Christopher Lee
Lee during a break in filming for The Heavy, June 2007
Birth name	Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
Born	May 27, 1922 (1922-05-27) (age 85) Belgravia, London, England
Years active	1948 - present
Spouse(s)	Birgit Kroencke
Official site	ChristopherLeeWeb.com

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Lee is best known for his portrayals of villains; he became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man, Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy as well as Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Lee's most important role, according to him, was his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah. His most recent film is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where he plays Willy Wonka's candy-hating dentist father.^[1] Despite a critically acclaimed career that spans over seven decades, Lee has never been nominated for an Academy Award. “Bad guy” redirects here. ... Count Dracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of Bram Stokers 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. ... New company logo as introduced in May 2007 A poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). ... This article is about the 1973 film. ... Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. ... The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Count Dooku (also known as Darth Tyranus) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. ... Revenge of the Sith is the third film of the prequel trilogy. ... Saruman is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium. ... This article is about the Peter Jackson films. ... office: 1st Governor-General of Pakistan Term of office: August 14, 1947 – September 11, 1948 Succeeded by: Khawaja Nazimuddin Date of birth: December 25, 1876 Place of birth: Wazir Mansion, Karachi Wives: Emibai 1892–1893, Rattanbai Petit 1918–1929 Children: daughter Dina Wadia Date of Death: September 11, 1948 Place... Jinnah is a film about the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. ... Not to be confused with the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... Willy Wonka is a character in the classic Roald Dahl childrens book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. ... For other uses, see Candy (disambiguation). ... X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

At six feet five inches (195.6cm), Lee is listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's tallest leading actor, a record he shares with Vince Vaughn, just beating Stephen Fry (Wilde) by ½ an inch.^[2] Guinness World Records 2008 edition. ... Vincent Anthony Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American film actor. ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, novelist, filmmaker, journalist and television personality. ...

Biography

Early life

Lee was born in Belgravia, London, England in 1922, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Trollope Lee of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and the Italian Marchesina Estelle Marie Carandini di Sarzano, whose grandfather had been an Italian political refugee who had sought refuge in Australia. Lee's mother was a famous Edwardian beauty who was painted by Sir John Lavery, as well as Oswald Birley and Olive Snell, and was sculpted by Clare Sheridan, a cousin of Winston Churchill. Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster in London, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grades spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel. ... The Kings Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army formation. ... This article is about a title of nobility. ... The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Mrs Lavery sketching, 1910, National Gallery of Australia. ... Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley MC, RA (31 March 1880 - 6 May 1952) was a New Zealand born portrait painter in the early part of the 20th century. ... Clare Frewen Sheridan (1885-1970), also known as Clare Consuelo Sheridan, was a British sculptress and writer who visited Soviet Russia in order to sculpt busts of Communist Party leaders. ... Churchill redirects here. ...

His parents separated when he was very young and his mother took him and his sister Xandra to Switzerland. Here Lee's family fell upon relatively hard times and there were rumours that he had to work on a fondue stand to make extra cash for his family. After enrolling in Miss Fisher's Academy in Wengen, he played his first villainous role as Rumpelstiltskin. The family returned to London where Christopher attended Wagner's private school. His mother then married Harcourt 'Ingle' Rose, a banker and uncle of the James Bond author Ian Fleming. Lee then attended Wellington College where he won scholarships in classics. He volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War against the Soviet Union in 1939; however, as Lee admits in his autobiography, he and his fellow British volunteers were in Finland only a fortnight and kept well away from the Russian forces the whole time. He went on to serve in the Royal Air Force and intelligence services during World War II. He trained in South Africa as a pilot but eyesight problems forced him to drop out. He eventually ended up in North Africa as Cipher Officer for No. 260 Squadron RAF and was with it through Sicily and Italy. Additionally, he has mentioned serving in Special Operations Executive. Lee retired from the RAF after the end of the War with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. Wengen is a car-free village in the Bernese Oberland. ... Illustration of Rumpelstiltskin from Andrew Langs The Blue Fairy Book, ca. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... 007 redirects here. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. ... Wellington College, Berkshire, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, which was granted its royal charter in 1853. ... For other uses, see Classics (disambiguation). ... Combatants Finland Soviet Union Commanders Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Kliment Voroshilov, later Semyon Timoshenko Strength 250,000 men 30 tanks 130 aircraft[1][2] 1,000,000 men 6,541 tanks [3] 3,800 aircraft[4][5] Casualties 26,662 dead 39,886 wounded 1,000 captured[6] 126,875... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “RAF” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This is a list of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons. ... The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as the Baker Street Irregulars after Sherlock Holmess fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than direct military engagement. ... A Flight Lieutenants sleeve/shoulder insignia Flight Lieutenant (abbreviated as Flt Lt and pronounced as flight lef-tenant, see Lieutenant) is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. ...

