Peter Cushing

(1913–94)

British actor (died aged 81) | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Hamlet (1948), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

British character actor of stage, TV and screen

Mini Biography

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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Screenshot from Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) (2) featuring Peter Cushing (as Dr Who) — Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) screenshot (2) | Peter Cushing

Photograph from Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) (1) featuring Peter Cushing and Roberta Tovey — Dr Who and the Daleks (1965) photograph (1) | Peter Cushing, Roberta Tovey

Main title from Twins of Evil (1971) (1). Peter Cushing in — Twins of Evil (1971) opening credits (1)

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Died

Peter Cushing died in Canterbury on 11^th August, 1994, aged 81.

Watch Peter Cushing on British television

- The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
- A Victorian entomologist creates human beings who can change themselves into monster death’s-head moths.
- Tomorrow at 1pm on Legend
- Night of the Big Heat (1967)
- Invaders from outer space take over a remote Scottish island and make it unbearably hot so that they can survive.
- Thursday at 1pm on Legend
- Island of Terror (1966)
- On an Irish island, a scientist makes monsters who thrive on bone.
- Friday at 6am on Legend Xtra
- Friday at 7am on Legend Xtra Plus 1
- Friday at 5pm on Legend Xtra
- Friday at 6pm on Legend Xtra Plus 1
- Sunday at 2pm on Legend Xtra
- Sunday at 3pm on Legend Xtra Plus 1
- Monday at 11am on Legend Xtra
- Monday at 12pm on Legend Xtra Plus 1
- Time Without Pity (1957)
- An alcoholic arrives in London to seek new evidence that will prevent his son from being executed for murder.
- Sunday at 6pm on Talking Pictures TV
- The Mummy (1959)
- A mummy brought back to England by archaeologists wakes up and goes on the rampage.
- 30^th April at 3pm on Legend
- 1^st May at 11am on Legend
- 4^th May at 3pm on Legend
- The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
- In 1904 Chungking, Professor Van Helsing finds his old enemy Dracula behind a Chinese vampire cult.
- 30^th April at 11pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Biggles (1986)
  
  [as Biggles: Adventure in Time]
- A young New York businessman is transported back in time to 1917, and his help solicited by a daredevil airman.
- 1^st May at 3pm on Legend
- 2^nd May at 11am on Legend
- Twins of Evil (1971)
- Identical Austrian twins become devotees of vampire cult.
- 3^rd May at 2.45am on Legend