Christopher Lee Biography (1922-)

Full name, Christopher Frank Carandini Lee; born May 27, 1922, in London, England; son of Geoffrey Trollope (a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army) andEstelle Marie (an Italian contessa; maiden name, Carandini) Lee; married Birgit Kroencke, March 17, 1961; children: Christina Erika. Addresses: Agent: c/o Don Buchwald & Associates, 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2200, LosAngeles, CA 90048.; Manager: c/o Jean Diamond, London Management Talent Agency, 2-4 Noel St., London WLV 3RB, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: May 27, 1922; London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Charles, Corridor of Mirrors, General Film Distributors, 1947
Jonathan, Penny and the Pownall Case, 1948
(Uncredited) Spear carrier, Hamlet, General Film Distributors, 1948
Pirelli's assistant, One Night with You, Universal, 1948
Auguste, A Song for Tomorrow, General Film Distributors, 1948
Bongo, The Gay Lady (also known as Trottie True), General Film Distributors, 1949
(Scenes deleted) Duke Anthony Von Wolfenbuttel, Saraband (also known as Saraband for Dead Lovers), EL, 1949
Bernard Day, Scott of the Antarctic, Pyramid, 1949
Newsman, Prelude to Fame, Universal, 1950
Spanish Captain Nativadad, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Warner Bros., 1951
Chris Lewis, They Were Not Divided, United Artists, 1951
Attache, The Crimson Pirate, Warner Bros., 1952
Slave dealer, Babes in Bagdad, 1952
Sir Felix Reybourne, Paul Temple Returns, Butchers Film Service, 1952
First detective, Valley of Eagles, Lippert, 1952
(Uncredited) Scurat, Moulin Rouge, United Artists, 1952
(Uncredited) Lieutenant Whitlock, Innocents in Paris, Tudor, 1952
Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (also known as Top Secret), Stratford, 1953
The Death of Michael Turbin, British Lion, 1954
Svenson, Destination Milan, British Lion, 1954
Segovian Groom, That Lady, 1955
Captain, The Dark Avenger (also known as The Warriors), 1955
Johnny, Police Dog, 1955
Man in Demand, 1955
The Final Column, Paramount, 1955
The ghost, Crossroads, 1955
Submarine commander, Cockleshell Heroes (also known as Operation Cockleshell), Columbia, 1955
Karaga Pasha, Storm over the Nile, Columbia, 1955
Captain, That Lady (also known as La princesa de eboli), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955
Moby Dick, Warner Bros., 1956
General Von Linbeck's aide, Private's Progress, 1956
Title role, Alias John Preston, British Lion, 1956
Franz Vermes, Port Afrique, Columbia, 1956
Gil Rossi, Beyond Mombasa, Columbia, 1957
Manola, Pursuit of the Graf Spee (also known as Battle of the River Plate), Rank, 1957
Charles Highbury, She Played with Fire (also known as Fortune Is a Woman), Columbia, 1957
The creature, Curse of Frankenstein, Warner Bros., 1957
The Accursed (also known as The Traitor), NR, 1958
Night Ambush (also known as Ill Met by Moonlight and Intelligence Service), Rank, 1958
Marquis of St. Evremonde, A Tale of Two Cities, Rank, 1958
Francois, The Truth about Women, Continental Distributing, 1958
Sergeant Barney, Bitter Victory, Columbia, 1958
Count Dracula, Horror of Dracula (also known as Dracula 1958), Universal, 1958
Dr. Pierre Gerard, Man Who Could Cheat Death, Paramount, 1959
Sir Henry Baskerville, Hound of the Baskervilles, United Artists,1959
Kharis the Mummy, The Mummy, Universal, 1959
Novak, Too Hot to Handle (also known as Playgirl after Dark), Topaz, 1959
Baron Rodrigo/Uncle Rinaldo, Hard Times for Dracula (also known asMy Uncle the Vampire), 1959
Professor Alan Driscoll, Horror Hotel (also known as City of the Dead), Trans-Lux, 1960
Brunner, Missile from Hell (also known as Unseen Heroes, Battle of the V-1, and V-1), Eros-NTA, 1960
Paul Allen, House of Fright (also known as The Two Faces of Dr.Jekyll), American International, 1961
Dr. Gerrard, Scream of Fear (also known as Taste of Fear),Columbia, 1961
Chung King, The Terror of the Tongs, Columbia, 1961
Li Chu, The Devil's Daffodil (also known as Daffodil Killer), Goldstone, 1961
Beat Girl (also known as Wild for Kicks), 1962
The Longest Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
Resurrection Joe, Corridors of Blood (also known as Doctor fromSeven Dials) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
Baron von Staub, The Devil's Agent, British Lion, 1962
Jacques, Hot Money Girl (also known as Treasure of San Teresa and Long Distance), United Producers, 1962
LaRoche, Pirates of Blood River, Columbia, 1962
Captain Allerman, The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (also known as The Secret of the Red Orchid), 1962
