Peter Cushing - wikipedia Peter Cushing Peter Cushing OBE Cushing in The Brides of Dracula ( 1960 ) ( 1913 - 05 - 26 ) 26 May 1913 Kenley, Surrey, England, UK 11 August 1994 ( 1994 - 08 - 11 ) ( aged 81 ) Canterbury, Kent, England, UK Cause of death Prostate cancer Residence Whitstable, Kent Education Shoreham College Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama Occupation Actor Years active 1939 -- 86 Home town Purley, Surrey Spouse ( s ) Violet Helene Beck ( 8 February 1905 -- 14 January 1971 ) ( m. 1943 -- 71 ) ( her death ) Parent ( s ) George Edward ( 1881 -- 1956 ) and Nellie Maria ( née King ) Cushing ( 1882 -- 1961 ) Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Actor ( 1956 ) Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE ( 26 May 1913 -- 11 August 1994 ) was an English actor and a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner in 1956. He is mainly known for his prolific appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played strong character roles like 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 is best known outside the Hammer productions for his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars ( 1977 ). He also played Dr. Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks ( 1965 ) and Daleks -- Invasion Earth ( 1966 ). Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Hammer Horror and other work 3 Personal life 4 Later career 4.1 Star Wars 4.2 Morecambe and Wise 5 Later life and death 6 Filmography 6.1 Films 6.2 Television 6.3 Television films 6.4 Short films 6.5 Other Credits 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early life and career Cushing was born in Kenley, Surrey, the second son of George Edward Cushing ( 1881 -- 1956 ) and Nellie Maria ( née King ) Cushing ( 1882 -- 1961 ). Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Dulwich, South London. After the end of the First World War, they returned close to Kenley ; this time to neighbouring Purley, Surrey, where in 1926 his quantity surveyor father built Clearview, an Art Deco house on St James Road. It was here that Cushing remained until early adulthood. Educated at Shoreham College, 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 in Worthing, Sussex, he left for Hollywood in 1939, making his debut in The Man in the Iron Mask later that year, before returning to England in 1941 after appearing in several films. In one, A Chump at Oxford ( 1940 ), he appeared opposite Laurel and Hardy. During the Second World War he served with the Entertainments National Service Association ( ENSA ). His first major film role was that of Osric in Laurence Olivier 's version of Hamlet ( 1948 ). In the 1950s, Cushing worked in television, notably as Winston Smith in the BBC 's 1954 adaptation of the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty - Four ( 1949 ), scripted by Nigel Kneale. Cushing was highly praised for his performance, although he considered his acting in the surviving second version of the broadcast -- it was performed live twice in one week, then a common practice, and only the second version exists in the archives -- to be inferior to the first. Among other TV appearances, Cushing starred as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the BBC 's production of Pride and Prejudice ( 1952 ), as King Richard II in Richard of Bordeaux ( 1955 ), and as Raan, a Prospero - like character, in `` Missing Link '' ( 1975 ), an episode of Space : 1999. He also appeared in The Avengers and its successor series, The New Avengers. In 1956, he received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. Hammer Horror and other work Cushing is well known for playing Baron Victor Frankenstein and Professor Van Helsing in a long series of horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was often cast alongside Christopher Lee, who became his best friend. His first appearances in his two most famous roles were in Terence Fisher 's films The Curse of Frankenstein ( 1957 ) and Dracula ( 1958 ). He later said that his career decisions entailed selecting roles where he knew that he would be accepted by the audience. `` Who wants to see me as Hamlet ? