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{{quote|''[[Horror of Dracula|Killed Dracula with a pair of candle stick holders.]] [[Star Wars|Blew up Alderaan.]] [[Dr. Who and Thethe Daleks|Fought Daleks.]] [[Sherlock Holmes|Outsmarted Moriarty.]] [[Star Wars|Verbally bitch-slapped Darth Vader.]] [[Badass Boast|I beg your pardon, but do you really think Chuck Norris can top that?]]''|'''[http://i.imgur.com/BfQ2o.jpg Peter Cushing Motivational Poster]'''}}

'''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 ''[[StarA WarsNew (Film)Hope|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 Thethe Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 ADA.D.]]''.

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-Four]]'' and Darcy in the 1952 adaptation of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. He returned to television several times after his film career took off, starring as Lije Bailey in a 1964 adaptation of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[The Caves of Steel (Literature)|The Caves of Steel]]'' and [[Sherlock Holmes]] in the 1968 TV series. He also appeared several times with [[Morecambe and Wise]], complaining that he hadn't been paid for the first time.