Career as an actor

Christopher Lee in his signature role, as Dracula (1958)

In 1946, Lee gained a seven-year contract with Rank Organisation after discussing his interest in acting with his mother's second cousin Nicolò Carandini, the Italian Ambassador. Carandini related to Lee that performance was in his blood as his great-grandmother Marie Carandini had been a successful opera singer in Australia, a fact of which Lee was unaware. He made his film debut in Terence Young's Gothic romance, Corridor of Mirrors, in 1948. Image File history File links Christopher_Lee_as_Dracula. ... Image File history File links Christopher_Lee_as_Dracula. ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nicolò Carandini Count Nicolò Carandini (1899-1972) was the first Italian ambassador to Great Britain after World War II and subsequently was president of the airline Alitalia. ... “Italian Republic” redirects here. ... Marie Carandini (1826-1894) was an English born Australian opera singer. ... Terence Young in the 1960s Stewart Terence Herbert Young (June 20, 1915 – September 7, 1994) was a British film director, born in Shanghai, China, was public-school educated, and read Oriental History at St Catharines College in the University of Cambridge (like the fictional character James Bond - see below). ... The gothic novel is an English literary genre, which can be said to have been born with The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole. ... Corridor of Mirrors is Prometheuss (Benji Vaughan) second album. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Signing in as Jonathan Blair at a Spanish riviera In Penny And The Pownall Case (1948)

In 1948, Lee made an uncredited appearance in Sir Laurence Olivier's film of Hamlet as a spear carrier (marking his first film with frequent costar Peter Cushing, who played Osric). Throughout the next decade, he made nearly thirty films, playing mostly stock action characters. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 75 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ABN-2 Channel Two Sydney/The Rank Organisation Image came from a digital transmission from ABC Sydney This... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 75 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ABN-2 Channel Two Sydney/The Rank Organisation Image came from a digital transmission from ABC Sydney This... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM, (IPA: ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Hamlet is a 1948 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet. ... Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913-11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite his close friend Christopher Lee. ...

Lee's first film for Hammer, made in 1957 with his close friend Peter Cushing, was The Curse of Frankenstein in which he played Frankenstein's monster. That led to his first appearance as the infamous Transylvanian bloodsucker in the 1958 film Dracula (known as Horror of Dracula in the US). Stories vary as to why Lee did not feature in the 1960 sequel The Brides of Dracula. Some state Hammer were unwilling to pay Lee his current fee but most tend to believe that he simply did not wish to be typecast. Lee did, however, return to the role in Hammer's Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1965. Lee's performance is notable in that he has no lines, merely hissing his way through the film. Again, stories vary as to the reason for this: Lee states he refused to speak the poor dialogue he was given, but writer Jimmy Sangster claims that the script did not contain any lines for the character. This film set the standard for most of the Dracula sequels in the sense that half the film's running time was spent on telling the story of Dracula's resurrection and the character's appearances were brief. Lee has gone on record to state that he was virtually 'blackmailed' by Hammer into starring in the subsequent films; unable or unwilling to pay him his going rate, they would resort to reminding him of how many people he would put out of work if he did not take part. New company logo as introduced in May 2007 A poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913-11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite his close friend Christopher Lee. ... The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions. ... Boris Karloff as Frankensteins Monster in Frankenstein (1931). ... This article is about the region in Romania. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ... For the characters, see Brides of Dracula. ...

As Colonel Bingham in Nothing But The Night (1972)

His performances in the following three films (1968's Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, 1969's Taste the Blood of Dracula and 1970's Scars of Dracula) all gave the character very little to do but were each commercially successful. Although Lee may not have liked what Hammer were doing with the character, worldwide audiences embraced the films which are now considered classics of the genre. Lee starred in two further Dracula films for Hammer in the early 70's, both of which attempted to bring the character into the modern day era. Neither was commercially successful. Lee's other work for Hammer included performances as The Mummy (1959), Rasputin in Rasputin, the Mad Monk (Lee apparently met Rasputin's assassin Prince Yusupoff when he was a child), and Sir Henry Baskerville to Cushing's Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles. He was also responsible for bringing acclaimed occult author Denis Wheatley to Hammer. The company made two films from Wheatley's novels, both starring Lee. The first, 1967's The Devil Rides Out, is generally considered to be the finest film Hammer made but the second, 1976's To the Devil a Daughter, was a troubled production and proved to be the last Hammer horror film. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ABN-2 Channel Two Sydney/The Rank Organisation Image came from a digital transmission from ABC Sydney This... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 720 pixel, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image taken by User:Try0yrt Copyright owned by: ABN-2 Channel Two Sydney/The Rank Organisation Image came from a digital transmission from ABC Sydney This... Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is a 1968 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Hammer Studios. ... Taste the Blood of Dracula is a horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. ... Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. ... The Mummy is a 1959 British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. ... Rasputin, the Mad Monk is a 1965 Hammer film directed by Don Sharp. ... The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 mystery movie produced by Hammer Studios and is directed by Terence Fisher. ... The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 film based on the novel The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley. ... To the Devil a Daughter is 1976 film made by Hammer Film Productions. ...

