Director: James Whale | Stars: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut Votes: 1,771 2. "After the recording, I cleared the studio and left Peter and Christopher alone with the TV. [34], Cushing struggled greatly to find work over the next few years, and became so stressed that he felt he was suffering from an extended nervous breakdown. [10], Cushing continued to work in a few Hollywood engagements, including an uncredited role in the war film They Dare Not Love (1941), which reunited him with director James Whale. The Peter Cushing Companion David Miller 2002 Page 45 "Cushing's fee for The Face of Love was 74 guineas. Cushing said he would have preferred to play Kenobi rather than Tarkin, but could not have done so because he was to be filming other movie roles when Star Wars was shooting, and Tarkin's scenes took less time to film than those of the larger Kenobi role. You'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't have a crush on Brigitte Bardot. MacDonald, Andrew and MacDonald, Gina (2003). Cushing visited the company, which was only a few days away from shooting The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), the James Whale-directed adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas tale based on the French legend of a prisoner during the reign of Louis XIV of France. He has adorned our screens as Dr. . The make-up on Peter Cushing's face is patently obvious in close-ups. [147] In a silent tribute to Helen, a shot of Van Helsing's desk includes a photograph of her. He is survived by his daughters Antonia and Sashy, as well as his five grandchildren. He continued to perform in occasional stage productions, such as Robert E. MacEnroe's The Silver Whistle at Westminster's Duchess Theatre in 1956. Most, however, were complimentary of Cushing's performance,[50] claiming it added a layer of distinction and credibility to the film. No, he did not have any children. Doctors determined he had twelve to eighteen months to live, and that his left eye might be lost. [142] He also had a great interest in ornithology and wildlife in general. They went on to make two other films together, Legend of the Werewolf (1975) and The Masks of Death (1984) with the actor playing Sherlock Holmes once more. They Dare Not Love. [10] Cinematic roles proved somewhat difficult to find, however, as film producers were often resentful of television stars for drawing audiences away from the cinema. His mother had always wanted a daughter, and was deeply disappointed that her second and last child was a boy. Since the film's primary antagonist Darth Vader wore a mask throughout the entire film and his face was never visible, Lucas felt a strong human villain character was necessary. 1. Never harmed a fly. [67] Cushing and Lee appeared together in the Hammer horror The Mummy (1959), with Cushing as the archaeologist John Banning and Lee as the antagonist Kharis. "[146], In his autobiography, Cushing implies that he attempted suicide on the night of his wife's death by running up and down stairs in the vain hope that it would induce a heart attack. He lived in the town for 35 years whilst making many of the 91 films in which he starred. [21] He once said that he learned his parts "from cover to cover" before filming began. Acquaint yourself with Peter Cushing OBE (1913 -1994), film actor, television star and artist. Peter Cushing was born on the 26th of May, 2013. The episodes aired in 1968. Peter Cushing Among my many acting heroes was the marvelous Peter Cushing whom I both loved and respected. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage, and radio roles. As a Hammer Film actor, he portrayed Baron Frankenstein, Dr. Van Helsing, and . Biography - A Short Wiki. [21] Also around the same time, he appeared in Magic Fire (also 1955), an autobiographical film about the German composer Richard Wagner. In January 1995, a memorial service was held in The Actor's Church in Covent Garden, with addresses given by Christopher Lee, Kevin Francis, Ron Moody and James Bree. He scrutinised the costumes and screenwriter Peter Bryan's script, often altering words or phrases. List of the best Peter Cushing movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. "[32], Hamlet won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and earned Cushing praise for his performance. [60] During filming, Cushing himself suggested the staging for the final confrontation scene, in which Van Helsing leaps onto a large library table, opens window curtains to weaken Dracula with sunlight, then uses two candlesticks as a makeshift crucifix to drive the vampire into the sunlight. Peter Wilton Cushing OBE (26 May 1913 - 11 August 1994) was an English actor. One tradition says that Peter had at least one daughter but there is no confirmation of this. [21] Cushing performed many of his own stunts in Dracula A.D. 1972, which included tumbling off a haywagon during a fight with Dracula. [127] Henry provided the on-set capture and voice work with the reference material augmented and mapped over his performance like a digital body-mask. [64] Cushing and Lee both reprised their respective roles in the sequel The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974), which was known in the United States as Count Dracula and his Vampire Bride. The Vampire Lovers. I remember quite vividly the sincere anguish he so openly expressed to me when his beloved wife Helen passed away. Cushing sought and was cast in the role. He played the lead in nearly every school production during his teenage years, including