Question: Facts: - years active: 1939 & ndash ; 86 - birth name: peter wilton cushing - birth date: 26 may 1913 - parents: george cushing edward and nellie maria -lrb- nee king -rrb- - death date: 11 august 1994 - spouse: violet january 1971 -rrb- 1943 1971 -lrb- her death -rrb- helene beck -lrb- 8 february 1905 -- 14 - awards: british -rrb- academy television award for best actor -lrb- 1956 - name: peter cushing - death place: canterbury , kent , england - birth place: kenley , london , england - death cause: prostate cancer - education: shoreham college - occupation: actor - alma mater: guildhall school of music and drama - residence: whitstable , kent - home town: purley , surrey - honorific suffix: obe - image: peter cushing.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter cushing .
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peter wilton cushing , obe -lrb- 26 may 191311 august 1994 -rrb- was an english actor and a bafta tv award best actor winner in 1956 .he is mainly 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 the original star wars movie -lrb- 1977 -rrb- and dr. who in '' dr. who and the daleks '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- and '' '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , films based on the '' doctor who '' television series .