Peter Cushing remembered on his birthday
Peter Cushing would have turned 113 on May 26, remembered for leading Hammer horror films such as Frankenstein Created Woman and for playing Grand Moff Tarkin in 1977's Star Wars. French lobby cards and other memorabilia underline his Hammer-era image, and profiles highlight that Cushing painted miniature soldiers and enjoyed tabletop wargames. Cushing's precise, theatrical performances helped define Hammer's Gothic look and established a model for commanding cinematic villains across horror and science fiction, which keeps his work collected and studied today.
Remembering three Horror film Legends: Peter Cushing 26th May 1913 Christopher Lee 27th May 1922 Vincent Price 27th May 1911
highley1958.bsky.social34Come on. List them left to right.
Patryk of the Sleeper Tribe23Time to watch this classic:
Paul Symmonds17It should be noted that these men were also excellent actors that managed to bring gravitas to some rather mediocre films.
Annie17Photo - Cushing, Price, Lee. 🤷♀️
Public Record Sourcerer7Grand Moff, Unknown ISB Admin, Darth Tyranus
fascism-sux.bsky.social7I had no idea their birthdays were so close.
dotee2025.bsky.social7Before his acting career, Christopher Lee served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an intelligence officer, attached to the No. 260 Squadron RAF during the Second World War as a liaison officer for the Special Operations Executive (SOE).
CoffeeGuyKev7The young kids probably think that the order you listed them is the same order as the photo. It is not. Vincint Price is in the middle of the photo, not the end...
larryg49.bsky.social6They still scare me! Shalom
Lu 💙5Classic scary movies I loved Vincent Price in the Edgar Allen Poe movies!
dmei779928.bsky.social5I still watch their movies every chance I get. Classics all.
KarenFrancoK5Maybe Peter Cushing 26th May 1913 Vincent Price 27th May 1911 Christopher Lee 27th May 1922 ?
Old Man with a Dog4Love these guys! Find their movies and watch.
101234.bsky.social4Is it just me or do these three men appear to look like brothers? Fascinating
Donald MacMillan3As a kid I watched them every Saturday night in the late 60's.
GreyJedi3Legends. I'm currently reading a biography of Vincent Price written by his daughter.
amelot.bsky.social3FWIW, Vincent Price was American.
meltoncartes.bsky.social3All deserved much higher caliber films in their entire careers, much better actors than Olivier, Burton, and Welles. At least Cushing and Lee got acknowledged with roles that fit their skills. Price stood out despite seemingly being stuck in B-movie land.
lollyblue3The Mount Rushmore of horror.
Libretio3The thing about Cushing and Lee (at least) is that successive generations who discover Dr. Who and STAR WARS, or the LORD OF THE RINGS films might also wonder about these guys and check them out on the IMDb. What wonders await! 😆 Price has his Thriller voiceover, enough to endear him to newer fans.
townmiller.bsky.social3Peter Cushing lives in Whitstable, I have seen him on his bicycle, I have seen him buying vegetables....
Divanyst2My sister & I were really into Vincent Price movies. That hiked up eyebrow & horror movie laugh though...
Jeff Nall2I feel like we're looking at Asimov's Dawn, Day and Dusk in a parallel universe. (I know--their ages are too close together, but still...)
Slickster2The trio of horror !
We the People will not forget January 6, 2021!, 86-472All three are legends as is John Carradine, who was the oldest of the group, 1906. We lived in the same neighborhood for a few years.
dotee2025.bsky.social2Christopher Lee was in a heavy metal band. Legend says that during the filming of LOTR he told Peter Jackson what the sound of someone being stabbed in the back was like.
CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK2Crazy levels of talent in one photo like wow
the jEfE2They don't make them like this anymore.
ReneeMarcelle2They all look like brothers!
Cheeky Alpha Monkey2For a minute I thought those were the monsters on the SCOTUS6…but nope, these men only played monsters in films
Abbe Normal🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦No Fascists! No DMs please!2They look alike in this picture!
Happy heavenly birthday to the man behind Hammer’s Van Helsing, Holmes, and of course, the Baron. Who could imagine a world without the irrefutable gentleman of horror that is Mr Peter Cushing? We salute you, sir! 🖤
The Giant Aquatic Centipede9Cushing. One of the best pros in the business. The script could be total garbage and yet he'd still give it everything.
SyrilJayBee 🇬🇧9Plus tomorrow, 27th, Vincent Price and Christopher Lee share a birthday
GreyJedi7Well, today is the original Star Wars Day when the first movie was released.
Rik Basterd6Birthday Cake?!? It's our moment of triumph!
🌈🏳️⚧️🎀🇨🇭🇨🇦🇺🇦Reg🇺🇦🇨🇦🇨🇭🎀3Who else could have made Governor Tarkin so evil?
thepowerdroid.bsky.social3"Governor Tarkin, I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board."
Barry Lyons3Of all the Peter Cushing Frankenstein movies, "Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed" strikes me as the best of the bunch.
Fluke StarBucker (Chris Foreman)3Happy Birthday to one of the greatest miniature wargamers in modern history!
ethelredaunready.bsky.social2That is the first photo I have ever seen where he is smiling!
Virgopunk2I need that cardigan! Cushing was always extremely dapper.
To mark both International Dracula Day and Peter Cushings birthday it must be Hammer. It might stray from Stoker but when it's this good who cares. 1958. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #hammerhorror #petercushing #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam #dracula
J.Glover.3Moving away from the source novel was a great idea. (I know it's a classic piece of literature, but it's dull.) This is brisk and exciting, and how lucky were we to have Messrs Cushing & Lee at that time? The horror equivalent of Lennon & McCartney just a few years later. Sometimes the stars combine
Aka Herbert West3I think the problem is more that stoker strays from the hammer story........
TitaniumTeddyBear2I love these old posters 🥰
The turtles are fallen and the rain stands still2There's a great bit, (forget where), where you can see the creases in the backdrop, that they used.
Oz Wiltshire.2I saw this rather strange movie starring Peter Cushing in 1962.
