How old was Peter Cushing in his first movie: The Man in the Iron Mask?
Peter Cushing was 25 in The Man in the Iron Mask when he played the character 'Second Officer'.
That was over 85 years ago in 1939.
This was his first recorded movie acting credit (although may not technically be his first actual acting role).
In 1994 he died aged 81, starring in 120 films in his career, 120 of those after The Man in the Iron Mask was first released. If he were alive today he would be 110.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Man in the Iron Mask, I think Peter Cushing looks:
Did you know?
- Director James Whale has worked with Peter Cushing a total of 2 times in his career.
- Peter Cushing's first movie was as 'Second Officer' in The Man in the Iron Mask, released in 1939 when he was 25
- The Man in the Iron Mask scores 7.17 out of 10 on TMDB.
