description: <p>The younger version of Peter, as seen in early Hammer films, less pronounced cheekbones, but still the very famous face! Will also upload Old Peter Cushing</p><p></p><p>Be nice, have fun!</p><p></p><p><strong>Peter Wilton Cushing</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire"><span>OBE</span></a> (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. He achieved recognition for his leading performances in the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_Film_Productions">Hammer Productions</a> <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_films">horror films</a> from the 1950s to 1970s, and as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Moff_Tarkin">Grand Moff Tarkin</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)"><em>Star Wars</em></a> (1977).</p><p>Born in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenley">Kenley</a>, Surrey, Cushing made his stage debut in 1935 and spent three years at a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repertory_theatre">repertory theatre</a> before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film career. After making his motion picture debut in the film <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Iron_Mask_(1939_film)"><em>The Man in the Iron Mask</em></a> (1939), Cushing began to find modest success in American films before returning to England at the outbreak of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II">Second World War</a>. Despite performing in a string of roles, including one as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_in_Hamlet#Osric">Osric</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>'s film adaptation of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_(1948_film)"><em>Hamlet</em></a> (1948), Cushing struggled to find work during this period. His career was revitalised once he started to work in live <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_plays">television plays</a> and he soon became one of the most recognisable faces in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_television">British television</a>. He earned particular acclaim for his lead performance as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Smith_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)">Winston Smith</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_(British_TV_programme)">a BBC adaptation</a> of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell">George Orwell</a>'s <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four"><em>Nineteen Eighty-Four</em></a> (1954).</p><p>Cushing gained worldwide fame for his appearances in twenty-two horror films from the Hammer studio, particularly for his role as <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Frankenstein">Baron Frankenstein</a> in six of their seven <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein"><em>Frankenstein</em></a> films and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing">Doctor Van Helsing</a> in five <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula"><em>Dracula</em></a> films. Cushing often appeared alongside actor <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee">Christopher Lee</a>, who became one of his closest friends, and occasionally with the American horror star <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Price">Vincent Price</a>. Cushing appeared in several other Hammer films, including <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abominable_Snowman_(film)"><em>The Abominable Snowman</em></a> (1957), <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1959_film)"><em>The Mummy</em></a> and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1959_film)"><em>The Hound of the Baskervilles</em></a> (both 1959), the last of which marked the first of the several occasions he portrayed the detective <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes">Sherlock Holmes</a>. Cushing continued to perform in a variety of roles, although he was often typecast as a horror film actor. He played <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who_(Dalek_films)">Dr. Who</a> in <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Who_and_the_Daleks"><em>Dr. Who and the Daleks</em></a> (1965) and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daleks%27_Invasion_Earth_2150_A.D."><em>Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.</em></a> (1966) and became even better known through his part in the original <em>Star Wars</em> film. Cushing continued acting into the early to mid-1990s and wrote two autobiographies.</p>
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