He also co-starred with Boris Karloff in the 1958 film Corridors of Blood. Like Cushing, Lee also appeared in horror films for other companies during the 20 year period from 1957 to 1977. Notable performances included the Jekyll and Hyde roles in I, Monster (1971), The Creeping Flesh (1972) and Lee's personal favourite The Wicker Man. Lee was attracted to the latter role by screenwriter Antony Schaffer and apparently gave his services for free as the budget was so small. Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt) (London, November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969) was an English actor, who immigrated to Canada in the 1910s, best known for his roles in horror films and the creation of Frankensteins monster in 1931s Frankenstein. ... Corridors of Blood is a 1958 horror film directed by Robert Day. ... I, Monster is a 1971 British horror film directed by Stephen Weeks (his feature debut) for Amicus Productions. ... The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 British horror film about a Victorian era scientist who returns from New Guinea with a skeleton which he unwittingly transforms into a malevolent being. ... This article is about the 1973 film. ...

It took him many years to shake off his typecast image as a horror player, but over the past three decades he has proved himself an extremely able and versatile actor. Lee also played in the well-known James Bond series. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy novels, had offered him the role of the title character in the first official Bond film Dr. No. Lee enthusiastically accepted, but the producers had already chosen Joseph Wiseman for the part. In 1974, Lee finally got to play a James Bond villain when he was cast as the deadly assassin Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun. 007 redirects here. ... Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. ... 007 redirects here. ... Dr. Julius No is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Dr. No. ... Dr. No is a 1962 spy film. ... Categories: Canadian people stubs | 1918 births | Canadian actors | James Bond actors ... 007 redirects here. ... The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. ... Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. ... The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ...

Because of his filming schedule in Bangkok, film director Ken Russell was unable to sign Lee to play The Specialist in Tommy (1975). That role was eventually given to Jack Nicholson. According to an AMC documentary on Halloween, John Carpenter states that he offered the role of Sam Loomis to Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee before Donald Pleasance took the role. Years later, Lee would meet Carpenter and tell him that the biggest regret of his career was not taking the role. In 1978, Lee surprised many people with his deft comedy timing and willingness to go along with a joke as guest host on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927), is an iconoclastic English film director, particularly well-known for his films about famous composers and his controversial, often outrageous pioneering work in film. ... Roger Daltrey as Tommy Tommy was a 1975 musical film, based on The Whos 1969 rock opera concept album Tommy. ... Nicholson as Wilbur Force in The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). ... Halloween (film) redirects here. ... John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, film score composer and occasional actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the American television series. ...

Christopher Lee portraying the founder of Pakistan, in the movie Jinnah (1998)

Lee also appeared in the series of Fu Manchu films from 1965 to 1969, starring as the eponymous villain in heavy oriental make-up. In 1998, Lee starred in the role of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, founder of modern Pakistan, in the film Jinnah. Image File history File links Screenshot_from_Jinnah. ... Image File history File links Screenshot_from_Jinnah. ... Jinnah is a film about the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. ... This article is about the fictional literature character. ... Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah (referred to in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam, or Great Leader, which is a legally defined title) (December 25, 1876 - September 11, 1948) was an Indian Muslim nationalist, who led the movement demanding a separate homeland for Muslims in... Jinnah is a film about the life of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. ...

He auditioned for a role in The Longest Day but was turned down as he did not look like a military man (despite having served in the RAF during World War II). Lee acted in the 1970 movie Eugenie unaware that it was softcore pornography, because the sex scenes were shot separately and edited in with his own appearances afterwards. Lee has played roles in over 220 films since 1948. He has had many notable television roles, including that of Flay in the BBC television miniseries, based on Mervyn Peake's novels, Gormenghast, and Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński in the 2005 CBS film John Paul the Second. The Longest Day is a 3-hour-long 1962 war film with a very large cast, based on the 1959 book The Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan, about D-Day, the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, during World War II. // The movie was adapted by Romain Gary, James... Softcore is a form of pornography that is less explicit than hardcore pornography in depicting or describing sexual behaviour. ... Porn redirects here. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Mervyn Laurence Peake (July 9, 1911 – November 17, 1968) was an English modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Stefan WyszyÅ„ski Cardinal Stefan WyszyÅ„ski (1901-1981) was the Archbishop of Warsaw and Gniezno from 1949 to 1981. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ...

Christopher Lee portrays the wizard Saruman from the Lord of the Rings film The Fellowship of the Ring.

