1913 - 1994
Peter Wilton Cushing, (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor best known for his roles in the Hammer Productions horror films of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and as Grand Moff Tarkin in the 1977 film Star Wars. His acting career spanned over six decades and included appearances in more than 100 films, as well as many television, stage and radio roles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Cushing has received more than 4,184,295 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Peter Cushing is the 563rd most popular actor (down from 488th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 689th in 2019) and the 85th 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 563 out of 10,030. Before him are Elliott Gould, Buck Henry, Anjelica Huston, Lois Maxwell, Terence Stamp, and Richard Barthelmess. After him are Scarlett Johansson, Robert Forster, La Belle Otero, Karlheinz Böhm, Dan Aykroyd, and James Brolin.
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 557
1930 - 2020
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 558
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 559
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 560
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 561
1895 - 1963
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 562
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 563
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 564
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 565
1868 - 1965
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 566
1928 - 2014
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 567
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 568
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 569
Among people born in 1913, Peter Cushing ranks 47. Before him are Mehmet Shehu, Muddy Waters, Masanobu Fukuoka, Charles Trenet, Aimé Césaire, and Irwin Shaw. After him are Vinicius de Moraes, Mary Ainsworth, Gert Fröbe, Paul Grice, Witold Lutosławski, and Jacobo Árbenz. Among people deceased in 1994, Peter Cushing ranks 43. Before him are Raul Julia, Vladimir Ivashko, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Jack Kirby, Jessica Tandy, and Marija Gimbutas. After him are Roland Ratzenberger, Pujie, Witold Lutosławski, Julian Schwinger, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Sergei Bondarchuk.
1913 - 1981
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 41
1913 - 1983
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 42
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 43
1913 - 2001
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 44
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 45
1913 - 1984
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 46
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 47
1913 - 1980
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 48
1913 - 1999
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 49
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 50
1913 - 1988
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 51
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 52
1913 - 1971
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 53
1940 - 1994
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 37
1932 - 1994
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 38
1913 - 1994
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 39
1917 - 1994
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 40
1909 - 1994
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 41
1921 - 1994
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 42
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 43
1960 - 1994
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 44
1907 - 1994
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 45
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 46
1918 - 1994
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 47
1910 - 1994
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 48
1920 - 1994
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 49
Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Cushing ranks 739 out of 6,924. Before him are Eleanor Marx (1855), Susan Boyle (1961), Terence Stamp (1938), John Paul Jones (1946), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Edward B. Titchener (1867). After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Desmond Morris (1928), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), and Frederick Griffith (1879).
1855 - 1898
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 733
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 734
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 735
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 736
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 737
1867 - 1927
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 738
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 739
1443 - 1509
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 740
1897 - 1965
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 741
1928 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 742
1499 - 1500
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 743
1796 - 1817
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 744
1879 - 1941
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 745
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Cushing ranks 85. Before him are Christian Bale (1974), Jessica Tandy (1909), John Rhys-Davies (1944), Naomi Watts (1968), Rex Harrison (1908), and Terence Stamp (1938). After him are Ray Milland (1907), Rachel Weisz (1970), Jim Broadbent (1949), Kenneth Branagh (1960), Tim Roth (1961), and Pat Hitchcock (1928).
1974 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 79
1909 - 1994
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 80
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 81
1968 - Present
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 82
1908 - 1990
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 83
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 84
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 85
1907 - 1986
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 86
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 87
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 88
1960 - Present
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 89
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 90
1928 - Present
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 91