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein, so that 's the one I do. '' The film critic Roger Ebert described Cushing 's work in the Hammer films thusly : `` ( Cushing is ) the one in all those British horror films, standing between Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. His dialog usually runs along the lines of, ' But good heavens, man ! The person you saw has been dead for more than two centuries ! ' '' Cushing also played Sherlock Holmes many times, originally in Hammer 's The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1959 ), the first Holmes adaptation to be filmed in colour. This was followed by a performance in 16 episodes of the BBC series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes ( 1968 ), of which only six episodes survive. Cushing reprised the role, now playing the detective in old age, in The Masks of Death ( 1984 ) for Channel 4. In an interview published in ABC Film Review in November 1964, Cushing stated, `` People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I ca n'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. '' In an interview published in 1966, he added, `` I do get terribly tired with the neighbourhood kids telling me ' My mum says she would n't want to meet you in a dark alley '. '' In the mid-1960s, Cushing played Doctor Who in two films ( Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks -- Invasion Earth : 2150 A.D. ) based on the BBC science - fiction TV series Doctor Who, although the films are not considered part of the show 's official canon by the BBC. He decided to play the part as a lovable and avuncular figure. Personal life In 1971, Cushing withdrew from the filming of Blood from the Mummy 's Tomb following the death from emphysema of his wife, actress Violet Helene Beck ( 8 February 1905 -- 14 January 1971 ), to whom he had been married since 1943. The following year, he was quoted in the Radio Times as having said, `` Since Helen passed on I ca n'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 reunited 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. '' In his autobiography, Cushing implies that he attempted suicide on the night of his wife 's death by running up and down stairs in the vain hope that it would induce a heart attack. He later stated that this had simply been a hysterical response borne out of grief, and that he had not purposely attempted to end his life ; a poem left by Helen had implored him not to die until he had lived his life to the full, and he had resolved that to commit suicide would have meant letting her down. Although not conventionally religious, Cushing maintained a belief both in God and an afterlife. Cushing 's colleagues of that period commented on his deeply Christian faith and his conviction that his separation from his wife was only temporary. The effects of his wife 's death proved to be as much physical as mental. For his role in Dracula A.D. 1972, Cushing had originally been cast as the father of Stephanie Beacham 's character, but had aged so visibly and lost so much weight that the script was hastily re-written to make him her grandfather : it was done again in the last Dracula film from Hammer, The Satanic Rites of Dracula. In a silent tribute to Helen, a shot of Van Helsing 's desk includes a photograph of her. He repeated the role of the man who lost family in other horror films, including Asylum ( 1972 ), The Creeping Flesh ( 1973 ), and The Ghoul ( 1975 ). In 1986, Cushing appeared on the BBC TV show Jim 'll Fix It, his wish being to have a strain of rose named after Helen ; the `` Helen Cushing Rose '' was the result. Later career Star Wars In 1976, Cushing was cast in Star Wars in the supporting part of Grand Moff Tarkin. Like all of the other actors portraying Galactic Imperial officers, he was presented with ill - fitting riding boots, which pinched his feet so much that he was given permission by director George Lucas to play the role wearing his slippers. As a result, the camera operators filmed him throughout the film only from the knees up, or else standing behind the table of the Death Star conference room set. This costuming discomfort aside, Cushing contrasted sharply with co-star Alec Guinness in that he enjoyed his experience on the film, appreciated the renewed interest in his work from young fans and only regretted that he could not appear in the