Emerging from a theatrical family in Surrey, he first appeared on stage in 1935 and spent three years honing his craft in repertory theatre before seeking film work in Hollywood. After a modest start with The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) and a wartime return to England, his profile rose through live television plays, notably the BBC’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954). Cushing became synonymous with Hamm… Read more
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Known for Star Wars 1977 Top Secret! 1984 Dracula 1958 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959 ★ 7.4 Hamlet 1948
Osric ★ 7.2 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
Sebastian Grisbane (archive footage) (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 Space: 1999 1975
Raan ★ 7.5 Cash on Demand 1961
Harry Fordyce ★ 6.7 Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966
Doctor Van Helsing (archive footage) ★ 6.7 The Brides of Dracula 1960
Dr. J. Van Helsing ★ 6.9 A Chump at Oxford 1940
Student ★ 6.7 From Beyond the Grave 1974
The Proprietor ★ 6.7 Twins of Evil 1971
Gustav Weil Series ★ 7 Hammer House of Horror 1980
Martin Blueck ★ 7.3 Nineteen Eighty-Four 1954
Winston Smith ★ 6.6 The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958
Dr. Victor Stein ★ 6.5 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965
Dr. Sandor Schreck aka "Dr. Terror" ★ 6.6 Moulin Rouge 1952
Marcel de la Voisier ★ 7 The Man in the Iron Mask 1939
Second Officer Series ★ 6.8 Tales of the Unexpected 1979
Von Baden ★ 6.4 The Vampire Lovers 1970
General von Spielsdorf ★ 7.2 Violent Playground 1958
Father Laidlaw ★ 7.2 The Story of Star Wars 2004
Grand Moff Tarkin (archive footage) ★ 6.4 The House That Dripped Blood 1971
Philip Grayson (segment 2 "Waxworks") ★ 6.4 The Gorgon 1964
Dr. Namaroff ★ 6.6 The Flesh and the Fiends 1960
Dr. Robert Knox ★ 6.4 Frankenstein Created Woman 1967
Baron Frankenstein ★ 6.4 House of the Long Shadows 1983
Sebastian Grisbane ★ 6.3 Horror Express 1972
Dr. Wells Series ★ 6.9 Sherlock Holmes 1964
Sherlock Holmes ★ 6.5 Time Without Pity 1957
Jeremy Clayton ★ 6.3 Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969
Baron Victor Frankenstein ★ 6.3 Captain Clegg 1962
Reverend Dr. Blyss ★ 6.2 Innocent Blood 1992
Van Helsing (archive footage) ★ 6.2 Torture Garden 1967
Lancelot Canning (segment 4 "The Man Who Collected Poe") ★ 6.2 Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972
Ship's Captain ★ 6.2 The Evil of Frankenstein 1964
Baron Frankenstein ★ 6.2 The Naked Edge 1961
Mr. Evan Wrack ★ 6.2 The Abominable Snowman 1957
Dr. John Rollason ★ 6.2 Madhouse 1974
Herbert Flay ★ 6.2 Nothing But the Night 1973
Sir Mark Ashley ★ 6.1 A Tale of Two Cities 1980
Dr. Alexander Manette ★ 6.1 Sword of Sherwood Forest 1960
Sheriff of Nottingham ★ 6.1 Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 1966
Doctor Who ★ 6.1 Alexander the Great 1956
Memmon ★ 6.1 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell 1974
Baron Victor Frankenstein aka Dr. Carl Victor ★ 6 Arabian Adventure 1979
Wazir Al Wuzara ★ 5.8 The End of the Affair 1955
Henry Miles ★ 6.1 Asylum 1972
Smith ★ 5.9 Corruption 1968
Sir John Rowan ★ 5.6 Shatter 1974
Paul Rattwood ★ 6 The Skull 1965
Dr. Christopher Maitland ★ 5.9 The Uncanny 1977
Wilbur Gray (segment "Montreal 1977") ★ 5.9 And Now the Screaming Starts! 1973
Dr. Pope ★ 5.4 Legend of the Werewolf 1975
Prof. Paul ★ 5.8 Fear in the Night 1972
Michael Carmichael ★ 5.9 The Creeping Flesh 1973
Emmanuel Hildern ★ 5.9 Island of Terror 1966
Dr. Brian Stanley ★ 5.9 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires 1974
Professor Lawrence Van Helsing ★ 5.6 She 1965
Holly ★ 5.9 Dracula A.D. 1972 1972
Professor Van Helsing ★ 5.5 I, Monster 1971
Frederick Utterson ★ 5.5 The Blood Beast Terror 1968
Detective Inspector Quennell ★ 5.7 Dr. Who and the Daleks 1965
Doctor Who ★ 5.3 Night of the Big Heat 1967
Dr. Vernon Stone ★ 4.1 Blood Suckers 1971
Dr. Walter Goodrich ★ 4.8 The Ghoul 1975
Dr. Lawrence ★ 4.6 Mystery on Monster Island 1981
William T. Kolderup ★ 5.2 Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 1984
Seneschal ★ 5.4 The Beast Must Die 1974
Dr. Christopher Lundgren ★ 5.3 Biggles 1986
Air Commodore Colonel William Raymond ★ 5.6 The Satanic Rites of Dracula 1973
Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing ★ 5.3 Scream and Scream Again 1970
Major Heinrich Benedek ★ 4.1 The Devil's Men 1976
Baron Corofax ★ 5.1 At the Earth's Core 1976
Dr. Abner Perry ★ 4.8 Shock Waves 1977
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