Roy Ashton
Australian-born Roy Ashton was the man behind Hammer's most famous monsters of the 1960's. In Britain from 1932, he attended the School of Arts and Crafts in London, and then spent five years with Gaumont British under the tutelage of a German make-up artist from Ufa. In 1942, Ashton qualified for a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, which...
Career stats
77Films
767Posters
53Years active
1966Peak year
Eras & genres
Eras
Genres
Selected work
80 postersThe Curse of the Werewolf · 1961
Dracula · 1958
The Devil Rides Out · 1968
Tales from the Crypt · 1972
The Kiss of the Vampire · 1963
The Hound of the Baskervilles · 1959
The Brides of Dracula · 1960
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors · 1965
The Mummy · 1959
The Gorgon · 1965
The Damned · 1963
Dracula: Prince of Darkness · 1966
Frequent collaborators
30 repeat partnersRosemary Burrows
Actor · 25 films together
Anthony Hinds
Produced by · 21 films together
Michael Carreras
Produced by · 20 films together
John Peverall
Actor · 19 films together

Peter Cushing
Actor · 18 films together

Peter Diamond
Stunts · 18 films together

Michael Ripper
Actor · 17 films together

Terence Fisher
Directed by · 17 films together