sequels. For the 2016 film Rogue One, CGI and digitally - repurposed - archive footage were used to insert Peter Cushing 's likeness from the original movie over the body of actor Guy Henry. Henry provided the on - set capture and voice work with the reference material augmented and mapped over his performance like a digital body - mask. Cushing 's estate owners were heavily involved with the creation which took place over twenty years after his death. This extensive use of CGI to `` resurrect '' an actor who had died decades ago created a great deal of controversy about the ethics of using a deceased actor 's likeness. Joyce Broughton, Cushing 's former secretary, had approved recreating Cushing in the film. After attending the London premiere, she was reportedly `` taken aback '' and `` dazzled '' with the effect of seeing Cushing on screen again. Morecambe and Wise This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2016 ) Following Star Wars, Cushing continued to appear sporadically in film and television, as his health permitted. In 1969, he had appeared in a comedy play by Ernie Wise on The Morecambe and Wise Show on BBC2. Throughout the BBC era of the show, he would regularly join Wise and his comic partner, Eric Morecambe, on stage ; he would constantly seek payment for his first appearance, wearily asking `` Have you got my five pounds yet ? '' This running joke continued when the duo left the BBC and moved to Thames Television in 1978. Cushing appeared in their first special for Thames Television on 18 October, still asking to be paid, with the hosts repeatedly trying to get rid of him ; at the end of the show, Morecambe placed some money in a wallet wired up to a bomb, in an attempt to blow Cushing up in exaggerated comedic style. In the duo 's 1980 Christmas special, Cushing pretended to be the Prime Minister while Morecambe and Wise caroled outside 10 Downing Street ; he made the comedians give him money and finally came out to declare `` Paid, at last ! '' Wise was a guest for Cushing 's appearance on This Is Your Life in 1990. He promptly presented Cushing with a twenty - pound note, only to extort it back from him, for the price of a taxi getting there and the rental of a suit for that particular night. Later life and death Cushing was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1982, but managed to survive for 12 years without surgery, although his health remained fragile. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ; his friend Christopher Lee publicly opined that the honour was `` too little, too late ''. Cushing retired to Whitstable, on the Kent coast, where he had bought a seafront home in 1959, and continued his hobby of birdwatching while writing two autobiographies. He also worked as a painter, specialising in watercolours, and wrote and illustrated a children 's book of Lewis Carroll -- style humour, The Bois Saga. He was a patron of the Vegetarian Society from 1987 until his death. Cushing 's final professional commitment was the co-narration of the TV documentary Flesh and Blood : The Hammer Heritage of Horror, produced by American writer and director Ted Newsom. His contribution was recorded in Canterbury, near his home. The programme was broadcast only a few days before he died on 11 August 1994, aged 81. In an interview included on the DVD release of The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1959 ), Lee said of his friend 's death : `` I do n'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. '' Filmography Films Title Year Role Note The Man in the Iron Mask 1939 Second Officer Playing opposite Louis Hayward to facilitate the double exposure scenes, with a small role of his own Laddie 1940 Robert Pryor A Chump at Oxford Student Vigil in the Night Joe Shand Women in War Captain Evans ( Uncredited role ) The Howards of Virginia Leslie Stephens ( Uncredited role ) They Dare Not Love 1941 Sub-Lieutenant Blackler ( Uncredited role ) Hamlet 1948 Osric Moulin Rouge 1952 Marcel de la Voisier The Black Knight 1954 Sir Palamides The End of the Affair 1955 Henry Miles Magic Fire Otto Wesendonk Alexander the Great 1956 General Memnon Time Without Pity 1957 Jeremy Clayton The Curse of Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein The Abominable Snowman