Title role, Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (also known asValley of Fear), Screen Gems, 1962
Count Ludwig Karnstein, Carmilla (also known as Terror in the Crypt), 1963
Faust '63, 1963
Erich, Virgin of Nuremberg (also known as Horror Castle, Terror Castle, Castle of the Living Dead, and The Castle of Terror), Zodiac, 1963
Captain Robeles, The Devil Ship Pirates, Columbia, 1964
Lyco, Hercules in the Haunted World, SPA/Woolner Brothers, 1964
Nero, The Hands of Orlac (also known as Hands of a Strangler), Continental Distributing, 1964
Professor Karl Meister, The Gorgon, Columbia, 1964
Franklyn Marsh, Doctor Terror's House of Horrors (also known as The Blood Suckers), Regal Films, 1965
Title role, Face of Fu Manchu, Seven Arts, 1965
Sir Matthew Phillips, The Skull, Paramount, 1965
Billali, She, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
Kurt Menliff, What! (also known as Night Is the Phantom, The Body and the Whip, Son of Satan, The Way and the Body,and The Whip and the Body), Futuramic, 1965
Fu Manchu, Brides of Fu Manchu, Seven Arts, 1966
(Uncredited) Voice of Owen, Ten Little Indians (also known as And Then There Were None), 1966
Title role, Dracula--Prince of Darkness, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
Title role, Rasputin-The Mad Monk, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966
Regula, The Blood Demon (also known as Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism), Hemisphere, 1967
Dragon, Five Golden Dragons, Anglo Amalgamated, 1967
Gregor, Psycho-Circus (also known as Circus of Fear), American International, 1967
On-screen narrator, Victims of Terror (also known as Victims ofVesuvius), 1967
Philippe Darvas, Theatre of Death (also known as Blood Fiend and The Female Fiend), Hemisphere, 1967
Hanson, Island of the Burning Damned (also known as Night of the Big Heat and Island of the Burning Doomed), Maron, 1967
Title role, The Blood of Fu Manchu (also known as Kiss and Kill), Udastex, 1968
Duc de Richleau, Devil Bride (also known as The Devil Rides Out), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
Colonel Stuart, Eve (also known as The Face of Eve), COM, 1968
Title role, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Warner Bros., 1968
Title role, Vengeance of Fu Manchu, Warner Bros., 1968
Title role, Castle of Fu Manchu (also known as The Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu), International Cinema, 1968
Doctor J. Neuhartt, The Oblong Box (also known as Edgar Allen Poe's "The Oblong Box" and Dance, Mephisto), American International, 1969
Dolmance, De Sade 70 (also known as Eugenie ... The Story of Her Journey into Perversion, Philosophy in the Boudoir, and La isla de la muerte), 1970
Count Dracula, Vampir--Cuadecuc (also known as Vampir), 1970
El Umbracle (also known as Umbracle), 1970
One More Time, United Artists, 1970
The Dunwich Horror, American International, 1970
J. D. Morley, Crimson Cult (also known as Curse of the CrimsonAltar and The Crimson Altar), American International, 1970
Count Dracula (title role), Scars of Dracula, American International, 1970
Count Dracula (title role), Taste the Blood of Dracula, Warner Bros., 1970
Lord George Jeffreys, The Bloody Judge (also known as Il Tronodi fuoco), 1970
Ship's vampire, The Magic Christian, COM, 1970
Fremont, Scream and Scream Again, American International, 1970
Mycroft Holms, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, United Artists, 1970
Artemidorus, Julius Caesar, United Artists, 1971
Title role, Count Dracula, Phoenix, 1971
Reid, The House That Dripped Blood, Amicus, 1971
Doctor Charles Marlowe and Mr. Blake, I, Monster, Cannon, 1971
Bailey, Hannie Caulder, Paramount, 1971
Vengeance of Virgo, 1972
Count Dracula, Dracula: A.D. 1972 (also known as Dracula Today), Warner Bros., 1972
Professor Alex Caxton, Horror Express (also known as Panic on the Trans-Siberian Express), Scotia, 1972
Lord Summerisle, The Wicker Man, Warner Bros., 1972
Death Line (also known as Raw Meat), 1973
James, The Creeping Flesh, Columbia, 1973
Van Krig, The Butcher, the Star, and the Orphan (also known as The Star, the Orphan, and the Butcher and Le Boucher, la star, et l'orpheline), 1973
Doctor Mandeville, Dark Places, Cinerama, 1974
Comte de Rochefort, The Three Musketeers, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
Comte de Rochefort, The Four Musketeers (also known as The Revenge of Milady), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974

Scaramanga, The Man with the Golden Gun, United Artists, 1974
Revenge of the Dead, 1975
