Peter Cushing
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- "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."
- ―Peter Cushing[src]
Peter Cushing (May 26, 1913–August 11, 1994) was the actor who played Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin in A New Hope. He was best known for his work in horror films produced by Hammer Studios, as well as some other British B-movies. These films often had him collaborating with his good friend and frequent co-star Christopher Lee, who played Count Dooku in Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In another Hammer Studios Film, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Peter Cushing plays Dr. Victor aka Dr. Frankenstein. The Monster he creates in the film is played by David Prowse who would later play Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
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[edit] A New Hope
Peter Cushing played Wilhuff Tarkin at Elstree Studios. He often complained that the boots for playing Tarkin were too small, and so the Director allowed him to wear a pair of slippers, shooting him from the waist up.
[edit] Other Roles
Peter Cushing also played Dr. Carl Victor aka Dr. Frankenstein in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell and Professor Van Helsing in The Satanic Rites of Dracula opposite Christopher Lee as Count Dracula. He is also known to sci-fi fans as Dr. Who in the Dr. Who Dalek movies. He also had many appearances in other films.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1986 | Biggles | Colonel William Raymond | |
| 1984 | Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Seneschal | |
| 1984 | Top Secret! | Bookstore Proprietor | |
| 1984 | Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues | Professor Charles Copeland | TV |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Sebastian Grisbane | |
| 1983 | Tales of the Unexpected Episode: "The Vorpal Blade" | Von Baden | TV |
| 1981 | Monster Island | Monster Island | |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Dr. Alexandre Manette | TV |
| 1980 | Hammer House of Horror Episode: "The Silent Scream" | Martin Blueck | TV |
| 1980 | Black Jack | Sir Thomas Bedford | |
| 1979 | Arabian Adventure | Wazir Al Wuzara | |
| 1979 | A Touch of the Sun | Commissioner Potts | |
| 1978 | Son of Hitler | Heinrich Haussner | |
| 1977 | Standarte, Die | Major Baron von Hackenberg | |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Wilbur Gray | |
| 1977 | Shock Waves | SS Commander | |
| 1977 | Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | Governor Tarkin | |
| 1976 | "The New Avengers" Episode: "The Eagle's Nest" | Von Claus | TV |
| 1976 | The Great Houdini | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | TV |
| 1976 | Land of the Minotaur | Baron Corofax | |
| 1976 | At the Earth's Core | Dr. Abner Perry | |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Sir Edward Gifford | |
| 1976 | Space: 1999 Episode: "Missing Link" | Raan | TV |
| 1975 | The Ghoul | Dr. Lawrence | |
| 1975 | Legend of the Werewolf | Prof. Paul | |
| 1974 | The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Prof. Van Helsing | |
| 1974 | Tendre Dracula | MacGregor | |
| 1974 | "The Zoo Gang" Episode: "The Counterfeit Trap" | Judge Gautier | TV |
| 1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor | |
| 1974 | The Beast Must Die | Dr. Christopher Lundgren | |
| 1974 | Madhouse | Herbert Flay | |
| 1974 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing | |
| 1974 | Shatter | Paul Rattwood | |
| 1973 | Horror Express | Dr. Wells | |
| 1973 | "Great Mysteries" Episode: "La Grande Breteche" | Count Gerard De Merret | TV |
| 1973 | And Now the Screaming Starts! | Dr. Pope | |
| 1973 | The Creeping Flesh | Emmanuel Hildern | |
| 1973 | From Beyond the Grave | Antique Shop Proprietor | |
| 1972 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Professor Van Helsing | |
| 1972 | Dr. Phibes Rises Again | Ship's Captain | |
| 1972 | Asylum | Smith | |
| 1972 | Fear in the Night | Michael Carmichael | |
| 1972 | Beyond the Water's Edge | TV | |
| 1972 | Tales from the Crypt | Arthur Edward Grimsdyke | |
| 1972 | Nothing But the Night | Sir Mark Ashley | |
| 1971 | I, Monster | Frederick Utterson | |
| 1971 | Twins of Evil | Gustav Weil | |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Philip Grayson | |
| 1971 | Incense for the Damned | Dr. Walter Goodrich | |
| 1970 | The Vampire Lovers | General von Spielsdorfn | |
| 1970 | One More Time | Dr. Frankenstein | uncredited |
| 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Benedek | |
| 1969 | Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed | Dr. Baron Victor Frankenstein | |
| 1968 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes | TV 16 Episodes |
| 1968 | The Blood Beast Terror | Detective Inspector Quennell | |
| 1967 | "The Avengers" Episode: "Return of the Cybernauts" | Paul Beresford | TV |
