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RIP Christopher Lee

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Dracula, Saruman, Doocu and the Man with the Golden Gun died Sunday at the age of 93 and I thought he was immortal.

 

He was the only person in the cast of Lord of the Rings who had met J.R.R.Tolkien.

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Acting Credits for Christopher Lee:

 

The 11th (pre-production)

Lars Ole Hansen

 

2014 Angels in Notting Hill (completed)

The Boss, Mr. President

 

2015 Extraordinary Tales (voice)

 

2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Saruman

 

2014 LEGO the Hobbit: The Video Game (Video Game)

Narrator / Saruman the White (voice)

 

2013 The Girl from Nagasaki

Old Officer Pinkerton

 

2013 Night Train to Lisbon

Father Bartolomeu

 

2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Saruman

 

2012 Dark Shadows

Clarney

 

2012 The Hunting of the Snark

Narrator

 

2011 Hugo

Monsieur Labisse

 

2011 The Wicker Tree

Old Gentleman

 

2011 The Resident

August

 

2011 Season of the Witch

Cardinal D'Ambroise

 

2010 Burke and Hare

Old Joseph

 

2010 The Heavy

Mr. Mason

 

2010/I Alice in Wonderland

Jabberwocky (voice)

 

2009 Glorious 39

Walter

 

2009 Triage

Joaquín Morales

 

2009 Boogie Woogie

Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

 

2009 Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Video Game)

DiZ (English version, voice)

 

2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Count Dooku (voice)

 

2008 The Color of Magic (TV Movie)

Death (voice)

 

2007 The Golden Compass

First High Councilor

 

2007 Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (Video Game)

DiZ / Ansem the Wise (English version, voice)

 

2006 Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II - Rise of the Witch King (Video Game)

Saruman the White (voice)

 

2006 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (Video Game)

Saruman (voice)

 

2005 Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)

DiZ / Ansem the Wise (English version, voice)

 

2005 Pope John Paul II (TV Movie)

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

 

2005 Corpse Bride

Pastor Galswells (voice)

 

2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dr. Wonka

 

2005 Greyfriars Bobby

The Lord Provost

 

2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Count Dooku

 

2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (Video Game)

Saruman (voice)

 

2004 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Video Game)

Francisco Scaramanga (voice)

 

2004 EverQuest II (Video Game)

Lucan D'Lere (voice)

 

2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Video Game)

Saruman the White (voice)

 

2004 Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

Heinrich von Garten

 

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Saruman (extended edition)

 

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Video Game)

Saruman (voice)

 

2003 Freelancer (Video Game) (voice)

 

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Saruman

 

2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus

 

2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Saruman

 

2001 Conquest: Frontier Wars (Video Game)

Anvil / Headquarters (voice)

 

2001 Les redoutables (TV Series)

La mort

- Confession (2001) ... La mort

 

2000 Ghost Stories for Christmas (TV Mini-Series)

M.R James (voice)

 

2000 In the Beginning (TV Movie)

Rameses I

 

2000 Gormenghast (TV Mini-Series)

Flay

- Episode #1.4 (2000) ... Flay

 

- Episode #1.3 (2000) ... Flay

 

- Episode #1.2 (2000) ... Flay

 

- Episode #1.1 (2000) ... Flay

 

1999 The Rocky Interactive Horror Show (Video Game)

Narrator

 

1999 Sleepy Hollow

Burgomaster

 

1997-1998 The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series)

Olwyn

- The Auction (1998) ... Olwyn

 

- The Sceptre (1997) ... Olwyn

 

- Nightmare of the Magic Castle (1997) ... Olwyn

 

- The Legend of Olwyn (1997) ... Olwyn

 

- A Race Against Death (1997) ... Olwyn

 

 

 

Show all 6 episodes

 

1998 Jinnah

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

 

1998 Tale of the Mummy

Sir Richard Turkel

 

1997 The Odyssey (TV Series)

Tiresias

 

1997 Wyrd Sisters (TV Mini-Series)

Death (voice)

 

1997 Soul Music (TV Series)

Death

- Episode #1.6 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.3 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.1 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.2 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.7 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

 

 

Show all 7 episodes

 

1997 Ivanhoe (TV Mini-Series)

Lucas de Beaumanoir

- Part Six (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

- Part Five (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

- Part Four (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

- Part Three (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

1996 Welcome to the Discworld (Short)

Death

 

1996 The Stupids

Evil Sender

 

1996 Princess Alisea (TV Movie)

Azaret

 

1995 Tales of Mystery and Imagination (TV Series)

The Host / Host / Prince Prospero

- The Masque of the Red Death ... Host / Prince Prospero

 

- The Oval Portrait ... The Host

 

- Berenice ... The Host

 

- The Fall of the House of Usher ... The Host

 

1995 Moses (TV Movie)

Ramses

 

1995 Street Gear (TV Series)

Nick Dupont

- Davis vs. Davis (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Smiley Face (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Look Who's Quiet Now (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Two Blind Mice (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

 

 

Show all 13 episodes

 

1995 The Tomorrow People (TV Series)

Sam Rees

- The Rameses Connection: Part 5 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 4 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 3 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 2 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 1 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

1994 A Feast at Midnight

Raptor

 

1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

Commandant Rakov

 

1994 Funny Man

Callum Chance

 

1994 Ghosts (Video Game)

Dr. Marcus Grimalkin / Himself

 

1993 Detonator (TV Movie)

General Konstantin Benin

 

1992 Cyber Eden

Cedric

 

1992 Double Vision (TV Movie)

Mr. Bernard

 

1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)

Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

- Austria, March 1917 (1992) ... Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

 

1992 Incident at Victoria Falls (TV Movie)

Sherlock Holmes

 

1992/I Beauty and the Beast (Video)

Monsieur Renard (voice)

 

1991 Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (TV Movie)

Sherlock Holmes

 

1991 Curse III: Blood Sacrifice

Doctor Pearson

 

1991 Journey of Honor

King Philip

 

1990 The Rainbow Thief

Uncle Rudolf

 

1990 The Care of Time (TV Movie)

Karlis Zander

 

1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Doctor Catheter

 

1990 L'avaro

Cardinale Spinosi

 

1990 Treasure Island (TV Movie)

Blind Pew

 

1989 Honeymoon Academy (Video)

Lazos

 

1989 Murder Story

Willard Hope

 

1989 Fall of the Eagles

Walter Strauss

 

1989 La révolution française

Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

 

1989 The Return of the Musketeers

Rochefort

 

1989 Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-Series)

Stuart

- Episode #1.3 (1989) ... Stuart

 

- Episode #1.2 (1989) ... Stuart

 

- Episode #1.1 (1989) ... Stuart

 

1988 Olympus Force: The Key

Filly

 

1988 Mask of Murder

Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

 

1988 Dark Mission: Evil Flowers

Luis Morel Stuart

 

1987 The Girl

Peter Storm

 

1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway

Kato

 

1986 The Disputation (TV Movie)

King James of Aragon

 

1986 Un métier du seigneur (TV Movie)

Fog

 

1986 Shaka Zulu (TV Mini-Series)

Lord Bathurst

- Part I (1986) ... Lord Bathurst

 

1986 Jocks

President White

 

1985 Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf

Stefan Crosscoe

 

1984 The Rosebud Beach Hotel

Mr. Clifford King

 

1984 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)

King Vladimir V

- The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) ... King Vladimir V

 

1984 The Far Pavilions (TV Mini-Series)

Kaka-ji Rao

- Part Three: Wally and Anjuli (1984) ... Kaka-ji Rao

 

- Part Two: The Journey to Bhithor (1984) ... Kaka-ji Rao

 

- Part One: Return to India (1984) ... Kaka-ji Rao

 

