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| Born | May 26, 1913 |
| Hometown | Kenley, England |
| Net worth | $10 million |
| Height | 6'0" (1.82m) |
| Spouse | Violet Helene Beck (m 1943 - 1971) |
| Parents | George Edward Cushing , Nellie Marie Cushing |
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Peter Cushing was ‘pedantic’ and didn’t socialise with cast and crew on 60s Doctor Who films
Anthony Waye - who worked as an assistant director on the 1960s ‘Doctor Who’ movies, ’Dr. Who and the Daleks’ and ‘Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D’, - has described star Peter Cushing as a "pedantic" man but a total professional.
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The rise of Dalekmania, the Doctor Who craze that made suckers of us all
On May 18 1965, Michael B Bromhead – the general manager of Lion International Films – wrote to producer-screenwriter Milton Subotsky about their upcoming film, Dr Who & The Daleks. In the letter, now kept in the Subotsky Archives, Bromhead advised Milton Subotsky against entering Dr Who & The Daleks into a science fiction festival.
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How the ‘unadulterated horror’ of Peter Cushing’s Nineteen Eighty-Four broke the BBC
“Wife dies as she watches,” wrote the Daily Express in December 1954. Mrs Beryl Mirfin of Herne Bay (a “local beauty queen of 1936”) had keeled over, struck down by a heart attack, while watching the BBC’s Sunday evening teleplay of Nineteen Eighty-Four, adapted from the George Orwell book and starring Peter Cushing. It was perhaps the most sensational, damning headline amidst a furore of controversy over the teleplay.
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Veronica Carlson, actress-model who was a leading ‘scream goddess’ during the golden age of Hammer horror films – obituary
Veronica Carlson, who has died aged 77, was one of the most highly regarded actresses in the horror genre, with a voluptuous bikini-clad allure that earned her a contract with the Hammer studio but confined her to sexualised victim roles in Dracula and Frankenstein films.
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A great walk to a great pub – Rose in Bloom, Whitstable, Kent
Rich in wildlife and history, this coastal walk ends at a pub with splendid views of the Thames estuary
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‘He'd write the waiters poems’: Peter Cushing, remembered by the people of Whitstable
Among the more seasoned of Whitstable locals, interactions with the late British actor Peter Cushing (who bought a quaint seaview house in the area back in 1958) are treasured like a letter from the Queen. My callout posts for memories of Cushing – who died 27 years ago this month – on two Facebook groups dedicated to local residents quickly generated hundreds of passionate replies, many treating their experiences with the shock and awe of a Bigfoot sighting. Some tell me he’d find the gentrific
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Fast and Furious 10 could bring back Brian O'Conner
Conversations are ongoing behind the scenes.
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Shane Briant, actor with vivid memories of playing the handsome villain in decadent Hammer Horror films of the 1970s – obituary
Shane Briant, who has died aged 74, was hailed as the new leading villain of Hammer Horror in the early 1970s, but after the studio foundered he emigrated to Australia and became a busy character actor. With his abundant blond hair and soulful eyes, Briant had an androgynous look that was a departure from the casting of manifestly evil-looking actors in the baddie roles. “I like to think in some ways I broke the Hammer mould,” he recalled. The last actor to be put under contract at Elstree Studi
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Black Panther 2 won't feature a digital version of Chadwick Boseman
Marvel's Kevin Feige confirms T'Challa will not be CGI or recast.
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Barbara Shelley: Hammer Horror's 'number one leading lady' dies after contracting COVID
Barbara Shelley has been hailed as Hammer Horror's "number one leading lady" following her death after contracting coronavirus. The 88-year-old British actress was the star of 1950s and 1960s films including The Gorgon, opposite Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee; Dracula, Prince Of Darkness, and Rasputin The Mad Monk, both also starring Lee.
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