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Biography

Christopher Lee has defined the macabre for generations of horror film enthusiasts. His long film career began in 1947. In 1957, Lee appeared in…more

Born

5/27/1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Christopher Frank Carandini Lee

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Gormenghast
  Flay
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    2/7/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    1/31/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    1/24/00
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    1/17/00
- Wyrd Sisters
  Voice of Death
- Shaka Zulu
  Lord Bathurst
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part 4
    11/5/87
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3
    11/4/87
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    11/3/87
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    11/2/87
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The New Adventures of Robin Hood
  Olwyn
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Auction
    12/13/98
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Sceptre
    10/11/97
  - S 1: Ep 13 Nightmare Of The Magic Castle
    4/7/97
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Legend Of Olwyn
    2/24/97
  - S 1: Ep 4 A Race Against Death
    2/3/97
  - + 3 More Credits
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Steve Smith Playhouse
  Professor Alexander Saxton
  - S 1: Ep 13 Wanker Express
    12/5/04
- This is Your Life (UK)
  Himself
  - S 43: Ep 20 Vic Armstrong
    6/26/03
  - S 30: Ep 18 Peter Cushing
    2/21/90
  - S 14: Ep 21 Christopher Lee
    4/3/74
- Essential Poems
  Reader of a Marriage by R.S. Thomas
  - S 1: Ep 5 Love in a Life
    2/18/03
- Essential Poems
  Reader of On Marriage ( From the Prophet) by Kahlil Gibran
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wild Nights
    2/15/03
- Xchange
  Studio Guest
  - S 5: Ep 102 12 December 2002
    12/12/02
- Legends
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Roger Moore
    7/24/01
- The Tomorrow People (1992)
  Sam Rees
  - S 3: Ep 5 The Rameses Connection, Part 5
    2/1/95
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Rameses Connection, Part 4
    1/25/95
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Rameses Connection, Part 3
    1/18/95
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Rameses Connection, Part 2
    1/11/95
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Rameses Connection, Part 1
    1/4/95
- Phoenix (1992)
  Guy Douglas
  - S 2: Ep 8 In on the Joke
    4/29/93
- The South Bank Show
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 11 Dracula
    1/24/93
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  Graf Czerin
  - S 2: Ep 1 Austria, March 1917
    9/21/92
- James Bond, Jr.
  Francisco Scaramanga
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Sorcerer/King
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
    9/17/84
- Charlie's Angels
  Dale Woodman
  - S 5: Ep 1 Angel in Hiding
    11/30/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 169 June 26, 1979
    6/26/79
  - S 13: Ep 139 March 27, 1975
    3/27/75
- How the West Was Won
  The Grand Duke
  - S 2: Ep 7 3/26/78
    3/26/78
  - S 2: Ep 6 3/19/78
    3/19/78
  - S 2: Ep 5 3/12/78
    3/12/78
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 15 Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf
    3/25/78
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 31 October 17, 1977
    10/17/77
- Space: 1999
  Captain Zantor
- Great Mysteries
  Arnaud
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Leather Funnel
    9/8/73
- The Avengers
  Colonel Mannering
  - S 6: Ep 14 The Interrogators
    1/1/69
- The Avengers
  Professor Stone
  - S 5: Ep 10 Never, Never Say Die
    3/18/67
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Karl Jorla
  - S 2: Ep 27 The Sign of Satan
    5/8/64
- One Step Beyond
  Wilhelm Reitlinger
  - S 3: Ep 31 The Sorcerer
    5/23/61
- White Hunter
  Mark Caldwell
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Hungry Hell
    3/1/58
- Ivanhoe
  Sir Otto
  - S 1: Ep 7 German Knight
    2/16/58
- O.S.S.
  Dessinger
  - S 1: Ep 17 Operation Firefly
    1/4/58
- The Gay Cavalier
  Colonel Jeffries
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Lady's Dilemma
    7/26/57
- Errol Flynn Theater
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Evil Thought
    3/22/57
  - — Fortunes of War
- Assignment Foreign Legion
  Rodin
  - S 1: Ep 20 As We Forgive
    2/1/57
- Assignment Foreign Legion
  El Abba
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Anaya
    12/7/56
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard
  Jeanpierre
  - S 1: Ep 2 At Night All Cats Are Grey
    3/8/56
- The Vise
  Martell
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Price Of Vanity
    5/20/55
- The Vise
  Larry Spence
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Final Column
    1/14/55
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Space: 1999
  Captain Zantor
  - S 1: Ep 14 Earthbound
    1/23/76
Writer (2)

Role
- Rush
  Writer
  - S 4: Ep 6 Series 4, Episode 6
    9/29/11
  - S 4: Ep 3 Series 4, Episode 3
    9/8/11
  - S 4: Ep 1 Series 4, Episode 1
    9/1/11
  - S 2: Ep 20 Series 2, Episode 20
    11/19/09
  - S 2: Ep 16 Series 2, Episode 16
    10/22/09
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Secret Life of Us
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Dance
    3/4/02
Creator (1)

Role
- Rush
  Creator
  - S 3: Ep 22 Series 3, Episode 22
    12/16/10
  - S 3: Ep 21 Series 3, Episode 21
    12/9/10
  - S 3: Ep 20 Series 3, Episode 20
    12/2/10
  - S 3: Ep 19 Series 3, Episode 19
    11/25/10
  - S 3: Ep 18 Series 3, Episode 18
    11/25/10
  - + 52 More Credits
Script Coordinator (1)

Role
- Rush
  Script Coordinator
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/2/08

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- Christopher's hobbies are travel, opera and golf.
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- Christopher consider the role of Jinnah the most important part that he's ever played as an actor.
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- Christopher never spoke a word in the second Dracula movie.
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- Christopher Lee: I stopped appearing as Dracula in 1972 because in my opinion the presentation of the character had deteriorated to such an extent, particularly bringing him into the contemporary day and age, that it really no longer had any meaning.
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- Christopher Lee: Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word "horror". They, like I, went for the French description: "the theatre of the fantastique."
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- Christopher Lee: There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business.
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