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==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |- | 1939 | scope="row" | ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' | Second Officer | Playing opposite [[Louis Hayward]] to facilitate the double exposure scenes, with a small role of his own |- | rowspan="5" | 1940 | scope="row" | ''[[Laddie (1940 film)|Laddie]]'' | Robert Pryor | |- | scope="row" | ''[[A Chump at Oxford]]'' | Student | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Vigil in the Night]]'' | Joe Shand | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Women in War]]'' | Captain Evans | Uncredited |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Howards of Virginia]]'' | Leslie Stephens | Uncredited |- | 1941 | scope="row" | ''[[They Dare Not Love]]'' | Sub-Lieutenant Blackler | Uncredited |- | 1948 | scope="row" | ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'' | Osric | |- | 1952 | scope="row" | ''[[Moulin Rouge (1952 film)|Moulin Rouge]]'' | Marcel de la Voisier | |- | 1954 | scope="row" | ''[[The Black Knight (film)|The Black Knight]]'' | Sir Palamides | |- | rowspan="2" | 1955 | scope="row" | ''[[The End of the Affair (1955 film)|The End of the Affair]]'' | Henry Miles | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Magic Fire]]'' | Otto Wesendonk | |- | 1956 | scope="row" | ''[[Alexander the Great (1956 film)|Alexander the Great]]'' | General [[Memnon of Rhodes|Memnon]] | |- | rowspan="3" | 1957 | scope="row" | ''[[Time Without Pity]]'' | Jeremy Clayton | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' | [[Victor Frankenstein]] | First lead role |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Abominable Snowman (film)|The Abominable Snowman]]'' | Dr. Rollason | |- | rowspan="3" | 1958 | scope="row" | ''[[Violent Playground]]'' | Priest | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Dracula (1958 film)|Dracula]]'' | [[Abraham Van Helsing|Doctor Van Helsing]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Revenge of Frankenstein]]'' | [[Victor Frankenstein|Doctor Victor Stein]] | |- | rowspan="3" | 1959 | scope="row" | ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' | [[Sherlock Holmes]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[John Paul Jones (film)|John Paul Jones]]'' | [[Richard Pearson (Royal Navy officer)|Captain Richard Pearson]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Mummy (1959 film)|The Mummy]]'' | John Banning | |- | rowspan="5" | 1960 | scope="row" | ''[[The Flesh and the Fiends]]'' | [[Robert Knox (surgeon)|Dr. Robert Knox]] | Released in U.S. as ''Mania''<ref>https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150040362 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | ''[[Cone of Silence (film)|Cone of Silence]]'' | Captain Clive Judd | Released in U.S. as ''Trouble in the Sky''<ref>Erickson, Glenn. "Best of! British Classics: Trouble in the Sky a.k.a.Cone of Silence." DVD Savant, 10 July 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2011.</ref> |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' | [[Abraham Van Helsing|Doctor Van Helsing]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Suspect (1960 film)|Suspect]]'' | Professor Sewell | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Sword of Sherwood Forest]]'' | [[Sheriff of Nottingham]] | |- | rowspan="4" | 1961 | scope="row" | ''[[The Hellfire Club (film)|The Hellfire Club]]'' | Merryweather | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Fury at Smugglers' Bay]]'' | Squire Trevenyan | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Naked Edge]]'' | Mr. Evan Wrack | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Cash on Demand]]'' | Harry Fordyce | |- | rowspan="2" | 1962 | scope="row" | ''[[Captain Clegg (film)|Captain Clegg]]'' | Parson Blyss | Alternative title: ''Night Creatures'' |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Devil's Agent]]'' | | (Cushing's scenes were deleted); co-stars Christopher Lee<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20150007356 | title=Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute }}</ref> |- | 1963 | scope="row" | ''[[The Man Who Finally Died]]'' | Dr. Peter von Brecht | |- | rowspan="2" | 1964 | scope="row" | ''[[The Evil of Frankenstein]]'' | [[Victor Frankenstein]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Gorgon]]'' | Dr. Namaroff | |- | rowspan="4" | 1965 | scope="row" | ''[[Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]'' | 'Dr. Terror' / Dr. W. R. Schreck | |- | scope="row" | ''[[She (1965 film)|She]]'' | Major Holly | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Skull (film)|The Skull]]'' | Christopher Maitland | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' | [[Dr. Who (Dalek films)|Dr. Who]] | |- | rowspan="2" | 1966 | scope="row" | ''[[Island of Terror]]'' | Dr. Brian Stanley | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' | Dr. Who | |- | rowspan="4" | 1967 | scope="row" | ''[[Frankenstein Created Woman]]'' | [[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Frankenstein]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Night of the Big Heat (film)|Night of the Big Heat]]'' | Dr. Vernon Stone | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Torture Garden (film)|Torture Garden]]'' | Lancelot Canning | (segment 4: "The Man Who Collected Poe") |- | scope="row" | ''[[Some May Live]]'' | John Meredith | |- | rowspan="2" | 1968 | scope="row" | ''[[The Blood Beast Terror]]'' | Detective Inspector Quennell | Alternate title: ''The Vampire-Beast Craves Blood''<ref name="l903">{{Cite web |title=The Vampire Craves Blood |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69115/the-vampire-beast-craves-blood#overview |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | ''[[Corruption (1968 film)|Corruption]]'' | Sir John Rowan | |- | 1969 | scope="row" | ''[[Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed]]'' | [[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Frankenstein]] | |- | rowspan="4" | 1970 | scope="row" | ''[[Incense for the Damned]]'' | Dr. Walter Goodrich | Alternative title: ''Bloodsuckers'' |- | ''[[Scream and Scream Again]]'' | Major Heinrich Benedek | |- | scope="row" | ''[[One More Time (1970 film)|One More Time]]'' | [[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Frankenstein]] | Uncredited |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Vampire Lovers]]'' | General von Spielsdorf | |- | rowspan="3" | 1971 | scope="row" | ''[[The House That Dripped Blood]]'' | Philip Grayson | (segment 2: "Waxworks") |- | scope="row" | ''[[Twins of Evil]]'' | Gustav Weil | |- | scope="row" | ''[[I, Monster]]'' | Frederick Utterson | |- | rowspan="6" | 1972 | scope="row" | ''[[Tales from the Crypt (1972 film)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' | Arthur Edward Grimsdyke | (segment 3: "Poetic Justice") |- | scope="row" | ''[[Dracula A.D. 1972]]'' | [[Abraham Van Helsing|Lawrence Van Helsing and Lorrimer Van Helsing]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Dr. Phibes Rises Again]]'' | Captain | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Asylum (1972 horror film)|Asylum]]'' | Mr. Smith | (Segment 2: "The Weird Tailor") |- | scope="row" | ''[[Fear in the Night (1972 film)|Fear in the Night]]'' | Michael Carmichael | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Horror Express]]'' | Dr. Wells | |- | rowspan="4" | 1973 | scope="row" | ''[[Nothing But the Night]]'' | Sir Mark Ashley | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Creeping Flesh]]'' | Emmanuel Hildern | |- | scope="row" | ''[[And Now the Screaming Starts!]]'' | Dr. Pope | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Satanic Rites of Dracula]]'' | [[Abraham Van Helsing|Lorrimer Van Helsing]] | |- | rowspan="7" | 1974 | scope="row" | ''[[Shatter (film)|Shatter]]'' | Rattwood | |- | scope="row" | ''[[From Beyond the Grave]]'' | Antique Shop Proprietor | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell]]'' |[[Victor Frankenstein|Baron Frankenstein]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Beast Must Die (1974 film)|The Beast Must Die]]'' | Dr. Christopher Lundgren | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Madhouse (1974 film)|Madhouse]]'' | Herbert Flay | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires]]'' | [[Abraham Van Helsing|Professor Van Helsing]] | |- | scope="row" | ''[[Tender Dracula]]'' | MacGregor | |- | rowspan="2" | 1975 | scope="row" | ''[[Legend of the Werewolf]]'' | Professor Paul | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Ghoul (1975 film)|The Ghoul]]'' | Dr. Lawrence | [[Sitges Film Festival#Winners|Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Award for Best Actor]] |- | rowspan="3" | 1976 | scope="row" | ''[[Trial by Combat (film)|Trial by Combat]]'' | Sir Edward Gifford | Alternative title: ''Dirty Knights Work'' |- | scope="row" | ''[[At the Earth's Core (film)|At the Earth's Core]]'' | Dr. Abner Perry | This film was "riffed" on 14 April 2017 as