the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in a 1929 staging of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners play, The Rivals. It was his final stage performance for a decade, but he continued to stay active in film and television during this period. "[71], Although he appeared in both television and stage productions, Cushing preferred the medium of film, which allowed his perfectionist nature to work out the best performance possible. [128] This extensive use of CGI to "resurrect" an actor who had died many years earlier created a great deal of controversy about the ethics of using a deceased actor's likeness. [10] Cushing saw a promotional poster for The Mummy that showed Lee's character with a large hole in his chest, allowing a beam of light to pass through his body. [39] Unlike the character from the novel and past film versions, Cushing's Baron Frankenstein commits vicious crimes to attain his goals, including the murder of a colleague to obtain a brain for his creature. [21] The former film portrays Frankenstein as a far more ruthless character than had been seen before, and features a scene in which Cushing's Frankenstein rapes the character played by Veronica Carlson. [62] For the sequel, Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), which marked Lee's return to the title role for the first time since 1958, Cushing granted permission for archival footage featuring him to be used in the opening scene, a reprisal of the climax from the first Dracula film. The latter was often fatal during that period, although he survived. [115][116][117][118][119] During rehearsals, Lucas originally planned for Tarkin and Vader to use a giant screen filled with computerised architectural representations of hallways to monitor the whereabouts of Skywalker, Solo and Organa. [13][18] While he was in Southampton he met an 18 year old fellow actor Doreen Lawrence and they were engaged to be married. [87][102] Cushing wrote the forewords to two books about the detective: Peter Haining's Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook (1974) and Holmes of the Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes (1976), by David Stuart Davies. Did Peter have any children. [21] During this discouraging period for Cushing, his wife encouraged him to seek roles in television, which was beginning to develop in England. Peter Cushing may have been best known for bringing life to ghostly characters, but in an unlikely twist, the actor was brought back from the dead himself in 2016. . In the opening scene, Cushing portrays the nineteenth century Van Helsing as he did in the previous films, and the character is killed after battling Dracula. [86] Cushing also starred in several horror films released in 1975. Cushing starred as Parson Blyss, the local reverend of an 18th-century English coastal town believed to be hiding his smuggling activities with reports of ghosts. [10] However, Cushing was very proud of his experiences with the Hammer films, and never resented becoming known as a horror actor. [18] In the autumn of 1946, after the war ended, Cushing unsuccessfully auditioned for the part of Paul Verrall in a stage production of the play Born Yesterday that was being staged by famed actor and director Laurence Olivier. He earned particular acclaim for his lead performance as Winston Smith in a BBC adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954). Scully, Rob (11 August 1994). [65], Although most well known for his roles in the Frankenstein and Dracula films, Cushing appeared in a wide variety of other Hammer productions during this time. "Master of horror tells his story.". Eventually, the character is driven to commit suicide, but returns from the grave to seek revenge against his tormentors. He performed in such plays as Robert E. Sherwood's The Petrified Forest, Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train, S. N. Behrman's Biography and a modern dress version of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Fans of classic films may remember the sappy 1956 movie "The Conqueror." It was a movie centered on the love affair between a . Paul Cushing Child (January 15, 1902 - May 12, 1994) was an American civil servant, diplomat, and artist known for being the husband of celebrity chef and author Julia Child. [10], Cushing joined the cast in May 1976, and his scenes were filmed at Elstree Studios in Borehamwood. [20] Cushing was hired as a stand-in for scenes that featured both characters played by Louis Hayward, who had the dual lead roles of King Louis XIV and Philippe of Gascony. When this hindered the post-synching process, Olivier leaned in close to Cushing's face and said, "Now drown me. Answer (1 of 2): His former secretary and the executor/manager of his estate was apparently pleased with the result. Nevertheless, he worked hard to master the lines so they sounded natural and that his character appeared intelligent and confident. Cushing continued to make occasional cameos in the series over the next decade, portraying himself desperately attempting to collect a payment for his previous acting appearance on the show. [33] A huge fan of Sherlock Holmes, Cushing was highly anxious to play the character,[69] and reread the novels in anticipation of the role. His stoic portrayals in Hammer horror films and Star Wars is legendary, but did you know that he also played Dr Who in two films? [153], Several filmmakers and actors have claimed to be influenced by Peter Cushing, including actor Doug Bradley, who played Pinhead in the Hellraiser horror