An Actor and a Rare One: Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes - Hardcover

by Tony Earnshaw (Author)

Written by noted British film journalist Tony Earnshaw, An Actor and a Rare One: Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes follows the career of Peter Cushing, one of England's finest actors, as he works his way up from regional theater to the role of the world's most famous detective. This book details Cushing's career as Holmes through anecdotes and reminiscences as told by his colleagues and Cushing himself.

Author Biography

Tony Earnshaw is the programmer for Britain's National Museum of Photography, Film and Television and an organizer of the widely regarded Bradford Film Festival. An award-winning film journalist, he is film critic for both the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Television, and is a frequent guest on BBC Radio as a commentator on cinema and related issues. He has written for numerous magazines on both sides of the Atlantic.