Lee starred as Saruman in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. (In the commentary he states he was approached to play Gandalf, but said he was too old. Gandalf was then given to Sir Ian McKellen and Lee played Saruman.) Lee had met Tolkien once (making him the only person in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy to have done so), and makes a habit of reading the novels at least once a year.^[3] In addition, he performed for the album The Lord of the Rings: Songs and Poems by J. R. R. Tolkien in 2003.^[4] Image File history File links SarumanLOTR.jpg‎ http://www. ... Image File history File links SarumanLOTR.jpg‎ http://www. ... Saruman is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium. ... This article is about the Peter Jackson films. ... The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a film, released on Wednesday, December 19, 2001, directed by Peter Jackson with a runtime of 178 minutes (2 hours, 58 minutes). ... Saruman is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium. ... This article is about the Peter Jackson films. ... For other uses, see Gandalf (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Gandalf (disambiguation). ... Sir Ian McKellen takes a day out at Universal Studios, Hollywood, April 2000. ... Saruman is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium. ... Tolkien redirects here. ...

Lee as the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus in the Star Wars prequel Attack of the Clones

The Lord of the Rings marked the beginning of a small revival of his career that continued in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in which he played Count Dooku, a name allegedly chosen to reflect his fame playing Count Dracula. His autobiography states that he did much of the swordplay himself, though a double was required for the more vigorous footwork. His good friend and frequent co-star, Peter Cushing, portrayed the equally icy Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Lee played the role of Wilbur Wonka, the strict father of the star character Willy Wonka. Image File history File links DookuBZZZ.jpg Count Dooku, fallen Jedi Master, wields Force lightning at the Battle of Geonosis, from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. ... Image File history File links DookuBZZZ.jpg Count Dooku, fallen Jedi Master, wields Force lightning at the Battle of Geonosis, from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. ... Within the Star Wars universe, the term Sith is used to describe two separate but related groups. ... Count Dooku (also known as Darth Tyranus) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. ... This article is about the series. ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) is the fifth Star Wars science fiction movie released and the second part of the prequel trilogy which began with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) is the fifth Star Wars science fiction movie released and the second part of the prequel trilogy which began with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... Count Dooku (also known as Darth Tyranus) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. ... Grand Moff Governor Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe and is an antagonist in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope where he was portrayed by British actor Peter Cushing. ... This movie poster for Star Wars depicts many of the films important elements, such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, X-Wing and Y-Wing fighters Star Wars, retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981 (see note at Title,) is the original (and in chronological... Not to be confused with the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film). ... Willy Wonka is a character in the classic Roald Dahl childrens book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. ...

He was slated to appear as a ballad soloist in Tim Burton's film version of the Stephen Sondheim musical, Sweeney Todd. However, due to Johnny Depp's daughter's illness, the schedule became tight and his character, as well as the characters of thirteen other actors, were dropped from the film.[1] For other uses, see Sweeney Todd (disambiguation). ... Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II[2] on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky) is an Academy Award-nominated and SAG Awards-winning American actor and for his performances in the films Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Whats Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ed Wood (1994...

A rare appearance with his head shaved to look bald can be seen in 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, directed by Billy Wilder. According to the Oracle of Bacon website at the University of Virginia, Lee is ranked second (just behind Rod Steiger) as the "Center of the Hollywood Universe" due to his large number of films with a correspondingly large number of different castmates.^[5] The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, and starring Robert Stephens as Sherlock Holmes. ... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ... Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002) was an American Academy Award-winning actor best known for his intense performances in such films as In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront and Doctor Zhivago. ...

In addition to more than a dozen feature films together for Hammer Films, Amicus Productions and other companies, Lee and Peter Cushing both appeared in Hamlet (1948) and Moulin Rouge (1952) albeit in separate scenes; and in separate installments of the Star Wars films, Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin in the original film, Lee years later as Count Dooku. The last project which united them in person was a documentary, Flesh and Blood, the Hammer Heritage of Horror, which they jointly narrated. It was the last time they saw each other as Cushing died two months later. While they frequently played off each other as mortal enemies onscreen — Lee's Count Dracula to Cushing's Prof. Van Helsing — they were close friends in real life. New company logo as introduced in May 2007 A poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). ... Amicus Productions was founded in the UK by American producer and screenwriter Milton Subotsky, and served primarily as vehicle for Subotskys anthology horror films such as Dr. Terrors House of Horrors (1964), directed by genre stalwart Freddie Francis, and The House That Dripped Blood. ... Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE, (26 May 1913-11 August 1994) was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein and Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite his close friend Christopher Lee. ... Hamlet is a 1948 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet. ... Moulin Rouge is a 1952 movie directed by John Huston. ... This article is about the series. ... Grand Moff Governor Wilhuff Tarkin is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe and is an antagonist in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope where he was portrayed by British actor Peter Cushing. ... Count Dooku (also known as Darth Tyranus) is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe. ...