films,[154] and John Carpenter, who directed such films as Halloween (1978), Escape from New York (1981) and The Thing (1982). [10] Cushing felt his first performance was much stronger than the second, but the second production is the only known surviving version. O'Brien, John (20 April 2002). For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first maniacal laugh or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. Whether playing Baron Frankenstein witnessing the awful results of his brilliance or Professor Van Helsing in hot . Cushing's biographer Tony Earnshaw said Cushing's performance in The Masks of Death was arguably the actor's best interpretation of the role, calling it "the culmination of a life-time as a Holmes fan, and more than a quarter of a century of preparation to play the most complex of characters". Cushing continued acting into the early 1990s and wrote two autobiographies. [3], The Cushing family lived in Dulwich during the First World War, but moved to Purley after the war ended in 1918. The Hammer horror star, who lived in Whitstable for the final 25 years of his life, appeared in . He achieved recognition in his home country for his leading performances in the Hammer Productions horror films from the 1950s to 1970s, while earning international prominence as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). That film marked the first Cushing worked for producer Kevin Francis, who worked in minor jobs at Hammer and had long aspired to work with Cushing, whom he admired deeply. [10] The scene in which Tarkin and Organa appear together on the Death Star, just before the destruction of the planet Alderaan, was the first scene with major dialogue that Fisher filmed for Star Wars. Later that year he was set to appear in Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), an adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. [21], Cushing later starred in the fifteen-episode BBC television series Sherlock Holmes, once again reprising his role as the title character with Nigel Stock as Watson, though only six episodes now survive. At an early age, Cushing was attracted to acting, inspired by his . Grant, Devin (19 May 2005). Many actors turned down the role as a result, but Cushing accepted,[89] and the BBC believed his Hammer Studios persona would bring what they called a sense of "lurking horror and callous savagery" to the series. Here is all you want to know, and more! [21] It was filmed on location in County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. [14][28] They fell in love and were married on 10 April 1943. [138] His final acting job was narrating, along with Christopher Lee, the Hammer Films documentary Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994), which was recorded only a few weeks before his death. Presumably living in a famous actor's former house is a mixed blessing for its current occupants. [59] Dracula was released in 1958, with Cushing once again starring opposite Lee, who played the title character, although Cushing was given top billing. [97] Cushing played a surgeon who attempts to restore the beauty of his wife (played by Sue Lloyd), whose face is horribly scarred in an accident. He was paid more for Star Wars than the lead actors. Cushing often appeared alongside actor Christopher Lee, who became one of his closest friends, and occasionally with the American horror star Vincent Price. Clive takes this to be an omen that he should live, and he goes on to perform great feats in his life. Peter Cushing was born in Surrey, England on May 26, 1913, to George Edward and Nellie Marie Cushing, and was younger of the two brothers. Actors Who Have Played Sherlock Holmes. [10] She suggested he write to all the producers listed in the Radio Times magazine seeking work in the medium. "[35] Parliament even considered a motion immediately after the first screening to ban the play's live repeat. Peter Cushing was born in Surrey. It was also turned down by Christopher Lee, and eventually went to Donald Pleasence, another of Cushing's former co-stars. Thus a grey pallor is added to his . They immediately accepted, and among the works Cushing recorded was The Return of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of thirteen one-hour stories. Witching Time/The Silent Scream. He nevertheless maintained a belief in both God and an afterlife. It was so successful that he learned how to screen print and began designing scarves professionally. In the Gospel of Matthew, Peter was living with his mother-in-law in Capharnaum, and thus was married with a wife. Peter Cushing real name: Peter Wilton Cushing Height: 5'11''(in feet & inches) 1.8034(m) 180.34(cm) , Birthdate(Birthday): May 26, 1913 , Age on August 11, 1994 (Death date): 81 Years 2 Months 16 Days Profession: Movies (Actor), Features: Hair and eyes dark brown, Address: Purley, Surrey, Father: George Edward Cushing, Mother: Nellie Marie Cushing, Religion: Roman Catholic, School: Shoreham . [105] Cushing used the emotions from the recent loss of his wife to add authenticity to the widower character's grieving. Cushing had the look of those women with strange faces who tread the catwalks. [150] In August 1994, Cushing entered himself into Pilgrims Hospice in Canterbury, where he died on 11 August at 81 years old. [123] In 1989 he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to the British film industry. The two actors went on to appear in over 20 films . In my macabre pictures, I have either been a monster-maker or a monster-destroyer, but never a monster. [11], Cushing wanted to enter the acting profession after school, but his father opposed the idea, despite the theatrical background of several of his family members. Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. [120] The close-up shots of Cushing aboard the Death Star, shown right before the battlestation is destroyed, were actually extra footage taken from previously-shot scenes with Cushing that did not make the final film. The first was J.B. Priestley's Eden End, which was televised in December 1951. Perhaps the friendship between these two men - and its loss - speaks to us so keenly because it speaks . With the aid of advanced CGI, a walking, talking Cushing once again reprises his role as the sneering Imperial Officer Grand Moff Tarkin from the 1977 original Star Wars: A New Hope, even though. Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin exemplified how ruthlessly cold and callous the Empire's leadership really was. Cushing continued to perform in a variety of roles, although he was often typecast as a horror film actor. The actor has to smoke a pipe, but he did not like it. Peter Wilton Cushing was born in Kenley, then a district in the English county of Surrey, on 26 May 1913 to George Edward Cushing (18811956) and Nellie Marie (ne King) Cushing (18821961). The set provided technical difficulties, and all of Cushing's lines had to be post-synched. Crisp and executive producer Kevin Francis both in turn sought to portray them as two old-fashioned men in a rapidly changing world. [18] After Cushing attempted the accent and failed, Olivier replied, "Well, I appreciate you not wasting my time. [20], Only a few days after filming on The Man in the Iron Mask was completed, Cushing was in the Schwab's Drug Store, a famous Sunset Boulevard hangout spot for actors, when he learned producer Hal Roach was seeking an English actor for a comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. [96] Cushing also appeared in non-Amicus horror films like Island of Terror (1966) and The Blood Beast Terror (1968), in both of which he investigates a series of mysterious deaths. [18] The tour, which lasted until February 1949, took them to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, Tasmania, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, and included performances of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Shakespeare's Richard III, Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, Jean Anouilh's Antigone and Anton Chekhov's The Proposal. [91] He tried to keep his performance identical to his portrayal of Holmes from The Hound of the Baskervilles. Cushing also wrote a children's book called The Bois Saga, a story based on the history of England. [30] The war years continued to prove difficult for him, however, and at one point he was forced to work designing ladies head-scarves at a Macclesfield-based silk manufacturer to make ends meet. "Charleston fanatics ready to celebrate 'Revenge'". Peter Cushing played a vampire in a French film called "Tender Dracula". [76] The next year, Cushing starred as an Ebenezer Scrooge-like manager of a bank being robbed in the Hammer thriller film Cash on Demand (1961). (1973),[65] and The Beast Must Die (1974). He portrayed an English botanist searching the Himalayas for the legendary Yeti. Cushing appeared in several other Hammer films, including The Abominable Snowman (1957), The Mummy and The Hound of the Baskervilles (both 1959), the last of which marked the first of the several occasions he portrayed the detective Sherlock Holmes. [21] Around the same time, Cushing played the original nineteenth century Van Helsing in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (also 1974), a co-production between Hammer Studios and the Shaw Brothers Studio, which brought Chinese martial arts into the Dracula story. [14] His first audition was before the actor Allan Aynesworth, who was so unimpressed with Cushing's manner of speech that he rejected him outright and insisted he not return until he improved his diction. Cushing had recently undergone dental surgery and he was trying not to open his mouth widely for fear of spitting. The only enjoyment he got out of it was drawing prospectives of proposed buildings, which were almost always rejected because they were too imaginative and expensive and lacked strong foundations, which Cushing disregarded as a "mere detail. [112] When Cushing smoked between shots, he wore a white glove so the make-up artists would not have to deal with nicotine stains on his fingers. In 1959, he began his career in the movie The Hound of the Baskervilles by Terence Fisher with Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. 2014-12-17 19:28:59. Peter Cushing was born in Kenley, Surrey, England, on May 26, 1913. It was at home, with Peter beside her, that Helen Cushing passed away on January 14, 1971. He also won best actor awards from the Guild of Television Producers in 1955,[39] and from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 1956. O'Flinn, Paul (1983). [84] In 1965, Cushing appeared in the Ben Travers farce play Thark at Westminster's Garrick Theatre. He later stated that this had simply been a hysterical response borne out of grief, and that he had not purposely attempted to end his life; a poem left by Helen had implored him not to die until he had lived his life to the full.