Dr. Rollason Violent Playground 1958 Priest Dracula Doctor Van Helsing The Revenge of Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959 Sherlock Holmes John Paul Jones Captain Richard Pearson The Mummy John Banning The Flesh and the Fiends 1960 Dr. Robert Knox Cone of Silence Captain Clive Judd The Brides of Dracula Doctor Van Helsing Suspect Professor Sewell Sword of Sherwood Forest Sheriff of Nottingham The Hellfire Club 1961 Merryweather Fury at Smugglers ' Bay Squire Trevenyan The Naked Edge Mr. Evan Wrack Cash on Demand Harry Fordyce Captain Clegg 1962 Parson Blyss Alternate title : Night Creatures The Devil 's Agent ( Scenes deleted ) The Man Who Finally Died 1963 Dr. Peter von Brecht The Evil of Frankenstein 1964 Victor Frankenstein The Gorgon Dr. Namaroff Dr. Terror 's House of Horrors 1965 ' Dr. Terror ' / Dr. W.R. Schreck She Maj, Holly The Skull Dr. Christopher Maitland Dr. Who and the Daleks Dr. Who Island of Terror 1966 Dr. Brian Stanley Daleks -- Invasion Earth : 2150 A.D. Dr. Who Frankenstein Created Woman 1967 Victor Frankenstein Night of the Big Heat Dr. Vernon Stone Torture Garden Lancelot Canning Segment 4 : `` The Man Who Collected Poe '' Some May Live John Meredith The Blood Beast Terror 1968 Detective Inspector Quennell Corruption Sir John Rowan Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969 Victor Frankenstein Incense for the Damned 1970 Dr. Walter Goodrich Alternate title : Bloodsuckers Scream and Scream Again Major Heinrich Benedek One More Time Dr. Frankenstein ( Uncredited role ) The Vampire Lovers General von Spielsdorf The House That Dripped Blood 1971 Philip Grayson Segment 2 : `` Waxworks '' Twins of Evil Gustav Weil I, Monster Frederick Utterson Tales from the Crypt 1972 Arthur Edward Grimsdyke Segment 3 : `` Poetic Justice '' Dracula A.D. 1972 Van Helsing Dr. Phibes Rises Again Captain Asylum Mr. Smith Segment 2 : `` The Weird Tailor '' Fear in the Night Michael Carmichael Horror Express Dr. Wells Nothing But the Night 1973 Sir Mark Ashley The Creeping Flesh Emmanuel Hildren And Now the Screaming Starts ! Dr. Pope The Satanic Rites of Dracula Van Helsing Shatter Rattwood From Beyond the Grave Antique Shop Proprietor Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Victor Frankenstein The Beast Must Die Dr. Christopher Lundgren Madhouse Herbert Flay The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires Van Helsing Tender Dracula MacGregor Legend of the Werewolf Professor Paul The Ghoul Dr. Lawrence Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Award for Best Actor Trial by Combat 1976 Sir Edward Gifford Alternate title : Dirty Knights Work At the Earth 's Core Dr. Abner Perry This film was `` riffed '' on 14 April 2017 as part of the Season One ( episode 14 ) release of Mystery Science Theater 3000 : The Return on Netflix. Land of the Minotaur Baron Corofax Alternate title : The Devil 's Men Star Wars 1977 Grand Moff Tarkin Nominated : Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Shock Waves SS Commander Alternate title : Almost Human The Uncanny Wilbur Die Standarte ( de ) Baron von Hackenberg Alternate title : The Standard Son of Hitler 1978 Heinrich Haussner Arabian Adventure 1979 Wazir Al Wuzara A Touch of the Sun Commissioner Potts Alternate title : No Secrets ! Misterio en la isla de los monstruos 1981 William T. Kolderup Alternate title : Mystery on Monster Island Black Jack Sir Thomas Bedford Alternate title : Asalto al casino House of the Long Shadows Sebastian Grisbane Caixa de Catalunya Award for Best Actor ( shared with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee & John Carradine ) Top Secret ! 1984 Bookstore Proprietor Sword of the Valiant Seneschal -- Gaspar Biggles : Adventures in Time 1986 Air Commodore William Raymond Television Title Year Role Note Pride and Prejudice 1952 Mr. Darcy TV mini-series ( all 6 episodes ) Epitaph for a Spy 1953 Josef Vadassey TV mini-series ( all 6 episodes ) You are There Rudolf Hess Season 1, episode 20 : `` The Escape of Rudolf Hess '' BBC Sunday - Night Theatre 1951 -- 1957 Charles Appleby Cyril Beverly Simpson Antoine Vanier Piotr Petrovsky Seppi Fredericks Prince Mikhail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff Beau Brummell Winston Smith Dr. John Rollason Prime Minister