Christopher Lee
Born in Westminster, London, England, UK — May 27 1922• Died Jun 07 2015
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Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in th…
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Karl Jorla
Charlie's Angels
Dale Woodman
Blue Heelers
Scott James
The Avengers
Professor Stone
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Saruman
Space: 1999
Captain Zandor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Saruman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Saruman the White
Faerie Tale Theatre
King Vladimir V
One Step Beyond
Wilhelm Reitlinger
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Saruman the White
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Saruman (voice)
Corpse Bride
Pastor Galswells (voice)
Alice in Wonderland
Jabberwocky (voice)
How the West Was Won
The Grand Duke
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Count Ottokar Graf Czerin
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dr. Wonka
Stars in the Ring
Self
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Arnaud
Mark Saber
Larry Spence
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Count Dooku
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Count Dooku
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Louis (uncredited)
Auf los geht's los
Self
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Hugo
Monsieur Labisse
Seitenblicke
self
Starship Invasions
Captain Rameses
The Adventures of William Tell
Prince Erik
Wedden, dat..?
Self
Dark Shadows
Clarney
The Odyssey
Tiresias
Lolita
Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Colour of Magic
Death
The Golden Compass
First High Councilor
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Doctor Catheter
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Jeanpierre
Sleepy Hollow
Burgomaster
The Man with the Golden Gun
Francisco Scaramanga
1941
Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
Shaka Zulu
Lord Bathurst
Goliath Awaits
John McKenzie
Ivanhoe
Sir Otto from the Rhine
Theatre Macabre
Self - Host
Gormenghast
Flay
Semperopernball
Self
Ivanhoe
Lucas de Beaumanoir
Quo Vadis
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Sailor of Fortune
Yusif Carnot
Season of the Witch
Cardinal D'Ambroise
The Wicker Man
Lord Summerisle
Airport '77
Martin Wallace
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Count Dooku (voice)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Spanish Captain
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Emerich
Around the World in 80 Days
Stuart
An Eye for an Eye
Morgan Canfield
The Errol Flynn Theatre
The Visitant
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
The French Revolution
Sanson
Burke & Hare
Old Joseph
Ghost Stories for Christmas
Narrator
The Last Unicorn
King Haggard (voice)
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Henry Baskerville
In the Beginning
Rameses I
Moses
Pharaoh
Dracula
Count Dracula
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)
100 Years of Horror
Self - Host
The Far Pavilions
Rao-Sahib
The Three Musketeers
Rochefort
Soul Music
Death (voice)
The Skull
Sir Matthew Phillips
The Return of Captain Invincible
Mr. Midnight
Hamlet
Palace Guard (uncredited)
The Resident
August
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Commandant Rakov
The Stupids
Evil Sender
Innocent Blood
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Eugenie
Dolmance
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Narrator
Moulin Rouge
Georges Seurat (uncredited)
Alexander the Great
Nectenabus (voice)
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Kato
The Battle of the River Plate
Manolo
She
Billali
Hannie Caulder
Bailey
Scars of Dracula
Dracula
Wyrd Sisters
Death (voice)
The Gorgon
Prof. Karl Meister
The Mummy
Kharis, the Mummy
Death Train
General Konstanin Benin
Moses
Ramses
Treasure Island
Blind Pew
Everything or Nothing
Self
Return from Witch Mountain
Victor Gannon
The Four Musketeers
Rochefort
Mickey's 50
Self
Journey of Honor
King Philip
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage)
Boogie Woogie
Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
I, Monster
Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Triage
Joaquín Morales
That Lady
Capitán
Caravans
Sardar Khan
End of the World
Father Pergado / Zindar
Circle of Iron
Zetan
Bear Island
Lechinski
The City of the Dead
Prof. Alan Driscoll
The Crimson Pirate
Joseph (attache)
The Story of Star Wars
Count Dooku (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)
Five Golden Dragons
Dragon #4
Count Dracula
Dracula
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
The Magic Christian
Ship's Vampire
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Mycroft Holmes
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Creature
