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Peter Cushing (May 26, 1913 Kenley, Surrey, UK – August 11, 1994) Probably remembered as the screen’s greatest monster hunter, this British actor made his Hollywood début in the late 1930s before becoming a star with his portrayal of Winston Smith in BBC-TV’s 1955 adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four. With Hammer’s The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Cushing and Christopher Lee became the Karloff and Lugosi of their generation and, like Karloff, Cushing was a quiet gentleman who could play noble heroes and arrogant villains with equal skill. A genuine horror icon, among his most popular roles were Baron Frankenstein, Professor Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes, and Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). Though he never played the role on television, he starred in two Doctor Who feature films, and (with Christopher Lee) starred in the most gothic feature version of the Sherlock Holmes story "Hound Of The Baskervilles." It should also be noted that he hosted the original feature version of "Tales From The Crypt" (1972) long before the TV-series and more recent movies. Ironically, he got the role in Star Wars after Christopher Lee turned it down, though Lee later played a different role in the more recent Star Wars films.
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