Acting
Peter Cushing
- Titles
- 137movies14TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 2022, with a break from 1996 to 2009, busiest in 1974 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 79top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
Star Wars89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Scare5.6average 2.6
- Uncanny5.1average 2.5
- Fantasy4.3average 1.8
- Historical4.8average 2.6
- Mystery6.1average 4.1
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Violence5.5average 4.3
- Tension7.1average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.2
- Family Dynamics2.9, average 4.7
- Coming of Age1.2, average 2.9
- Situational Comedy1.3, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Gothic Horror 20
- Hammer Horror 13
- Psychological Thriller 8
- British Cinema 8
- British Horror 7
- Mystery 6
- Anthology Horror 5
- Mad Scientist 5
- Classic Horror 5
- Cult Classic 5
- Occult Themes 4
- Psychological Horror 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Christopher LeeActorThe World of Hammer, Dracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror Express, +18 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- AAnthony HindsWriterThe Evil of Frankenstein, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Frankenstein Created Woman, Captain Clegg, Legend of the Werewolf, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
342010s
3 titles · average score 75
73
as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Grand Moff Tarkin
77
as (archive footage)
2000s
1 title
as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
1990s
3 titles
TV show
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
1980s
4 titles · average score 61
54
as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
71
as Bookstore Proprietor
72
TV show · as Martin Blueck
1970s
9 titles · average score 69
as (archive footage)
89
as Grand Moff Tarkin
71
TV show · as Von Claus
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
TV show · as Judge Gautier
58
as Sir Mark Ashley
as (archive footage)
64
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
66
as Gustav Weil
1960s
5 titles · average score 68
56
as Doctor Who
69
TV show · as Sherlock Holmes
80
TV show · as Paul Beresford
as Merryweather
66
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
1950s
6 titles · average score 64
68
as Sherlock Holmes
66
as John Banning
69
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
61
as Henry Miles
68
as Marcel de la Voisier
53
TV show · as Winston Smith / Dr. John Rollason
1940s
2 titles · average score 72
74
as Osric
70
as Student
1930s
1 title · average score 70
70
as Second Officer