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Miguel
Poor Devil
Lucifer
Night Train to Lisbon
Father Bartholomeu
Glorious 39
Older Walter Page
Taste of Fear
Doctor Pierre Gerrard
Dark Places
Dr. Ian Mandeville
The Return of the Musketeers
Rochefort
Serial
Luckman Skull
The Pirate
Samir Al Fay
The Passage
Gypsy
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Franklyn Marsh
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Count Dracula
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Count Dracula
The French Revolution
Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)
Tale of the Mummy
Sir Richard Turkel
The Girl
Peter Storm
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
Dracula
Bitter Victory
Sgt. Barney
Storm Over the Nile
Karaga Pasha
Scott of the Antarctic
Bernard Day
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Sherlock Holmes
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Narrator
To the Devil a Daughter
Father Michael
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Manuela
Voice (voice)
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
Narrator
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Self
Top Secret
Russian Agent (uncredited)
House of the Long Shadows
Corrigan
Funny Man
Callum Chance
Dracula A.D. 1972
Count Dracula
Safari 3000
Count Borgia
Corridor of Mirrors
Charles
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
Double Vision
Mr. Bernard
Ill Met by Moonlight
German officer at The Dentist's office
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
Horror Express
Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Self
The Miser
Cardinale Spinosi
Honeymoon Academy
Lazos
Hercules in the Haunted World
King Lico (Licos)
Death Line
Stratton-Villiers, MI5
Circus of Fear
Gregor
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
Self / Various (Archive)
The Whip and the Body
Kurt Menliff
Ten Little Indians
Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Grigori Rasputin
The Traitor
Doctor Neumann
They Were Not Divided
Chris Lewis
Fortune Is a Woman
Charles Highbury
Nothing But the Night
Col. Charles Bingham
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Paul Allen
Jaguar Lives!
Adam Caine
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Sherlock Holmes
Alisea and the Dream Prince
Azaret
The Hands of Orlac
Nero the magician
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
The Odyssey
Tiresias
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
Self
The Salamander
Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
Killer Force
Major Chilton
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai
Cyber Eden
Cedric
Mask of Murder
Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
Self
Battle of the V-1
Brunner
Too Hot to Handle
Novak
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
Stefan Crosscoe
Jocks
President White
The Creeping Flesh
James Hildern
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
Narrator (voice)
The Dark Avenger
French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
Trottie True
Hon. Bongo Icklesham
The Bengal Lancers!
Sir James Hunter
Dracula and Son
Le prince des Ténèbres
Babes in Bagdad
Slave Dealer
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Self (archive footage)
The Face of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Man Chu
Quest for the Ring
Self
Once Upon a Spy
Marcus Valorium
Alias John Preston
John Preston
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
Corridors of Blood
Resurrection Joe
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Man Chu
Secret of the Red Orchid
Capt. Allerman
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
The Lord Provost
Best Ever Bond
Self / Scaramanga
Science Fiction Film Awards
Himself
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Narrator (voice) / Self
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Self
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Dr. Pierre Gerrard
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Dracula
Vampir Cuadecuc
Self
The Devil Rides Out
Duc de Richleau
Arabian Adventure
Caliph Alquazar
The Cockleshell Heroes
Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Diagnosis: Murder
Dr. Stephen Hayward
The Pirates of Blood River
Captain LaRoche
One Night with You
Pirelli's Assistant
Private's Progress
Major Schultz
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Sherlock Holmes
Massarati and the Brain
Victor Leopold
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
King
A Feast at Midnight
V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Captain Robeles
Hollywood Chinese
Self
Theatre of Death
Philippe Darvas
The Wicker Tree
Old Man
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Self
The Devil's Agent
Baron Ferdi von Staub
A Century of Science Fiction
Narrator (voice)
The Trail of Dracula
Self (Archival Footage)