Lee appeared on the cover of the Wings album Band on the Run along with other people, including chat show host Michael Parkinson, movie actor James Coburn, world boxing champion John Conteh and broadcaster Clement Freud. Wings was a rock music supergroup formed in August 1971, after the breakup of The Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. ... Band on the Run is an album by Wings, released in 1973. ... Michael Parkinson CBE (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster and journalist. ... James Coburn in Sam Peckinpahs Cross of Iron (1977). ... John Conteh (born Kirkby, May 27, 1951) was a British boxer and former world Light-Heavyweight boxing champion. ... Sir Clement Freud Sir Clement Raphael Freud (born April 24, 1924) is a British writer, broadcaster, and politician. ...

Voice work

Lee sings on the The Wicker Man soundtrack, performing Paul Giovanni's psych folk composition, "The Tinker of Rye".^[6] He also sings the closing credits song of the 1994 horror movie Funny Man.^[7] His most notable musical work on film, however, appears in the strange superhero comedy/rock musical The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) which Lee steals with a raucous song and dance number called "Name Your Poison". This article is about the 1973 film. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Paul Giovanni (Born: 1933 Atlanta. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Return Of Captain Invincible (also known as Legend in Leotards) is a 1983 comedy and fantasy film starring Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee. ...

Lee provided the off-camera voice of "U.N. Owen," the mysterious host who brings disparate characters together in Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians (1965). The film was produced by Harry Alan Towers, for whom Lee had worked repeatedly in the 1960s. Even though he is not credited on the film, the voice is unmistakable. The modern childrens rhyme (sometimes teddy bears is used instead of Indians to avoid offense): One little, two little, three little Indians Four little, five little, six little Indians Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians Seven little, six little, five little... Harry Alan Towers (born in London on October 19, 1920) is a radio and film producer and screenwriter, who has produced over a hundred feature films and who continues to write and produce well into his eighties. ...

Lee appears on Peter Knight and Bob Johnson's (of Steeleye Span) 1970s concept album The King of Elfland's Daughter. Lee also provided the voices for the roles of DiZ (Ansem the Wise) in the video game Kingdom Hearts II and of Pastor Galswells in Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Peter Knight (b 1947) is a folk musician. ... Bob Johnson can refer to different people: Bob Johnson (1905-1982), Indian Bob, the Major League Baseball player. ... Steeleye Span are a British folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. ... The King of Elflands Daughter is a 1924 fantasy novel written by Lord Dunsany. ... DiZ ) is a character from the video games Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II. He is also the original Ansem, referred to as Ansem the Wise ). He experimented on Xehanort, who was believed to be Ansem in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ...

He contributed his voice, as Death, in the animated versions of Terry Pratchett's Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters. He is fluent in English, Italian, Spanish and German, and moderately proficient in Swedish, Russian and Greek .^[1] He was the original voice of Thor in the German dubs in the Danish 1986 animated movie Valhalla, and of King Haggard in the 1982 animated adaptation of The Last Unicorn.^[8][9] Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series. ... Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948) is a British fantasy and science fiction author, best known for his Discworld series. ... This article is about the novel Soul Music. ... This article is about the novel. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The cover of the 12th Valhalla album. ... For the 1982 feature film, see The Last Unicorn (film). ...

Lee bridged two disparate genres of music by performing a heavy metal variation of the Toreador Song from the opera Carmen with the band Inner Terrestrials.^[10] Lee narrated and sang for the Danish musical group The Tolkien Ensemble, taking the role of Treebeard, King Théoden and others in the readings or singing of their respective poems or songs.^[11] The Toreador Song (actually entitled Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre) is one of the most famous compositions from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. ... For other uses, see Carmen (disambiguation). ... The Tolkien Ensemble (founded in 1995) is a Danish ensemble with the aim to create the worlds first complete musical interpretation of the poems and songs from The Lord of the Rings. They published four CDs from 1997 to 2005 in which all the poems and songs of The Lord... Treebeard or (Sindarin) Fangorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth legendarium, Théoden was the seventeenth King of Rohan, and last of the Second Line. ...

Lee was the voice of Lucan D'Lere in the trailers for Everquest II. Lee appeared as a narrator for Italian symphonic fantasy power metal band Rhapsody of Fire, playing the Wizard King in the latest two albums, Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret and Triumph or Agony. He narrates several tracks in the two albums, as well as singing a duet with lead vocalist Fabio Lione in the single The Magic of the Wizard's Dream from the Symphony of Enchanted Lands II album. Input Keyboard, Mouse EverQuest II (EQ2), based upon the popular EverQuest, is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and shipped on November 8, 2004. ... Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Thundercross and - more recently - Rhapsody) is an Italian Symphonic power metal band. ... Triumph or Agony is a Rhapsody of Fire album released in Europe on September 25th 2006. ... Fabio Lione Fabio Tordiglione (born 9th October, 1973 in Pisa, Italy) is an Italian singer who has sung with many music bands including Rhapsody, Labyrinth, Vision Divine and Athena. ... The Magic of the Wizards Dream, released in 2005, is Rhapsodys fourth single. ...