[141]. Peter Cushing's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. [39] Cushing was cast in the lead role of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), marking the first of twenty-two films he made for Hammer. [10] Director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp both said the portrayal of Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow was intended to resemble that of Cushing's old horror film performances. [41] Director Val Guest said he was particularly impressed with Cushing's preparation and ability to plan which props to best use to enhance his performance, so much so that Cushing started to become known as "Props Peter". [82] Cushing played Robert Knox in The Flesh and the Fiends (1960), based on the true story of the doctor who purchased human corpses for research from the serial killer duo Burke and Hare. After attending the London premiere, she was reportedly "taken aback" and "dazzled" with the effect of seeing Cushing on screen again. He was known for being a Movie Actor. [48] The Curse of Frankenstein also featured Christopher Lee, who played Frankenstein's monster. [45] He later said that his career decisions entailed selecting roles where he knew that he would be accepted by the audience. His written candor was nearly too painful to read. 3 Dracula And Dr. Van Helsing. [10] As with the Frankenstein film, critics largely disliked Dracula because of its violence and sexual content, deeming it inferior to the 1931 Universal version. Tarkin, played by the late Peter Cushing, was outwardly polite and aristocratic, but as princess Leia noted, there's no hiding the foul stench of his evil. During filming he asked director Terence Fisher for permission to drive a harpoon through the mummy's body during a fight scene, to explain the poster image. Among them were Land of the Minotaur, where he played Baron Corofax, the evil leader of a Satanic cult opposed by a priest played by Donald Pleasence. [27] During this tour he met Violet Hlne "Helen" Beck, a former dancer who was starring in the lead female role of Amanda Prynne. During that meeting, Cushing was given a walk-on part as a courier in that night's production of J.B. Priestley's Cornelius. [68] However, Cushing was able to star in Twins of Evil (also 1971), a prequel of sorts to The Vampire Lovers, as Gustav Weil, the leader of a group of religious puritans trying to stamp out witchcraft and satanism. According to Peter Cushing's autobiography, he took a piece of silk that Helen's family had smuggled out of Russia. Cushing was about twenty years older than Baron Frankenstein as he appeared in the original novel, but that did not deter the filmmakers. In the skit, Cushing portrayed King Arthur, while the other two gave comedic portrayals of characters like Merlin and the knights of the Round Table. The film gave Cushing the highest amount of visibility of his entire career, and helped inspire younger audiences to watch his older films. Peter Cushing was not a handsome man. He said his only regret about working on it was that he wasn't able to be in ESB or RotJ. Answer (1 of 4): Absolutely. Despite making the movie in the late Seventies his fiendish character lives on the character was even revived in CGI form for 2016's Rogue One. As one of the most famous women on the planet throughout the 1950s and '60s the one thing that she didn't have . [10][123][124], For the film Rogue One (2016), CGI and digitally-repurposed-archive footage[125][126] were used to insert Cushing's likeness from the original movie over the face of actor Guy Henry. [12], Cushing eventually applied for a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He was forced to withdraw from the film to care for his wife, and was ultimately replaced by Andrew Keir. During production, Lucas decided to add those shots, along with second unit footage of the Death Star gunners preparing to fire, to add more suspense to the film's space battle scenes. [28] In 1972, he 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. Originally Doyle wanted to call his detective Sherrinford Hope. [71] Cushing prepared extensively for the role, studying the novel and taking notes in his script. Born in Kenley, Surrey, England, the son of a quantity surveyor, he did not thrive well at his studies in school, however in extra curriculum such as sports and drama club he excelled. For information on reusing text from Wikipedia, please see the terms of use. [33] Cushing designed custom hand-scarves in honour of the Hamlet film, and as it was being exhibited across England, the scarves were eventually accepted as gifts by the Queen and her daughter Princess Elizabeth. At birth, Peter disappointed his mother, who, already having a sonPeter's older brother Davidreally wanted a daughter. [80] Around the same time, he appeared in the film Alexander the Great (1956) as the Athenian General Memnon of Rhodes. During the early eighties, Peter Cushing was diagnosed with prostate Cancer, and a decade later, he died aged 81 on August 11 1994 at his home in Canterbury, with his close friend Christopher Lee one of the first people to be called following his death. [139] He hand-painted many and used the Little Wars rule set by H. G. Wells for miniature wargaming. [21] Cushing wrote the books as what he called "a form of therapy to stop me going stark, raving mad" following the loss of his wife. (1966). The movie actor Peter Cushing died at the age of 81. [108] Another was The Ghoul, where he played a former priest hiding his cannibalistic son in an attic. Dis St Peter, who was married, have any. Fourteen days of rehearsal was originally scheduled for each episode, but they were cut down to ten days for economic reasons. 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