Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing
Born	Peter Wilton Cushing 26 May 1913(1913-05-26) Kenley, Surrey, England
Died	11 August 1994 (aged 81) Canterbury, Kent, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1940 - 1989
Spouse(s)	Violet Helene Beck (1943– 1971)

Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913 - 11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite his close friend Christopher Lee. As such a familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, he appeared in the original Star Wars film and the Doctor Who films. Image File history File links Peter Cushing This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Kenley is a district in the south of the London Borough of Croydon. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The year 1940 in film involved some significant events. ... // Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Hammer horror refers to horror films produced in the late 1950s through the 1970s by the British film studio Hammer Films. ... Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist of the 1818 novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. ... Helsing and Van Helsing redirect here. ... For other persons named Christopher Lee, see Christopher Lee (disambiguation). ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... This article is about the television series. ...

Biography

Early life

Cushing was born in Kenley, Surrey, England, the son of Nellie Marie née King and George Edward Cushing.^[1] He was raised there and in Dulwich, South London. Cushing left his first job as a surveyor's assistant to take up a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After working in repertory theatre, he left for Hollywood in 1939, but returned in 1941 after roles in several films, one of them A Chump at Oxford (1940) appearing alongside Laurel and Hardy. His first major film part was as Osric in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948). Kenley is a district in the south of the London Borough of Croydon. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Née redirects here. ... , Dulwich (pronounced or ) is a settlement mostly in the London Borough of Southwark with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... South London area South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. ... Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in the City of London, UK. The first Guildhall School was housed in an old warehouse in Aldermanbury, but these premises soon proved too small. ... Properly, repertory is a style of a number of repertory companies which rehearsed and performed plays in a fortnight. ... ... A Chump at Oxford, directed by Alfred Goulding and released in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was the penultimate Laurel and Hardy film made at the Hal Roach studios. ... Laurel and Hardy, in a promotional still from their 1937 feature film Way Out West. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, (IPA: ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Hamlet is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeares play Hamlet, directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier. ...

Early career

In the 1950s he worked in television, most notably as Winston Smith in the BBC's 1954 adaptation of the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, scripted by Nigel Kneale. Cushing drew much praise for his performance in this production, although he always felt that his performance in the existing version of the play — it was performed twice in one week and only the second version survives in the archives — was inferior to the first. During many of his small screen performances, Cushing also starred as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the BBC's 1952 production of Pride and Prejudice and as King Richard II in Richard of Bordeaux in 1955. He also went to Shoreham College for 1 term This article is about the character in Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar). ... George Orwell is the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950) who was an English writer and journalist well-noted as a novelist, critic, and commentator on politics and culture. ... Peter Cushing played Winston Smith while Donald Pleasence played Syme. ... Nigel Kneale (born Thomas Nigel Kneale on April 18, 1922 in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK) is a Manx television and film scriptwriter, who has worked mostly in the UK. He is best known for his creation of the character of Professor Bernard Quatermass, who has appeared in three... This article is about the novel. ... Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. ... Richard of Bordeaux is a play by Gordon Daviot (pseudonym for Elizabeth Macintosh) that depicts the story of Richard II of England in a romantic fashion, emphasizing the relationship between Richard and his queen Anne of Bohemia. ...

Hammer Horror

Peter Cushing as Sir Mark Ashley with Christopher Lee in Nothing But the Night (1972).

His first appearances in his two most famous roles were in Terence Fisher's films The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958). Cushing will always be associated with playing Victor Frankenstein and Van Helsing in a long string of horror films produced by Hammer Horror. These provided him with 20 years of steady employment despite being of often middling quality. Although talented as an actor, he admitted that career decisions for him meant choosing roles where he knew the audience would accept him. "Who wants to see me as 'Hamlet'? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do." He also said "If I played Hamlet, they'd call it a horror film."^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ABN-2 Channel Two Sydney/The Rank Organisation Image came from a digital transmission from ABC Sydney This... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ABN-2 Channel Two Sydney/The Rank Organisation Image came from a digital transmission from ABC Sydney This... Terence Fisher (February 23, 1904 - June 18, 1980), was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. ... The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions. ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ...

