Christopher Lee
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Jump to navigationJump to searchTemplate:Person Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (May 27, 1922 – June 7, 2015[1]) was the actor who played Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, and performed the same character's voice in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film.
Biography and Career[edit | edit source]
Lee was best known for his work in horror films produced by Hammer Studios. These films often had him collaborating with his good friend Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. He has also appeared as Francisco Scaramanga, the primary villain in the Roger Moore James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun. He also played the wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Despite a critically acclaimed career that spanned 70 years, he was never nominated for an Academy Award.
In Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith he portrayed Count Dooku, a character with superhuman powers who had once been on the side of good but had fallen to evil. While Lee, an accomplished swordfighter himself, did much of the sword fights in the films, stunt actor Kyle Rowling was hired to perform the intensive footwork of Christopher Lee's character. Rowling's face was later replaced with Lee's during post-production.
Coincidentally, in 2002, the same year Attack of the Clones was released, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was also released. There he portrayed the character Saruman the White, a wizard with superhuman powers who had once been on the side of good but had fallen to evil.
Sir Christopher Lee also worked with George Lucas on Lucas' 1992 television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, in which he portrayed Count Ottokar Graf Czerin in the episode "Austria, March 1917."
Lee reprised his role as Count Dooku in the film Star Wars: The Clone Wars but did not return for the TV series.
Lee had recently branched out into music with his CD Revelation. He also worked with the Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire, singing in some of their songs along with the band's singer, Fabio Lione. He also released two heavy metal albums and four EPs under his own name, making him the oldest recorded metal artist.
On June 13, 2009, Lee was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.[2]
Christopher Lee died on June 7, 2015 [1], after suffering a heart failure.
His niece, Dame Harriet Walter, appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Works[edit | edit source]
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Sir Christopher Lee as Count Dooku.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | |
| 1948 | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | |
| 1948 | Hamlet | Spear Carrier | Uncredited 1948 Best Picture |
| 1948 | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | |
| 1948 | A Song of Tomorrow | Auguste | |
| 1948 | My Brother's Keeper | Second Constable | Scenes Deleted |
| 1948 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Bit Part | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | |
| 1949 | Trottie True | Bongo | |
| 1950 | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | |
| 1950 | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | |
| 1951 | Valley of Eagles | Det. Holt | |
| 1951 | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | |
| 1952 | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | |
| 1952 | Top Secret | Uncredited | |
| 1952 | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | |
| 1952 | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | |
| 1952 | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat | Nominated for 1952 Best Picture |
| 1953 | Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot | Uncredited | |
| 1953 | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Destination Milan | Svenson | |
| 1955 | Man in Demand | ||
| 1955 | Crossroads | The Ghost | |
| 1955 | Moby Dick Rehearsed | A Stage Manager/Flask | TV movie |
| 1955 | Final Column | ||
| 1955 | That Lady | Captain | |
| 1955 | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | |
| 1955 | The Vise | Different Roles | Episodes "Stronghold" "Price of Vanity" "The Final Column" |
| 1955 | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Tales of Hans Anderson | Different Roles | Episodes "Wee Willie Winkie" "The Cripple Boy" |
| 1955 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander | |
| 1955 | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Aggie | Inspector Hollis | Episode "Cut Glass" |
| 1956 | Alias John Preston | John Preston | |
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Gen. von Linbeck's aide | |
| 1956 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | Louis (Uncredited) | Episode "The Elusive Chauvelin" |
| 1956 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Jean-Pierre | Episode "At Night All Cats Are Grey" |
| 1956 | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | |
| 1956 | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | |
| 1953 - 1956 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents | Different Roles | 13 Episodes |
| 1956 | Sailor of Fortune | Different Roles | Episodes "The Desert Hostages" "Stranger in Danger" |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | |
| 1957 | Errol Flynn Theater | Different Roles | 4 Episodes |
| 1957 | I'll Met by Moonlight | German Officer at Dentists | |
| 1957 | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | |
| 1957 | The Traitor | Dr. Neumann | |
| 1957 | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | |
| 1957 | Manuela | Voice | Uncredited |
| 1957 | The Gay Cavalier | Colonel Jeffries | Episode "The Lady's Dilemma" |
| 1957 | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | |
| 1957 | The Truth About Women | François | |
| 1956 - 1957 | Assignment Foreign Legion | Different Roles | Episodes "As We Forgive" "The Anaya" |
| 1958 | O.S.S. | Dessinger | Episode "Operation Firefly" |
| 1958 | Ivanhoe | Sir Otto | Episode "The German Knight" |
| 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | |
| 1958 | White Hunter | Mark Caldwell | Episode "This Hungry Hell" |
