Peter Cushing
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss chooses an actor most noted for horror film roles, Peter Cushing. With Matthew Parris. From 2008.
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss chooses an actor most noted for horror film roles, Peter Cushing.
Cushing found fame with the Hammer films of the 1970s
But his career on stage, screen, radio and TV stretched over 40 years - from being Laurel and Hardy's stooge, to Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars.
Presented by Matthew Parris.
With expert witness David Miller
Producer: Perminder Khatkar
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2008.
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