Acting
Peter Cushing
- Titles
- 137movies19TV shows
- Career
Active from 1940 to 2022, with a break from 1996 to 2009, busiest in 1974 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 77top three billing
- Average score
57/100
- Highest rated
Star Wars89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 88 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Scare5.4average 2.6
- Uncanny5.1average 2.5
- Historical4.9average 2.6
- Fantasy4.0average 1.8
- Mystery6.1average 4.1
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Violence5.3average 4.3
- Tension7.0average 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 23
- Hammer Horror 14
- Psychological Thriller 11
- Mad Scientist 8
- Mystery 7
- British Horror 7
- British Cinema 7
- Classic Horror 6
- Psychological Horror 5
- Cult Classic 5
- Anthology Horror 5
- Creature Feature 5
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Christopher LeeActorDracula A.D. 1972, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror Express, +17 more
Terence FisherDirectorDracula, The Brides of Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, +8 more- JJames BernardComposerDracula, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, +6 more
Freddie FrancisActorTales from the Crypt, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, The Skull, Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, Torture Garden, +5 more- JJohn WilcoxCinematographerThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Dr. Who and the Daleks, The Skull, Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D., The Evil of Frankenstein, +4 more
Milton SubotskyWriterTales from the Crypt, At the Earth's Core, Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, Dr. Who and the Daleks, The Skull, +3 more
Donald PleasenceActorFrom Beyond the Grave, The Flesh and the Fiends, The Devil's Men, Trial by Combat, Nineteen Eighty-Four, +2 more
Jimmy SangsterWriterDracula, The Brides of Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein, The Mummy, +2 more- AArthur GrantCinematographerFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Frankenstein Created Woman, The Abominable Snowman, Fear in the Night, 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, The Vampire Lovers, And Now the Screaming Starts!, Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, Asylum, +1 more- AAnthony HindsWriterFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell, The Evil of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, Captain Clegg, Legend of the Werewolf, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
382020s
1 title
as (archive footage)
2010s
3 titles · average score 80
84
as Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Grand Moff Tarkin
76
as (archive footage)
2000s
1 title
as Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage)
1990s
2 titles
as Professor Lawrence Van Helsing
as Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Carl Victor (archive footage)
1980s
4 titles · average score 55
51
as Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond
70
as Bookstore Proprietor
72
TV show · as Martin Blueck
1970s
11 titles · average score 65
as (archive footage)
89
as Grand Moff Tarkin
72
TV show · as Von Claus
62
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
54
as Herbert Flay
TV show · as Judge Gautier
58
as Sir Mark Ashley
as (archive footage)
60
as Ship's Captain
68
as Gustav Weil
58
as Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks")
1960s
6 titles · average score 64
49
as Doctor Who
72
TV show · as Sherlock Holmes
52
as Merryweather
83
TV show · as Paul Beresford
TV show · as Frederick James Parsons
66
as Dr. J. Van Helsing
1950s
6 titles · average score 65
68
as Sherlock Holmes
71
as John Banning
74
as Baron Victor Frankenstein
61
as Henry Miles
65
as Marcel de la Voisier
51
TV show · as Winston Smith / Dr. John Rollason
1940s
3 titles · average score 73
90
as Osric
70
as Student
59
as Leslie Stephens
1930s
1 title · average score 71
71
as Second Officer