Mayor Chilton, Killer Force (also known as The Diamond Mercenaries), American International, 1975
Count Colonel Bingham, Nothing But the Night (also known as TheDevil's Undead and The Resurrection Syndicate), Cinema Systems, 1975
Doctor Hayward, Diagnosis: Murder, 1975
Father Michael Raunor, To the Devil a Daughter (also known as Child of Satan and Die Braut des Satans), EMI, 1975
Himself/Vlad Tepes/Count Dracula, In Search of Dracula (also knownas Dracula's Transylvania, The Legend of Dracula, and Vem var Dracula?), Independent-International, 1975
Bill, Albino (also known as The Night of Askari, Whispering Death, Death in the Sun, and Der Fluesternde Tod), Topar, 1976
Title role, The Keeper, Lions Gate Films, 1976
Dracula, Dracula and Son (also known as Dracula pere et fils), Gaumont, 1976
Narrator, Meat Cleaver Massacre (also known as The Hollywood Meat Cleaver Massacre, Evil Force, and Revenge of the Dead),Group I, 1977
Zindar and Father Pergador, End of the World, Charles Band, 1977
Martin Wallace, Airport 77, Universal, 1977
Dr. Victor Gannon, Return from Witch Mountain, Buena Vista, 1978
Sardar Khan, Caravans, Universal, 1978
Count Dracula, Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (also known asSatanic Rites of Dracula), Dynamic Enterprises, 1978
Captain Rameses, Starship Invasions (also known as Alien Encounter, War of the Aliens, and Winged Serpent), Warner Bros.,1978
Head gypsy, The Passage, United Artists, 1979
Adam Caine, Jaguar Lives! (Also known as El felino), American International, 1979
Captain Wolfgang Von Kleinschmidt, 1941, Universal, 1979
Voice characterizations for Uncle Drosselmeyer, street singer, puppeteer,and watchmaker, Nutcracker Fantasy (animated), Sanrio, 1979
Alquazar, Arabian Adventure, Orion/Warner Bros., 1979
Zetan, Circle of Iron (also known as The Silent Flute), AVCO-Embassy, 1979
Albino, 1980
Lechinski, Bear Island (also known as Alistair MacLean's Bear Island), Columbia, 1980
Director Baldassare, The Salamander, ITC, 1980
Dr. Boxer, Desperate Moves (also known as A Desperate Case, Rollerboy, Save the Last Dance for Me, Steigler and Steigler, Steigler: A Desperate Case, and Steigler: A Serious Case), TWE, 1980
Luckman and Skull, Serial, Paramount, 1980
Morgan Canfield, An Eye for an Eye, AVCO-Embassy, 1981
Voice of King Haggard, The Last Unicorn (animated), ITC, 1982
Count Lorenzo Borgia, Safari 3000, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
Corrigan/Roderick Grisbane, House of the Long Shadows (also knownas House of Long Shadows), Cannon, 1982
Mr. Kellar, New Magic, 1983
Mr. Midnight, The Return of Captain Invincible (also known as Legend in Leotards), Seven Keys, 1983
Stefan Crosscoe, The Howling II ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (also known as Howling II and Stirba the Werewolf Bitch), Hemdale,1985
Chief Rich, Mask of Murder (also known as The Investigator), 1985
Clifford King, Rosebud Beach Hotel (also known as Big Lobbyand The No-Tell Hotel), Almi, 1985
President White, Jocks (also known as Road Trip), Crown International, 1986
Peter Storm, The Girl, Shapiro Entertainment, 1987
Kato, wicked knight, Mio in the Land of Faraway (also known as Mio min Mio, The Land of Faraway, and Mio, moj Mio), Nordisk Tonefilm International, 1987
(German version) Odin, Valhalla, 1987
Lord Bathurst, Shaka Zulu, 1987
Luis Morel, Dark Mission (Operacion cocaina) (also known as Dark Mission: Evil Flowers and Dark Mission (Les fleurs du mal), Vision Films, 1988
Rochefort, The Return of the Musketeers (also known as El regreso de los mosqueteros), MCA/Universal, 1989
Sanson, "Les annees terribles," La revolution francaise (also known as The French Revolution), 1989
Willard Hope, Murder Story, Academy Entertainment, 1989
Walter Strauss, La chute des aigles (also known as Fall of theEagles), 1989
Cardinale Spinosi, L'avaro (also known as El avaro and The Miser), 1989
Lazos, Honeymoon Academy (also known as For Better or for Worse), Triumph Releasing, 1990
Doctor Catheter, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Warner Bros., 1990
Uncle Rudolf, The Rainbow Thief, Warner Bros. Home Video, 1990
Sherlock Holmes, Incident at Victoria Falls (also known as Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls, Sherlock Homes: The Star of Africa, and The Star of Africa), 1991
Doctor Pearson, Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (also known as Panga), RCA/Columbia, 1991
King Philip, Journey of Honor (also known as Shogun Mayedaand Shogun Warrior), Rocket Pictures, 1992
Cedric, Jackpot (also known as Cyber Eden), 1992
