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Peter Cushing

1913 - 1994

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Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. He achieved recognition for his leading performances in the Hammer Productions horror films from the 1950s to 1970s and as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). Born in Kenley, Surrey, Cushing made his stage debut in 1935 and spent three years at a repertory theatre before moving to Hollywood to pursue a film career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Cushing is the 704th most popular actor (down from 699th in 2019), the 954th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 827th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Actor.

Peter Cushing was a British actor who is most famous for his role as Grand Moff Tarkin in the Star Wars film, A New Hope.

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Among actors, Peter Cushing ranks 704 out of 13,578. Before him are P. Ramlee, Patrick Wilson, Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman, Groucho Marx, and Jonathan Ke Quan. After him are Martin Balsam, Raf Vallone, Jack Elam, BD Wong, Idina Menzel, and Courteney Cox.

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Among people born in 1913, Peter Cushing ranks 52. Before him are Motoo Tatsuhara, Erich Priebke, Xi Zhongxun, Aimé Césaire, Mary Ainsworth, and Mehmet Shehu. After him are Richard Stone, Masanobu Fukuoka, Muddy Waters, Charles Trenet, Alan Ladd, and Tony Martin. Among people deceased in 1994, Peter Cushing ranks 59. Before him are Sergei Bondarchuk, Chung Il-kwon, György Cziffra, Howard Martin Temin, Jack Kirby, and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia. After him are Jessica Tandy, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Jean-Louis Barrault, Ken Noritake, Joseph Cotten, and James Clavell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Cushing ranks 954 out of 8,785. Before him are G. I. Taylor (1886), Ken Hensley (1945), Stirling Moss (1929), H. H. Asquith (1852), William Bateson (1861), and Stephen Gray (1666). After him are Kevin Keegan (1951), Richard Arkwright (1732), William Holman Hunt (1827), Naomi Campbell (1970), Thomas Malory (1405), and Francis Hutcheson (1694).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Cushing ranks 108. Before him are Margaret Rutherford (1892), Christian Bale (1974), Jim Broadbent (1949), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Ray Milland (1907), and Naomi Watts (1968). After him are Jessica Tandy (1909), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Kim Cattrall (1956), Pat Hitchcock (1928), Natasha Richardson (1963), and Rachel Weisz (1970).

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