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Christopher Lee
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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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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Children of the Wicker Man
The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee
The Wicker Man at 50
Faces of Death- RORobin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Peter Cushing: In His Own Words
Drácula Barcelona
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Angels in Notting Hill
Extraordinary Tales
Fifty Shades of Erotica
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective
Face of Unity
The Trail of Dracula
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics- THThe Gillian Hills Trilogy
Night Train to Lisbon
The Girl from Nagasaki
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars- DRDracula vs. Vampir
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
Dark Shadows
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Everything or Nothing
The Fall of the House of Usher
Hugo
The Resident
Season of the Witch
The Wicker Tree
Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror
Burke & Hare
The Color of Magic 2in1
Boogie Woogie
Alice in Wonderland
Glorious 39
Triage
The Heavy
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Fanex Files: Hammer Films
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2
The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1
The Golden Compass
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn- AMAmazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman- BEBeloved Count
- BLBloody Jess
Hollywood Chinese
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
The Making of 'The Two Towers'- WIWitch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
Corpse Bride
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
The Story of Star Wars
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
Drácula en la Hammer
Whales of Atlantis: In Search of Moby Dick
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Ever Bond
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design- The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script
- The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast
- The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
- PEPerversion Stories
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
The Wicker Man Enigma
The Devil's Island: Journey Into Jungle Alcatraz
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'
Ian Fleming: 007's Creator
The Many Faces of Dracula
Sleepy Hollow
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
The Mummy
100 Years of Horror
Jinnah
Soul Music
Welcome to the Discworld
The Stupids
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
A Century of Science Fiction- A A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
A Feast at Midnight
Funny Man
Death Train
Double Vision
Innocent Blood
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Beauty and the Beast
Dracula in the Movies
Cyber Eden
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Fear in the Dark
Halloween Monster Bash
Ghost
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Journey of Honor
The Care of Time
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Treasure Island
The Rainbow Thief
For Better or for Worse
Murder Story
The French Revolution
The Return of the Musketeers
Night of the Eagles
Dark Mission: Evil Flowers
Olympus Force: The Key
Mask of Murder
Creepy Classics
The Girl
Mio in the Land of Faraway
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
Casanova
The Disputation
Un métier de seigneur
Jocks
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
The Bengal Lancers!
House of the Long Shadows
The Return of Captain Invincible
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler- NENew Magic
The Last Unicorn
The Rank Charm School
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
Massarati and the Brain
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Safari 3000
An Eye for an Eye
Evil Stalks This House
The Salamander
Once Upon a Spy
Serial
Desperate Moves
1941
Bear Island
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Arabian Adventure
Jaguar Lives!
The Passage
The Horror Show
Mickey's 50
Caravans
Circle of Iron
Return from Witch Mountain
Starship Invasions
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
End of the World
Airport '77
Dracula and Son
To the Devil a Daughter
Killer Force
The Night of the Askari
The Keeper
Meatcleaver Massacre
In Search of Dracula
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Four Musketeers
Diagnosis: Murder
The Three Musketeers
The Wicker Man
Dark Places
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Poor Devil
Nothing But the Night
The Creeping Flesh
Death Line
Horror Express
Dracula A.D. 1972
Vampir Cuadecuc
Umbracle
Hannie Caulder
I, Monster
The House That Dripped Blood
Scars of Dracula
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Julius Caesar
One More Time
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Count Dracula
Eugenie
The Bloody Judge
Scream and Scream Again
The Magic Christian
The Oblong Box
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
The Blood of Fu Manchu
The Devil Rides Out
The Face of Eve
The Movie Orgy
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism
Five Golden Dragons
Theatre of Death
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Night of the Big Heat
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Circus of Fear
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
The Skull
Ten Little Indians
She
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
The Face of Fu Manchu
The Gorgon
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Crypt of the Vampire
Horror!!!
The Castle of the Living Dead
The Whip and the Body
Corridors of Blood
Horror Castle
Challenge the Devil
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Secret of the Red Orchid
The Pirates of Blood River
The Devil's Agent
Hercules in the Haunted World
The Devil's Daffodil
Taste of Fear
The Terror of the Tongs
Too Hot to Handle
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
The City of the Dead
Beat Girl
The Hands of Orlac
Uncle Was a Vampire
The Mummy
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hot Money Girl
Dracula
A Tale of Two Cities
Missiles from Hell
The Truth About Women
Bitter Victory
Manuela
The Curse of Frankenstein
Fortune Is a Woman
Ill Met by Moonlight
The Accursed
The Battle of the River Plate
Beyond Mombasa
Port Afrique
Alexander the Great
Private's Progress
The Cockleshell Heroes
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
Police Dog
Cross-Roads
That Lady
Storm Over the Nile
Alias John Preston
The Warriors- FIFinal Column
The Awakening
The Mirror and Markheim
Innocents in Paris- THThe Top and the Ball
Moulin Rouge
Babes in Bagdad
Paul Temple Returns
Top Secret
The Crimson Pirate
Quo Vadis
Valley of the Eagles
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Prelude to Fame
They Were Not Divided
The Gay Lady
Hamlet
Scott of the Antarctic
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Penny and the Pownall Case
A Song for Tomorrow
Corridor of Mirrors
One Night with You
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