| 1967 | Frankenstein Created Woman | Baron Frankenstein | |
| 1967 | The Mummy's Shroud | Narrator | uncredited |
| 1967 | Torture Garden | Lancelot Canning | |
| 1967 | Some May Live | John Meredith | |
| 1967 | Night of the Big Heat | Dr. Vernon Stone | |
| 1967 | Corruption | Sir John Rowan | |
| 1966 | Island of Terror | Dr. Brian Stanley | |
| 1966 | Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD | Doctor Who | |
| 1965 | "Thirty-Minute Theatre" Episode: "Monica" | Leonard | TV |
| 1965 | The Skull | Dr. Christopher Maitland | |
| 1965 | She | Holly | |
| 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Dr. Sandor Schreck | |
| 1965 | Dr. Who and the Daleks | Doctor Who | |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Dr. Namaroff | |
| 1964 | The Caves of Steel | Elijah Baley | TV |
| 1963 | The Evil of Frankenstei | Baron Frankenstein | |
| 1963 | The Man Who Finally Died | Dr. von Brecht | |
| 1963 | "Comedy Playhouse" Episode: "The Plan" | Albert Fawkes | TV |
| 1962 | "The Spread of the Eagle" | Cassius | TV |
| 1962 | Captain Clegg | Rev. Dr. Blyss (Capt. Clegg) | |
| 1962 | Peace with Terror | Parsons | TV |
| 1961 | The Devil's Agent | Squire Trevenyan | scenes deleted |
| 1961 | The Naked Edge | Mr. Wrack | |
| 1961 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Squire Trevenyan | |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club | Merryweather | |
| 1961 | Cash on Demand | Fordyce | |
| 1960 | Sword of Sherwood Forest | Sheriff of Nottingham | |
| 1960 | Suspect | Professor Sewell | |
| 1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. J. Van Helsing | |
| 1960 | Cone of Silence | Capt. Clive Judd | |
| 1960 | The Flesh and the Fiends | Dr. Robert Knox | |
| 1959 | The Mummy | John Banning | |
| 1959 | John Paul Jones | Captain Pearson | |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1958 | The Revenge of Frankenstein | Dr. Victor Stein | |
| 1958 | Violent Playground | The Priest | |
| 1958 | Dracula | Doctor Van Helsing | |
| 1958 | The Winslow Boy | Sir Robert Morton | TV |
| 1958 | Uncle Harry | Uncle Harry | TV |
| 1957 | The Abominable Snowman | Dr. John Rollason | |
| 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | Baron Victor Frankenstein | |
| 1957 | Time Without Pity | Jeremy Clayton | |
| 1957 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Gaslight | Mr. Manningham | TV |
| 1957 | Home at Seven | David Preston | TV |
| 1956 | Alexander the Great | Memnon | |
| 1955 | Richard of Bordeaux | Richard II | TV |
| 1955 | Magic Fire | Otto Wesendonk | |
| 1955 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: The Moment of Truth | Prime Minister | TV |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair | Henry Miles | |
| 1955 | The Browning Version | Andrew Crocker-Harris | TV |
| 1955 | The Creature | Dr. John Rollason | TV |
| 1954 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: 1984 | Winston Smith | TV |
| 1954 | The Black Knight | Sir Palamides | TV |
| 1954 | The Face of Love | Mardian Thersites | TV |
| 1954 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Beau Brummell | Beau Brummell | TV |
| 1954 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Tovarich | Prince Mikhail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff | TV |
| 1953 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Portrait by Peko | Seppi Fredericks | TV |
| 1953 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Anastasia | Piotr Petrovsky | TV |
| 1953 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: The Road | Antoine Vanier | TV |
| 1953 | "Epitaph for a Spy" | Josef Vadassey | TV |
| 1953 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Number Three | Simpson | TV |
| 1953 | The Noble Spaniard | Duke of Hermanos | TV |
| 1953 | A Social Success | Henry Robbins | TV |
| 1953 | Rookery Nook | Clive Popkiss | TV |
| 1952 | The Silver Swan | Lord Henriques | TV |
| 1952 | Moulin Rouge | Marcel de la Voisier | |
| 1952 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Bird in Hand | Cyril Beverly | TV |
| 1952 | "Pride and Prejudice" | Mr. Darcy | TV |
| 1952 | If This Be Error | Nick Grant | TV |
| 1951 | BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Eden End | Charles Appleby | TV |
| 1951 | When We Are Married | Gerald Forbes | TV |
| 1948 | Hamlet | Osric, Servant to the Court | |
| 1942 | The Woman in the House | Man Waking Up | uncredited |
| 1941 | They Dare Not Love | Sub-Lieutenant Blacker | uncredited |
| 1940 | Dreams | Leslie Stephens | |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Leslie Stephens | uncredited |
| 1940 | Women in War | Capt. Evans | uncredited |
| 1940 | The Hidden Master | Robert Clive of India | |
| 1940 | A Chump at Oxford | Student (Jones) | |
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night | Joe Shand | |
| 1940 | Laddie | Robert Pryor | |
| 1939 | The Man in the Iron Mask | King's messenger |
