Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

male, deceased (1994)
Peter Wilton Cushing, From Surrey, From Whitstable, From Kenley, Order of the British Empire, Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope…HammerFilms
Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913-11 August1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played...
Terence Fisher

Terence Fisher

male, deceased (1980)
Horror of Dracula, Auteur, superstitious, HammerFilms, Hammer Film Productions, rationalism…The Charm of Evil The Films of Terence Fisher
Terence Fisher (February 23, 1904 - June 18, 1980), was a film director who worked for Hammer Films. He was born in Maida Vale, a district of...
Michael Ripper

Michael Ripper

male, deceased (2000)
Night Creatures, butterflies, television actor, English, From Portsmouth, The Revenge of Frankenstein…HammerFilms, Hammer Film Productions
Michael Ripper (born January 27 1913 in Portsmouth - died June 28 2000) was an English character actor. He began his film career in quota quickies...
Freddie Francis

Freddie Francis

male, deceased (2007)
film producer, Frederick William (Freddie) Francis, cult figure, Horror film director, Kevin Francis, hammer…HammerFilms
Frederick William (Freddie) Francis (22 December 1917 - 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He died at age 89 as the...
Val Guest

Val Guest

male, deceased (2006)
Hammer Film Productions, Prostate cancer death, film actor, film director, British, Quatermass…hammer, science-fiction films, HammerFilms
Val Guest (December 11 1911 - May 10, 2006) was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in...
Joseph Walton Losey III

Joseph Walton Losey III

male, deceased (1909) (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
film director, From La Crosse, Wisconsin, blacklisted, Movie Studio, McCarthy era, McCarthyism…HammerFilms
The dominant themes of Losey's eclectic work are emotional instability, emotional and physical violence and perverse sexual power plays. There is...
Andrew Keir

Andrew Keir

male, deceased (1997)
A Man for All Seasons, Professor Bernard Quatermass, Hammer Film Productions, Thomas Cromwell, The Times, ivanhoe…hammer film, HammerFilms
Andrew Keir (April 3, 1926 - October 5, 1997) was a Scottish actor, who rose to prominence featuring in a number of films from Hammer Film...

John Gilling

male, deceased (1985)
film director, The Pirate of Blood River, Shadow of the Cat, The Mummy's Shroud, The Plague of the Zombies, From London…HammerFilms
John Gilling (May 29, 1912-1985) was an English film director, born in London. He was chiefly known for his horrors, especially for Hammer Films,...

Patrick Magee

male, deceased (1982)
Irish, a clockwork orange, character actor, Avengers actor, Zulu, British…HammerFilms
Patrick Magee (31 March 1922 - 14 August 1982) was a Tony Award winning Irish actor best known for his collaborations with Samuel Beckett and his...

André Morell

male, deceased (1978)
the bridge on the river kwai, Doctor Watson, John Watson, Hammer Film Productions, The Times, Professor Bernard Quatermass…HammerFilms
André Morell was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen r...