What is Peter Cushing?
{{Infobox person | name = Peter Cushing | image = Peter cushing the brides of dracula (2).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1913|5|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kenley]], [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|8|11|1913|5|26|df=y}} | death_place = [[Canterbury]], [[Kent]], England | nationality = British | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor }} '''Peter Cushing''', [[OBE]] (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an [[English people|English]] [[actor]]. He is best known for his roles in horror movies and ''[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]''. == Career == Born Peter Wilton Cushing in London, England. His movie career began in 1939 in a small role in ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939), followed by ''Laddie'' (1940). He played a character called Osric in a movie version of William Shakespeare’s play ''Hamlet'' (1948), with [[Laurence Olivier]]. His most famous roles were Victor Frankenstein, in the British horror movie ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' (1957), by [[Terence Fisher]]. Victor creates a monster in the attic of his castle. His other famous role was that of Doctor [[Abraham Van Helsing|Van Helsing]] in ''Dracula'' (1958), in this movie he must fight Dracula. In these two movies he was accompanied by another famous actor [[Christopher Lee]]. They formed a very successful duo, starring in dozens of Hammer movies as ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 movie)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1959), ''The Mummy'' (1959), ''The Gorgon'' (1964), ''Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'' (1965). They clashed again as Van Helsing and Dracula, in ''Dracula A.D. 1972'' (1972), and ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula'' (1974). Also re-interpret the character of Baron Frankenstein, in ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]'' (1958), ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]'' (1964), by [[Freddie Francis]], ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]'' (1967), ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]'' (1969), and ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' (1974),