Acting
Peter Cushing
- Titles
- 136movies18TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 2022, with a break from 1996 to 2009, busiest in 1974 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 78top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
Star Wars89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Scare5.5average 2.6
- Uncanny5.1average 2.5
- Historical4.9average 2.6
- Fantasy4.1average 1.8
- Mystery6.1average 4.1
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Violence5.5average 4.3
- Tension7.1average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.2, average 2.9
- Family Dynamics3.1, average 4.7
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Gothic Horror 21
- Hammer Horror 13
- Psychological Thriller 8
- British Horror 7
- British Cinema 7
- Mystery 6
- Mad Scientist 6
- Cult Classic 5
- Classic Horror 5
- Anthology Horror 5
- Atmospheric 4
- Creature Feature 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Christopher LeeActorDracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror Express, House of the Long Shadows, +17 more
Terence FisherDirectorDracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Brides of Dracula, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, The Revenge of Frankenstein, +8 more- JJames BernardComposerDracula, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The Curse of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, +6 more
Freddie FrancisActorFlesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Skull, Tales from the Crypt, The Evil of Frankenstein, +5 more- JJohn WilcoxCinematographerThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The Skull, Dr. Who and the Daleks, The Evil of Frankenstein, Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., +4 more
Milton SubotskyWriterDr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Skull, At the Earth's Core, Tales from the Crypt, Dr. Who and the Daleks, +3 more
Donald PleasenceActorFrom Beyond the Grave, The Flesh and the Fiends, The Devil's Men, Trial by Combat, Suspect, +2 more
Jimmy SangsterWriterDracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Brides of Dracula, The Revenge of Frankenstein, The Mummy, +2 more- AArthur GrantCinematographerFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Frankenstein Created Woman, Fear in the Night, The Abominable Snowman, Captain Clegg, +2 more
André MorellActorThe Hound of the Baskervilles, She, The Black Knight, Cash on Demand, Nineteen Eighty-Four, +1 more
Roy Ward BakerActorThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, The Vampire Lovers, And Now the Screaming Starts!, Asylum, +1 more- JJack AsherCinematographerDracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Brides of Dracula, The Revenge of Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
138Great
Score 80 to 89
6 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
89
as Grand Moff Tarkin
85
Actor's Assistant
84
as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
83
TV show · as Paul Beresford
82
as Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror"
Good
Score 70 to 79
20 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
79
as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
77
as Narrator (voice) / Self
75
as Winston Smith
75
as Harry Fordyce
73
TV show · as Raan
73
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
73
as Dr. Victor Stein
72
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
72
TV show · as Sherlock Holmes
71
as John Banning
71
as Bookstore Proprietor
71
TV show · as Von Baden
Decent
Score 60 to 69
25 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
as Dr. Wells
68
as Sherlock Holmes
68
as Gustav Weil
65
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
63
as Doctor Who
63
as General von Spielsdorf
62
as Dr. Namaroff
62
as Smith
62
as Baron Frankenstein
62
as The Proprietor
61
as Doctor Van Helsing
61
as Dr. Christopher Maitland
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
49 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
58
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
56
as Sebastian Grisbane
54
as Major Heinrich Benedek
53
as Baron Frankenstein
53
as Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor
51
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
51
as SS Commander
49
as Doctor Who
47
as Dr. Pope
44
as Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing
40
as Dr. Abner Perry
36
as Professor Van Helsing
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
1 title
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
Not rated yet
37 titles
Not rated yet
as Heinrich Haussner
as Doctor Who (archive footage)
as Man Waking Up (archive footage)
as Dr. John Rollason
as Elijah Baley
as John Meredith
as First Dreamer
as Sir Thomas Bedford
as Robert Clive of India
as The Prime Minister
as The doctor
as Professor Charles Copeland