Commandant Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (also known as Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow), Warner Bros., 1994
Callum Chance, Funny Man, Arrow Video, 1994
V. E. Longfellow, also known as Raptor, A Feast at Midnight, 1994
Evil Sender, The Stupids, New Line, 1996
Voice of Death, Welcome to Discworld (animated short film), 1996
Voice of Death, Soul Music (animated), 1996
Sir Richard Turkel, Tale of the Mummy (also known as Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy), Dimension Films, 1998
Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Jinnah, 1998
The burgomeister, Sleepy Hollow, Paramount, 1999
Count Ottokar Graf Czernin, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service, 1999
Saruman the White, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (also known as The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Motion Picture), Warner Bros./New Line, 2001
The Wicker Man Enigma (documentary), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2001
Cries in the Night: Orlof 2001, 2001
Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus, Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones (also known as Star Wars II), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
Saruman the White, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers), Warner Bros./New Line, 2002
To the Devil ... The Death of Hammer (documentary), Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2002
Actor's Notebook: Christopher Lee, 2002
Also appeared in Behind the Mask, The Death, Dracula IsDead?, The Sign of Satan, House of Blood, Katarsis,and The Pendulum.
Film Work
Producer
Nothing But the Night (also known as The Devil's Undead andThe Resurrection Syndicate), Cinema Systems, 1972
Television Appearances
Series
Narrator, Tales of the Haunted (also known as Evil Stalks ThisHouse), syndicated, 1981
Sam Rees, The Tomorrow People, Nickelodeon, 1995
Voice of Death, Wyrd Sisters (animated), 1996
Narrator, Strictly Supernatural, 1997
Henry, Xing suo (also known as Looking for Stars), 2000
Death, Les redoutables, 2001
Xu Xian, Bai she xin zhuan (also known as Madam White Snake), 2001
Miniseries
The Grand Duke, How the West Was Won, 1978
Kaka-ji Rao, The Far Pavilions (also known as Blade of Steel), HBO, 1984
Lord Bath, Shaka Zulu, syndicated, 1986
Stuart, Around the World in 80 Days, NBC, 1989
Ramses, Moses (also known as The Bible: Moses), TNT, 1996
Tiresias, The Odyssey (also known as Die Abenteuer des Odysseus, Homer's Odyssey, and Odissea), NBC, 1997
Lucard de Beaumanoir, Ivanhoe, Arts and Entertainment and BBC, 1997
Flay, Gormenghast, PBS, 2000
Rameses I, In the Beginning, NBC, 2000
Voice of M. R. James, Ghost Stories for Christmas (also known as Christopher Lee's Ghost Stories for Christmas), BBC, 2000
Episodic
"The Lady's Dilemma," The Gay Cavalier, 1956
"The Evil Thought," Errol Flynn Theater, 1957
"Fortunes of War," Errol Flynn Theater, 1957
Sir Otto, "The German Knight," Ivanhoe, 1958
Wilhelm Reitlinger, "The Sorcerer," Alcoa Presents, ABC, 1961
Karl Jorla, "The Sign of Satan," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1964
Professor Frank N. Stone, "Never, Never Say Die," The Avengers, ITV, 1967
Colonel Mannering, "The Interrogators," The Avengers, ITV, 1969
Arnaud, "The Leather Funnel," Great Mysteries, 1973
Captain Zandor, "Earthbound," Space: 1999, syndicated, 1975
Dale Woodman, "Angel in Hiding: Parts 1 & 2," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1980
King Vladimir V, "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out about the Shivers," Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelly Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre, 1984
Himself, "Wetten, das ... ? aus Kiel," Wetten, dass ... , 1987
Count Ottokar Graf Czerin, "Austria, March 1917," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1992
Olwyn, "A Race against Death," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, TNT and syndicated, 1996
Olwyn, "Godiva," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, TNT and syndicated, 1996
Olwyn, "The Time Machine," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, TNT and syndicated, 1996
Olwyn, "Robin and the Golden Arrow," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, TNT and syndicated, 1997
Olwyn, "The Legend of Olwyn," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, TNT and syndicated, 1997
Himself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
Himself, Richard and Judy, 2002
Himself, Leute heute, 2002
Also appeared as evil substitute teacher in an episode of The Nightmare Room, The WB.
