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Cushing’s slightly fussy manner at first confined him to mild roles, but since allying himself firmly with the Hammer horror school dealt firmly with monsters of all kinds.

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  • 6th March, 2022
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Peter Cushing, British actor, photograph (1)
Main title from Twins of Evil (1971) (1). Peter Cushing in
  • 15th October, 2021
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Twins of Evil (1971) opening credits (1)

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Hamlet (1948) opening credits (2)
Hamlet (1948)
Osric
The End of the Affair (1955) opening credits (3)
The End of the Affair (1955)
Henry Miles
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) opening credits (3)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Victor Frankenstein
Time Without Pity (1957) opening credits (3)
Time Without Pity (1957)
Jeremy Clayton
The Abominable Snowman (1957) opening credits
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Dr Rollason
Violent Playground (1958) opening credits (5)
Violent Playground (1958)
Priest
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) opening credits (5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Sherlock Holmes
The Mummy (1959) opening credits (4)
The Mummy (1959)
John Banning
Cone of Silence (1960) opening credits (3)
Cone of Silence (1960)
Capt Judd
Cash on Demand (1961) opening credits (11)
Cash on Demand (1961)
Harry Fordyce
Cash on Demand (1961) opening credits (11)
Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Dr Terror
Cash on Demand (1961) opening credits (11)
The Skull (1965)
Christopher Maitland
Cash on Demand (1961) opening credits (11)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
General von Spielsdorf
Twins of Evil (1971) opening credits (2)
Twins of Evil (1971)
Gustav Weil
Nothing But the Night (1973) opening credits (4)
Nothing But the Night (1973)
Sir Mark Ashley
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) opening credits (2)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Baron Frankenstein
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) opening credits (2)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
Grand Moff Tarkin
The Uncanny (1977) opening credits (5)
The Uncanny (1977)
Wilbur
Biggles (1986) opening credits (2)
Biggles (1986)
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
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