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	Peter Cushing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cushing (left) in the television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four in the winter of 1954 on BBC Television.
		Peter Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913–11 August 1994) was an English actor, best known for playing Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, and for playing Baron Frankenstein and Professor van Helsing in Hammer films, often appearing opposite his close friend Christopher Lee (a typical example being Horror Express, 1973).
		Cushing was born in Kenley in Surrey on 26 May 1913.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Cushing (1309 words)

	Peter Cushing: Debonnaire Gent + Vampires Then and Now
		Peter Cushing (1913-1994) was born in Kenley, Surrey, England on May 26.
		Cushing's portrayal was done in a direct manner, much the same way he approached his other roles.
		Cushing was known for acting, but he also produced paintings, spending hours going to the seacoast or about town to paint on location, as it were.
	gothlupin.tripod.com /vcushing.html (435 words)

	Peter Cushing's Bio by Jermery Lunt
		eter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913, in Kenley, Surry, the son of a quantity surveyor.
		Her devoted husband seriously entertained the idea of suicide and began to withdraw from social life and acting, until he found a letter she had left him assuring that they would be re-united in some other incarnation.
		During his declining years, Cushing was not an idle man, heavens no. In the years before his death he wrote "Peter Cushing - An Autobiography" and "The Bois Saga", an alphonetic history of his homeland, which was forty years in the making.
	www.houseofhorrors.com /cushingbio.htm (1070 words)

	The Avengers Forever: Peter Cushing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Peter Cushing was indeed an icon of the horror genre, while at the same time conveying his real-life humility and mild manner--the Gentle Man of Horror, in the title of one biography.
		Links: The Peter Cushing Museum and Association, deriving from an American fan club for Cushing, is a fine memorial to the Gentle Man of Horror.
		The Peter Cushing Shrine is, as stated, a tribute rather than a biography, but has some interesting features on Cushing's self-illustrated books (he published one just before his death); I particularly like the "Near Misses" section, detailing unmade projects.
	theavengers.tv /forever/pnote-cushing.htm (565 words)

	Peter Cushing
		As far back as Peter Cushing can remember, he always wanted to get into the theater and although his father was a Quantity Surveyor, Peter Cushingcame from a family which had many connections with the theater.
		Cushing was brought up in Kenley, a small Surrey village, and was educatedat Shoreham Grammar School and the Purley County Secondary School, wherehe most enjoyed painting lessons, rugger, and amateur theatricals.
		Peter Cushing was graded 4c, our equivalent is 4f, all and was declared unfit for military service.After a short time, however, he be came very home sick and decided to returnto England.
	www.hotad.com /monstermania/cushing (1214 words)

	My Peter Cushing Fan Page
		Born in May of 1914, Peter Cushing devoted himself to acting in the mid-1930s.
		It was in 1956, however, that Cushing guided his career down the path that he is most remembered for.
		Cushing is more than deserving of the title "the Gentleman of Horror." I hope he was indeed reuinted with Helen Cushing in the afterlife.
	www.geocities.com /nuelow/cushing-entrance.html (422 words)

	Peter Cushing
		Peter Cushing was one of those actors who took great pride in the work he did and it shows with each performance.
		When asked which role is my favorite of Cushing's, I'd be hard-pressed to narrow it down to one, as each role showcased so many talents of this actor, but two characters that I certainly love is, oddly enough, not from Hammer roles, they would be; Dr. Brian Stanley in the 1966 film, "Island of Terror".
		Cushing filmed, "Tales From the Crypt" not long after the loss of his beloved wife, Helen and in fact, it's her photo we see him talking to in the film.
	www.houseofhorrors.com /cushing.htm (443 words)

	Peter Cushing and Sherlock Holmes - An Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Known in the industry for his remarkable ability with props and his professionalism in the worst of circumstances, Peter Cushing was an actor's actor.
		Peter Cushing will always be remembered for his horror roles as well as Sherlock Holmes.
		Peter Cushing passed away on Thursday August 11, 1994 in a hospice in Canterbury, England at the age of 81.
	www.bakerstreetdozen.com /Cushing1.html (2033 words)