1983 New Magic (Short)

Mr. Kellar

 

1983 The Return of Captain Invincible

Mr. Midnight

 

1983 House of the Long Shadows

Corrigan

 

1982 The Last Unicorn

King Haggard (English, German version, voice)

 

1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV Movie)

Prince Philip

 

1982 Massarati and the Brain (TV Movie)

Victor Leopold

 

1982 Safari 3000

Count Borgia

 

1981 Steigler and Steigler

Dr. Carl Boxer

 

1981 Goliath Awaits (TV Movie)

John McKenzie

 

1981 An Eye for an Eye

Morgan Canfield

 

1981 Tales of the Haunted (TV Movie)

Host

 

1981 The Salamander

Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

 

1980 Charlie's Angels (TV Series)

Dale Woodman

- Angel in Hiding (1980) ... Dale Woodman

 

1980 Once Upon a Spy (TV Movie)

Marcus Valorium

 

1980 Serial

Luckman Skull

 

1979 1941

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

 

1979 Bear Island

Lechinski

 

1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon (TV Movie)

Miguel

 

1979 Jaguar Lives!

Adam Caine

 

1979 Nutcracker Fantasy

Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / The Puppeteer / ... (voice)

 

1979 Arabian Adventure

Caliph Alquazar

 

1979 The Passage

The Gypsy

 

1978 The Pirate (TV Movie)

Samir Al Fay

 

1978 Caravans

Sardar Khan

 

1978 Circle of Iron

Zetan

 

1978 Return from Witch Mountain

Victor

 

1977-1978 How the West Was Won (TV Mini-Series)

The Grand Duke

- Buffalo Story (1978) ... The Grand Duke

 

- Pilot (1977) ... The Grand Duke

 

1977 Starship Invasions

Captain Rameses

 

1977 End of the World

Father Pergado / Zindar

 

1977 Airport '77

Martin Wallace

 

1977 Meatcleaver Massacre

On-Screen Narrator

 

1976 The Keeper

The Keeper

 

1976 Dracula and Son

Dracula père / Le prince des Ténèbres / Prince of Darkness

 

1976 The Night of the Askari

Bill

 

1976 To the Devil a Daughter

Father Michael

 

1976 The Diamond Mercenaries

Major Chilton

 

1975 Diagnosis: Murder

Dr. Stephen Hayward

 

1975 Space: 1999 (TV Series)

Captain Zandor

- Earthbound (1975) ... Captain Zandor

 

1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

Satanus / Van Krig

 

1974 The Man with the Golden Gun

Scaramanga

 

1974 The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge

Rochefort

 

1973 Raw Meat

Stratton-Villiers, MI5

 

1973 The Three Musketeers

Rochefort

 

1973 The Wicker Man

Lord Summerisle

 

1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Count Dracula

 

1973 Great Mysteries (TV Series)

Arnaud

- The Leather Funnel (1973) ... Arnaud

 

1973 Poor Devil (TV Movie)

Lucifer

 

1973 The Creeping Flesh

James Hildern

 

1973 Dark Places

Dr. Ian Mandeville

 

1973 Nothing But the Night

Colonel Charles Bingham

 

1972 Horror Express

Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton (as Cristopher Lee)

 

1972 Dracula A.D. 1972

Count Dracula

 

1971 Hannie Caulder

Bailey

 

1971 I, Monster

Marlowe / Blake

 

1971 The House That Dripped Blood

John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

 

1970 Umbracle

The Man

 

1970 Scars of Dracula

Dracula

 

1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Mycroft Holmes

 

1970 Julius Caesar

Artemidorus

 

1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula

Dracula

 

1970 One More Time

Dracula (uncredited)

 

1970 Count Dracula

Dracula

 

1970 Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion

Dolmance

 

1970 The Bloody Judge

Judge Jeffries

 

1970 Scream and Scream Again

Fremont

 

1969 The Magic Christian

Ship's Vampire

 

1969 The Oblong Box

Dr. Newhartt

 

1969 Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1967-1969 The Avengers (TV Series)

Colonel Mannering / Professor Frank N.Stone

- The Interrogators (1969) ... Colonel Mannering

 

- Never, Never Say Die (1967) ... Professor Frank N.Stone

 

1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar

Morley

 

1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Dracula

 

1968 The Blood of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1968 Eve

Colonel Stuart

 

1968 The Devil Rides Out

Duc de Richleau

 

1967 The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

 

1967 Five Golden Dragons

Dragon #4

 

1967 Blood Fiend

Philippe Darvas

 

1967 The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

Dr. Fu Manchu

 

1967 Island of the Burning Damned

Godfrey Hanson

 

1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1966 Psycho-Circus

Gregor

 

1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Grigori Rasputin

 

1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula

 

1965 The Face of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1965 The Skull

Sir Matthew Phillips

 

1965 Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little Indians'

Mr. U. N. Owen (voice, uncredited)

 

1965/I She

Billali

 

1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Franklyn Marsh (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

 

1964 The Gorgon

Prof. Karl Meister

 

1964 Castle of the Living Dead

Count Drago

 

1964 Crypt of the Vampire

Count Ludwig Karnstein

 

1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)

Karl Jorla

- The Sign of Satan (1964) ... Karl Jorla

 

1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates

Captain Robeles

 

1963 The Whip and the Body

Kurt Menliff

 

1963 Horror Castle

Erich (as Cristopher Lee)

 

1963 Katarsis

Mephistoles

 

1962 Stranglehold

 

 

1962 Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

Sherlock Holmes

 

1962 The Devil's Agent

Baron Ferdi von Staub

 

1962 The Pirates of Blood River

Captain LaRoche

 

1962 Secret of the Red Orchid

Captain Allerman

 

1961 Hercules in the Haunted World

King Lico (Licos)

 

1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV Series)

Wilhelm Reitlinger

- The Sorcerer (1961) ... Wilhelm Reitlinger

 

1961 The Devil's Daffodil

Ling Chu

 

1961 Scream of Fear

Doctor Pierre Gerrard

 

1961 The Terror of the Tongs

Chung King

 

1960 The Hands of Orlac

Nero the magician

 

1960 Wild for Kicks

Kenny King

 

1960 The City of the Dead

Alan Driscoll

 

1960 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Paul Allen

 

1960 Playgirl After Dark

Novak

 

1959 Uncle Was a Vampire

Baron Roderico da Frankurten

 

1959 Tales of the Vikings (TV Series)

Lord Roderick

- Pedigree (1959) ... Lord Roderick

 

1959 The Mummy

The Mummy / Kharis

 

1959 Hot Money Girl

Jaeger

 

1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Dr. Pierre Gerrard

 

1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Henry

 

1959 William Tell (TV Series)

Prince Erik

- The Manhunt (1959) ... Prince Erik

 

1958 Corridors of Blood

Resurrection Joe

 

1958 Missiles from Hell

Brunner

 

1958 Horror of Dracula

Count Dracula

 

1958 White Hunter (TV Series)

Mark Caldwell

- This Hungry Hell (1958) ... Mark Caldwell

 

1958 A Tale of Two Cities

Marquis St. Evremonde

 

1958 Ivanhoe (TV Series)

Sir Otto from the Rhine

- The German Knight (1958) ... Sir Otto from the Rhine

 

1958 O.S.S. (TV Series)

Dessinger

- Operation Firefly (1958) ... Dessinger

 

1957 The Truth About Women

Francois Thiers

 

1957 Bitter Victory

Sergeant Barney

 

1957 The Gay Cavalier (TV Series)

Colonel Jeffries

- The Lady's Dilemma (1957) ... Colonel Jeffries

 

1957 Stowaway Girl

Voice (voice, uncredited)

 

1957 The Curse of Frankenstein

The Creature

 

1957 She Played with Fire

Charles Highbury

 

1957 The Accursed

Doctor Neumann

 

1956-1957 Assignment Foreign Legion (TV Series)

Rodin the Gardener / El Abba

- As We Forgive (1957) ... Rodin the Gardener

 

- The Anaya (1956) ... El Abba

 

1957 Night Ambush

German officer at dentists

 

1956-1957 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV Series)

The Visitant / Compte de Merret / Maurice Gabet / ...

