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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.
The role of Winston Smith was taken by Peter Cushing, one of his first major roles. [8] Cartier cast him after having been impressed with his performance in a BBC production of Anastasia the previous year. [9] Cushing went on to become a film star, as would his co-star Donald Pleasence, who played Syme.
Galbraith further said of the Cushing episodes, "The 1968 Sherlock Holmes television series isn't really up to the level of the best film and TV adaptations, but it's still fun to see cult character actor Peter Cushing sink his teeth into the role again, and the adaptations themselves are respectable, just not distinctive." [35]
Best Actor: Peter Cushing: Best Actress: Virginia McKenna: Most awards: Colin Morris (2) Most nominations: Colin Morris (2)
Variety praised Cushing's performance as a "most effective study in single-minded integrity which knits the film together admirably." The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "This explicitly scary and darkly atmospheric retelling of the Burke and Hare story stars Peter Cushing, exceptional as the coldly ambitious Dr ...
Some May Live ( also known as In Saigon Some May Live) is a 1967 British war film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Joseph Cotten and Martha Hyer. [1] It was shot at Twickenham Studios .
But here there are a number of top-notch performances. Tony Britton, as the weak young man; Donald Pleasance , as an insidious spy; Virginia Maskell, the femme link in the research team, Kenneth Griffith, Raymond Huntley and Peter Cushing could hardly be bettered. Thorley Walters, as an apparently vague security officer, adds to his fast ...
She is a 1965 British adventure film made by Hammer Film Productions in CinemaScope, based on the 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard. [4] It was directed by Robert Day and stars Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros, and Christopher Lee.