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Peter Wilton Cushing OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) 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 ...
Actor: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey.
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Actor: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey.
- May 26, 1913
- August 11, 1994
- Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) Director: Rudolph Cartier. Made for TV, this BBC production was the first screen adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel.
- The End of the Affair (1955) Director: Edward Dmytryk. In Edward Dmytryk’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s 1951 novel, Cushing is Henry Miles, a civil servant in a passionless marriage with Sarah (Deborah Kerr).
- The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Director: Terence Fisher. The Curse of Frankenstein was the first film Cushing would make for Hammer Studios, the first occasion he would share the screen with Christopher Lee (the two had both appeared separately in 1948’s Hamlet and 1952’s Moulin Rouge, but didn’t meet until the shooting of this movie), and the first of six times he would star as the fiendish Baron Frankenstein, maniacal creator of the unwittingly destructive monster (Lee).
- Violent Playground (1958) Director: Basil Dearden. Violent Playground tells the story of a policeman, Truman (Stanley Baker), charged with becoming a juvenile liaison officer, and his frequent run-ins with gang leader and pyromaniac Johnnie (David McCallum).
Feb 7, 2022 · Although Peter Cushing is famous for his acting career, he was also a visual artist. When Peter was younger, he was employed painting the scenery for stage shows. While Peter was struggling to find work, he and his wife could barely afford rent. Despite this, Peter still wanted to give Helen a Christmas present.
Oct 2, 2020 · The Gentleman of Horror. No other moniker seems quite so fitting for the classy Peter Cushing. Over the course of his lengthy career, Cushing appeared in 22 horror films for England’s Hammer Film Productions, the studio that revived gothic horror tales for a new generation of audiences.
Feb 17, 2021 · Published Feb 17, 2021. Even though British actor Peter Cushing might be best-known as Grand Moff Tarkin in the Star Wars Universe, genre fans also venerate him as a horror icon. Along with horror maestros like Christopher Lee and Vincent Price, Cushing has been at the forefront of many cult Hammer films, especially in the studio's many ...