- Evil Thoughts (1957) ... The Visitant

 

- Love Token (1957) ... Compte de Merret

 

- The Model (1956) ... Maurice Gabet

 

- Fortunes of War (1956) ... Count Henri de Dairval

 

1956 Sailor of Fortune (TV Series)

Yusif / Carnot

- The Desert Hostages (1956) ... Yusif

 

- Stranger in Danger (1956) ... Carnot

 

1956 Aggie (TV Series)

Inspector John Hollis

- Cut Glass (1956) ... Inspector John Hollis

 

1953-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV Series)

Felipe Nagy / Luis / Makarenko / ...

- Crown of the Andes (1956) ... Felipe Nagy

 

- The Man Who Wouldn't Escape (1956) ... Luis

 

- The Immigrant (1955) ... Makarenko

 

- The Wedding Dress (1955) ... Lt. Krainski

 

- Border Incident (1955) ... Official

 

 

 

Show all 16 episodes

 

1956 Beyond Mombasa

Gil Rossi

 

1956 Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Manolo

 

1956 Port Afrique

Franz Vermes

 

1956 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series)

Louis

- The Elusive Chauvelin (1956) ... Louis (uncredited)

 

1956 Alexander the Great

Nectenabus (voice, uncredited)

 

1956 Private's Progress

Major Schultz (uncredited)

 

1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV Series)

Governor

- Captain Kidd (1956) ... Governor

 

1955 Moby Rehearsed (TV Movie)

A Stage Manager / Flask

 

1955 Storm Over the Nile

Karaga Pasha

 

1955 Alias John Preston

John Preston

 

1955 The Cockleshell Heroes

Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

 

1954-1955 Tales of Hans Anderson (TV Series)

Olle / Student / Old man / ...

- The Cripple Boy (1955) ... Olle

 

- Wee Willie Winkie (1955) ... Student

 

- The Old House (1954) ... Old man

 

- The Nightingale (1954) ... Emperor of China

 

1955 The Vise (TV Series)

Edgar Brookes / Richard Martell / Larry Spence

- Strangle Hold (1955) ... Edgar Brookes

 

- The Price of Vanity (1955) ... Richard Martell

 

- The Final Column (1955) ... Larry Spence

 

1955 Police Dog

Johnny, a constable

 

1955 The Dark Avenger

French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

 

1955 That Lady

Captain

 

1955 Crossroads (Short)

Harry Cooper

 

1954 Destination Milan

Svenson

 

1954 Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV Series)

Monsieur Jean-Pierre

- At Night All Cats Are Gray (1954) ... Monsieur Jean-Pierre

 

1954 The Mirror and Markheim (Short)

Visitant

 

1953 Innocents in Paris

Lieutenant Whitlock (uncredited)

 

1952 Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (Short)

 

 

1952 Moulin Rouge

Georges Seurat (uncredited)

 

1952 Babes in Bagdad

Slave dealer

 

1952 Bombay Waterfront

Sir Felix Raybourne

 

1952 Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow

Russian Agent (uncredited)

 

1952 The Crimson Pirate

Joseph - Military Attaché

 

1951 Valley of the Eagles

Det. Holt

 

1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Spanish Captain

 

1950 Prelude to Fame

Newsman

 

1950 They Were Not Divided

Chris Lewis

 

1949 The Gay Lady

Hon. Bongo Icklesham

 

1948 Scott of the Antarctic

Bernard Day

 

1948 Saraband

Duke Anthony von Wolfenbuttel (scenes deleted)

 

1948 My Brother's Keeper

Second Constable (scenes deleted)

 

1948 Penny and the Pownall Case

Jonathan Blair

 

1948 A Song for Tomorrow

Auguste

 

1948 Hamlet

Spear Carrier (uncredited)

 

1948 One Night with You

Pirelli's Assistant

 

1948 Corridor of Mirrors

Charles

 

1946-1947 Kaleidoscope (TV Series)

 

- Episode #1.5 (1947)

 

- Episode #1.3 (1946)

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So sad, what a great actor and what a great career!

I saw him in Philly at the 93 con and he schooled the audience on Dracula/vampire knowledge!

 

RIP Mr. Lee!

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Amazing that he worked right up to the end. He and Betty White show what being mentally and physically active all your life can do.

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Sad news. At my comparably tender age of 54 currently, I remember being a young man watching Mr Lee in those lavish Hammer 60's horror films. I am sure that propelled me to collecting horror comics to this day.

 

One of my favorite actors, and a true "iron horse" of the film industry.

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Wow. Considering his age, I was expecting this to happen eventually, but with Lee, he just seemed to go on and on and on. To keep acting for as deep into his years as he did was just amazing.

 

RIP and a hearty salute to a such a long and rich life.

 

By way, he was a badass even before he played one in the movies. Check out what he used to do during WWII before deciding to be an actor. It's amazing.

 

 

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Acting Credits for Christopher Lee:

 

The 11th (pre-production)

Lars Ole Hansen

 

2014 Angels in Notting Hill (completed)

The Boss, Mr. President

 

2015 Extraordinary Tales (voice)

 

2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Saruman

 

2014 LEGO the Hobbit: The Video Game (Video Game)

Narrator / Saruman the White (voice)

 

2013 The Girl from Nagasaki

Old Officer Pinkerton

 

2013 Night Train to Lisbon

Father Bartolomeu

 

2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Saruman

 

2012 Dark Shadows

Clarney

 

2012 The Hunting of the Snark

Narrator

 

2011 Hugo

Monsieur Labisse

 

2011 The Wicker Tree

Old Gentleman

 

2011 The Resident

August

 

2011 Season of the Witch

Cardinal D'Ambroise

 

2010 Burke and Hare

Old Joseph

 

2010 The Heavy

Mr. Mason

 

2010/I Alice in Wonderland

Jabberwocky (voice)

 

2009 Glorious 39

Walter

 

2009 Triage

Joaquín Morales

 

2009 Boogie Woogie

Mr. Alfred Rhinegold

 

2009 Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Video Game)

DiZ (English version, voice)

 

2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Count Dooku (voice)

 

2008 The Color of Magic (TV Movie)

Death (voice)

 

2007 The Golden Compass

First High Councilor

 

2007 Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (Video Game)

DiZ / Ansem the Wise (English version, voice)

 

2006 Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II - Rise of the Witch King (Video Game)

Saruman the White (voice)

 

2006 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II (Video Game)

Saruman (voice)

 

2005 Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)

DiZ / Ansem the Wise (English version, voice)

 

2005 Pope John Paul II (TV Movie)

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

 

2005 Corpse Bride

Pastor Galswells (voice)

 

2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dr. Wonka

 

2005 Greyfriars Bobby

The Lord Provost

 

2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Count Dooku

 

2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (Video Game)

Saruman (voice)

 

2004 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Video Game)

Francisco Scaramanga (voice)

 

2004 EverQuest II (Video Game)

Lucan D'Lere (voice)

 

2004 The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Video Game)

Saruman the White (voice)

 

2004 Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse

Heinrich von Garten

 

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Saruman (extended edition)

 

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Video Game)

Saruman (voice)

 

2003 Freelancer (Video Game) (voice)

 

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Saruman

 

