Comments | eldritchhobbit: Happy 100th Birthday Peter Cushing

eldritchhobbit

Happy 100th Birthday Peter Cushing - and POLL TIME!

May 26, 2013 08:03

On this day 100 years ago, Peter Cushing was born. He would go on to become an actor and a gentleman, portraying roles from Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy to Edgar Rice Burroughs's Dr. Abney Perry, a repeated Victor Frankenstein and Van Helsing, and a staple of Hammer Horror films. He became a very human Doctor Who, and he offered, over a number of years ( Read more... )

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Comments 13

sittingduck1313 May 26 2013, 13:22:12 UTC

The Van Helsing choice doesn't mention the 1974 film The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. In that one, Van Helsing goes to China and teams up with a family of martial artists to take on the local undead and stop their fiendish plan of offering up nude virgin sacrifices (alright, technically they were topless virgin sacrifices ( ... )

eldritchhobbit June 2 2013, 21:58:05 UTC

ROFLOL! Don't apologize for the pun. It was funny. :)

And I can't believe I skipped that! ::headdesk:: Thanks for the save. Obviously I've been missing a gem. I must remedy this at the first opportunity!

internet_sampo May 26 2013, 13:42:36 UTC

The Fortean Times had several articles about Cushing.

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eldritchhobbit June 2 2013, 21:59:31 UTC

Whoa, Cushing-related dreams! Sounds a bit spooky. :) Thanks for the heads up re: The Fortean Times! I'll be sure to read the articles in the AM, not the PM...

litlover12 May 26 2013, 17:31:27 UTC

And just in time for his centennial . . .

http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/dr-who-and-daleks

A man could ask no higher tribute. ;-)

eldritchhobbit June 2 2013, 22:00:17 UTC

Seriously! You know you've arrived when you've had that treatment. :D

Thanks so much for the heads up! I love it.

believe it or not..... jan_u_wine May 26 2013, 21:38:15 UTC

Moulin Rouge

I can't explain that. It just.....is

Re: believe it or not..... eldritchhobbit June 2 2013, 22:01:06 UTC

OMG, how have I missed this? Thanks for the heads up. I owe you yet another one. :D

Re: believe it or not..... jan_u_wine June 2 2013, 23:02:47 UTC

i didn't even think about who that was .....just happened to look at the credits one day. That movie was just SO great, and to know that Peter was in it made it even more special....

*don't think you owe me anything.....let me look at my "Amy Tab".

Nope, ya don't.....

memphismaniac May 28 2013, 12:56:10 UTC

Doctor Horace Holly in She. He's the classic Victorian gentleman-adventurer.

eldritchhobbit June 2 2013, 22:01:46 UTC

Oh, oh, oh, YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Brilliant choice. I should've included that one. *nods vigorously* Thanks!!!!