Mr. Manningham Season 2, episode 48 : `` Eden End ( I ) '' Season 3, episode 15 : `` Bird in Hand '' Season 4, episode 5 : `` Number Three '' Season 4, episode 25 : `` The Road '' Season 4, episode 28 : `` Anastasia '' Season 4, episode 34 : `` Portrait by Peko '' Season 5, episode 4 : `` Tovarich '' Season 5, episode 11 : `` Beau Brummell '' Season 5, episode 50 : `` Nineteen Eighty - Four '' Season 6, episode 5 : `` The Creature '' Season 6, episode 10 : `` The Moment of Truth '' Season 8, episode 2 : `` Gaslight '' Drama 61 - 67 1962 Frederick James Parsons Season 2, episode 7 : `` Drama ' 62 : Peace with Terror '' ITV Television Playhouse Fred Parsons Season 8, episode 3 : `` Peace with Terror '' The Spread of the Eagle 1963 Cassius TV mini-series Comedy Playhouse Albert Fawkes Season 3, episode 6 `` The Plan '' Story Parade 1964 Elijah Baley Episode : `` The Caves of Steel '' ( unknown season ) Thirty - Minute Theatre 1965 Leonard Season 1, episode 5 : `` Monica '' The Avengers 1967 Paul Beresford Episode : `` Return of the Cybernauts '' ( season 5, episode 17 or season 6, episode 1 ) Sherlock Holmes 1968 Sherlock Holmes All 16 episodes from season 2 : `` The Second Strain '' `` The Dancing Men '' `` A Study in Scarlet '' `` The Hound of the Baskervilles ( Part 1 ) '' `` The Hound of the Baskervilles ( Part 2 ) '' `` The Boscombe Valley Mystery '' `` The Greek Interpreter '' `` The Naval Treaty '' `` Thor Bridge '' `` The Musgrave Ritual '' `` Black Peter '' `` Wisteria Lodge '' `` Shoscombe Old Place '' `` The Solitary Cyclist '' `` The Sign of Four '' `` The Blue Carbuncle '' Orson Welles ' Great Mysteries 1973 Count Gerard De Merret Season 1, episode 4 : `` La Grande Breteche '' The Zoo Gang Judge Gautier Season 1, episode 5 : `` The Counterfeit Trap '' Space : 1999 1976 Raan Season 1, episode 7 : `` Missing Link '' Looks Familiar 1 episode -- dated 2 February 1976 The New Avengers Von Claus Season 1, episode 1 : `` The Eagle 's Nest '' Hammer House of Horror 1980 Martin Blueck Season 1, episode 7 : `` The Silent Scream '' Tales of the Unexpected Von Baden Season 6, episode 8 : `` The Vorpal Blade '' Television films Title Year Role Note When We Are Married 1951 Gerald Forbes If This Be Error 1952 Nick Grant Asmodée Blaise Lebel The Silver Swan Lord Henriques Rookery Nook 1953 Clive Popkiss The Noble Spaniard Duke of Hermanos A Social Success Henry Robbins The Face of Love 1954 Mardian Thersites Richard of Bordeaux 1955 Richard II The Browning Version Andrew Crocker - Harris Home at Seven 1957 David Preston The Winslow Boy 1958 Sir Robert Morton Uncle Harry Uncle Harry Beyond the Water 's Edge 1972 The Great Houdini 1976 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Tale of Two Cities 1980 Dr. Alexander Manette Helen Keller : The Miracle Continues 1984 Professor Charles Copeland The Masks of Death Sherlock Holmes Short films Title Year Note Role The Hidden Master 1940 Robert Clive of India Uncredited role Dreams 1940 First Dreamer It Might Be You 1946 The Doctor Other credits Title Year Role Note The Morecambe & Wise Show 1969 - 1980 Himself Long running gag involving being owed payment. BBC Wildlife Spectacular 1971 Himself - Presenter Dieter & Andreas 1986 Grateful Acknowledgment Wogan 1986 - 1988 Himself Regular guest House of the Long Shadows... Revisited 2012 Dedicated to Rogue One : A Star Wars Story 2016 Grand Moff Tarkin Special Acknowledgment. Posthumous. CGI recreation used for likeness. See also Biography portal References Jump up ^ `` Peter Cushing Biography ( 1913 - ) ''. Filmreference.com. 26 May 1913. Retrieved 22 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` Peter Cushing - Films as actor ''. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` Obituary : Peter Cushing ''. The Independent. 12 August 1994. Jump up ^ Brosnan, John. The Horror People, 1976, Plume Books. p. 190. Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger ( 2000 ). `` At The Earth 's Core ''. I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie. Kansas City : Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978 - 0740706721. Jump up ^ Daoust, Phil ( 1 April 2008 ). `` Radio pick of the day ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2015. 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