2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus

 

2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Saruman

 

2001 Conquest: Frontier Wars (Video Game)

Anvil / Headquarters (voice)

 

2001 Les redoutables (TV Series)

La mort

- Confession (2001) ... La mort

 

2000 Ghost Stories for Christmas (TV Mini-Series)

M.R James (voice)

 

2000 In the Beginning (TV Movie)

Rameses I

 

2000 Gormenghast (TV Mini-Series)

Flay

- Episode #1.4 (2000) ... Flay

 

- Episode #1.3 (2000) ... Flay

 

- Episode #1.2 (2000) ... Flay

 

- Episode #1.1 (2000) ... Flay

 

1999 The Rocky Interactive Horror Show (Video Game)

Narrator

 

1999 Sleepy Hollow

Burgomaster

 

1997-1998 The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series)

Olwyn

- The Auction (1998) ... Olwyn

 

- The Sceptre (1997) ... Olwyn

 

- Nightmare of the Magic Castle (1997) ... Olwyn

 

- The Legend of Olwyn (1997) ... Olwyn

 

- A Race Against Death (1997) ... Olwyn

 

 

 

Show all 6 episodes

 

1998 Jinnah

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

 

1998 Tale of the Mummy

Sir Richard Turkel

 

1997 The Odyssey (TV Series)

Tiresias

 

1997 Wyrd Sisters (TV Mini-Series)

Death (voice)

 

1997 Soul Music (TV Series)

Death

- Episode #1.6 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.3 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.1 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.2 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

- Episode #1.7 (1997) ... Death (voice)

 

 

 

Show all 7 episodes

 

1997 Ivanhoe (TV Mini-Series)

Lucas de Beaumanoir

- Part Six (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

- Part Five (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

- Part Four (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

- Part Three (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir

 

1996 Welcome to the Discworld (Short)

Death

 

1996 The Stupids

Evil Sender

 

1996 Princess Alisea (TV Movie)

Azaret

 

1995 Tales of Mystery and Imagination (TV Series)

The Host / Host / Prince Prospero

- The Masque of the Red Death ... Host / Prince Prospero

 

- The Oval Portrait ... The Host

 

- Berenice ... The Host

 

- The Fall of the House of Usher ... The Host

 

1995 Moses (TV Movie)

Ramses

 

1995 Street Gear (TV Series)

Nick Dupont

- Davis vs. Davis (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Smiley Face (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Look Who's Quiet Now (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

- Two Blind Mice (1995) ... Nick Dupont

 

 

 

Show all 13 episodes

 

1995 The Tomorrow People (TV Series)

Sam Rees

- The Rameses Connection: Part 5 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 4 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 3 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 2 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

- The Rameses Connection: Part 1 (1995) ... Sam Rees

 

1994 A Feast at Midnight

Raptor

 

1994 Police Academy: Mission to Moscow

Commandant Rakov

 

1994 Funny Man

Callum Chance

 

1994 Ghosts (Video Game)

Dr. Marcus Grimalkin / Himself

 

1993 Detonator (TV Movie)

General Konstantin Benin

 

1992 Cyber Eden

Cedric

 

1992 Double Vision (TV Movie)

Mr. Bernard

 

1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)

Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

- Austria, March 1917 (1992) ... Count Ottokar Graf Czerin

 

1992 Incident at Victoria Falls (TV Movie)

Sherlock Holmes

 

1992/I Beauty and the Beast (Video)

Monsieur Renard (voice)

 

1991 Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (TV Movie)

Sherlock Holmes

 

1991 Curse III: Blood Sacrifice

Doctor Pearson

 

1991 Journey of Honor

King Philip

 

1990 The Rainbow Thief

Uncle Rudolf

 

1990 The Care of Time (TV Movie)

Karlis Zander

 

1990 Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Doctor Catheter

 

1990 L'avaro

Cardinale Spinosi

 

1990 Treasure Island (TV Movie)

Blind Pew

 

1989 Honeymoon Academy (Video)

Lazos

 

1989 Murder Story

Willard Hope

 

1989 Fall of the Eagles

Walter Strauss

 

1989 La révolution française

Sanson (segment "Années Terribles, Les")

 

1989 The Return of the Musketeers

Rochefort

 

1989 Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-Series)

Stuart

- Episode #1.3 (1989) ... Stuart

 

- Episode #1.2 (1989) ... Stuart

 

- Episode #1.1 (1989) ... Stuart

 

1988 Olympus Force: The Key

Filly

 

1988 Mask of Murder

Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich

 

1988 Dark Mission: Evil Flowers

Luis Morel Stuart

 

1987 The Girl

Peter Storm

 

1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway

Kato

 

1986 The Disputation (TV Movie)

King James of Aragon

 

1986 Un métier du seigneur (TV Movie)

Fog

 

1986 Shaka Zulu (TV Mini-Series)

Lord Bathurst

- Part I (1986) ... Lord Bathurst

 

1986 Jocks

President White

 

1985 Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf

Stefan Crosscoe

 

1984 The Rosebud Beach Hotel

Mr. Clifford King

 

1984 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series)

King Vladimir V

- The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) ... King Vladimir V

 

1984 The Far Pavilions (TV Mini-Series)

Kaka-ji Rao

- Part Three: Wally and Anjuli (1984) ... Kaka-ji Rao

 

- Part Two: The Journey to Bhithor (1984) ... Kaka-ji Rao

 

- Part One: Return to India (1984) ... Kaka-ji Rao

 

1983 New Magic (Short)

Mr. Kellar

 

1983 The Return of Captain Invincible

Mr. Midnight

 

1983 House of the Long Shadows

Corrigan

 

1982 The Last Unicorn

King Haggard (English, German version, voice)

 

1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV Movie)

Prince Philip

 

1982 Massarati and the Brain (TV Movie)

Victor Leopold

 

1982 Safari 3000

Count Borgia

 

1981 Steigler and Steigler

Dr. Carl Boxer

 

1981 Goliath Awaits (TV Movie)

John McKenzie

 

1981 An Eye for an Eye

Morgan Canfield

 

1981 Tales of the Haunted (TV Movie)

Host

 

1981 The Salamander

Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence

 

1980 Charlie's Angels (TV Series)

Dale Woodman

- Angel in Hiding (1980) ... Dale Woodman

 

1980 Once Upon a Spy (TV Movie)

Marcus Valorium

 

1980 Serial

Luckman Skull

 

1979 1941

Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt

 

1979 Bear Island

Lechinski

 

1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon (TV Movie)

Miguel

 

1979 Jaguar Lives!

Adam Caine

 

1979 Nutcracker Fantasy

Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / The Puppeteer / ... (voice)

 

1979 Arabian Adventure

Caliph Alquazar

 

1979 The Passage

The Gypsy

 

1978 The Pirate (TV Movie)

Samir Al Fay

 

1978 Caravans

Sardar Khan

 

1978 Circle of Iron

Zetan

 

1978 Return from Witch Mountain

Victor

 

1977-1978 How the West Was Won (TV Mini-Series)

The Grand Duke

- Buffalo Story (1978) ... The Grand Duke

 

- Pilot (1977) ... The Grand Duke

 

1977 Starship Invasions

Captain Rameses

 

1977 End of the World

Father Pergado / Zindar

 

1977 Airport '77

Martin Wallace

 

1977 Meatcleaver Massacre

On-Screen Narrator

 

1976 The Keeper

The Keeper

 

1976 Dracula and Son

Dracula père / Le prince des Ténèbres / Prince of Darkness

 

1976 The Night of the Askari

Bill

 

1976 To the Devil a Daughter

Father Michael

 

1976 The Diamond Mercenaries

Major Chilton

 

