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Christopher
Lee
Born 27 May, 1922
Belgravia, London
England, UK
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After fighting in the war, Lee starred in his firs
movie in 1948, "Corridor
of Mirrors". In the following years
he played in many movies in almost every genre, but it wasn't until
he started working with Hammer Productions that he became a star.
The first Hammer movie he starred in was "Curse
of Frankenstein" (1957), where he
starred with Peter Cushing, another great horror actor. In the following
couple of years he played in several famous horror movies together
with Peter Cushing, including: "Dracula"
(1958), "The Hound of the Baskervilles"
(1959) and "The
Mummy" (1959). He did several appearances
as Dracula in the following years. In addition to numerous more,
he also did several appearances on the screen as "Dr. Fu Manchu"
where he worked with Spanish director Jesus
Franco on the last two movies of the series. He did several
more movies directed by Franco, like Eugenie
and The Bloody
Judge, which he doesn't seem to be too proud of because of the
sleazy nature of the films. During the 70's he got tired of being
looked upon as a horror actor, so he started starring in more productions
outside the horror genre. He didn't leave the genre completely though,
as he starred in movies like: "House
of the Long Shadows" (1983) co-starring
horror legend Vincent Price, "Howling
II" (1985), "Gremlins
2: The New Batch" (1990), "Sleepy
Hollow" (1999) and more. In the last
years, he's got the privilege of starring in two gigantic productions,
"The Lord of the Rings"
and "Star Wars".
My oppinion
Having heard a lot of Christopher Lee's comments on various horror
DVD extras, I h have to say I dislike the way he seems to look down
on the horror genre, and his past as a horror actor. Perhaps the
"big" roles he's had the last couple of years has gone
to his head..? When it comes to his acting skills, there's no doubt
though, he's one of the best! His portrayal of Dracula is classic,
and I've loved him in the Franco productions I've seen as well.
Like with Vincent Price,
I feel that several movies that with lesser actors would have been
close to un-watchable, have become an ok experience just because
Lee stars in it. His performance in the LOTR triology (Saruman)
was great as well, as most would agree I think. It would have been
fun to see Lee in an earlier Peter
Jackson production though, when he had his horror period, but
I fear that chance is gone..
Filmography
Because of the great number of movies Lee has starred
in, I will only list the genre movies he's starred in with a couple
of exceptions.
| Nr |
Year |
Title
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| 1 |
1948 |
Corridor of Mirrors (Drama)
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| 2 |
1956 |
Alias John Preston
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| 3 |
1957 |
Curse of Frankenstein, The
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| 4 |
1958 |
Dracula
aka Dracula 1958
aka Horror of Dracula
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| 5 |
1959 |
Hound of the Baskervilles, The
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| 6 |
1959 |
Man Who Could Cheat Death, The
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| 7 |
1959 |
Mummy, The
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| 8 |
1959 |
Hard Times for Dracula
aka Tempi duri per i vampiri
aka Hard Times for Vampires
aka My Uncle the Vampire
aka Uncle was a Vampire
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| 9 |
1960 |
City of the Dead, The
aka Horror Hotel
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| 10 |
1960 |
Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The
aka Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
aka House of Fright
aka Jekyll's Inferno
aka Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The
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| 11 |
1961 |
Terror of the Tongs, The
aka Terror of the Hatchet Men
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| 12 |
1961 |
Hands of Orlac, The
aka Hands of a Strangler
aka Hands of the Strangler
aka Mains d'Orlac, Les
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| 13 |
1961 |
Taste of Fear
aka Scream of Fear
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| 14 |
1961 |
Hercules in the Haunted World
aka Ercole al centro della terra
aka Hercules at the Center of the Earth
aka Hercules in the Center of the Earth
aka Hercules vs. the Vampires
aka Vampires vs. Hercules, The
aka With Hercules to the Center of the Earth
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| 15 |
1962 |
Corridors of Blood
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| 16 |
1963 |
Katarsis
aka Sfida al diavolo
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| 17 |
1963 |
Body and the Whip, The
aka Frusta e il corpo, La
aka Night Is the Phantom
aka Son of Satan
aka Way and the Body, The
aka What
aka Whip and the Body, The
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| 18 |
1963 |
Virgin of Nuremberg, The
aka Vergine di Norimberga, La
aka Back to the Killer
aka Castle of Terror, The
aka Horror Castle
aka Terror Castle
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| 19 |
1963 |
Terror in the Crypt
aka Maldición de los Karnstein, La
aka Carmilla
aka Catharsis
aka Crypt and the Nightmare, The
aka Crypt of Horror
aka Crypt of the Vampire, The
aka Curse of the Karnsteins, The
aka Karnstein
aka Karnstein Curse, The
aka Vampire's Crypt, The
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| 20 |
1964 |
The Gorgon
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| 21 |
1964 |
Castle of the Living Dead
aka Castello dei morti vivi, Il
aka Crypt of Horror
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| 22 |
1965 |
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
aka Blood Suckers, The
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| 23 |
1965 |
Skull, The
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| 24 |
1965 |
Face of Fu Manchu, The
aka Mask of Fu Manchu, The
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| 25 |
1966 |
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
aka Bloody Scream of Dracula, The
aka Disciple of Dracula
aka Dracula 3
aka Revenge of Dracula
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| 26 |
1966 |
Theatre of Death
aka Blood Fiend
aka Female Fiend, The
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| 27 |
1966 |
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
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| 28 |
1966 |
Circus of Fear
aka Circus of Terror
aka Psycho-Circus
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| 29 |
1966 |
Brides of Fu Manchu, The
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| 30 |
1967 |
Vengeance of Fu Manchu, The
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| 31 |
1967 |
Snake Pit, The
aka Schlangengrube und das Pendel, Die
aka Blood Demon, The
aka Castle of the Walking Dead
aka Pendulum
aka Snake Pit and the Pendulum, The
aka Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, The
aka Torture Room, The
