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Peter Wilton Cushing was born in Kenley, then a village in the English county of Surrey, on 26 May 1913 to George Edward Cushing (1881–1956) and Nellie Marie (née King) Cushing (1882–1961). [2] His father, a quantity surveyor , was a reserved and uncommunicative man whom Peter said he never got to know very well.
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a 1969 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Films, starring Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Veronica Carlson and Simon Ward. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The film is the fifth in a series of Hammer films focusing on Baron Frankenstein , who, in this entry, terrorises those around him in a bid to uncover the ...
The lead role of Bonnet was originally offered to Peter Cushing, who turned it down six days before shooting started. Cushing's reason was that he was completely exhausted 'following the shooting of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), which had just wrapped up'. The loss of Cushing caused Hammer to threaten legal action against him.
Introduced in the first film in the original Star Wars trilogy, Governor Tarkin is the Grand Moff of the Galactic Empire and commander of the Death Star. [19] After Emperor Palpatine dissolves the Imperial Senate, Tarkin and Darth Vader (portrayed by David Prowse, voiced by James Earl Jones) are charged with pursuing and destroying the Rebel Alliance.
A High Court legal battle over the use of the image of actor Peter Cushing in a Star Wars film should go to trial, a judge has ruled. ... died in 1994 but the character was recreated in the 2016 ...
Dr. Who is a character based on the Doctor, the protagonist featuring in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.. The character, portrayed by the actor Peter Cushing, appeared in two films produced by AARU Productions; Dr.
Madhouse (also known as The Revenge of Dr. Death) is a 1974 horror film directed by Jim Clark for Amicus Productions in association with American International Pictures. [1] [2] The film, which is a British-American co-production, stars Vincent Price, Natasha Pyne, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, and Linda Hayden.
Cushing’s likeness was recreated more than 20 years after his death for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story