	Peter Cushing Near Misses
		Cushing was cast as the male lead, but had to bow out to care for his gravely ill wife.
		Cushing was to have portrayed a sadistic Nazi.
		Cushing was, presumably, to have had only a small part, as his character appears on only eight pages of the screenplay.
	home.earthlink.net /~mhoaglin/sfilm/artists/petercushing/misses.html (1449 words)

	PETER CUSHING MUSEUM & ASSOCIATION
		Cushing returned to his native England during World War II and soon after became a television star with such hits as 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', 'The Creature' and 'Beau Brummell'.
		Cushing wrote two autobiographies, received the O.B.E. (Officer of the British Empire) in 1989, helped in raising money for cancer research, along with painting, collecting books, and bird watching in his spare time.
		In the beginning of 2000, he took over the running of The Peter Cushing Association, a club for all fans of the great actor, which was created under the guidance of Peter Cushing’s former secretary, Joyce Broughton.
	www.petercushingmuseum.com (921 words)

	The Terror Trap: The Kings of Terror: Peter Cushing
		entries, Cushing imbibed the character with a strange barbaric gentility, at once both the frenzied butcher and the sympathetic anti-hero.
		Along with Christopher Lee, Cushing was one of Hammer Studio's chief players and appeared in literally most of their seminal pieces, from
		One of the key dominant players in the world of film terror, always true to his nickname "the gentleman of horror," Cushing consistently brought a unique elegance and formal grace to all his roles.
	www.terrortrap.com /kingsofterror/cushing.htm (340 words)

	Peter Cushing
		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.
		It was the first of 19 appearances under the Hammer banner; Cushing went on to play Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958) and Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), roles which, like Baron Frankenstein, he would repeat time and again.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+16338 (411 words)

	Peter Cushing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Cushing had a successful career in horror movies, and is considered by many to be the definitive Van Helsig.
		It was Peter Cushing who was the next actor to tackle Holmes for the silver screen.
		In 1984, at the age of 71, he returned to the role in “Sherlock Holmes & The Masks of Death.” It was one of his last feature roles.
	www.holmesonscreen.com /Cushing.htm (170 words)

	The Peter Cushing Shrine
		Peter Cushing was simply one of the most important figures in science fiction filmdom.
		From his beginnings in the genre in the late 1950s until his declining years, Cushing, popular with both the fans and the critics, was the actor who best exemplified the English, gothic side of s.f., though his career extended far beyond the field.
		Cushing's many works are organized into (I hope) logical and useful groups originating from this page, a gateway into the long career of horror's favorite gentleman.
	home.earthlink.net /~mhoaglin/sfilm/artists/petercushing (221 words)

	S W A D - Cushing, Peter
		Peter Cushing (nee Peter Wilton Cushing) was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey England to George Edward Cushing and Nellie Marie Cushing.
		Cushing worked at Worthing for several months as the Assistant Stage manager, he says it was the best training he could have had for a dramatic career.
		Cushing was declared unfit for military duty but became homesick and wanted to return home, but that proved difficult to find passage on a ship during war-time.
	www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net /PeterCushing.html (1993 words)

	Star Wars: Biography \| Peter Cushing
		Peter Cushing is known to Star Wars fans as Grand Moff Tarkin, but his acting career, spanning nearly seven decades and over 100 film and television appearances, proved far more durable than Tarkin's Death Star.
		Though he participated in many dramatic projects from Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet (1948) to The End of the Affair (1955) Cushing is most famous for his many appearances in the Hammer horror films.
		Cushing died of cancer on August 11, 1994.
	www.starwars.com /bio/petercushing.html (183 words)

	Peter Cushing - MovieActors.com
		Peter Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England.
		After the war Peter Cushing performed in the West End and had his big break appearing with Laurence Olivier in the film HAMLET in 1948.
		Peter Cushing was guest of honor at the Famous Monsters of Filmland Convention in New York City in 1975.
	www.movieactors.com /actors/petercushing.htm (326 words)