1975 Diagnosis: Murder

Dr. Stephen Hayward

 

1975 Space: 1999 (TV Series)

Captain Zandor

- Earthbound (1975) ... Captain Zandor

 

1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan

Satanus / Van Krig

 

1974 The Man with the Golden Gun

Scaramanga

 

1974 The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge

Rochefort

 

1973 Raw Meat

Stratton-Villiers, MI5

 

1973 The Three Musketeers

Rochefort

 

1973 The Wicker Man

Lord Summerisle

 

1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Count Dracula

 

1973 Great Mysteries (TV Series)

Arnaud

- The Leather Funnel (1973) ... Arnaud

 

1973 Poor Devil (TV Movie)

Lucifer

 

1973 The Creeping Flesh

James Hildern

 

1973 Dark Places

Dr. Ian Mandeville

 

1973 Nothing But the Night

Colonel Charles Bingham

 

1972 Horror Express

Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton (as Cristopher Lee)

 

1972 Dracula A.D. 1972

Count Dracula

 

1971 Hannie Caulder

Bailey

 

1971 I, Monster

Marlowe / Blake

 

1971 The House That Dripped Blood

John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")

 

1970 Umbracle

The Man

 

1970 Scars of Dracula

Dracula

 

1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Mycroft Holmes

 

1970 Julius Caesar

Artemidorus

 

1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula

Dracula

 

1970 One More Time

Dracula (uncredited)

 

1970 Count Dracula

Dracula

 

1970 Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion

Dolmance

 

1970 The Bloody Judge

Judge Jeffries

 

1970 Scream and Scream Again

Fremont

 

1969 The Magic Christian

Ship's Vampire

 

1969 The Oblong Box

Dr. Newhartt

 

1969 Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1967-1969 The Avengers (TV Series)

Colonel Mannering / Professor Frank N.Stone

- The Interrogators (1969) ... Colonel Mannering

 

- Never, Never Say Die (1967) ... Professor Frank N.Stone

 

1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar

Morley

 

1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Dracula

 

1968 The Blood of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1968 Eve

Colonel Stuart

 

1968 The Devil Rides Out

Duc de Richleau

 

1967 The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism

Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai

 

1967 Five Golden Dragons

Dragon #4

 

1967 Blood Fiend

Philippe Darvas

 

1967 The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

Dr. Fu Manchu

 

1967 Island of the Burning Damned

Godfrey Hanson

 

1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1966 Psycho-Circus

Gregor

 

1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Grigori Rasputin

 

1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Dracula

 

1965 The Face of Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu

 

1965 The Skull

Sir Matthew Phillips

 

1965 Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little Indians'

Mr. U. N. Owen (voice, uncredited)

 

1965/I She

Billali

 

1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Franklyn Marsh (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")

 

1964 The Gorgon

Prof. Karl Meister

 

1964 Castle of the Living Dead

Count Drago

 

1964 Crypt of the Vampire

Count Ludwig Karnstein

 

1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)

Karl Jorla

- The Sign of Satan (1964) ... Karl Jorla

 

1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates

Captain Robeles

 

1963 The Whip and the Body

Kurt Menliff

 

1963 Horror Castle

Erich (as Cristopher Lee)

 

1963 Katarsis

Mephistoles

 

1962 Stranglehold

 

 

1962 Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

Sherlock Holmes

 

1962 The Devil's Agent

Baron Ferdi von Staub

 

1962 The Pirates of Blood River

Captain LaRoche

 

1962 Secret of the Red Orchid

Captain Allerman

 

1961 Hercules in the Haunted World

King Lico (Licos)

 

1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV Series)

Wilhelm Reitlinger

- The Sorcerer (1961) ... Wilhelm Reitlinger

 

1961 The Devil's Daffodil

Ling Chu

 

1961 Scream of Fear

Doctor Pierre Gerrard

 

1961 The Terror of the Tongs

Chung King

 

1960 The Hands of Orlac

Nero the magician

 

1960 Wild for Kicks

Kenny King

 

1960 The City of the Dead

Alan Driscoll

 

1960 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Paul Allen

 

1960 Playgirl After Dark

Novak

 

1959 Uncle Was a Vampire

Baron Roderico da Frankurten

 

1959 Tales of the Vikings (TV Series)

Lord Roderick

- Pedigree (1959) ... Lord Roderick

 

1959 The Mummy

The Mummy / Kharis

 

1959 Hot Money Girl

Jaeger

 

1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Dr. Pierre Gerrard

 

1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Henry

 

1959 William Tell (TV Series)

Prince Erik

- The Manhunt (1959) ... Prince Erik

 

1958 Corridors of Blood

Resurrection Joe

 

1958 Missiles from Hell

Brunner

 

1958 Horror of Dracula

Count Dracula

 

1958 White Hunter (TV Series)

Mark Caldwell

- This Hungry Hell (1958) ... Mark Caldwell

 

1958 A Tale of Two Cities

Marquis St. Evremonde

 

1958 Ivanhoe (TV Series)

Sir Otto from the Rhine

- The German Knight (1958) ... Sir Otto from the Rhine

 

1958 O.S.S. (TV Series)

Dessinger

- Operation Firefly (1958) ... Dessinger

 

1957 The Truth About Women

Francois Thiers

 

1957 Bitter Victory

Sergeant Barney

 

1957 The Gay Cavalier (TV Series)

Colonel Jeffries

- The Lady's Dilemma (1957) ... Colonel Jeffries

 

1957 Stowaway Girl

Voice (voice, uncredited)

 

1957 The Curse of Frankenstein

The Creature

 

1957 She Played with Fire

Charles Highbury

 

1957 The Accursed

Doctor Neumann

 

1956-1957 Assignment Foreign Legion (TV Series)

Rodin the Gardener / El Abba

- As We Forgive (1957) ... Rodin the Gardener

 

- The Anaya (1956) ... El Abba

 

1957 Night Ambush

German officer at dentists

 

1956-1957 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV Series)

The Visitant / Compte de Merret / Maurice Gabet / ...

- Evil Thoughts (1957) ... The Visitant

 

- Love Token (1957) ... Compte de Merret

 

- The Model (1956) ... Maurice Gabet

 

- Fortunes of War (1956) ... Count Henri de Dairval

 

1956 Sailor of Fortune (TV Series)

Yusif / Carnot

- The Desert Hostages (1956) ... Yusif

 

- Stranger in Danger (1956) ... Carnot

 

1956 Aggie (TV Series)

Inspector John Hollis

- Cut Glass (1956) ... Inspector John Hollis

 

1953-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV Series)

Felipe Nagy / Luis / Makarenko / ...

- Crown of the Andes (1956) ... Felipe Nagy

 

- The Man Who Wouldn't Escape (1956) ... Luis

 

- The Immigrant (1955) ... Makarenko

 

- The Wedding Dress (1955) ... Lt. Krainski

 

- Border Incident (1955) ... Official

 

 

 

Show all 16 episodes

 

1956 Beyond Mombasa

Gil Rossi

 

1956 Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Manolo

 

1956 Port Afrique

Franz Vermes

 

1956 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series)

Louis

- The Elusive Chauvelin (1956) ... Louis (uncredited)

 

1956 Alexander the Great

Nectenabus (voice, uncredited)

 

1956 Private's Progress

Major Schultz (uncredited)

 

1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV Series)

Governor

- Captain Kidd (1956) ... Governor

 

1955 Moby Rehearsed (TV Movie)

A Stage Manager / Flask

 

1955 Storm Over the Nile

Karaga Pasha

 

1955 Alias John Preston

John Preston

 

1955 The Cockleshell Heroes

Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

 

1954-1955 Tales of Hans Anderson (TV Series)

Olle / Student / Old man / ...