| 1958 | Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 1958 | The Battle of the V.1 | Labor Camp Captain, Men's Section | |
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | |
| 1959 | William Tell | Prince Erik | Episode "Manhunt" |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry | |
| 1959 | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerard | |
| 1959 | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | |
| 1959 | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | |
| 1959 | Tempi duri per i vampiri | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | |
| 1960 | Tales of the Vikings | Norman Knight | |
| 1960 | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | |
| 1960 | Beat Girl | Kenny | |
| 1960 | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | |
| 1960 | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | |
| 1961 | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | |
| 1961 | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | |
| 1961 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Wilhelm Reitlinger | Episode "The Sorcerer" |
| 1961 | Das geheimnis der gelben Narzissen | Ling Chu | |
| 1961 | Ercole al centro della terra | King Lico (Licos) | |
| 1962 | Stranglehold | ||
| 1962 | Das rätsel der roten Orchidee | Captain Allerman | |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | |
| 1962 | The Devil's Agent | Baron von Staub | |
| 1962 | Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1963 | Katarsis | Mephistoles | |
| 1963 | La vergine di Norimberga | Erich | |
| 1963 | La frusta e il corpo | Kurt Menliff | |
| 1964 | Il castello dei morti vivi | Count Drago | |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Karl Jorla | Episode "The Sign of Satan" (1964) |
| 1964 | La cripta e l'incubo | Count Ludwig Karnstein | |
| 1964 | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | |
| 1964 | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | |
| 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh | |
| 1965 | She | Billali | |
| 1965 | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | |
| 1965 | Ten Little Indians | Voice of "Mr. Owen" | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu / Lee Tao | |
| 1966 | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | |
| 1966 | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | |
| 1966 | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | |
| 1966 | Circus of Fear | Gregor | |
| 1966 | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 1967 | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |
| 1967 | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | |
| 1967 | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | |
| 1967 | Die schlangengrube und das Pendel | Count Frederic Regula, Graf von Andomai | |
| 1968 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Morley | |
| 1968 | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | |
| 1968 | The Face of Eve | Colonel Stuart | |
| 1968 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 1968 | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | |
| 1967, 1969 | The Avengers | Professor Stone (1967) Colonel Mannering (1969) |
Episodes "Never, Never Say Die" (1967) "The Interrogators" (1969) |
| 1969 | Light Entertainment Killers | TV movie | |
| 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | |
| 1969 | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhart | |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Ship's vampire | |
| 1970 | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | |
| 1970 | Umbracle | The Man | |
| 1970 | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | |
| 1970 | Count Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 1970 | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Dracula | |
| 1970 | One More Time | Dracula | |
| 1970 | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | |
| 1970 | Eugenie | Dolmance | |
| 1970 | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | |
| 1970 | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid | Segment "Sweets to the Sweet" |
| 1971 | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe/Edward Blake | |
| 1971 | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | |
| 1972 | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | |
| 1972 | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | |
| 1972 | Dracula AD 1972 | Count Dracula | |
| 1973 | Dark Places | Dr. Mandeville | |
| 1973 | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | |
| 1973 | Poor Devil | Lucifer | TV movie |
| 1973 | Great Mysteries | Arnaud | Episode "The Leather Funnel" (1973) |
| 1973 | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | |
| 1973 | Horror Express | Sir Alexander Saxton | |
| 1973 | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 1973 | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | |
| 1974 | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | |
| 1975 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | |
| 1975 | Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline | Van Krig/Himself | |
| 1976 | The Keeper | The Keeper | |
| 1976 | Killer Force | Major Chilton | |
| 1976 | Space: 1999 | Captain Zandor | Episode "Earthbound" (1976) |
| 1976 | To the Devil, A Daughter | Father Michael Rayner | |
| 1976 | Dracula père et fils | Le prince des Ténèbres / Prince of Darkness | |
| 1976 | Albino | Bill | |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | |
| 1977 | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-screen narrator | |
| 1977 | End of the World | Father Pergado/Zindar | |
| 1977 | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | |
| 1978 | How the West Was Won | The Grand Duke | TV miniseries |
| 1978 | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor | |
| 1978 | Caravans | Sardar Khan | |
| 1978 | The Pirate | Samir Al Fay | TV movie |
| 1978 | Circle of Iron | Zetan | |
| 1979 | The Passage | Gypsy | |
| 1979 | Arabian Adventure | Alquazar | |
| 1979 | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / Watchmaker | Voice |
| 1979 | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | |
| 1979 | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | TV movie |
| 1979 | Bear Island | Lechinski | |
