Peter Cushing
Popularity:1.182
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1913-05-26
Place of Birth:Kenley, Surrey, England, UK
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Also Known As:Peter Wilton Cushing, 彼得·庫辛, Питер Кушинг, Питер Уилтон Кушинг, پیتر کوشینگ

Star Wars (1977)
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker...

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum....

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature...

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of...

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man...

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the...

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.

Biggles (1986)
Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James...

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Gawain was a squire in King Arthur's court when the Green Knight burst in and offered to play a game with a brave knight. Gawain journeys across the...

The Brides of Dracula (1960)
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Hamlet (1948)
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version...

Dracula (1958)
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée....

The Vampire Lovers (1970)
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust...

Top Secret! (1984)
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous...

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Set in London in the early 1970's, supposedly for teen thrills, Johnny organises a black magic ceremony in a desolate churchyard. The culmination of...

At the Earth's Core (1976)
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of...

Horror Express (1972)
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in...

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants...

Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two...

Asylum (1972)
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the...

Shock Waves (1977)
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An...

The Horror Show (1979)
A history of horror movies.

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Explore the most legendary horror studio of all time with this fascinating, frightening journey hosted by terror titans Christopher Lee and Peter...

The Beast Must Die (1974)
Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the...

The Gorgon (1964)
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The...

Madhouse (1974)
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of...

Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
A young European boy living in San Francisco is reluctant to marry his long-term girlfriend because he wants to travel around the world first. His...

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large...

The Black Knight (1954)
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of...

Island of Terror (1966)
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The...

The Masks of Death (1984)
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are...

Torture Garden (1967)
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by the sinister Dr. Diabolo. Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises...

Twins of Evil (1971)
While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village,...

Nothing But the Night (1973)
When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus...

Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
A travelling circus in 19th century France adopts and showcases a feral "wolf boy", who grows into adulthood only to kill the one-man band. He runs...

And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse...

The Creeping Flesh (1973)
A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in...

Scream and Scream Again (1970)
A serial killer who drains his victims for blood is on the loose and London police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.

Alexander the Great (1956)
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the...

The Skull (1965)
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.

Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020)
A long thought lost radio interview with Peter Cushing is accompanied by comments from friends and colleagues.

Time Without Pity (1957)
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of...

Cash on Demand (1961)
A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.

The Abominable Snowman (1957)
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

The Devil's Men (1976)
A satanic cult led by Baron Corofax kidnaps three young people and Father Roche & Milo must save them from the hands of this evil.

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have...

Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic...

Dalekmania (1995)
1995 documentary film that examines that 60's craze and focuses in particular on the two 1960's Doctor Who films starring Peter Cushing (the Cushing...

House of the Long Shadows (1983)
An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a $20,000 bet that he can write a classic novel like 'Wuthering Heights' in 24 hours. However,...

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

She (1965)
The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing...

Corruption (1968)
A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their...

From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all...

Fear in the Night (1972)
It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided...

A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles...

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to...

The Mummy (1959)
One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40...

The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the...

Captain Clegg (1962)
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and...

The Ghoul (1975)
A former clergyman (Peter Cushing) in 1920s England tries to keep his cannibalistic son locked in the attic.

I, Monster (1971)
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr....

The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find...

Arabian Adventure (1979)
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose....

John Paul Jones (1959)
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

Night of the Big Heat (1967)
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more...

Son of Hitler (1979)
The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.

The Uncanny (1977)
Wilbur Gray, a horror writer, has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate...

Shatter (1974)
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank...

Violent Playground (1958)
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987)
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips...

The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.

The End of the Affair (1955)
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a...

Blood Suckers (1971)
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that,...

The Hellfire Club (1961)
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin...

Trial by Combat (1976)
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using...

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a...

The Naked Edge (1961)
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the...

The Man Who Finally Died (1963)
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in...

