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'''Peter Cushing''' was an English actor famous for his roles in Horror films. He starred opposite [[Christopher Lee]] as Victor Frankenstein in the 1957 [[Hammer Horror]] film ''[[The Curse of Frankenstein (Film)|The Curse of Frankenstein]]'' and as Van Helsing in 1958's ''Dracula'' (called ''[[Horror of Dracula (Film)|Horror of Dracula]]'' in the US). The two would become lifelong friends and appear together in films throughout the years. He is also recognisable for playing Grand Moff Tarkin in ''[[Star Wars (Film)|Star Wars]]'', where he was apparently allowed to play the role in his slippers because the uniform boots didn't fit him. He also played [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]<ref>As in, for these movies, the character ''was'' [[I Am Not Shazam|actually called "Doctor Who"]], instead of the canon "The Doctor"</ref> in [[The Film of the Series|two non-canon films]], ''[[Dr. Who and The Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]''.
Before he was launched by Hammer, Cushing appeared with [[Laurel and Hardy]] in ''A Chump at Oxford'' and played the small part of Osric in [[Laurence Olivier]]'s 1948 film of ''[[Hamlet]]'', as well as several notable roles in television, including Winston Smith in the 1954 adaptation of ''[[Nineteen Eighty
He was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1989.
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