Reportedly, he thought The Blood Beast Terror (1968) to be the worst film in which he participated.^{[citation needed]} A shade under 6' tall, a mane of increasingly iron-grey hair and wiry, his unemotional, meticulous delivery gave him an energetic onscreen presence, and he often performed his own stunts. Cushing was often cast opposite the actor Christopher Lee, with whom he became best friends. "People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can't think why. In my macabre pictures, I have either been a monster-maker or a monster-destroyer, but never a monster. Actually, I'm a gentle fellow. Never harmed a fly. I love animals, and when I'm in the country I'm a keen bird-watcher," he said in an interview published in ABC Film Review in November 1964.^{[citation needed]} For other persons named Christopher Lee, see Christopher Lee (disambiguation). ...

In the mid-1960s, he played the eccentric Dr. Who in two movies (Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150 AD) based on the television series Doctor Who. He made a conscious decision to play the part as a lovable, avuncular figure, as a conscious effort to escape from his perceived image as a "horror" actor. "I do get terribly tired with the neighbourhood kids telling me 'My mum says she wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley'." he said in an interview in 1966. He also appeared in the cult series The Avengers and then again in its successor, The New Avengers. In 1986, he played the role of Colonel William Raymond in 'Biggles'. In Space: 1999, he appeared as a Prospero-like character called Raan. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) was the first of two Doctor Who films made in the 1960s, and was followed by Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. The film features Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, Roberta Tovey as Susan, Jennie Linden as Barbara, and noted Carry On star Roy Castle... Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) is the second of two films based upon the television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the television series. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... A 1970s New Avengers paperback features Mike Gambit (Gareth Hunt), Purdey (Joanna Lumley) and the ubiquitous John Steed (Patrick Macnee). ... Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ... Prospero and Miranda by William Maw Egley Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Prospero Prospero is the protagonist in The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare. ...

He was one of many stars to guest on The Morecambe and Wise Show — the standing joke in his case being the idea that he was never paid for his appearance. He would appear, week after week, wearily asking hosts Eric and Ernie "Have you got my five pounds yet?" (A ludicrously low price for an artists fee, even in the 1970s). Delightfully, when Cushing was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1989, one of the guests was Ernie Wise... who promptly presented him with a five pound note, but then, with typical dexterity, extorted it back from him. Peter was absolutely delighted with this, and cried: "All these years and I still haven't got my fiver!" Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe OBE and Ernie Wise OBE. The act lasted four decades until Morecambes death in 1984. ... This Is Your Life was a television documentary series hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards. ... Ernie Wise OBE (November 27, 1925 – March 21, 1999) was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became an institution on British television, especially for their Christmas specials. ...

Cushing played Sherlock Holmes many times, starting with Hammer's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), the first colour Holmes film. Cushing, whose features resembled those of classic Holmes portrayer Basil Rathbone, seemed a natural for the part, and he played the part with great fidelity to the written character -- that of a man who is not always easy to live with or be around -- which had not been done up to that point. He followed this up with a performance in 16 episodes of the BBC series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (1968), of which only six episodes survive. Finally, Cushing played the detective in old age, in The Masks of Death (1984) for Channel 4. This article is about Arthur Conan Doyles fictional detective. ... The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 mystery movie produced by Hammer Studios and is directed by Terence Fisher. ... Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), Military Cross, was a British actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and of suave villains in such swashbuckler films as The Mark of Zorro, Captain Blood, and The Adventures of Robin Hood. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... This article is about Arthur Conan Doyles fictional detective. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

Death of his wife

In 1971, Cushing withdrew from the film Blood from the Mummy's Tomb when his wife died (Hammer stalwart Andrew Keir inherited the role). He and actress Helen Beck had been married since 1943. The following year, he was quoted in the Radio Times as saying "Since Helen passed on I can't find anything; the heart, quite simply, has gone out of everything. Time is interminable, the loneliness is almost unbearable and the only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that my dear Helen and I will be united again some day. To join Helen is my only ambition. You have my permission to publish that... really, you know dear boy, it's all just killing time. Please say that."^[2] Blood from the Mummys Tomb - August 28, 2001 release DVD cover Blood from the Mummys Tomb is a 1971 British film starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, and James Villiers. ... Andrew Keir, born Andrew Buggy on April 3, 1926 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, was a British actor, well-known for his roles in several Hammer Films horror film productions during the 1960s. ... Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...

Six years later, his feelings were unchanged: "When Helen passed on six years ago I lost the only joy in life that I ever wanted. She was my whole life and without her there is no meaning. I am simply killing time, so to speak, until that wonderful day when we are together again."^{[citation needed]}

In his autobiography, he says he attempted suicide the night that Helen died, by running up and down stairs in the vain hope that it would induce a heart attack. For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... Heart attack redirects here. ...

