Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBEwas an English actor and a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor winner in 1956. He is mainly known for his prolific appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played strong character roles like the sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, among many other roles. He appeared frequently opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, Cushing's best-known roles outside the Hammer productions...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 May 1913
Who wants to see me as Hamlet? Very few. But millions want to see me as Frankenstein so that's the one I do.
There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two performances I feel I've given all I can. I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint he same picture every day of his life.
I hate repetition, I really do. It's like asking a painter to paint the same picture every day of his life.