Christopher Lee Overview:

Character actor, Christopher Lee, was born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee on May 27, 1922 in Belgravia, London. Lee died at the age of 93 on Jun 7, 2015 in Chelsea, London .

MINI BIO:

Tall, dark-haired British actor with deep, resonant voice. Spent ten years in British films playing relatively minor (often aristocratic) villains, then burst through to stardom with his fine portrayal of Dracula. Has remained happily typed in chillers, with one or two interesting character roles along the way.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF On Blu-ray From Severin

By Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 14, 2026 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Included in Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF COLLECTION 3 box set is the 2023 documentary THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF , written and directed by Jon Spira. Jon Spira also wrote and directed ELSTREE 1976, a film that I enjoyed. With ELSTREE 1976, Spira looked at the making of STAR ... Read full article


THE EUROCRYPT OF COLLECTION 3 On Blu-ray From Severin

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 10, 2026 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Severin once again delves into the voluminous career of screen legend Sir with THE EUROCRYPT OF COLLECTION 3, a massive set featuring six movies. This set arrived earlier this week, and I've barely been able to wade into it. I'll be writing blog posts on some of the i... Read full article


THE EUROCRYPT OF COLLECTION 2 On Blu-ray From Severin

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 7, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Last year Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF Blu-ray box set was my pick for home video release of the year. The company is back with THE EUROCRYPT OF 2, a seven-disc collection containing six rare films featuring Lee. (This set is not available yet for general release, but I... Read full article


Rating The Hammer Dracula Films Starring

By Dan Day, Jr. on May 27, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Today marks the 100th anniversary of . I've decided to mark this occasion by ranking the Hammer Dracula films which starred Lee. The format is much the same as yesterday's ranking of the Hammer Frankenstein films starring Peter Cushing. One aspect of the Hammer Draculas that doesn't g... Read full article


THE EUROCRYPT OF COLLECTION On Blu-ray From Severin

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 5, 2021 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

is a legend of English Gothic cinema--but he's also a legend of Euro Gothic cinema, which is made abundantly clear in this new fantastic Blu-ray set from Severin. THE EUROCRYPT OF COLLECTION collects five rare and somewhat obscure films that were made in continental E... Read full article


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Christopher Lee Quotes:

Fu Manchu: [opening line] This is Fu Manchu. Once again the world is at my mercy. I have conquered not only the mysteries of the continent but now of the oceans too. In the tropical waters of the south Atlantic my hand stretches out to turn water into ice - and to transform safety into the deadliest peril. In a few moments the proof of my mastery will be complete.


Sir Dennis Nayland Smith: You have nothing to celebrate, Fu Manchu. The arms conference is safe. You are beaten.
Fu Manchu: That is where you are wrong, Commissioner. In a few moments there will be no arms conference.
Sir Dennis Nayland Smith: You will release that girl now and order your men to line up over there. I will count three before I fire. One... two...
Fu Manchu: [to henchman] Send her to the snakes!


Fu Manchu: [immediately after surviving Omar Pascha's attempt on his life] Take him to the laboratory.


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Christopher Lee Facts
In 2008, he received a lifetime achievement award at Pula Film Festival (Croatia).

One of his favorite bands is the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, and he has also appeared on one of their album (listen to the speech in the intro on the song "Unholy Warcry" on the album "The Dark Secret"). Lee also appears on the Rhapsody single "The Magic of the Wizard's Dream", where he does a duet with Rhapsody vocalist Fabio Leoni in English, German, Italian and French versions of the song.

During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force and in British Intelligence.

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