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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.
Valerie Sheila Gaunt (26 June 1932 – 27 November 2016) was a British actress.. She graduated from RADA in 1951, and appeared subsequently in repertory theatre. [1] [2]Valerie Gaunt was best known for her appearances in the 1957 and 1958 Hammer horror films The Curse of Frankenstein and Dracula, both starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. [3]
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.
Peter Cushing's unshaven, mittened Death ties the stories neatly together; and the dénouement has an adequately apocalyptic flavour." [9] Variety noted "a usefully chilly package deal which will offer audiences several mild shudders and quite a lot of amusement. Even though occasional giggles set in, the cast, headed by experienced horror ...
Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), which starred Peter Cushing as Dr. Who . [ 1 ] She also appeared in the films Never Let Go (1960), [ 2 ] Touch of Death (1961), A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), Runaway Railway (1965), Operation Third Form (1966) and The Beast in the Cellar (1970), and the TV series Not in ...
Cushing, who played imperial commander Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in 1977, died in 1994 but the character was recreated in the 2016 spin-off through special effects.
Cushing’s likeness was recreated more than 20 years after his death for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
And Now the Screaming Starts! (also known as Fengriffen and Bride of Fengriffen [2] [1]) is a 1973 British gothic horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker.It stars Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham and Ian Ogilvy. [3]