Christopher Lee filmography
The following is the filmography of English actor Sir Christopher Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015).
With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was well known for portraying Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films, beginning with Dracula (1958). His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond action film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002–2005), and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014).
Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and the BFI Fellowship in 2013.[1] He considered his best performance to be that of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best film to be the British cult film The Wicker Man (1973).[2] He frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing in numerous horror films, and late in his career had roles in five Tim Burton films.[3]
Film
[edit]| No. | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | |
| 2 | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | ||
| 3 | Hamlet | Spear Carrier | Uncredited | |
| 4 | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | ||
| 5 | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | ||
| 6 | My Brother's Keeper | Second Constable | Scenes deleted | |
| 7 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Bit Part | Uncredited | |
| 8 | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | ||
| 9 | 1949 | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham | |
| 10 | 1950 | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | |
| 11 | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | ||
| 12 | 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | |
| 13 | Valley of Eagles | Det. Holt | ||
| 14 | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver | Uncredited[2] | |
| 15 | 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph | |
| 16 | Top Secret | Russian Agent | ||
| 17 | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | ||
| 18 | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | ||
| 19 | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat | Uncredited | |
| 20 | 1953 | Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Unknown (voice) | |
| 21 | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | ||
| 22 | 1954 | Destination Milan | Svenson | |
| 23 | 1955 | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | Short film |
| 24 | That Lady | Captain | ||
| 25 | Final Column | Larry Spence | Archive footage | |
| 26 | Man in Demand | Martell | ||
| 27 | Contraband Spain | Narrator | Uncredited | |
| 28 | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern | ||
| 29 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Lt. Cdr. Dick Raikes, RN | ||
| 30 | Alias John Preston | John Preston | ||
| 31 | Police Dog | Police Constable Johnny | ||
| 32 | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | ||
| 33 | 1956 | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | Uncredited |
| 34 | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | ||
| 35 | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | ||
| 36 | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | ||
| 37 | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | ||
| 38 | 1957 | Ill Met by Moonlight | German Officer at Dentist's | |
| 39 | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | ||
| 40 | The Traitor | Dr. Neumann | ||
| 41 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | ||
| 42 | Manuela | Unknown (voice) | Uncredited | |
| 43 | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | ||
| 44 | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | ||
| 45 | 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | |
| 46 | Dracula | Count Dracula | Alternative title: Horror of Dracula | |
| 47 | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner | ||
| 48 | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | ||
| 49 | 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | |
| 50 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Pierre Gerard | ||
| 51 | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | ||
| 52 | The Mummy | Kharis / The Mummy | ||
| 53 | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | ||
| 54 | 1960 | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | |
| 55 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | Alternative titles: House of Fright and Jekyll's Inferno | |
| 56 | Beat Girl | Kenny King | Alternative title: Wild for Kicks | |
| 57 | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | Alternative title: Horror Hotel | |
| 58 | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | ||
| 59 | 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | |
| 60 | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | ||
| 61 | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | ||
| 62 | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) | Alternative title: Ercole al centro della terra | |
| 63 | 1962 | The Puzzle of the Red Orchid | Captain Allerman | Alternative title: The Secret of the Red Orchid |
| 64 | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | ||
| 65 | The Devil's Agent | Baron von Staub | ||
| 66 | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | ||
| 67 | 1963 | Stranglehold | ||
| 68 | Katarsis | Mephistoles | Alternative title: Challenge the Devil | |
