The Unknown Peter Cushing
By Michael G. McGlasson
Published by BearManor Media, 2011.  107 pages.

Could we ever have too many books on this amazingly talented actor, one that wore the title of the Gentleman of Horror with pride?  I don’t think so.  But the problem can be that they can often tread of the same material over and over again.  I mean how different can a biography be if they are all coming from the same facts and information.  But McGlasson has done something quite different here, but not necessarily a good thing.  While the book looks to be about Peter Cushing, a good deal of it is actually about his ancestor’s, particularly the ones that worked in the theater, such as his grandfather Henry William Cushing.  McGlasson seems to have done some extensive research in tracing back Cushing’s linage, going way back to the 1500’s, so for that we give him a lot of credit.  But while this is pretty interesting stuff, only about 30 or so pages in this small book is actually about Peter Cushing himself.

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