In 1986, Cushing appeared on the British TV show Jim'll Fix It. His "wish", "granted" by Jimmy Savile, was to have a strain of rose named after his late wife. Cushing's letter to the show, in copperplate handwriting, was shown, as was the identification and naming of a rose named "Helen Cushing".^[3] Jimll Fix It was a long running British television show broadcast by the BBC. // The show debuted on 31 May 1975, and ran until June 1994. ... Sir Jimmy Savile. ... For other uses, see Rose (disambiguation). ... Copperplate refers to the use of inscribed sheets of copper in printing. ...

Star Wars

In 1976, he was cast in Star Wars, which was shooting at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, London. He appeared as one of his (now) most recognised characters, Grand Moff Tarkin despite having originally been considered for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Cushing found accepting the role in a science fiction fantasy easy. "My criterion for accepting a role isn't based on what I would like to do. I try to consider what the audience would like to see me do and I thought kids would adore Star Wars." This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... Historically, the name Elstree Studios refers to any of several film studios that were based in the town of Elstree and Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, England. ... , Borehamwood (sometimes referred to as Boreham Wood) is a town in southern Hertfordshire, just north of London. ... Grand Moff Governor Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe and is an antagonist in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope where he was portrayed by British actor Peter Cushing. ... Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ...

Costuming difficulties resulted in an endearing piece of trivia about Star Wars. He was presented with ill-fitting riding boots for the Moff Tarkin role and they pinched his feet so much that he was given permission by George Lucas to play the role wearing his slippers. The camera operators filmed him above the knees or standing behind the table of the conference room set. Also, during filming of Star Wars, a star-struck Carrie Fisher found it hard to deliver her lines to him and seem terrified in the presence of a charming, polished man who smelled of 'linen and lavender' when in their first scene together, her character speaks of Cushing's as having a 'foul stench'. Carrie Frances Fisher (born October 21, 1956) is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. ...

For Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas wanted Cushing, now deceased, to reprise his role as Tarkin through the use of archive footage and digital technology, but poor film quality made this impossible. Besides, the scene required a full-body appearance of Tarkin, which was unavailable due to Cushing's use of slippers instead of boots when performing. Instead, Wayne Pygram took the role, though he underwent extensive prosthetic makeup for his brief cameo. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Later career

After Star Wars, he continued appearing in films and television sporadically, as his health allowed. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer but without surgery managed to survive several years, though his health was precarious. HRPC redirects here. ...

In 1989, Cushing was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He retired to Whitstable, where he had bought a seafront house in 1959, and continued his hobby of birdwatching, and to write two autobiographies. Cushing also worked as a painter, specialising in watercolors, and wrote and illustrated a children's book of Lewis Carroll style humor, The Bois Saga. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... Whitstable is a town in Kent, England with a population of 30,000. ... The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ...

His final professional engagement was as co-narrator of Flesh and Blood, the Hammer Heritage of Horror, produced by American writer/director Ted Newsom. As co-narrator, Cushing thus took his "last bow" with friend Christopher Lee, the BBC and Hammer Films. The narration was recorded in Canterbury near Cushing's home. The show was first broadcast in 1994, the week before Cushing's death from cancer in a Canterbury hospice, aged 81. Ted Newsom (b. ... For other persons named Christopher Lee, see Christopher Lee (disambiguation). ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ...

In an interview on the DVD release of Hound of the Baskervilles, Lee remarked on his friend's death: "I don't want to sound gloomy, but, at some point of your lives, every one of you will notice that you have in your life one person, one friend whom you love and care for very much. That person is so close to you that you are able to share some things only with him. For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first maniacal laugh or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. We used to do that with him so often. And then when that person is gone, there will be nothing like that in your life ever again". The Hound of the Baskervilles is a crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally serialised in the Strand Magazine in 1901 and 1902, which is set largely on Dartmoor. ...

