Christopher Lee
Birthday: 1922-05-27
Deathday: 2015-06-07
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and 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 (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
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The Wicker Man At 50 | Lord Summerisle | |
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Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending | Lord Summerisle | |
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2024-12-05 | The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Saruman (voice) |
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2015-10-02 | Angels in Notting Hill | The Boss / Mr. President (voice) |
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2015-04-13 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | |
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2014-12-10 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman the White |
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2013-11-11 | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton |
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2013-03-07 | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu |
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2012-12-12 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman the White |
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2012-10-06 | Dracula vs. Vampir | |
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2012-08-23 | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | |
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2012-05-09 | Dark Shadows | Clarney |
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2011-11-22 | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse |
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2011-08-27 | The Wicker Tree | Old Man |
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2011-02-10 | The Resident | August |
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2011-01-07 | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise |
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2010-10-29 | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph |
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2010-04-08 | The Heavy | Mr. Mason |
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2010-03-03 | Alice in Wonderland | The Jabberwocky (voice) |
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2009-11-20 | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page |
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2009-11-13 | Triage | Joaquín Morales |
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2009-06-26 | Boogie Woogie | Mr. Alfred Rhinegold |
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2008-08-05 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) |
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2007-12-04 | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor |
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2005-11-27 | Pope John Paul II | Card. Stefan Wyszyński |
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2005-10-29 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost |
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2005-09-12 | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) |
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2005-07-13 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka |
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2005-05-17 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku |
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2004-02-18 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Emerich |
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2003-11-04 | Drácula en la Hammer | Christopher Lee |
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2002-12-18 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman |
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2002-10-08 | To the Devil... The Death of Hammer | |
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2002-05-15 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku |
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2002-04-07 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Count Ottokar Graf Czernin |
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2001-12-29 | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | |
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2001-12-18 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman |
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2000-05-20 | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | |
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1999-11-19 | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster |
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1998-11-07 | Jinnah | Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
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1998-03-19 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel |
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1998-01-01 | 100 Years of Horror | Presenter |
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1997-05-12 | Soul Music | Death (voice) |
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1996-12-31 | Welcome to the Discworld | Death |
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1996-08-08 | The Stupids | Evil Sender |
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1996-07-01 | In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes | |
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1996-01-01 | The Many Faces of Christopher Lee | |
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1995-12-18 | Moses | Pharao Ramses |
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1994-11-01 | A Feast At Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow |
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1994-09-30 | The World of Hammer: Mummies, Werewolves, and the Living Dead | (archieve footage) |
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1994-08-19 | The World of Hammer: Dracula and the Undead | Count Dracula |
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1994-08-12 | The World of Hammer: Peter Cushing | |
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1994-06-10 | Funny Man | Callum Chance |
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1994-06-09 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov |
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1994-01-19 | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf |
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1993-04-14 | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin |
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1992-12-23 | Cyber Eden | Cedric |
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1992-12-02 | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard |
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1992-02-19 | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes |
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1992-01-01 | Beauty and the Beast | Monsieur Renard (voice) |
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1991-12-06 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes |
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1991-05-10 | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Dr. Pearson |
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1991-04-27 | Journey of Honor | King Philip |
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1990-08-26 | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander |
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1990-06-15 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter |
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1990-04-06 | The Miser | Cardinale Spinosi |
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1990-01-22 | Treasure Island | Blind Pew |
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1989-12-01 | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos |
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1989-09-24 | Murder Story | Willard Hope |
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1989-05-18 | Night of the Eagles | Walter Strauss |
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1989-05-10 | The French Revolution: Years of Rage | Sanson |
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1989-05-10 | The French Revolution: Years of Hope | Sanson |
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1989-04-12 | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort |
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1988-08-18 | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Luis Morel |
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1988-01-01 | Olympus Force: The Key | |
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1987-08-07 | The Girl | Peter Storm |
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1987-07-01 | Mio in the Land of Faraway | Kato |
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1986-12-21 | The Disputation | King James of Aragon |
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1986-12-06 | Un métier de seigneur | Fog |
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1986-11-14 | Jocks | President White |
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1985-10-15 | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich |
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1985-08-28 | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe |
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1985-01-01 | The Best of All Time Horror Classics | |
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1984-11-02 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | King |
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1984-09-17 | The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers | King Vladimir V |
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1984-06-01 | The Bengal Lancers! | Sir James Hunter |
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1983-06-17 | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan |
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1983-01-28 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight |
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1983-01-01 | New Magic | Mr. Kellar |
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1982-11-19 | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) |
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1982-09-17 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Prince Philip |
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1982-08-26 | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold |
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1982-05-01 | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia |
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1981-08-14 | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield |
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1981-07-12 | Evil Stalks This House | Host |
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1981-04-25 | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence |
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1980-09-19 | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium |
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1980-03-28 | Serial | Luckman Skull |
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1980-01-01 | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer |
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1979-12-14 | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt |
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1979-12-05 | Bear Island | Lechinski |
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1979-11-23 | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel |
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1979-08-09 | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine |
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1979-07-08 | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar |
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1979-03-09 | The Passage | Gypsy |
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1978-11-21 | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay |
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1978-11-02 | Caravans | Sardar Khan |
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1978-07-25 | Circle of Iron | Zetan |
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1978-03-10 | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon |
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1977-10-14 | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses |
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1977-08-01 | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar |
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1977-03-11 | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace |
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1976-09-14 | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres |
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1976-03-15 | Death in the Sun | Bill |
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1976-03-04 | To the Devil a Daughter | Father Michael |
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1976-01-14 | Killer Force | Major Chilton |
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1976-01-01 | The Keeper | The Keeper |
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1975-02-19 | The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan | Satanus / Van Krig |
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1974-12-04 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga |
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1974-10-31 | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort |
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1974-01-01 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward |
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1973-12-11 | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort |
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1973-12-06 | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle |
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1973-11-03 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula |
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1973-05-01 | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville |
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1973-02-16 | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham |
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1973-02-14 | Poor Devil | Lucifer |
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1973-02-12 | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern |
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1972-10-13 | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 |
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1972-09-30 | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton |
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1972-06-26 | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula |
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1972-01-01 | Umbracle | The Man |
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1971-11-08 | Hannie Caulder | Bailey |
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1971-11-01 | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake |
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1971-02-22 | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") |
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1970-11-08 | Scars of Dracula | Dracula |
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1970-10-29 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes |
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1970-06-04 | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus |
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1970-05-07 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Dracula |
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1970-05-01 | One More Time | Dracula |
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1970-04-03 | Count Dracula | Dracula |
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1970-02-20 | Eugenie | Dolmance |
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1970-02-05 | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys |
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1970-02-02 | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont |
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1969-12-12 | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire |
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1969-06-11 | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt |
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1969-05-29 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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1968-12-01 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley |
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1968-11-07 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula |
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1968-08-23 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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1968-07-20 | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau |
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1968-07-19 | Eve | Colonel Stuart |
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1967-10-05 | The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai |
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1967-08-03 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 |
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1967-07-21 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas |
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1967-05-25 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu |
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1967-05-01 | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson |
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1966-12-16 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu |
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1966-04-29 | Circus of Fear | Gregor |
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1966-03-06 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin |
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1966-01-09 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula |
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1965-08-25 | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips |
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1965-08-06 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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1965-07-31 | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) |
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1965-04-18 | She | Billali |
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1965-02-23 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh |
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1964-10-18 | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister |
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1964-08-05 | The Castle of the Living Dead | Count Drago |
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1964-08-01 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles |
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1964-05-27 | Crypt of the Vampire | Count Ludwig Karnstein |
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1963-08-29 | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff |
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1963-08-15 | Horror Castle | Erich |
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1963-05-28 | Challenge the Devil | Mephistoles |
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1962-11-30 | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes |
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1962-09-01 | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub |
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1962-05-09 | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche |
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1962-03-01 | Secret of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman |
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1961-11-16 | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) |
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1961-07-20 | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu |
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1961-06-05 | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard |
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1961-03-15 | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King |
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1960-12-01 | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician |
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1960-12-01 | Too Hot to Handle | Novak |
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1960-10-24 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen |
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1960-09-09 | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll |
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1960-08-21 | Beat Girl | Kenny King |
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1959-10-28 | Uncle Was a Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten |
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1959-08-01 | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy |
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1959-07-21 | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger |
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1959-06-15 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard |
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1959-05-04 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville |
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1958-12-01 | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe |
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1958-05-22 | Dracula | Count Dracula |
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1958-02-07 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde |
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1958-01-01 | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner |
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1957-10-01 | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers |
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1957-08-28 | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney |
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1957-07-18 | Manuela | Voice (voice) |
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1957-05-20 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature |
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1957-03-13 | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury |
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1957-03-01 | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann |
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1957-01-31 | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at The Dentist's office |
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1956-10-30 | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo |
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1956-10-29 | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi |
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1956-06-18 | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes |
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1956-03-28 | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) |
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1956-02-17 | Private's Progress | Major Schultz |
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1955-12-26 | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha |
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1955-12-14 | Alias John Preston | John Preston |
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1955-11-16 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves |
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1955-05-01 | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable |
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1955-04-15 | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) |
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1955-03-15 | Contraband Spain | Narrador (voz) |
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1955-03-05 | That Lady | Capitán |
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1955-02-01 | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper |
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1954-07-14 | The Awakening | Factory proprietor (uncredited) |
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1954-01-01 | The Mirror and Markheim | Visitant |
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1953-07-22 | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock |
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1953-01-01 | The Top and the Ball | Father |
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1952-12-23 | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat (uncredited) |
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1952-12-07 | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer |
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1952-11-24 | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne |
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1952-11-10 | Top Secret | Russian Agent (uncredited) |
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1952-09-27 | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) |
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1951-11-08 | Quo Vadis | Chariot Driver (uncredited) |
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1951-09-26 | Valley of the Eagles | Det. Holt |
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1951-04-10 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain |
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1950-05-02 | Prelude to Fame | Newsman |
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1950-04-24 | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis |
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1949-09-29 | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham |
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1948-12-10 | Hamlet | Palace Guard (uncredited) |
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1948-11-29 | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day |
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1948-10-04 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel |
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1948-06-26 | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair |
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1948-06-08 | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste |
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1948-04-25 | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant |
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1948-02-23 | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles |