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Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing 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 Hammer Productions horror films from the 1950s to 1970s and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).
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Born 26 May 1913 · Died 11 August 1994 · Q309589
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2026· 3 entries
“s performance in The Masks of Death was arguably his best interpretation of the role, calling it”
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“Although this shocker may not have created much of a monster, it may well have created something more lasting: a star!”
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2024· 2 entries
Deadline.com: Peter Cushing Becomes Latest Icon To Be Given AI Resurrection In Sky Hammer Films Doc
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Yahoo: Lucasfilm Sued Over Peter Cushing Digital Likeness Recreation in STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE
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2023· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: Peter Cushing
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2020· 1 entry
Yahoo: In Defense of Peter Cushing’s Portrayal of Dr. Who
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2013· 1 entry
Cushing was honoured by Royal Mail as one of ten individuals selected for their "Great Britons" commemorative postage stamp issue
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2008· 1 entry
Fourteen years after his death, Cushing's image was used in a set of stamps issued by Royal Mail honouring Hammer Studios films on the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Dracula
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1994· 3 entries
Died 1994-08-11.
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“s book called The Bois Saga, a story based on the history of England. Published in 1994, it was originally written specifically for the daughter of Cushing”
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It was originally written specifically for the daughter of Cushing's long-time secretary and friend Joyce Broughton, to help her overcome reading problems resulting from her dyslexia
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1989).
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Was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to the British film industry
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1987· 1 entry
A watercolour painting Cushing painted was accepted by Prince Edward and auctioned at a charity event he organised to raise funds for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme
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1986· 5 entries
“a form of therapy to stop me going stark, raving mad”
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Appeared on the British television show Jim'll Fix It, hosted by Jimmy Savile, in which it was arranged for the wishes of guests to be granted
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To give a lecture at the National Film Theatre
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It made no mention of his life after her death
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Cushing often said he felt his life had ended when hers did, and he was so crushed that when his first autobiography was published in 1986, it made no mention of his life after her death.
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for House of the Long Shadows (1983).
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1977· 1 entry
Most preliminary advertisements touted Cushing's Tarkin as the primary antagonist of the film, not Vader; Cushing was extremely pleased with the final film, and he claimed his only disappointment was that Tarkin was kill
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award for The Ghoul (1976).
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1975· 1 entry
Cushing was anxious to return to the stage, where he had not performed in ten years
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1974· 1 entry
“s Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook (1974) and Holmes of the Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes (1976), by David Stuart Davies. Cushing also appeared in the horror film The Uncanny (1977). Star Wars The American filmmaker George Lucas approached Cushing with the hopes of casting him in his upcoming space fantasy film, Star Wars. Since the film”
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1972· 1 entry
Was quoted in the Radio Times as having said, "Since Helen passed on I can't find anything; the heart, quite simply, has gone out of everything
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1971· 3 entries
Cushing contacted the Royal National Institute for the Blind and offered to provide voice acting for some of their audiobooks
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Cushing's wife died of emphysema
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In 1971 Cushing's wife died of emphysema.
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1966· 1 entry
Added, "I do get terribly tired with the neighbourhood kids telling me 'My mum says she wouldn't want to meet you in a dark alley'
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1965· 1 entry
Cushing appeared in the Ben Travers farce play Thark at Garrick Theatre in Westminster
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1964· 1 entry
“People look at me as if I were some sort of monster, but I can”
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1961· 1 entry
Including Fury at Smugglers' Bay, an adventure film about pirates scavenging ships off the English coastline; The Hellfire Club, where he played a lawyer helping a young man expose a cult; and The Naked Edge, a British-A
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1959· 2 entries
Cushing originally planned to appear in the lead role of William Fairchild's play The Sound of Murder, while shooting a film at the same time
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Cushing agreed to reprise the role of Van Helsing in the sequel, The Brides of Dracula (1960)
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1958· 1 entry
With Cushing once again starring opposite Lee, who played the title character, although Cushing was given top billing
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded British Academy Television Award for Best Actor (1956).
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1955· 1 entry
And from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1956
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1947· 1 entry
When Olivier sought him out for his film adaptation of Hamlet, Cushing's wife Helen pushed him to pursue a role
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1942· 1 entry
The Noël Coward play Private Lives was touring the military stations and hospitals in the British Isles, and the actor playing the lead role of Elyot Chase was called to service
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1941· 1 entry
Made his Broadway debut in the religious wartime drama The Seventh Trumpet
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1940· 1 entry
Drawing Cushing's first semblance of attention and critical praise
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1939· 1 entry
His father bought him a one-way ticket to Hollywood, where he moved with only £50 to his name
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1935· 3 entries
As Captain Randall in Ian Hay's The Middle Watch at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing
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Simply so he could ask him in person to stop writing
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And spent three years at a repertory theatre before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film career
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1913· 1 entry
Born 1913-05-26.
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