Movies
Lucifer, Poor Devil, NBC, 1973
Samir Al Fay, Harold Robbins' "The Pirate," CBS, 1978
Miguel, Captain America II (also known as Death Too Soon),CBS, 1979
Marcus Valorium, Once Upon a Spy (also known as Lethal Games), ABC, 1980
John McKenzie, Goliath Awaits, syndicated, 1981
Victor Leopold, Massarati and the Brain, ABC, 1982
Prince Philip, Charles and Diana: A Royal Love Story, ABC, 1982
Blind Pew, Treasure Island, Fox, 1990
General Konstantin Benin, Death Train (also known as Alistair MacLean's Death Train and Detonator), USA Network, 1993
Specials
Narrator, Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror, 1994
Presenter, Once Upon a Time in Europe, 2001
Himself/Saruman, Quest for the Ring (documentary), Fox, 2001
Himself/Saruman, A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of Lord of the Rings (documentary), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
Other
Fog, Un metier du seigneur, 1986
King James of Aragon, The Disputation, 1986
Zander, The Care of Time, 1990
Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady, 1990
Narrator, Fear in the Dark, 1991
Mr. Bernard, Double Vision, 1992
Azaret, Sorellina e il principe del sogno (also known as Im Brunnen der Traeume and Prinzessin Alisea), 1996
RECORDINGS
Videos
The Vampire Interviews (documentary), Rhino Home Video, 1994
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (documentary), BBC, 1996
Narrator, A Century of Science Fiction, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons, Passport Video,1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Double Demons, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company, Passport Video,1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: The Aristocrats of Evil, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: Sorcerers, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: Scream Queens, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: Maniacs, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: Giants and Dinosaurs, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror: Freaks, Passport Video, 1996
Host, 100 Years of Horror, Passport Video, 1996
Video Games
Narrator, The Rocky Interactive Horror Show, 1999
Albums; Contributor
"Finale Act One," Annie Get Your Gun, Jay Recordings, 1996
The King and I (soundtrack), 1997
Paul McCartney & Wings, Band on the Run 25th Anniversary Edition, EMI Music, 1999
"The Time Warp," The Rocky Horror Show, Empire Music Group, 2000
Singles include (with Gary Curtis) "I Was Born under a Wandering Star," 1999.
WRITINGS
Fiction
Christopher Lee's Treasury of Terror, Pyramid Publications, 1966
Christopher Lee's New Chamber of Horrors, Souvenir Press, 1974
Christopher Lee's Archives of Terror, Warner Books, Volume 1, 1975, Volume 2, 1976
(With Michael Parry) Lurking Shadows: An Anthology, W. H. Allen, 1979
The Great Villains, 1979
Nonfiction
Tall, Dark, and Gruesome (autobiography), W. H. Allen, 1977

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2001
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996
Miller, Mark A., Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema, 1995
Pohle, Robert, Jr., and Douglas C. Hart, The Films of Christopher Lee, Metuchen (New Jersey), 1983
Rigby, Jonathan, Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History, Reynolds & Hearn (London), 2001
Sothcott, Jonathan, The Cult Films of Christopher Lee, Eaton Books, 2000

Periodicals

Films and Filming, September, 1985

Electronic

Christopher Lee--Official Site, http://christopherleeweb.com, April 29, 2002

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