| 69 | The Virgin of Nuremberg | Erich | Alternative titles: Castle of Terror and La vergine di Norimberga | |
| 70 | La frusta e il corpo | Kurt Menliff | Alternative titles: The Whip and the Body and Night Is the Phantom | |
| 71 | 1964 | Terror in the Crypt | Count Ludwig Karnstein | Alternative titles: Crypt of the Vampire and Crypt of Horror |
| 72 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | ||
| 73 | Il castello dei morti vivi | Count Drago | Alternative title: Castle of the Living Dead | |
| 74 | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | ||
| 75 | 1965 | Dr Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | Segment: "Disembodied Hand" |
| 76 | She | Billali | ||
| 77 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | ||
| 78 | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | ||
| 79 | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) | Uncredited | |
| 80 | 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | |
| 81 | Rasputin, the Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | ||
| 82 | Circus of Fear | Gregor | Alternative title: Psycho Circus | |
| 83 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | ||
| 84 | 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon No. 4 | |
| 85 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | ||
| 86 | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | ||
| 87 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | ||
| 88 | The Blood Demon | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | Alternative titles: Die Schlangengrube Und Das Pendel and The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | |
| 89 | 1968 | Eve | Colonel Stuart | Alternative title: The Face of Eve |
| 90 | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | Alternative title: The Devil's Bride | |
| 91 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | ||
| 92 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Count Dracula | ||
| 93 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Morley | Alternative title: The Crimson Cult | |
| 94 | 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |
| 95 | The Oblong Box | Dr J. Neuhart | ||
| 96 | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | ||
| 97 | 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | |
| 98 | Eugenie… The Story of Her Journey into Perversion | Dolmance | ||
| 99 | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | Alternative title: Night of the Blood Monster | |
| 100 | Count Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 101 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 102 | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | ||
| 103 | One More Time | The Vampire | Cameo | |
| 104 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | ||
| 105 | Scars of Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 106 | 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid | Segment: "Sweets to the Sweet" |
| 107 | Cuadecuc, vampir | Count Dracula / Himself | ||
| 108 | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake | ||
| 109 | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | ||
| 110 | 1972 | Umbracle | The Man | |
| 111 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | ||
| 112 | Horror Express | Sir Alexander Saxton | ||
| 113 | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | Alternative title: Raw Meat | |
| 114 | 1973 | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | |
| 115 | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | ||
| 116 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | ||
| 117 | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | [2] | |
| 118 | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | ||
| 119 | 1974 | Dark Places | Dr. Mandeville | |
| 120 | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | ||
| 121 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | ||
| 122 | 1975 | Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline | Van Krig / Himself | |
| In Search of Dracula | Narrator | |||
| 123 | Diagnosis Murder | Stephen Hayward | ||
| 124 | The Story of Heidi | Unknown (voice) | English dub | |
| 125 | 1976 | Killer Force | Major Chilton | Alternative title: The Diamond Mercenaries |
| 126 | To the Devil, A Daughter | Father Michael Rayner | ||
| 127 | Albino | Bill | Alternative titles: Whispering Death and Death in the Sun | |
| 128 | Dracula père et fils | The Prince of Darkness | Alternative title: Dracula and Son | |
| 129 | The Keeper | The Keeper | ||
| 130 | 1977 | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | |
| 131 | Meatcleaver Massacre | Narrator / Himself | Alternative titles: Evil Force and Revenge of the Dead | |
| 132 | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | ||
| 133 | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | ||
| 134 | 1978 | Circle of Iron | Zetan | Alternative title: The Silent Flute |
| 135 | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | ||
| 136 | Caravans | Sardar Khan | ||
| 137 | 1979 | The Passage | Gypsy | |
| 138 | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | General Miguel | ||
| 139 | Nutcracker Fantasy | Various voices | ||
| 140 | Arabian Adventure | Alquazar | ||
| 141 | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | ||
| 142 | Bear Island | Lechinski | ||
| 143 | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | ||
| 144 | 1980 | Serial | Luckman Skull | |
| 145 | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | ||