Some thirty years after playing Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun, Lee provided the voice of Scaramanga in the video game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent.^[12] Francisco Scaramanga is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel The Man with the Golden Gun. ... The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... Computer and video games redirects here. ... GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is a first-person shooter video game from Electronic Arts using the James Bond license. ...

Honours

In 2001, Lee was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.^[13] Lee was named 2005's 'most marketable star in the world' in a USA Today newspaper poll, after three of the films he appeared in grossed US$640 million.^[14] The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority, these are Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross (GBE) Knight Commander... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ...

Family

The Carandinis, Lee's maternal ancestors, were given the right to bear the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Cinemareview cites: "Cardinal Consalvi was Papal Secretary of State at the time of Napoleon and is buried at the Pantheon in Rome next to the painter Raphael. His painting, by Lawrence, hangs in Windsor Castle."^[1] Lee's great-grandparents formed Australia's first opera company, performing before miners in towns in the outback.^[15] A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This article is about the medieval empire. ... An emperorrefers to Nick Herringshaw, a title, empress may only indicate the wife of an emperor (empress consort. ... Frederick Barbarossa in a 13th century chronicle. ... His Eminence Ercole Cardinal Consalvi (June 8, 1757 – January 24, 1824) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Cardinal Secretary of State presides over the Vatican Secretariat of State, which is the oldest and most important dicastery of the Roman Curia. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... Facade of the Pantheon The Pantheon (Latin Pantheon[1], from Greek Πάνθεον Pantheon, meaning Temple of all the gods) is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to the seven deities of the seven planets in the state religion of Ancient Rome. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Renaissance artist. ... This article is about the castle in Windsor. ...

Lee is a step-cousin of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy novels. Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. ... 007 redirects here. ...

Lee has been married to the Danish model Birgit Kroencke since 1961. They have a daughter named Christina (born 23 November 1963).^[15] He is also the uncle of the British actress Harriet Walter.^[1] is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harriet Mary Walter, CBE, (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress born in England. ...

Books by Christopher Lee

• 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 I, 1975; Volume 2, 1976
• Tall, Dark and Gruesome (autobiography), W. H. Allen, 1977 and 1999
• Lord of Misrule (autobiography, a revised and expanded edition of Tall Dark and Gruesome), Orion Publishing Group Ltd., 2004

The Lord of Misrule, known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason and in France as the Prince des Sots, was an officer appointed by lot at Christmas to preside over the Feast of Fools. ...

Books contributed to

• The Gospel of Filth (Reference of the dark influences behind black metal artists, Cradle of Filth), Gavin Baddeley & Dani Filth, Date TBC (Estimated 10/31/07), FAB Press

The Gospel of Filth is a book by Dani Filth and Gavin Baddeley, documenting the history of the band Cradle of Filth and straying further afield to explore their influences and lay bare the fascinating underworld of contemporary culture. According to the advance press release, the book dissects the Satanic...