Extraordinary Tales
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Man Chu
Face of Unity
Self
Death in the Sun
Bill
Murder Story
Willard Hope
Port Afrique
Franz Vermes
Beyond Mombasa
Gil Rossi
The Devil's Daffodil
Ling Chu
Fear in the Dark
Narrator
Eve
Colonel Stuart
Prelude to Fame
Newsman
Julius Caesar
Artemidorus
The Rainbow Thief
Uncle Rudolf
Innocents in Paris
Lieutenant Whitlock
Crypt of the Vampire
Count Ludwig Karnstein
Scream and Scream Again
Fremont
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Beauty and the Beast
Monsieur Renard (voice)
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
Valley of the Eagles
Det. Holt
Contraband Spain
Narrador (voz)
The Heavy
Mr. Mason
Beat Girl
Kenny King
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Dr. Pearson
A Tale of Two Cities
Marquis St. Evremonde
Ein Leben wie im Flug
Self
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Self / Count Dooku
The Disputation
King James of Aragon
Beloved Count
Self
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Himself - Presenter
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Prince Philip
Pope John Paul II
New Magic
Mr. Kellar
One More Time
Dracula
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Self
The Terror of the Tongs
Chung King
Horror Castle
Erich
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
Self
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Dracula (archive footage)
The Girl from Nagasaki
Old Officer Pinkerton
The Bloody Judge
Lord George Jeffreys
The Castle of the Living Dead
Count Drago
Penny and the Pownall Case
Jonathan Blair
Night of the Big Heat
Godfrey Hanson
Constel·lació Portabella
(archive footage)
The Oblong Box
Dr. J. Neuhartt
Children of the Wicker Man
Self (archive footage)
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
Self
Curse of the Crimson Altar
J.D. Morley
Paul Temple Returns
Sir Felix Raybourne
A Song for Tomorrow
Auguste
The Truth About Women
Francois Thiers
The House That Dripped Blood
John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")
Vem Var Dracula
Self
Challenge the Devil
Mephistoles
The Awakening
Factory proprietor (uncredited)
Evil Stalks This House
Host
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler
Narrator
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Self
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Self
Uncle Was a Vampire
Baron Roderico da Frankurten
The Keeper
The Keeper
Olympus Force: The Key
Filly
Un métier de seigneur
Fog
Creepy Classics
Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
Police Dog
Johnny, a constable
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
The Treasure of San Teresa
Jaeger
The Care of Time
Karlis Zander
Desperate Moves
Dr. Carl Boxer
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
King Vladimir V
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
Narrator
Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
Lord Summerisle
Umbracle
The Man
Cross-Roads
Harry Cooper
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
A Stage Manager /Flask
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Luis Morel
Bloody Jess
Self
Welcome to the Discworld
Death
Angels in Notting Hill
The Boss / Mr. President (voice)
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
Self
The Fall of the House Of Usher
The Narrator
Night of the Eagles
Walter Strauss
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Perversion Stories
Self
The Wicker Man Enigma
Himself
Faces of Death
(archive footage)
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
Self
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
Narrator
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
Self
Dracula vs. Vampir
Meatcleaver Massacre
On-Screen Narrator
Drácula en la Hammer
Christopher Lee
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
In Search of Dracula
Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
Narrator (voice)
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
Narrator
The Mummy
Self - Host
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
Self
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Himself
Playboy's Playmate Party
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
Satanus / Van Krig
The Mirror and Markheim
Visitant
Horror!!!
Self
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
Self
The Wicker Man At 50
Lord Summerisle
Soul Music
Death (voice)
Eugen Weidmann Execution Film
Himself
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Self
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
The Rank Charm School
Self
100 Years of Horror
Presenter
The Top and the Ball
Father
Drácula Barcelona
Himself
Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
Narrator
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
Self - Narrator
The Secret Masonic Victory of World War Two
Self (archive)