part of the Season One (episode 14) release of [[Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return]] on [[Netflix]]. |- | scope="row" | ''[[Land of the Minotaur]]'' | Baron Corofax | Alternative title: ''The Devil's Men'' |- | rowspan="4" | 1977 | scope="row" | ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' | [[Grand Moff Tarkin]] | Nominated: [[Saturn Award]] for Best Supporting Actor |- | scope="row" | ''[[Shock Waves (film)|Shock Waves]]'' | SS Commander | Alternative title: ''Almost Human'' |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Uncanny (film)|The Uncanny]]'' | Wilbur | |- | scope="row" | ''[[The Standard (film)|The Standard]]'' | Baron von Hackenberg | |- | 1978 | scope="row" | ''Son of Hitler'' | Heinrich Haussner | |- | rowspan="2" | 1979 | scope="row" | ''[[Arabian Adventure]]'' | Wazir Al Wuzara | |- | scope="row" | ''[[A Touch of the Sun (1979 film)|A Touch of the Sun]]'' | Commissioner Potts | Alternative title: ''No Secrets!'' |- | rowspan="2" | 1981 | scope="row" | ''[[Misterio en la isla de los monstruos]]'' | William T. Kolderup | Alternative title: ''Mystery on Monster Island'' |- | scope="row" | ''Black Jack'' | Sir Thomas Bedford | Alternative title: ''Asalto al casino'' |- | 1983 | scope="row" | ''[[House of the Long Shadows]]'' | Sebastian Grisbane | [[Sitges Film Festival#Winners|Caixa de Catalunya Award for Best Actor]]<br /><small>(shared with [[Vincent Price]], [[Christopher Lee]] & [[John Carradine]])</small> |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 | scope="row" | ''[[Top Secret!]]'' | Bookstore Proprietor | ''Swedish Bookstore'' scene, filmed in reverse with [[Val Kilmer]] |- | scope="row" | ''[[Sword of the Valiant]]'' | Seneschal β Gaspar | |- | 1986 | scope="row" | ''[[Biggles: Adventures in Time]]'' | Air Commodore William Raymond |<!--READ ME, YES YOU! READ ME!!! Please do not insert the Rogue One credit here, it's already added under the "other credits" section below.--> |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |- | 1952 | ''[[Jane Austen in popular culture#Pride and Prejudice (1813)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' | Mr. Darcy | TV mini-series <small>(all 6 episodes)</small> |- | rowspan="2" | 1953 | ''Epitaph for a Spy'' | Josef Vadassey | TV mini-series <small>(all 6 episodes)</small> |- | ''[[You Are There (series)|You are There]]'' | Rudolf Hess | Season 1, episode 20: "The Escape of Rudolf Hess" |- | 1951β1957 | ''[[BBC Sunday-Night Theatre]]'' | Charles Appleby<br />Cyril Beverly<br />Simpson<br />Antoine Vanier<br />Piotr Petrovsky<br />Seppi Fredericks<br />Prince Mikhail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff<br />Beau Brummell<br />Winston Smith<br />Dr. John Rollason<br />Prime Minister<br />Mr. Manningham | Season 2, episode 48: "Eden End (I)"<br />Season 3, episode 15: "Bird in Hand"<br />Season 4, episode 5: "Number Three"<br />Season 4, episode 25: "The Road"<br />Season 4, episode 28: "Anastasia"<br />Season 4, episode 34: "Portrait by Peko"<br />Season 5, episode 4: "Tovarich"<br />Season 5, episode 11: "Beau Brummell"<br />Season 5, episode 50: "[[Nineteen Eighty-Four (UK TV programme)|Nineteen Eighty-Four]]"<br />Season 6, episode 5: "The Creature"<br />Season 6, episode 10: "The Moment of Truth"<br />Season 8, episode 2: "Gaslight" |- | rowspan="2" | 1962 | ''[[Drama 61-67]]'' | Frederick James Parsons | Season 2, episode 7: "Drama '62: Peace with Terror" |- | ''ITV Television Playhouse'' | Fred Parsons | Season 8, episode 3: "Peace with Terror" |- | rowspan="2" | 1963 | ''The Spread of the Eagle'' | Cassius | TV mini-series |- | ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' | Albert Fawkes | Season 3, episode 6 "[[Comedy Playhouse (series 3)|The Plan]]" |- | 1964 | ''Story Parade'' | Elijah Baley | Episode: "The Caves of Steel" <small>(unknown season)</small> |- | 1965 | ''Thirty-Minute Theatre'' | Leonard | Season 1, episode 5: "Monica" |- | 1967 | ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' | Paul Beresford | Episode: "Return of the Cybernauts" <small>(season 5, episode 17 or season 6, episode 1)</small> |- | 1968 | ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' | Sherlock Holmes | All 16 episodes from season 2:<br />"[[The Adventure of the Second Stain|The Second Stain]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of the Dancing Men|The Dancing Men]]"<br />"[[A Study in Scarlet]]"<br />"[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]] (Part 1)"<br />"[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]] (Part 2)"<br />"[[The Boscombe Valley Mystery]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter|The Greek Interpreter]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of the Naval Treaty|The Naval Treaty]]"<br />"[[The Problem of Thor Bridge|Thor Bridge]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual|The Musgrave Ritual]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of Black Peter|Black Peter]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge|Wisteria Lodge]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place|Shoscombe Old Place]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist|The Solitary Cyclist]]"<br />"[[The Sign of the Four|The Sign of Four]]"<br />"[[The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle|The Blue Carbuncle]]" |- | 1973 | ''[[Orson Welles Great Mysteries]]'' | Count Gerard De Merret | Season 1, episode 4: "La Grande Breteche" |- | 1974 | ''[[The Zoo Gang]]'' | Judge Gautier | Season 1, episode 5: "The Counterfeit Trap" |- | rowspan="3" | 1976 | ''[[Space: 1999]]'' | Raan | Season 1, episode 7: "[[Missing Link (Space: 1999)|Missing Link]]" |- | ''Looks Familiar'' | | 1 episode β dated 2 February 1976 |- | ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]'' | Von Claus | Season 1, episode 1: "The Eagle's Nest" |- | 1980 | ''[[Hammer House of Horror]]'' | Martin Blueck | Season 1, episode 7: "The Silent Scream" |- | 1983 | ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' | Von Baden | Season 6, episode 8: "[[List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes#Series Six|The Vorpal Blade]]" |} ===Television films=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |- | 1951 | ''When We Are Married'' | Gerald Forbes | |- | rowspan="3" | 1952 | ''If This Be Error'' | Nick Grant | |- | ''AsmodΓ©e'' | Blaise Lebel | |- | ''The Silver Swan'' | Lord Henriques | |- | rowspan="3" | 1953 | ''Rookery Nook'' | Clive Popkiss | |- | ''The Noble Spaniard'' | Duke of Hermanos | |- | ''A Social Success'' | Henry Robbins | |- | 1954 | ''The Face of Love'' | Mardian Thersites<ref>The Peter Cushing Companion David Miller β 2002 β Page 45 "Cushing's fee for The Face of Love was 74 guineas. ... There was a general increase in BBC artists' fees, but Cushing's growing standing as a film actor must have given John Redway extra clout. "</ref> | |- | rowspan="2" | 1955 | ''[[Richard of Bordeaux (play)|Richard of Bordeaux]]'' | Richard II | |- | ''The Browning Version'' | Andrew Crocker-Harris | |- | 1957 | ''Home at Seven'' | David Preston | |- | rowspan="2" | 1958 | ''The Winslow Boy'' | Sir Robert Morton | |- | ''Uncle Harry'' | Uncle Harry | |- | 1976 | ''[[The Great Houdini (film)|The Great Houdini]]'' | [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] | |- | 1980 | ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1980 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' | Dr. Alexander Manette | |- | rowspan="2" | 1984 | ''Helen Keller: [[The Miracle Continues]]'' | Professor Charles Copeland | |- | ''[[The Masks of Death]]'' | [[Sherlock Holmes]] | |} ===Short films=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="1940" | Year ! scope="A Chump at Oxford" | Title ! scope="Student" | Note ! scope="col" | Role |- | 1940 | ''The Hidden Master'' | Robert Clive of India | <small>(Uncredited role)</small> |- | 1940 | ''Dreams'' | First Dreamer | |- | 1946 | ''It Might Be You'' | The Doctor | |} ===Other credits=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Note |- | 1965 | ''[[Late Night Line-Up]]'' | Himself | Four separately recorded interviews, (with ''[[Michael Dean (broadcaster)]], ''[[Rudolf Cartier]]'', and ''[[Yvonne Mitchell]]) about the 1954 tv. production of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' |- | 1969β1980 | ''[[The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968 TV series)|The Morecambe & Wise Show]]'' | Himself | Long running gag involving being owed payment |- | 1971 | ''BBC Wildlife Spectacular'' | Himself β Presenter | |- | 1986 | ''Dieter & Andreas'' | | Grateful acknowledgment |- | 1986β1988 | ''[[Wogan]]'' | Himself | Regular guest |- | 2012 | ''House of the Long Shadows... Revisited'' | | Dedicated to |- | 2016 | ''[[Rogue One]]'' | Grand Moff Tarkin | Special acknowledgment;<br />Posthumous release;<br />CGI recreation used for likeness |- | 2021 | ''[[Star Wars: The Bad Batch|Bad Batch]]'' | Grand Moff Tarkin | Animated Recreation |}
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