Filmography

Hamlet is a 1948 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet. ... Scott of the Antarctic was a 1948 film about Robert Falcon Scotts explorations of Antartica. ... They Were Not Divided is a 1949 British war film, which depicted the Guards Armoured Division in Second World War Europe. ... DVD cover of The Crimson Pirate The Crimson Pirate is a 1952 film directed by Robert Siodmak. ... Moulin Rouge is a 1952 movie directed by John Huston. ... Moby Dick Rehearsed is the title of a play written and directed by Orson Welles. ... That Lady is a 1955 film directed by Terence Young. ... The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 2nd World War film with Trevor Howard, Antony Newley and José Ferrer, who also directed. ... The Adventures of Aggie was a black-and-white sitcom starring Joan Shawlee that was made by ME Films and broadcast on ITV. It lasted for one series of twenty-six episodes. ... Privates Progress is a British comedy film of 1956, based on the novel by Alan Hackney. ... The Battle of the River Plate is a 1956 film by the British-based director-writer team of Powell & Pressburger. ... The Curse of Frankenstein is a 1957 British horror film by Hammer Film Productions. ... OSS was a Buckeye Productions and Associated TeleVision co-produced wartime television drama series. ... A Tale of Two Cities is a 1958 film of the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities. ... Dracula is a 1958 British horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. ... Corridors of Blood is a 1958 horror film directed by Robert Day. ... The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 mystery movie produced by Hammer Studios and is directed by Terence Fisher. ... The Man Who Could Cheat Death is a 1959 Hammer Film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Anton Diffring and Christopher Lee. ... The Mummy is a 1959 British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. ... Too Hot to Handle (US Title: Playgirls After Dark, 1960) is a low budget neo-noir UK gangster thriller, directed by Terence Young, steeped in pre-swinging 60s London atmosphere. ... Beat Girl is a British film about the early youth culture made even before the swinging years. ... The City of the Dead is a BBC Books original novel written by Lloyd Rose and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll is a 1960 horror film by Hammer Film Productions. ... Taste of Fear (US title: Scream of Fear) is a 1961 British thriller directed by Seth Holt for Hammer Films. ... Hercules in The Haunted World (Ercole Al Centro Della Terra) is a 1961 sword and sandal film directed by famed Italian horror director Mario Bava and starring British-born bodybuilder Reg Park as Hercules and legendary British actor Christopher Lee as his nemesis, Lico. ... Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (German: Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes) is a 1962 black-and-white film directed by Terence Fisher and Frank Winterstein. ... Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ... The Devil-Ship Pirates is a 1964 pirate adventure film made in the UK by Hammer Studios. ... The Gorgon is a 1964 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer. ... Dr. Terrors House of Horrors is a 1964 British horror film from Amicus Productions, directed by veteran horror film director Freddie Francis. ... She is a 1965 film made by Hammer Film Productions, based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard. ... The Skull is a 1965 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Amicus Productions. ... The 1965 version of Ten Little Indians is the third film version of Agatha Christies mystery novel. ... The Face of Fu Manchu is a 1965 thriller based on the character of Fu Manchu, the oriental villain created by Sax Rohmer. ... The Brides of Fu Manchu is a 1966 British thriller based on the fictional Oriental villain Fu Manchu, created by Sax Rohmer. ... Night of the Big Heat is a 1967 British horror film released by Planet Film Productions, based on a 1959 novel of the same name by John Lymington. ... The Vengeance of Fu Manchu is a 1967 British film directed by Jeremy Summers starring Christopher Lee, Douglas Wilmer and Tsai Chin. ... The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 film based on the novel The Devil Rides Out by Dennis Wheatley. ... Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is a 1968 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis for Hammer Studios. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... The Oblong Box is a 1969 horror film produced in the UK starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Alister Williamson. ... The Magic Christian is a 1969 film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. ... Umbracle is an experimental feature film by Catalan filmmaker Pere Portabella. ... Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht) was a film adaptation of Bram Stokers novel Dracula. ... Taste the Blood of Dracula is a horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions. ... This is a 1970 film starring Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. ... Julius Caesar is a 1970 independent (Commonwealth United Entertainment) film of William Shakespeares play. ... The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, and starring Robert Stephens as Sherlock Holmes. ... Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker for Hammer Studios. ... The House That Dripped Blood is a 1970 British Horror film directed by Peter Duffell, distributed by Amicus Productions, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Joss Ackland, Denholm Elliott and Jon Pertwee. ... I, Monster is a 1971 British horror film directed by Stephen Weeks (his feature debut) for Amicus Productions. ... Hannie Caulder The simple plot of this film revolves around Welch, Hannie Caulder, a frontier wife whose husband is murdered by the Clemens Brothers, a trio of rather inept outlaw brothers, played by Borgnine, Martin, and Elam. ... It has been suggested that Raw Meat be merged into this article or section. ... Dracula A.D. 1972 is a 1972 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson, written by Don Houghton and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Stephanie Beacham. ... The Creeping Flesh is a 1973 British horror film about a Victorian era scientist who returns from New Guinea with a skeleton which he unwittingly transforms into a malevolent being. ... Horror Express, also known as Pánico en el Transiberiano, is a 1973 horror film starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Telly Savalas. ... The Three Musketeers is a 1973 film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... This article is about the 1973 film. ... The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1974 Hammer Horror film directed by Alan Gibson, and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. ... The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent James Bond. ... The Four Musketeers is the title of a 1974 Richard Lester film, which follows upon his film of the previous year, The Three Musketeers, and covers the second half of Dumass novel. ... Albino (also known as The Night of the Askari) is a 1976 German thriller directed by Jürgen Goslar and starring Christopher Lee and James Faulkner. ... A menstrual cup is a type of cup or barrier worn by a woman inside her vagina during menstruation to capture the blood. ... Left to right: Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell and Martin Landau from Space:1999s second season. ... Dracula père et fils was a French comedy about a vampire father and son. ... To the Devil a Daughter is 1976 film made by Hammer Film Productions. ... How the West Was Won was a western television series that starred James Arness, Fionnula Flanagan, and Bruce Boxleitner. ... Return from Witch Mountain released in (1978) is the sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain (1975). ... The Pirate is a slang term for a supposed sex move performed during oral sex. ... Nutcracker Fantasy is an animated film by Sanrio. ... 1941 is Steven Spielbergs fourth theatrical film, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. ... Serial is a comedy film from 1980 from Paramount Pictures. ... This article is about the television series. ... The Last Unicorn is a 1982 fantasy film, based on the novel written by Peter S. Beagle, and adapted by him for the screenplay. ... The Return Of Captain Invincible (also known as Legend in Leotards) is a 1983 comedy and fantasy film starring Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee. ... House of the Long Shadows is a 1983 horror-parody film directed by Pete Walker. ... Faerie Tale Theatre, fully Shelley Duvalls Faerie Tale Theatre, is a live action childrens television series created by Shelley Duvall that ran from 1982 to 1987 retelling popular fairy tales. ... DVD cover of Shaka Zulu television miniseries Shaka Zulu was a 1986 television miniseries directed by William C. Faure and written by Joshua Sinclair for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). ... Mio in the Land of Faraway (Swedish title: Mio min Mio) is a 1987 film produced in cooperation by companies from Sweden, Norway, and the Soviet Union. ... The Return of the Musketeers is a 1989 film based on the novel Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas, père. ... Treasure Island (1990) is a movie adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous 1883 novel “Treasure Island”. Jim Hawkins (Christian Bale) discovers a treasure map and embarks on a journey to find the treasure, but pirates led by Long John Silver (Charlton Heston) have plans to take the treasure for... For the Cold War nuclear weapon transport see White Train. ... The Stupids is a 1996 comedy / adventure film directed by John Landis. ... The Odyssey was a 1997 miniseries on NBC with Armand Assante as the main character, Odysseus. ... Tale of the Mummy is a 1998 horror film, directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Jason Scott Lee. ... Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah (referred to in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam, or Great Leader, which is a legally defined title) (December 25, 1876 - September 11, 1948) was an Indian Muslim nationalist, who led the movement demanding a separate homeland for Muslims in... Sleepy Hollow (1999) is a horror film directed by Tim Burton, interpreting the legend of The Headless Horseman and based loosely around the Washington Irving story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. ... The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a film, released on Wednesday, December 19, 2001, directed by Peter Jackson with a runtime of 178 minutes (2 hours, 58 minutes). ... Film poster for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) is the fifth Star Wars science fiction movie released and the second part of the prequel trilogy which began with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... This title can refer to either: The Two Towers (book), the second part of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby is a family-based United Kingdom film released in the USA in 2005 (as Greyfriars Bobby) and the UK in 2006, and directed by John Henderson. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... Not to be confused with the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. ... Pope John Paul II, is a TV movie (by CBS), based on the life of Pope John Paul II. Cary Elwes portrays Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II) in his adult years prior to being elected Pope on Oct. ... Tim Burtons Corpse Bride is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era England. ...