- The Cripple Boy (1955) ... Olle

 

- Wee Willie Winkie (1955) ... Student

 

- The Old House (1954) ... Old man

 

- The Nightingale (1954) ... Emperor of China

 

1955 The Vise (TV Series)

Edgar Brookes / Richard Martell / Larry Spence

- Strangle Hold (1955) ... Edgar Brookes

 

- The Price of Vanity (1955) ... Richard Martell

 

- The Final Column (1955) ... Larry Spence

 

1955 Police Dog

Johnny, a constable

 

1955 The Dark Avenger

French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)

 

1955 That Lady

Captain

 

1955 Crossroads (Short)

Harry Cooper

 

1954 Destination Milan

Svenson

 

1954 Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV Series)

Monsieur Jean-Pierre

- At Night All Cats Are Gray (1954) ... Monsieur Jean-Pierre

 

1954 The Mirror and Markheim (Short)

Visitant

 

1953 Innocents in Paris

Lieutenant Whitlock (uncredited)

 

1952 Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales (Short)

 

 

1952 Moulin Rouge

Georges Seurat (uncredited)

 

1952 Babes in Bagdad

Slave dealer

 

1952 Bombay Waterfront

Sir Felix Raybourne

 

1952 Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow

Russian Agent (uncredited)

 

1952 The Crimson Pirate

Joseph - Military Attaché

 

1951 Valley of the Eagles

Det. Holt

 

1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.

Spanish Captain

 

1950 Prelude to Fame

Newsman

 

1950 They Were Not Divided

Chris Lewis

 

1949 The Gay Lady

Hon. Bongo Icklesham

 

1948 Scott of the Antarctic

Bernard Day

 

1948 Saraband

Duke Anthony von Wolfenbuttel (scenes deleted)

 

1948 My Brother's Keeper

Second Constable (scenes deleted)

 

1948 Penny and the Pownall Case

Jonathan Blair

 

1948 A Song for Tomorrow

Auguste

 

1948 Hamlet

Spear Carrier (uncredited)

 

1948 One Night with You

Pirelli's Assistant

 

1948 Corridor of Mirrors

Charles

 

1946-1947 Kaleidoscope (TV Series)

 

- Episode #1.5 (1947)

 

- Episode #1.3 (1946)

 

Maybe not an "acting" credit, but his hosting of SNL back in the '70s was one of my favorite shows. The guy was funny as heck. Too bad he didn't do a lot comedies.

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Wow. Considering his age, I was expecting this to happen eventually, but with Lee, he just seemed to go on and on and on. To keep acting for as deep into his years as he did was just amazing.

 

RIP and a hearty salute to a such a long and rich life.

 

By way, he was a badass even before he played one in the movies. Check out what he used to do during WWII before deciding to be an actor. It's amazing.

 

 

From Wiki:

 

When World War II broke out, Lee volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War in 1939.[33] He and other British volunteers were kept away from actual fighting, but they were issued winter gear and were posted on guard duty a safe distance from the front lines. After a fortnight, they returned home.[34] Lee returned to work at United States Lines and found his work more satisfying, feeling that he was contributing. In early 1940, he joined Beecham's, at first as an office clerk, then as a switchboard operator.[35] When Beecham's moved out of London, he joined the Home Guard.[36] In the winter, his father fell ill with double pneumonia and died on 12 March 1941. Realising that he had no inclination to follow his father into the Army, Lee decided to join up while he still had some choice of service, and volunteered for the Royal Air Force.[37]

 

Lee reported to RAF Uxbridge for training and was then posted to the Initial Training Wing at Paignton.[38] After passing his exams in Liverpool, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan meant that he travelled on the Reina del Pacifico to South Africa, then to his posting at Hillside, at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia.[39] Training with de Havilland Tiger Moths, Lee was having his penultimate training session before his first solo flight when he suffered from headaches and blurred vision. The medical officer hesitantly diagnosed a failure of his optic nerve and he was told he would never be allowed to fly again.[40] Lee was devastated and the death of a fellow trainee from Summer Fields only made him more despondent. His appeals were fruitless and he was left with nothing to do.[41] He was moved around to different flying stations, before going to Salisbury in December 1941.[42] He then visited the Mazowe Dam, Marandellas, the Wankie Game Reserve and the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Thinking he should "do something constructive for my keep", he applied to join RAF Intelligence. His superiors praised his initiative and he was seconded into the Rhodesian Police Force and was posted as a warder at Salisbury Prison.[43] He was then promoted to leading aircraftman and moved to Durban in South Africa, before travelling to Suez on the Nieuw Amsterdam.[44]

 

After "killing time" at RAF Kasfareet near the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal Zone, he resumed intelligence work in the city of Ismaïlia.[45] He was then attached to No. 205 Group RAF before being promoted to pilot officer and attached to No. 260 Squadron RAF as an intelligence officer.[46] As the North African Campaign progressed, the squadron "leapfrogged" between Egyptian airstrips, from RAF El Daba to Maaten Bagush and on to Mersa Matruh. They lent air support to the ground forces and bombed strategic targets. Lee, "broadly speaking, was expected to know everything."[47] The Allied advance continued into Libya, through Tobruk and Benghazi to the Marble Arch and then through El Agheila, Khoms and Tripoli, with the squadron averaging five missions a day.[48] As the advance continued into Tunisia, with the Axis forces digging themselves in at the Mareth Line, Lee was almost killed when the squadron's airfield was bombed.[49] After breaking through the Mareth Line, the squadron made their final base in Kairouan.[50] After the Axis surrender in North Africa in May 1943, the squadron moved to Zuwarah in Libya in preparation for the Allied invasion of Sicily.[51] They then moved to Malta, and, after its capture by the British Eighth Army, the Sicilian town of Pachino, before making a permanent base in Agnone Bagni.[52] After the Sicilian campaign was over, Lee came down with malaria for the sixth time in under a year. He was flown to a hospital in Carthage for treatment and when he returned, the squadron was restless. Frustrated with a lack of news about the Eastern Front and the Soviet Union in general, and with no mail from home or alcohol, unrest spread and threatened to turn into mutiny. Lee, by now an expert on Russia, talked them into resuming their duties, which much impressed his commanding officer.[53]

 

After the Allied invasion of Italy, the squadron was based in Foggia and Termoli during the winter of 1943. Lee was then seconded to the Army during an officer's swap scheme.[54] He spent most of this time with the Gurkhas of the 8th Indian Infantry Division during the Battle of Monte Cassino.[55] While spending some time on leave in Naples, Lee climbed Mount Vesuvius, which erupted three days later.[56] During the final assault on Monte Cassino, the squadron was based in San Angelo and Lee was nearly killed when one of the planes crashed on takeoff and he tripped over one of its live bombs.[57] After the battle, the squadron moved to airfields just outside Rome and Lee visited the city, where he met his mother's cousin, Nicolò Carandini, who had fought in the Italian resistance movement.[58] In November 1944, Lee was promoted to flight lieutenant and left the squadron in Iesi to take up a posting at Air Force HQ.[59] Lee took part in forward planning and liaison, in preparation for a potential assault into the rumoured German Alpine Fortress.[60] After the war ended, Lee was invited to go hunting near Vienna and was then billeted in Pörtschach am Wörthersee.[61] For the final few months of his service, Lee, who spoke fluent French and German, among other languages, was seconded to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects.[62] Here, he was tasked with helping to track down Nazi war criminals.[63] Of his time with the organisation, Lee said: "We were given dossiers of what they'd done and told to find them, interrogate them as much as we could and hand them over to the appropriate authority ... We saw these concentration camps. Some had been cleaned up. Some had not."[63] Lee then retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.[62]

 

Intriguingly, Lee's stepfather served as a captain in the Intelligence Corps, but it is unlikely he had any influence over Lee's military career. Lee saw him for the last time on a bus in London in 1940, by now divorced from Lee's mother, though Lee did not speak to him.[64] Lee mentioned that during the war he was attached to the Special Operations Executive and the Long Range Desert Patrol, the precursor of the SAS,[65][66] but always declined to go into details.