	Son Of Hitler - Peter Cushing 1978
		Peter Cushing is Heinrich Haussner, a senior member of a neo-Nazi-type organization called Never Encourage Intellectual Nonsense (N.E.I.N., yuk yuk), who finds out about Willi's existence, and wants to track him down in order to make him the new Fuehrer.
		Peter Cushing is very good indeed; his ripping apart of the storekeeper during his search for Hitler's son is particularly fine, and this is probably the only time you'll see him do pratfalls (although from a distance...whether he did his own stunts in this, I have no idea...I suspect he didn't).
		I also kind of liked the scene where Bud demonstrates to the girl in the car how Peter's forcing him to be his father by ranting Hitler-style, and Peter notices from afar and starts getting excited...
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	BBC NEWS \| In Pictures \| In pictures: Peter Cushing's life on film
		Cushing made his name playing monsters and ghouls in a number of films.
		Cushing played the rebellious Winston Smith in a BBC TV adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, made in 1954.
		Cushing was awarded an OBE in 1989 for his contribution to the acting profession.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_pictures/3553208.stm (258 words)

	Cushing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cushing is the name of several places in the United States of America:
		Cushing Academy, a boarding school in Ashburnham, Massachusetts
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cushing (103 words)

	Biography for Peter Cushing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		During the 1950s Cushing became a familiar face on British television, appearing in numerous teleplays, such as 1984 (1954) (TV) and Beau Brummell (1954) (TV), until the end of the decade when he began his legendary association with Hammer Film Productions in its remakes of the 1930s Universal horror classics.
		Biggles (1986) (aka "Biggles: Adventures in Time") was Cushing's last film before his retirement, during which he made a few television appearances, wrote two autobiographies and pursued his hobbies of bird watching and painting.
		Peter recorded his role in England, while Joyce later commenced recording in California, alongside his old friend Ferdy Mayne.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0001088/bio (1790 words)

	Good And Evil: The Peter Cushing FanListing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		This listing is for fans of the extraordinary British actor Peter Cushing (1913-1994), best known as the cornerstone of Hammer horror films.
		In a career spanning six decades and over ninety films, Cushing became known as "the gentle man of horror".
		For the ultimate resource, visit The Peter Cushing Association.
	jordanna.net /fan/cushing (130 words)

	Peter Cushing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Peter Cushing was born in 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England.
		Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)....
		Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (1989) (TV)....
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	In All Sincerity...Peter Cushing
		In All SincerityPeter Cushing is a new book examining the career of the gentle man of horror.
		GBU Publishing is offering all customers who place an advance order for this book the chance to win an actual letter written by Peter Cushing to the BBC in 1986.
		Cushing’s official stationery, written on both sides, and signed by him.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /BooksPeterCushing.html (390 words)

	Amazon.com: The World of Hammer - Peter Cushing (1990) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		For over two decades, Peter Cushing brought an unparalleled dignity, grace and dramatic skill to his roles as Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Van Helsing, Baron Frankenstein and more, in dozens of classic movies.
		It is not very informative, and also tends to spoil the endings of several of Cushing's movies (if you haven't seen them yet), which can annoy some people.
		I should also note that the scene from (HORROR OF) DRACULA when Cushing as Van Helsing stakes the vampiress is longer than the scene on the U.S. version.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0764007432?v=glance (568 words)

	STAR PROFILE: PETER CUSHING
		Peter Cushing was born in Kenley, Surrey, on May 26th, 1913.
		Cushing's other famous roles include Sherlock Holmes (for both Hammer and the BBC), Doctor Who (in two theatrical films) and Grand Moff Tarkin in STAR WARS.
		During the filming of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, Cushing played something of a tribute to his beloved wife with the character he portrayed-a man who appears to have lost all after the death of his beloved wife.
	www.fortunecity.com /lavendar/judidench/339/cushing.html (276 words)

	ALL IN THE BLOOD: THE THEATRICAL ANCESTRY OF SIR PETER CUSHING
		ALL IN THE BLOOD: THE THEATRICAL ANCESTRY OF SIR PETER CUSHING
		All in the Blood: The Theatrical Ancestry of Sir Peter Cushing explores the familial history of the Cushing family on the British stage from the early 1700's to 1899.
		It includes chapters on the so-called "Rogues and Vagabonds" linked to the early days of British theatre and the geneaology of the Cushing family, especially John Cushing; a detailed and informative analysis of Sir Henry Irving and the Lyceum Theatre; the actors and actresses of the Lyceum employed by Irving; the "Mysterious Mr.
	www.booklocker.com /books/2345.html (191 words)

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