08-1994Place of Birth
Kenley, Surrey [now in Croydon, London], England, UKPeter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor and a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner in 1956. He is mainly known for his prolific appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played strong character roles like the sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, among many other roles. He appeared frequently opposite Christopher Lee and, occasionally, Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, Cushing is best known outside the Hammer productions for his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). He also played Dr. Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth (1966). In 2016 he reprise his role as Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One.