“ I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read in to that what they like.[67]

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Wow. Considering his age, I was expecting this to happen eventually, but with Lee, he just seemed to go on and on and on. To keep acting for as deep into his years as he did was just amazing.

 

RIP and a hearty salute to a such a long and rich life.

 

By way, he was a badass even before he played one in the movies. Check out what he used to do during WWII before deciding to be an actor. It's amazing.

 

 

From Wiki:

 

When World War II broke out, Lee volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War in 1939.[33] He and other British volunteers were kept away from actual fighting, but they were issued winter gear and were posted on guard duty a safe distance from the front lines. After a fortnight, they returned home.[34] Lee returned to work at United States Lines and found his work more satisfying, feeling that he was contributing. In early 1940, he joined Beecham's, at first as an office clerk, then as a switchboard operator.[35] When Beecham's moved out of London, he joined the Home Guard.[36] In the winter, his father fell ill with double pneumonia and died on 12 March 1941. Realising that he had no inclination to follow his father into the Army, Lee decided to join up while he still had some choice of service, and volunteered for the Royal Air Force.[37]

 

Lee reported to RAF Uxbridge for training and was then posted to the Initial Training Wing at Paignton.[38] After passing his exams in Liverpool, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan meant that he travelled on the Reina del Pacifico to South Africa, then to his posting at Hillside, at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia.[39] Training with de Havilland Tiger Moths, Lee was having his penultimate training session before his first solo flight when he suffered from headaches and blurred vision. The medical officer hesitantly diagnosed a failure of his optic nerve and he was told he would never be allowed to fly again.[40] Lee was devastated and the death of a fellow trainee from Summer Fields only made him more despondent. His appeals were fruitless and he was left with nothing to do.[41] He was moved around to different flying stations, before going to Salisbury in December 1941.[42] He then visited the Mazowe Dam, Marandellas, the Wankie Game Reserve and the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Thinking he should "do something constructive for my keep", he applied to join RAF Intelligence. His superiors praised his initiative and he was seconded into the Rhodesian Police Force and was posted as a warder at Salisbury Prison.[43] He was then promoted to leading aircraftman and moved to Durban in South Africa, before travelling to Suez on the Nieuw Amsterdam.[44]

 

After "killing time" at RAF Kasfareet near the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal Zone, he resumed intelligence work in the city of Ismaïlia.[45] He was then attached to No. 205 Group RAF before being promoted to pilot officer and attached to No. 260 Squadron RAF as an intelligence officer.[46] As the North African Campaign progressed, the squadron "leapfrogged" between Egyptian airstrips, from RAF El Daba to Maaten Bagush and on to Mersa Matruh. They lent air support to the ground forces and bombed strategic targets. Lee, "broadly speaking, was expected to know everything."[47] The Allied advance continued into Libya, through Tobruk and Benghazi to the Marble Arch and then through El Agheila, Khoms and Tripoli, with the squadron averaging five missions a day.[48] As the advance continued into Tunisia, with the Axis forces digging themselves in at the Mareth Line, Lee was almost killed when the squadron's airfield was bombed.[49] After breaking through the Mareth Line, the squadron made their final base in Kairouan.[50] After the Axis surrender in North Africa in May 1943, the squadron moved to Zuwarah in Libya in preparation for the Allied invasion of Sicily.[51] They then moved to Malta, and, after its capture by the British Eighth Army, the Sicilian town of Pachino, before making a permanent base in Agnone Bagni.[52] After the Sicilian campaign was over, Lee came down with malaria for the sixth time in under a year. He was flown to a hospital in Carthage for treatment and when he returned, the squadron was restless. Frustrated with a lack of news about the Eastern Front and the Soviet Union in general, and with no mail from home or alcohol, unrest spread and threatened to turn into mutiny. Lee, by now an expert on Russia, talked them into resuming their duties, which much impressed his commanding officer.[53]

 

After the Allied invasion of Italy, the squadron was based in Foggia and Termoli during the winter of 1943. Lee was then seconded to the Army during an officer's swap scheme.[54] He spent most of this time with the Gurkhas of the 8th Indian Infantry Division during the Battle of Monte Cassino.[55] While spending some time on leave in Naples, Lee climbed Mount Vesuvius, which erupted three days later.[56] During the final assault on Monte Cassino, the squadron was based in San Angelo and Lee was nearly killed when one of the planes crashed on takeoff and he tripped over one of its live bombs.[57] After the battle, the squadron moved to airfields just outside Rome and Lee visited the city, where he met his mother's cousin, Nicolò Carandini, who had fought in the Italian resistance movement.[58] In November 1944, Lee was promoted to flight lieutenant and left the squadron in Iesi to take up a posting at Air Force HQ.[59] Lee took part in forward planning and liaison, in preparation for a potential assault into the rumoured German Alpine Fortress.[60] After the war ended, Lee was invited to go hunting near Vienna and was then billeted in Pörtschach am Wörthersee.[61] For the final few months of his service, Lee, who spoke fluent French and German, among other languages, was seconded to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects.[62] Here, he was tasked with helping to track down Nazi war criminals.[63] Of his time with the organisation, Lee said: "We were given dossiers of what they'd done and told to find them, interrogate them as much as we could and hand them over to the appropriate authority ... We saw these concentration camps. Some had been cleaned up. Some had not."[63] Lee then retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.[62]

 

Intriguingly, Lee's stepfather served as a captain in the Intelligence Corps, but it is unlikely he had any influence over Lee's military career. Lee saw him for the last time on a bus in London in 1940, by now divorced from Lee's mother, though Lee did not speak to him.[64] Lee mentioned that during the war he was attached to the Special Operations Executive and the Long Range Desert Patrol, the precursor of the SAS,[65][66] but always declined to go into details.

“ I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read in to that what they like.[67]

 

Reading this it as if he lived several lifetimes in just seven years (1939-1946) - amazing.

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Wow. Considering his age, I was expecting this to happen eventually, but with Lee, he just seemed to go on and on and on. To keep acting for as deep into his years as he did was just amazing.

 

RIP and a hearty salute to a such a long and rich life.

 

By way, he was a badass even before he played one in the movies. Check out what he used to do during WWII before deciding to be an actor. It's amazing.

