Peter Cushing Thing" (1982). Director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp both said the portrayal of Ichabod Crane in "Sleepy Hollow" was intended to resemble that of Cushing's old horror film performances. In 2008, fourteen years after his death, Cushing's image was used in a set of stamps issued by the Royal Mail honouring Hammer Studios films on the fiftieth anniversary of the release of "Dracula". Peter Cushing was dedicated to his wife Helen, to whom he was married for twenty-eight years until her death in 1971. Cushing often said he felt his life had ended when hers did, and he was
Johnny Depp the swashbuckler film series "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003–present), the fantasy films "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) and "Alice in Wonderland" (2010), the animated comedy western "Rango" (2011) (in which he voiced the title character), and most recently "" (2018). Depp has collaborated on nine films with director, producer and friend Tim Burton. Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. He has gained praise from reviewers for his portrayals of screenwriter-director Ed Wood in "Ed Wood", undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in "Donnie Brasco", author J. M. Barrie in " Finding Neverland", and Boston