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Peter Cushing was a British actor who had a long career in film and television from the 1930s until his death in 1994. He is remembered as one of the most distinctive and influential performers of his era, known for his commanding presence and versatility across many genres.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 26 May 1913
- Died
- 11 Aug 1994
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Peter Cushing : an autobiography
- Past Forgetting
- Vampire stories
- Tales of a monster hunter
- An autobiography
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1913-05-26
- Active to
- 1994-08-11
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 84
- Total plays
- 430
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Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was attracted to acting, inspired by his favorite aunt, who was a stage actress. While at school, Cushing pursued his acting interest in acting and also drawing <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peter+Cushi
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 85,117x
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,254x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,886x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,328x
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Quotes
- “It isn’t that I object to it. I just feel it’s the wrong adjective as applied to the films I do. Because horror to me is, say, a film like The Godfather. Or anything to do with war, which is real and can happen, and unfortunately, no doubt, will happen again some time. But the films that dear Christopher Lee and I do are really fantasy. And I think fantasy is a better adjective to use. I don’t object to the term horror, it’s just the wrong adjective!”
- “I wasn't cut out for office life, I always wanted to be an actor.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1913-05-26 ) 26 May 1913, Kenley , Surrey, England
- Died
- 11 August 1994 (1994-08-11) (aged 81), Canterbury , Kent, England
- Burial place
- Seasalter Old Church Seasalter , Kent
- Alma mater
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1935–1994
- Spouse
- Violet Hélène Beck (Helen) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1943 ; died 1971 )
- Awards
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor (1956)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Revenge of Frankenstein (trailer) - Peter Cushing (cropped).png
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- Commons category
- Peter Cushing
- date of birth
- 1913-05-26
- date of death
- 1994-08-11
- name in native language
- Peter Cushing
- birth name
- Peter Wilton Cushing
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- end of work period
- 1987-00-00
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Peter Wilton Cushing (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 Hammer Productions horror films from the 1950s to 1970s and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).
Born in Kenley, Surrey, Cushing made his stage debut in 1935 and spent three years at a repertory theatre before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film career. After making his motion-picture debut in the film The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), Cushing began to find modest success in American films before returning to England at the outbreak of the Second World War. Despite performing in a string of roles, including one as Osric in Laurence Olivier's film adaptation of Hamlet (1948), Cushing struggled to find work during this period. His career was revitalised once he started to work in live television plays and he soon became one of the most recognisable faces in British television. He earned particular acclaim for his lead performance as Winston Smith in a BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954).