| 1979 | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | |
| 1980 | Serial | Luckman Skull | |
| 1980 | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | TV movie |
| 1980 | Charlie's Angels | Dale Woodman | Episode "Angel in Hiding" (1980) |
| 1981 | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | |
| 1981 | Evil Stalks This House | Host | TV movie |
| 1981 | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | |
| 1981 | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | |
| 1981 | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | TV movie |
| 1982 | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | |
| 1982 | Massarati and the Brain | Victor Leopold | TV movie |
| 1982 | Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story | Prince Philip | TV movie |
| 1982 | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard | Voice; also in german language version |
| 1983 | New Magic | Mr. Kellar | |
| 1983 | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | |
| 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | |
| 1984 | The Far Pavilions | Kaka-ji Rao | TV miniseries |
| 1984 | Faerie Tale Theatre | King Vladimir V | Episode "The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers" (1984) |
| 1984 | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Mr. Clifford King | |
| 1985 | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | |
| 1985 | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | |
| 1986 | Un métier du seigneur | Fog | TV movie |
| 1986 | The Girl | Peter Storm | |
| 1986 | The Disputation | King James of Aragon | TV movie |
| 1986 | The Mind of David Berglas | Episode "Episode #1.1" (1986) | |
| 1986 | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | TV miniseries |
| 1987 | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | |
| 1987 | Jocks | President White | |
| 1987 | Mio min Mio | Kato | |
| 1988 | Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) | Luis Morel | |
| 1989 | Murder Story | Willard Hope | |
| 1989 | La chute des aigles | Walter Strauss | |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | TV miniseries |
| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | |
| 1989 | La révolution française | Sanson | Segment "Les Années Terribles" |
| 1990 | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | |
| 1990 | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | |
| 1990 | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | |
| 1990 | L'Avaro | Cardinale Spinosi | |
| 1990 | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | |
| 1990 | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | |
| 1991 | Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1991 | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Doctor Pearson | |
| 1992 | Jackpot | Cedric | |
| 1992 | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | TV movie |
| 1992 | Kabuto | King Philip | |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Count Ottokar Graf Czerin | Episode "Austria, March 1917" |
| 1993 | Death Train | General Konstantin Benin | |
| 1994 | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Cmndt. Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov | |
| 1994 | Funny Man | Callum Chance | |
| 1995 | The Tomorrow People | Rameses | |
| 1995 | A Feast at Midnight | V. E. Longfellow, aka Raptor | |
| 1995 | Moses | Ramses | |
| 1996 | Welcome to the Discworld | Death | |
| 1996 | Sorellina e il principe del sogno | Azaret | |
| 1996 | The Stupids | Evil Sender | |
| 1997 | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | TV mini-series |
| 1997 | Soul Music | Death | |
| 1997 | Wyrd Sisters | Death | |
| 1997 | The Odyssey | Tiresias | |
| 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | |
| 1998 | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | |
| 1997 - 1998 | The New Adventures of Robin Hood | Olwyn | 6 episodes |
| 1996 - 1999 | Blue Heelers | Richard | 4 episodes |
| 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | |
| 2000 | Gormenghast | Flay | |
| 2000 | In the Beginning | Rameses I | TV movie |
| 2000 | Ghost Stories for Christmas | M. R. James | TV mini-series |
| 2001 | Les Redoutables | Death | Segment "Confession" (unknown episodes) |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture; and MTV Movie Award for "Best Fight" (with Ian McKellen) |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | Nominated for 2002 Best Picture |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman | 2003 Best Picture |
| 2004 | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Heinrich von Garten | |
| 2005 | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells | (voice) |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski | |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | |
| 2008 | The Colour of Magic | Death | TV |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus | (voice) |
| 2008 | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | |
| 2008 | Boogie Woogie | Alfred Rhinegold | |
| 2008 | Monstermania! | Mr. Price | (voice) post-production |
| 2009 | Triage | Joaquín Morales | |
| 2010 | Alice in Wonderland | The Jabberwocky | (voice) |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman |
Recent Bibliography[edit | edit source]
| Year | Title | Other notes |
| 2003 | Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee | Includes some information about Lee's work on Attack of the Clones |
Sources[edit | edit source]
"A Look at Peter Cushing"—Star Wars Insider 24- Star Wars Insider 51
- "Star Sightings" - Star Wars Insider 56
- Star Wars Insider 72
- "Launch Pad"—Star Wars Insider 159
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- The Official Christopher Lee Web Site
Sir Christopher Lee Passes Away on StarWars.com (backup link)
In Dooku's Own Words on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)- Making it Count on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Christopher Lee Summons the Force on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Casting Update: Christopher Lee on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
Christopher Lee on Wikipedia
Christopher Lee at the Internet Movie Database
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