| 146 | 1981 | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | |
| 147 | Desperate Moves | Carl Boxer | ||
| 148 | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar | ||
| 150 | 1982 | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) | |
| 151 | 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | |
| 152 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | ||
| 153 | New Magic | Mr. Kellar | Short film | |
| 154 | 1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Clifford King | |
| 155 | The Bengal Lancers! | Sir James Hunter | Unfinished film | |
| 156 | 1985 | Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf | Stefan Crosscoe | |
| 157 | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | ||
| 158 | 1986 | Jocks | President White | |
| 159 | 1987 | Mio min Mio | Kato | |
| 160 | The Girl | Peter Storm | ||
| 161 | 1988 | Dark Mission | Luis Morel | |
| 162 | Olympus Force: The Key | Filly | ||
| 163 | 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 164 | La Révolution française | Sanson | Segment: "Années Terribles, Les" | |
| 165 | La chute des aigles | Walter Strauss | ||
| 166 | Murder Story | Willard Hope | ||
| 167 | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | ||
| 168 | 1990 | L'avaro | Cardinale Spinosi | |
| 169 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | ||
| 170 | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | ||
| 171 | 1991 | Kabuto | King Philip | |
| 172 | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Doctor Pearson | Alternative title: Panga | |
| 173 | Jackpot | Cedric | ||
| 174 | 1994 | Funny Man | Callum Chance | |
| 175 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Cmndt. Alexander Nikolaevich Rakov | ||
| 176 | A Feast at Midnight | V. E. Longfellow | ||
| 177 | Flesh and Blood | Narrator / Himself | Documentary film | |
| 178 | 1996 | The Stupids | Mr. Sender | |
| 179 | Welcome to the Discworld | Death (voice) | Short film | |
| 180 | 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | |
| 181 | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | [4] | |
| 182 | 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | |
| 183 | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | |
| 184 | 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | |
| 185 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | ||
| 186 | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Extended Edition only | |
| 187 | 2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Heinrich von Garten | |
| 188 | 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | |
| 189 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wilbur Wonka | ||
| 190 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | ||
| 191 | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) | ||
| 192 | 2007 | The Golden Compass | First High Councillor | |
| 193 | 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | |
| 194 | 2009 | Boogie Woogie | Alfred Rhinegold | |
| 195 | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | ||
| 196 | Triage | Joaquín Morales | ||
| 197 | Glorious 39 | Walter | ||
| 198 | 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | Jabberwock (voice) | |
| 199 | Burke & Hare | Joseph | ||
| 200 | 2011 | Season of the Witch | Cardinal d’Ambroise | |
| 201 | The Resident | August | ||
| 202 | The Wicker Tree | Old Gentleman | ||
| 203 | Grave Tales | Himself | Cameo | |
| 204 | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | ||
| 205 | 2012 | Dark Shadows | Silas Clarney | |
| 206 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | ||
| 207 | 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartolomeu | |
| 208 | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator | Segment: "The Fall of the House of Usher" | |
| 209 | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | ||
| 210 | Necessary Evil | Narrator | Documentary film | |
| 211 | 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman | Final role in a film released in his lifetime |
| 212 | 2016 | Angels in Notting Hill | God / Mr. President (voice) | Posthumous release |
| 213 | 2017 | The Hunting of the Snark | Narrator | Short film Posthumous release |
| 214 | 2024 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Saruman (voice) | Archival recording Posthumous release |
Television
[edit]| No. | Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1953–1956 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents | Various roles | 13 episodes |
| 2 | 1955 | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Stage Manager / Flask | Television film |
| 3 | The Vise | Various roles | 3 episodes | |
| 4 | Tales of Hans Anderson | 2 episodes | ||
| 5 | 1956 | Chevron of Fallen Stars | Governor | Episode: "Captain Kidd" |
| 6 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Louis | Uncredited Episode: "The Elusive Chauvelin" | |
| 7 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Jean-Pierre | Episode: "At Night All Cats Are Grey" | |
| 8 | Sailor of Fortune | Various roles | 2 episodes | |
| 9 | The Adventures of Aggie | Inspector Hollis | Episode: "Cut Glass" | |
| 10 | 1956–1957 | Assignment Foreign Legion | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 11 | 1957 | The Errol Flynn Theatre | 4 episodes | |
| 12 | The Gay Cavalier | Colonel Jeffries | Episode: "The Lady's Dilemma" | |
| 13 | 1958 | OSS | Dessinger | Episode: "Operation Firefly" |
