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Peter Cushing

Highest Rated:: 100% The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Lowest Rated:: 0% Alexander the Great (1956)

Birthday:: May 26, 1913
Birthplace:: Kenley, Surrey, England
Bio:: Imperious, intellectual-looking British actor Peter Cushing studied for a theatrical career under the guidance of Cairns James at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Cushing supported himself as a clerk in a surveyor's office before making his first professional stage appearance in 1935. Four…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 100%

Number of Movies: 109

Box Office Since 2001: $35.2M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2008		Satanic Blood-Thirsty Horror	Actor	--
2008	18%	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Grand Moff Tarkin	$35.1M
2006	89%	Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten	Actor	$0.1M
2004		Cinemaker	Actor	--
2003		Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell	Actor	--
2001		Tales of Frankenstein	Actor	--
1994		Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror	Actor	--
1992	38%	Innocent Blood	Van Helsing	--
1988		Monsters & Maniacs	Actor	--
1986		Masks of Death	Actor	--
1986		Biggles	Col. Raymond	--
1984	76%	Top Secret!	Bookstore Owner	--
1984		The Masks of Death (Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death)	Sherlock Holmes	--
1984		Silent Scream	Actor	--
1984		Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues	Professor Charles Copeland	--
1983		Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	Seneschal	--
1982		House of the Long Shadows	Sebastian	--
1981		Mystery on Monster Island	Kolderup	--
1980		A Tale of Two Cities	Dr. Manette	--
1979		Arabian Adventure	Wazir Al Wazura	--
1978	0%	The Uncanny	Wilbur Gray	--
1978		Son of Hitler (Hitler's Son)	Heinrich Haussner	--
1978		Count Dracula & His Vampire Bride	Actor	--
1977		Land of the Minotaur	Baron Corofax	--
1977		Shock Waves	Scar	--
1977	93%	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope	Grand Moff Tarkin	--
1976	33%	At the Earth's Core	Dr. Abner Perry	--
1976		The Great Houdini	Actor	--
1976		Choice of Weapons	Sir Edward Gifford	--
1975		The Ghoul (The Thing in the Attic)	Dr. Lawrence	--
1975		Night of the Ghoul	Actor	--
1975		Devil's Undead	Actor	--
1975		Legend of the Werewolf, (Plague of the Werewolves)	Paul Catflangue	--
1974		The Satanic Rites of Dracula	Actor	--
1974		The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires	Prof. Van Helsing	--
1974		The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula	Actor	--
1974		Madhouse (The Madhouse of Dr. Fear)(Deathday)(The Revenge of Dr. Death)	Herbert	--
1974	57%	Horror Express	Dr. Wells	--
1974		Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell	Baron Frankenstein	--
1974		Shatter	Paul Rattwood	--
1974		The Beast Must Die (Black Werewolf)	Dr. Christopher Lundgren	--
1973		Dracula: The Satanic Rites	Prof. Lorrimer Van Helsing	--
1973	60%	And Now the Screaming Starts	Dr. Pope	--
1973		From Beyond the Grave	Proprietor	--
1972	44%	Dr. Phibes Rises Again!	Captain	--
1972	86%	Tales from the Crypt	Grimsdyke	--
1972	80%	Creeping Flesh	Emmanuel Hildern	--
1972	56%	Asylum	Smith	--
1972		Nothing But the Night (The Devil's Undead) (The Resurrection Syndicate)	Sir Mark Ashley	--
1972		Asylum (House of Crazies)	Actor	--
1972	25%	Dracula A.D. 1972	Prof. Van Helsing	--
1972		Fear in the Night (Dynasty of Fear) (Honeymoon of Fear)	Michael Carmichael	--
1971	78%	Twins of Evil	Gustav Weil	--
1971	75%	The House That Dripped Blood	Philip	--
1971		I, Monster	Utterson	--
1970		Incense for the Damned (Bloodsuckers)(Doctors Wear Scarlet)(Freedom Seekers)	Dr. Walter Goodrich	--
1970	70%	Scream and Scream Again (Screamer)	Maj. Benedict Heinrich	--
1970		One More Time	Dr. Frankenstein	--
1970	56%	The Vampire Lovers	Gen. Spielsdorf	--
1969	60%	Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed	Baron Frankenstein	--
1969		Blood Beast Terror	Actor	--
1968		Corruption	Sir John Rowan	--
1967		Torture Garden	Canning	--
1967	60%	Frankenstein Created Woman	Actor	--
1967		Night of the Big Heat (Island of the Burning Damned)	Dr. Vernon Stone	--
1967		Blood Beast Terror	Inspector Quennell	--
1967		The Mummy's Shroud	Narrator	--
1966		Dr. Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.	Dr. Who	--
1966		Island of Terror (Night of the Silicates) (The Creepers)	Dr. Brian Stanley	--
1965		Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (The Blood Suckers)	Dr. Sandor Schreck	--
1965		The Skull	Prof. Christopher Maitland	--
1965		She	Maj. Horace Holly	--
1965		Dr. Who and the Daleks	Actor	--
1965	25%	Doctor Who and the Daleks	Dr. Who	--
1964	67%	The Gorgon	Dr. Namaroff	--
1964	50%	The Evil of Frankenstein	Baron Frankenstein	--
1963		The Hellfire Club	Actor	--
1962		Captain Clegg (Night Creatures)	Dr. Blyss	--
1962		Cash On Demand	Fordyce	--
1961		Hellfire Club	Merryweather	--
1961		The Naked Edge	Mr. Wrack	--
1960		Sword of Sherwood Forest	Sheriff of Nottingham	--
1960		Cone of Silence	Capt. Clive Judd	--
1960		The Flesh and The Fiends	Dr. Robert Knox	--
1960	73%	The Brides of Dracula	Dr. Van Helsing	--
1959	100%	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Sherlock Holmes	--
1959		Flesh and the Fiends	Actor	--
1959		John Paul Jones	Capt. Pearson	--
1959		The Mummy	Actor	--
1959	100%	The Mummy	John Banning	--
1958		Dracula	Actor	--
1958	88%	The Revenge of Frankenstein	Dr. Victor Stein	--
1958		Violent Playground	Priest	--
1958	93%	Horror of Dracula	Dr. Van Helsing	--
1957		Time Without Pity	Jeremy Clayton	--
1957		Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas	Dr. John Rollason	--
1957	100%	The Curse of Frankenstein	Baron Victor Frankenstein	--
1956	0%	Alexander the Great	Memnon	--
1956		Magic Fire	Actor	--
1955		The End of the Affair	Henry Miles	--
1954		1984	Actor	--
1954		The Black Knight	Sir Palamides	--
1952	71%	Moulin Rouge	Marcel de la Voisier	--
1948	89%	Hamlet	Osric	--
1940		A Chump at Oxford	Jones	--
1940		Vigil in the Night	Joe Shand	--
1940		The Howards of Virginia (The Tree of Liberty)	Actor	--
1939		Man in the Iron Mask	Bit Part	--
		Violent Play Ground	Actor	--

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1. Grand Moff Tarkin: Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not given you the ability to conjure up the stolen data plans!
From Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Submitted by Simon D (7 months ago)