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| 32 |
1967 |
Night of the Big Heat
aka Island of the Burning Damned
aka Island of the Burning Doomed
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| 33 |
1968 |
Devil Rides Out, The
aka Devil's Bride, The
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| 34 |
1968 |
Blood of Fu Manchu, The
aka Against All Odds (1969) (USA: video title)
aka Fu Manchu and the Keys of Death (1968)
aka Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death (1968)
aka Fu Manchu's Kiss of Death
aka Kiss and Kill (1969) (USA)
aka Kiss of Death
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| 35 |
1968 |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
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| 36 |
1968 |
Curse of the Crimson Altar
aka Crimson Altar, The
aka Crimson Cult, The
aka Curse of the Crimson Cult
aka Reincarnation, The
aka Spirit of the Dead
aka Witch House
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| 37 |
1969 |
Castle of Fu Manchu, The
aka Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die
aka Assignment Istanbul
aka Fu Manchu's Castle
aka Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu, The
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| 38 |
1969 |
Oblong Box,
The
aka Dance, Mephisto
aka Edgar Allan Poe's The Oblong Box
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| 39 |
1969 |
Scream
and Scream Again
aka Screamer
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| 40 |
1970 |
The Bloody
Judge
aka Trono di fuoco, Il
aka Hexentöter von Blackmoor, Der
aka Night of the Blood Monster
aka Throne of the Blood Monster
aka Trial of the Witches
aka Witch Killer of Broadmoor
aka Witches' Trial
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| 41 |
1970 |
Count Dracula
aka Conde Drácula, El
aka Bram Stoker's Count Dracula
aka Dracula 71
aka Nights of Dracula, The
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| 42 |
1970 |
One More Time (Uncredited)
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| 43 |
1970 |
Taste the Blood of Dracula
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| 44 |
1970 |
Eugenie the Story of Her Journey Into
perversion
aka Isla de la muerte, La
aka Eugenie
aka De Sade 70
aka Philosophy in the Boudoir
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| 45 |
1970 |
Scars of Dracula
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| 46 |
1970 |
House That Dripped Blood, The
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| 47 |
1971 |
I, Monster
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| 48 |
1971 |
Hannie Caulder (Western)
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| 49 |
1972 |
Dracula A.D. 1972
aka Dracula Today
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| 50 |
1972 |
Nothing But the Night
aka Devil's Undead, The
aka Resurrection Syndicate, The
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| 51 |
1972 |
Horror Express
aka Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train
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| 52 |
1972 |
Death Line
aka Raw Meat
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| 53 |
1973 |
Creeping Flesh, The
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| 54 |
1973 |
Three Musketeers, The (Adventure)
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| 55 |
1973 |
Wicker Man, The
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| 56 |
1973 |
Dark Places
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| 57 |
1974 |
Satanic Rites of Dracula, The
aka Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride
aka Dracula Is Alive and Well and Living in London
aka Rites of Dracula
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| 58 |
1974 |
Man with the Golden Gun, The
(James Bond)
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| 59 |
1974 |
Four Musketeers, The (Adventure)
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| 60 |
1976 |
To the Devil a Daughter
aka Child of Satan
aka To the Devil... a Daughter
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| 61 |
1976 |
Dracula and Son
aka Dracula père et fils
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| 62 |
1976 |
Keeper, The
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| 63 |
1977 |
Meatcleaver Massacre
aka Evil Force
aka Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre, The
aka Revenge of the Dead
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| 64 |
1977 |
Starship Invasions (Sci-Fi)
aka Alien Encounter
aka Project Genocide
aka War of the Aliens
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| 65 |
1977 |
End of the World (Sci-Fi)
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| 66 |
1979 |
1941 (Comedy/War)
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| 67 |
1981 |
Evil Stalks This House (TV)
aka Tales of the Haunted
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| 68 |
1983 |
House of the Long Shadows
aka House of Long Shadows
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| 69 |
1985 |
Howling II
aka Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf
aka Stirba the Werewolf Bitch
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| 70 |
1989 |
Around the World in 80 Days
(Mini-series Adventure)
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| 71 |
1989 |
Return of the Musketeers, The (Adventure)
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| 72 |
1990 |
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
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| 73 |
1991 |
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
aka Panga
aka Witchcraft
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| 74 |
1994 |
Funny Man
aka Funnyman
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| 75 |
1996 |
Prinzessin Alisea (TV, Adventure)
aka Sorellina e il principe del sogno
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| 76 |
1998 |
Tale of the Mummy
aka Talos the Mummy
aka Russell Mulcahy's Tale of the Mummy
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| 77 |
1999 |
Sleepy Hollow
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| 78 |
2000 |
Ghost Stories for Christmas
(Voice, Mini-series)
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| 79 |
2001 |
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
(Adventure)
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| 80 |
2002 |
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of
the Clones
(Sci-Fi)
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| 81 |
1995 |
LOTR: The Two Towers (Adventure)
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| 82 |
2003 |
LOTR: Return of the King (Adventure,
Voice)
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| 83 |
2005 |
Star Wars: Episode III (Sci-Fi)
(post-production)
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| 84 |
2004 |
May Day (announced)
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| From "Curse
of Frankenstein" |
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Lee As Dracula |
Other Christopher Lee resources:
IMDB
- (Biograpy, Filmography, ++)
Google
Images - (Google image search on Peter
Jackson)
Sources
IMDB
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