 

 

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When World War II broke out, Lee volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War in 1939.[33] He and other British volunteers were kept away from actual fighting, but they were issued winter gear and were posted on guard duty a safe distance from the front lines. After a fortnight, they returned home.[34] Lee returned to work at United States Lines and found his work more satisfying, feeling that he was contributing. In early 1940, he joined Beecham's, at first as an office clerk, then as a switchboard operator.[35] When Beecham's moved out of London, he joined the Home Guard.[36] In the winter, his father fell ill with double pneumonia and died on 12 March 1941. Realising that he had no inclination to follow his father into the Army, Lee decided to join up while he still had some choice of service, and volunteered for the Royal Air Force.[37]

 

Lee reported to RAF Uxbridge for training and was then posted to the Initial Training Wing at Paignton.[38] After passing his exams in Liverpool, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan meant that he travelled on the Reina del Pacifico to South Africa, then to his posting at Hillside, at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia.[39] Training with de Havilland Tiger Moths, Lee was having his penultimate training session before his first solo flight when he suffered from headaches and blurred vision. The medical officer hesitantly diagnosed a failure of his optic nerve and he was told he would never be allowed to fly again.[40] Lee was devastated and the death of a fellow trainee from Summer Fields only made him more despondent. His appeals were fruitless and he was left with nothing to do.[41] He was moved around to different flying stations, before going to Salisbury in December 1941.[42] He then visited the Mazowe Dam, Marandellas, the Wankie Game Reserve and the ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Thinking he should "do something constructive for my keep", he applied to join RAF Intelligence. His superiors praised his initiative and he was seconded into the Rhodesian Police Force and was posted as a warder at Salisbury Prison.[43] He was then promoted to leading aircraftman and moved to Durban in South Africa, before travelling to Suez on the Nieuw Amsterdam.[44]

 

After "killing time" at RAF Kasfareet near the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal Zone, he resumed intelligence work in the city of Ismaïlia.[45] He was then attached to No. 205 Group RAF before being promoted to pilot officer and attached to No. 260 Squadron RAF as an intelligence officer.[46] As the North African Campaign progressed, the squadron "leapfrogged" between Egyptian airstrips, from RAF El Daba to Maaten Bagush and on to Mersa Matruh. They lent air support to the ground forces and bombed strategic targets. Lee, "broadly speaking, was expected to know everything."[47] The Allied advance continued into Libya, through Tobruk and Benghazi to the Marble Arch and then through El Agheila, Khoms and Tripoli, with the squadron averaging five missions a day.[48] As the advance continued into Tunisia, with the Axis forces digging themselves in at the Mareth Line, Lee was almost killed when the squadron's airfield was bombed.[49] After breaking through the Mareth Line, the squadron made their final base in Kairouan.[50] After the Axis surrender in North Africa in May 1943, the squadron moved to Zuwarah in Libya in preparation for the Allied invasion of Sicily.[51] They then moved to Malta, and, after its capture by the British Eighth Army, the Sicilian town of Pachino, before making a permanent base in Agnone Bagni.[52] After the Sicilian campaign was over, Lee came down with malaria for the sixth time in under a year. He was flown to a hospital in Carthage for treatment and when he returned, the squadron was restless. Frustrated with a lack of news about the Eastern Front and the Soviet Union in general, and with no mail from home or alcohol, unrest spread and threatened to turn into mutiny. Lee, by now an expert on Russia, talked them into resuming their duties, which much impressed his commanding officer.[53]

 

After the Allied invasion of Italy, the squadron was based in Foggia and Termoli during the winter of 1943. Lee was then seconded to the Army during an officer's swap scheme.[54] He spent most of this time with the Gurkhas of the 8th Indian Infantry Division during the Battle of Monte Cassino.[55] While spending some time on leave in Naples, Lee climbed Mount Vesuvius, which erupted three days later.[56] During the final assault on Monte Cassino, the squadron was based in San Angelo and Lee was nearly killed when one of the planes crashed on takeoff and he tripped over one of its live bombs.[57] After the battle, the squadron moved to airfields just outside Rome and Lee visited the city, where he met his mother's cousin, Nicolò Carandini, who had fought in the Italian resistance movement.[58] In November 1944, Lee was promoted to flight lieutenant and left the squadron in Iesi to take up a posting at Air Force HQ.[59] Lee took part in forward planning and liaison, in preparation for a potential assault into the rumoured German Alpine Fortress.[60] After the war ended, Lee was invited to go hunting near Vienna and was then billeted in Pörtschach am Wörthersee.[61] For the final few months of his service, Lee, who spoke fluent French and German, among other languages, was seconded to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects.[62] Here, he was tasked with helping to track down Nazi war criminals.[63] Of his time with the organisation, Lee said: "We were given dossiers of what they'd done and told to find them, interrogate them as much as we could and hand them over to the appropriate authority ... We saw these concentration camps. Some had been cleaned up. Some had not."[63] Lee then retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.[62]

 

Intriguingly, Lee's stepfather served as a captain in the Intelligence Corps, but it is unlikely he had any influence over Lee's military career. Lee saw him for the last time on a bus in London in 1940, by now divorced from Lee's mother, though Lee did not speak to him.[64] Lee mentioned that during the war he was attached to the Special Operations Executive and the Long Range Desert Patrol, the precursor of the SAS,[65][66] but always declined to go into details.

“ I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read in to that what they like.[67]

 

Reading this it as if he lived several lifetimes in just seven years (1939-1946) - amazing.

 

I would volunteer that 93 years was not nearly enough time to accomplish all that he did. I wonder if he ever even slept.

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When World War II broke out, Lee volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War in 1939.[33] He and other British volunteers were kept away from actual fighting, but they were issued winter gear and were posted on guard duty a safe distance from the front lines. After a fortnight, they returned home.[34]

 

:applause:

 

That would have been one war worth withdrawing from. Sub-zero temps. Out numbered and overrun by the Soviets. Fortunately for future generations he was prudently withdrawn from that theatre of war.

 

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In the extended edition of Lord of the Rings, Lee (playing Saruman) is stabbed. Peter Jackson tried to give him direction as to how to play it when he was stabbed and Lee quietly educated Jackson on how a man reacts to being stabbed based on his SOE experience.

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I saw this on Facebook and thought I should post it again, here.

 

From Gandalf

 

 

"Christopher Lee, CBE, CStJ (1922-2015)

When I arrived in New Zealand to start filming as Gandalf, in the first week of the 21st Century, Peter Jackson held a dinner for some of the cast. I was happily next to Christopher Lee who I had known of throughout my actor-admiring life. He'd been cast as the white wizard Saruman but his opening line to me was: "I've always thought I should play Gandalf. I read 'Lord of the Rings' every year - sometimes twice."

 

He then treated me to a snatch of the black speech of Mordor and I felt inadequate. Not that that was Chris's intention: he was 78 and well practised in the art of gentlemanly rectitude. The epitome of "tall, dark and handsome" kept any inner demons for his acting Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and, once, as Sherlock Holmes.

 

 

It's what made his Saruman so effective. With his long beard and white robes, he had the air of a stern yet benign Pope that belied his ambition to rule Middle-earth, with cruelty and spite.

 

Between our facing-off on the set, he could easily be persuaded to reminisce. After all there were over 200 films on his CV and a couple of singing albums. His earliest intention was to be an opera bass., Touchingly he was a little nervous at the outset. "Peter made me do my first speech 10 times!!" I told him not to worry as the previous day I'd had to repeat a scene 27 times. His dark eyes widened and glinted but he didn't complain again.

 

Peter was tickled to have his Hammer Horror hero as the villain and devised a spectacular death to acknowledge his vampiric past - falling onto a spike which pierced his dastardly heart. Chris didn't much approve and I think the episode can only be seen in the extended Director's Cut.

 

An odd pity that he didn't work in the theatre, nor direct a film, like his idol Laurence Olivier who had Chris as a spear-carrier in his film of 'Hamlet.' But he was justly proud of the span and success of his career in movies and when knighted must, like all of us, have been pleased to share a title with Sir Larry.

 

The last time Saruman and Gandalf filmed together was 'round a table in Rivendell but while Galadriel, Elrond and I were in the Wellington studio, Sir Christopher's interjections were filmed in London some months later. You can't tell. In movies, all is not as it seems.

 

Yet when he joined the "Star Wars" cast he said he did all his own stunts without benefit of a stand-in. That certainly wasn't true of his gravity-defying fight with Gandalf. I suspect he just wanted to declare he was in old age fit for purpose. He needn't have worried. His acting prowess never declined". --Ian McKellen, June 2015

 

I found this a kind tribute to a man that was admired by his fans and fellow thespians. :headbang:

 

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