Tender Dracula (1974)
Two writers and their girlfriends visit the castle of an actor who specializes in playing vampire roles. As the night progresses, they begin to...

Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff...

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
Documentary with a treasure trove of rare footage and vintage trailers, offering a rich and unusual look at the history of Frankenstein on the screen.

Magic Fire (1955)
Director William Dieterle's 1956 film biography of classical composer Richard Wagner stars Carlos Thompson, Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam, Alan Badel and...

They Dare Not Love (1941)
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes...

Vigil in the Night (1940)
A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.

The Great Houdinis (1976)
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that...

Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores....

Peter Cushing: A One Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989)
An interview with Legendary Actor Peter Cushing and clips from some of his best films.

Cone of Silence (1960)
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for...

Suspect (1960)
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that...

Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill (2022)
A double dose of the doctor! Two classic Dr. Who adventures return in new 4K restorations. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks’ Invasion...

The Standard (1977)
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while...

Laddie (1940)
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.

Moulin Rouge (1952)
In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women...

A Chump at Oxford (1940)
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and...

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend...

Women in War (1940)
A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out...

Anastasia (1953)
Set 16 years after the execution of the Tsar and his family by the Bolsheviks. Exiles Prince Bounine and his friends come up with a scheme to con...

Some May Live (1967)
During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.

Black Jack (1981)
Sir Thomas Bedford orchestrates the heist of a Spanish casino, with the aid of a singer performing there. The police are aware of their activities,...

A Touch of the Sun (1979)
A bumbling US marine Captain is assigned to retrieve a space capsule from a despotic African ruler.

Frankenstein Reborn (1993)
Short film version of the Mary Shelley tale

One More Time (1970)
London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.

The Woman in the House (1942)
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an...

The Detour (1979)
During a school outing, Dominic’s [John Galdes] pet dog Rameses – which a sculptor [Adrian Rendle] has sketched for a work depicting the...

The Story of Star Wars (2004)
The Skywalker family is at the heart of the Star Wars saga. Now hear the inside story of Luke and Anakin Skywalker from the characters who witnessed...

Attack of the Octopus People (2010)
In the not too distant future, Daniel Davis returns to his hometown to find that it has been taken over by super intelligent octopuses.

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original...

Fists of Fire (1975)
A look at Shaw Brothers Studios in their prime. Includes: interviews with David Chiang; exploring the Shaw Brothers sets; a look at the craftsmen,...

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)
The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic...

The Skywalker Legacy (2020)
The story lives forever in this feature-length documentary that charts the making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

The Hidden Master (1940)
Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #2: Later in L.A. (2020)
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #2: LATER IN L.A. is a brand new compilation of the...

It Might Be You (1946)
A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.

Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
This feature-length documentary takes a look at one of the most successful film franchises of all time as it goes behind the scenes of John...

Dreams (1940)
This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.

Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008)
This fascinating documentary tells the story of the talented people behind and in front of the cameras at the Hammer Film Studios. Their prodigious...

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Whilst vacationing in the Carpathian Mountain, two couples stumble across the remains of Count Dracula's castle. The Count's trusted servant kills...

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007)
Famous Monster takes a fast-paced, colorful look at the life of science fiction's greatest fan - Forrest J. Ackerman, whose 85 year love affair with...

When We Are Married (1951)
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third...

Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024)
A look at Hammer’s progression from a back off in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film genre. The company,...

Lolita (1962)
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay...

Space: 1999 (1975)
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and...

The Avengers (1961)
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

The New Avengers (1976)
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The...

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of different tales. Each episode was introduced by Orson...

Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil...

Sherlock Holmes (1964)
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second...

The World of Hammer (1994)
Narrated by Oliver Reed, the show traces the evolution of the famous Hammer Horror movies through the years.

The Zoo Gang (1974)
Six resistance fighters, known by their animal-based code names, fought during World War II. Their efforts came to a stop when one of their number,...

Wogan (1982)
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.

Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The...