Filmography

• Laddie (1940)
• Vigil in the Night (1940)
• A Chump at Oxford (1940)
• Women in War (1940)
• The Howards of Virginia (1940)
• Dreams (1940)
• They Dare Not Love (1941)
• Hamlet (1948)
• Moulin Rouge (1952)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1956)
• The Abominable Snowman Of The Himalayas (1957)
• The Horror of Dracula released in the UK under the title Dracula (1958)
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
• The Mummy (1959)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
• The Brides of Dracula (1960)
• The Hellfire Club (1960)
• The Gorgon (1964)
• The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
• Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
• Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966)
• Island of Terror (1966)
• Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
• The Torture Garden (1967)
• Blood Beast Terror (1967)
• Corruption (1968)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• The Vampire Lovers (1970)
• Scream and Scream Again (1970)
• Twins of Evil (1971)
• The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
• Tales From The Crypt (1972)
• Asylum (1972)
• Dracula AD 1972 (1972)
• Fear In The Night (1972)
• Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
• From Beyond the Grave (1973)
• Horror Express
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
• The Creeping Flesh (1973)
• Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
• The Beast Must Die (1974)
• Shatter(1974)
• The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
• Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (1974)
• The Ghoul (1975)
• At the Earth's Core (1976)
• Shock Waves, The Uncanny (1977)
• Star Wars (1977)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
• House of the Long Shadows (1983)
• The Masks of Death (1984)
• Top Secret! (1984)
• Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)

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The Abominable Snowman (aka The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) was a 1957 British horror film, directed by Val Guest. ... Dracula (1958) is the first of a series of Hammer Horror movies inspired by Bram Stokers novel Dracula. ... The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 film made by Hammer Film Productions. ... The Mummy is a 1959 British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. ... The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 mystery movie produced by Hammer Studios and is directed by Terence Fisher. ... For the characters, see Brides of Dracula. ... The Gorgon is a 1964 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer. ... The Evil of Frankenstein is a 1963 British horror film directed for Hammer Horror directed by Freddie Francis. ... Dr. Terrors House of Horrors is a 1965 British horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror film director Freddie Francis and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. ... Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) was the first of two Doctor Who films made in the 1960s, and was followed by Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD. The film features Peter Cushing as Dr. Who, Roberta Tovey as Susan, Jennie Linden as Barbara, and noted Carry On star Roy Castle... Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966) is the second of two films based upon the television series Doctor Who. ... Island of Terror is a 1966 British horror film released by Planet Film Productions. ... Frankenstein Created Woman is a 1967 British Hammer Horror film directed by Terence Fisher. ... Freddie Jones as the Creature in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions in 1969. ... The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Ingrid Pitt and Kate OMara. ... Twins of Evil is a 1971 horror film by Hammer Film Productions. ... The House That Dripped Blood is a 1970 British Horror film directed by Peter Duffell, distributed by Amicus Productions, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joss Ackland, Denholm Elliott and Jon Pertwee. ... Movie poster for Tales from the Crypt (1972) Tales from the Crypt is a British horror movie, made in 1972 by Amicus Productions, consisting of five separate segments, based on stories from EC Comics. ... Asylum is a British horror film made by the Amicus Productions film company in 1972. ... Dracula A.D. 1972 is a 1972 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson, written by Don Houghton and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beacham. ... Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) was the second Dr. Phibes movie, a sequel to The Abominable Dr. Phibes. ... Horror Express, also known as Pánico en el Transiberiano, is a 1973 horror film starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas. ... The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1974 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. ... The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 British horror film about a Victorian era scientist who returns from New Guinea with a skeleton which he unwittingly transforms into a malevolent being. ... Peter Cushing in his final appearance as the Baron in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell is a 1974 British horror film from Hammer Film Productions. ... The Beast Must Die is a 1974 horror film directed by Paul Annett. ... In the field of Vapnik Chervonenkis theory, also known as VC-theory, the concept of shattering a set of points is important. ... The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, released in 1974, was very much a movie of its time. ... For the 1933 Boris Karloff Film The Ghoul, see The Ghoul. ... At the Earths Core is a 1976 science fiction film directed by Kevin Connor and starring Peter Cushing and Doug McClure, filmed in Technicolor. ... Shock Waves is a horror movie from 1977 directed by Ken Wiederhorn. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... For other uses, see A Tale of Two Cities (disambiguation). ... House of the Long Shadows is a 1983 horror-parody film directed by Pete Walker. ... The Masks of Death (1984) is a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing as the sleuth and John Mills as Doctor Watson. ... Top Secret! is a 1984 comedy directed by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker. ...

References

External links

• Peter Cushing at the Internet Movie Database
• Overview of Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street Dozen
• Peter Cushing at FindaGrave