FrameThrower · Actors · Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing
4 films · 229 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1957–1977
Born 26 May 1913 · Kenley, Surrey, England, UK · died 11 August 1994
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, his most famous roles outside of "Hammer Horror" include his many appearances as Sherlock Holmes, as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977) and as the mysterious Doctor Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD in 1965 and 1966, two cinema films based on the television series Doctor Who.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 229 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1957–1977
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor1956
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire1989
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award1983
- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award1976
How their films are shot
Measured across 229 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Peter takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 64% of their frames are night, 62% low key — the look of the work Peter takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 229 frames from Peter Cushing's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.