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Peter Cushing
Actor, Film actor
1913 – 1994
Who was Peter Cushing?
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE was an English actor known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played 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's best-known roles outside the Hammer productions include Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars and Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., films based on the Doctor Who television series.
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- Born
- May 26, 1913
Kenley - Also known as
- Peter Wilton Cushing
- Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Helen Cushing
(1943/04/10 - 1971/01/14)
- Helen Cushing
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Lived in
- Whitstable
- Kenley
- Dulwich
- Hollywood
- Purley, London
- Died
- Aug 11, 1994
Canterbury
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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