| 14 | Ivanhoe | Sir Otto | Episode: "The German Knight" | |
| 15 | White Hunter | Mark Caldwell | Episode: "This Hungry Hell" | |
| 16 | 1959 | The Adventures of William Tell | Prince Erik | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 17 | 1960 | Tales of the Vikings | Norman Knight | Episode: "The Bull" |
| 18 | 1961 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Wilhelm Reitlinger | Episode: "The Sorcerer" |
| 19 | 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Karl Jorla | Episode: "The Sign of Satan" |
| 20 | 1967 | The Avengers | Professor Stone | Episode: "Never, Never Say Die" |
| 21 | 1969 | Colonel Mannering | Episode: "The Interrogators" | |
| 22 | Light Entertainment Killers | Unknown | Television film | |
| 1971 | Theatre Macabre | Self — Host | Season 1 of Theatre Macabre premiered on October 1, 1971. | |
| 23 | 1973 | Poor Devil | Lucifer | |
| 24 | Orson Welles Great Mysteries | Arnaud | Episode: "The Leather Funnel" | |
| 25 | 1976 | Space: 1999 | Captain Zandor | Episode: "Earthbound" |
| 26 | 1978 | How the West Was Won | The Grand Duke | 2 episodes |
| 27 | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | Television film | |
| 28 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf" | |
| 29 | 1979 | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | General Miguel | Television film |
| 30 | 1980 | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | |
| 31 | Charlie's Angels | Dale Woodman | Episode: "Angel in Hiding" | |
| 32 | 1981 | Evil Stalks This House | Host | Television film |
| 33 | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | ||
| 34 | 1982 | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | |
| 35 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Prince Philip | ||
| 36 | 1984 | The Far Pavilions | Kaka-ji Rao | 3 episodes |
| 37 | Faerie Tale Theatre | King Vladimir V | Episode: "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers" | |
| 38 | 1986 | Un métier du seigneur | Fog | Television film |
| 39 | The Disputation | King James I of Aragon | ||
| 40 | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | 10 episodes | |
| 41 | 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 3 episodes |
| 42 | La Révolution française | Sanson | Segment: "Les Années Terribles" | |
| 43 | 1990 | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | Television film |
| 44 | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | ||
| 45 | 1991 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 46 | 1992 | Incident at Victoria Falls | ||
| 47 | Beauty and the Beast | Monsieur Renard (voice) | ||
| 48 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Count Ottokar Graf Czerin | Episode: "Austria, March 1917" | |
| 49 | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | Television film | |
| 50 | 1993 | Death Train | General Konstantin Benin | |
| 51 | 1995 | The Tomorrow People | Rameses | Serial: "The Rameses Connection" |
| 52 | Moses | Ramesses II | Television film | |
| 53 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Himself (host) | 2 episodes | |
| 54 | 1996 | Alisea and the Dream Prince | Azaret | Mini-series |
| 55 | 1997 | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | 4 episodes |
| 56 | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 7 episodes | |
| 57 | Wyrd Sisters | 6 episodes | ||
| 58 | The Odyssey | Tiresias | 2 episodes | |
| 59 | 1997–1998 | The New Adventures of Robin Hood | Olwyn | 6 episodes |
| 60 | 2000 | Gormenghast | Flay | 4 episodes |
| 61 | In the Beginning | Rameses I | Television film | |
| 62 | Ghost Stories for Christmas | M. R. James | Episode: "The Stalls of Barchester" | |
| 63 | 2001 | Les Redoutables | Death | Segment: "Confession" |
| 64 | 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński | 2 episodes |
| 65 | 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Death (voice) | |
| 66 | 2018 | The Time War | Narrator | Posthumous release |
Video games
[edit]Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | The Constant Nymph | Roberto | Connaught Theatre, Worthing |
| 1948 | Design for Living | Henry Carver | |
| As You Like It | Jaques de Boys / First Lord | ||
| The Flat Next Door | Whitehall Theatre | ||
| 1949 | Wishing Well | John Pugh | Connaught Theatre, Worthing |
| See Naples and Die | Angelo de Medici |
Audiobooks
[edit]| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1994 | The Exorcist |
| 2007 | The Children of Húrin |
| 2009 | Dracula |
| 2009 | Frankenstein |
| 2009 | Phantom of the Opera |
| 2010 | The Hunchback of Notre-Dame |
| 2010 | Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde |
Awards and nominations
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ *"Hammer Horror star Lee knighted". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2012
- "Christopher Lee to receive Bafta Fellowship". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2012
- "Depp surprises Sir Christopher Lee with film award". BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2013
- ^ a b c "The Total Film Interview – Christopher Lee". Total Film. 1 May 2005. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Christopher Lee filmography". AllMovie. AllRovi. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ Lindrea , Victoria (11 October 2004). "Christopher Lee on the making of legends & Jinnah". BBC. Retrieved 5 November 2011.