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.