Future Projects

• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) (2007)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• The Heavy (2008) (post production)
• The Colour of Magic (2008) TV movie (post production)
• Stone of Destiny (2008) (post production)
• Boogie Woogie (2008) (filming)
• Cowboys for Christ (2008) (pre production)

Northern Lights (published in the US as The Golden Compass) is the first novel in the His Dark Materials series, written by British novelist Philip Pullman, and published in 1995. ... The Heavy is a 2007 film starring ex-Blue member Lee Ryan, which is, as of January 2007, still in pre-production. ... The Colour of Magic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the first of the Discworld series which was published in 1983. ... Two different historical stones are each known as the Stone of Destiny. ... Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cowboys For Christ is a Robin Hardy film set for 2008 release. ...

Video Games

• Ghosts - Dr. Marcus Grimalkin/Himself (1994)
• The Rocky Interactive Horror Show - Narrator (1999)
• Conquest: Frontier Wars - Anvil/Headquarters (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Saruman The White (2002)
• Freelancer (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King - Saruman The White (2003)
• EverQuest II - Lucan D'Lere (2004)
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent - Francisco Scaramanga (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age - Saruman The White (2004)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth - Saruman The White (2004)
• Lego Star Wars: The Video Game - Count Dooku (2005)
• Kingdom Hearts II - DiZ/Ansem the Wise (2006)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king - Saruman The White (2006)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical comedy film that parodies horror films, based on the British musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with the screenplay written by Richard OBrien and Jim Sharman. ... Freelancer is a space simulation computer game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft. ... Input Keyboard, Mouse EverQuest II (EQ2), based upon the popular EverQuest, is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and shipped on November 8, 2004. ... GoldenEye: Rogue Agent is a first-person shooter video game from Electronic Arts using the James Bond license. ... The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Categories: Computer and video game stubs | 2004 computer and video games | GameCube games | PlayStation 2 games | Xbox games ... The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth Categories: Computer and video game stubs | Real-time strategy computer games | 2004 computer and video games | Multiplayer online games | Windows games ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ...

Albums

"Devils, Rogues & Other Villains" (1998)
"Symphony of Enchanted Lands II" (2004)
"Revelation" (2006)

References

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External links

• Official Christopher Lee web site
• Christopher Lee on the making of legends and Jinnah
• Bizarre Magazine interview
• Christopher Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• Christopher Lee at the Notable Names Database
• Concerning his role in The Lord of the Rings movies
• Guardian Unlimited Profile
• starwars.com interview in which he mentions work with SOE
• Christopher Lee Community

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