Deceased

How Did Christopher Lee Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 93

Also known asChristopher Frank Carandini Lee, Sir Christopher Frank Carandini LeeGenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn27/05/1922Born inWestminster, London, England, UKDied07/06/2015Died inLondonCauseheart failureWikidataQ180338 ↗TMDb#113 ↗

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning over 60 years, he became known as an actor with tremendous screen presence and a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in June 2009 by Charles Prince of Wales, and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013.

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Filmography227 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2024	The Lord of the Rings: The War of the RohirrimMovie	Saruman (voice)	102
2024	The Life and Deaths of Christopher LeeMovie	Self / Various (Archive)	102
2022	The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert HallMovie	Self (archive footage)	100
2017	Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer ProductionsMovie	Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)	95
2015	Extraordinary TalesMovie	Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher')	93
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesMovie	Saruman the White	92
2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsMovie	Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited)	92
2014	How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master DetectiveMovie	Self	92
2013	Night Train to LisbonMovie	Father Bartholomeu	91
2013	Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC ComicsMovie	Narrator	91
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyMovie	Saruman the White	90
2012	Dark ShadowsMovie	Clarney	90
2012	Everything or NothingMovie	Self	90
2011	HugoMovie	Monsieur Labisse	89
2011	Season of the WitchMovie	Cardinal D'Ambroise	89
2011	The ResidentMovie	August	89
2010	Alice in WonderlandMovie	Jabberwocky (voice)	88
2010	Burke & HareMovie	Old Joseph	88
2010	Boogie WoogieMovie	Mr. Alfred Rhinegold	88
2010	Christopher Lee: Gentleman of HorrorMovie	Self	88
2010	The HeavyMovie	Mr. Mason	88
2009	TriageMovie	Joaquín Morales	87
2009	Glorious 39Movie	Older Walter Page	87
2008	Star Wars: The Clone WarsMovie	Count Dooku (voice)	86
2008	The Colour of MagicSeries	Death	86
2008	Fanex Files: Hammer FilmsMovie	Self	86
2008	The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2Movie	Death (synchro)	86
2008	The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1Movie	Death (synchro)	86
2007	The Golden CompassMovie	First High Councilor	85
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSeries	Self	85
2007	Ein Leben wie im FlugMovie	Self	85
2006	Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of ChillsMovie	Self	84
2006	SemperopernballSeries	Self	84
2005	Corpse BrideMovie	Pastor Galswells (voice)	83
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryMovie	Dr. Wonka	83
2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithMovie	Count Dooku	83
2005	Pope John Paul IISeries	Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński	83
2004	Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseMovie	Emerich	82
2004	Willkommen bei Carmen NebelSeries	Self	82
2003	Drácula en la HammerMovie	Christopher Lee	81
2003	Beyond the Movie: The Return of the KingMovie	Self	81
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersMovie	Saruman	80
2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMovie	Count Dooku	80
2002	Best Ever BondMovie	Self / Scaramanga	80
2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingMovie	Saruman	79
2001	Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the RingMovie	Self	79
2001	Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Movie	Self	79
2001	AeschbacherSeries	Self	79
2000	Sleepy Hollow: Behind the LegendMovie	Self	78
2000	In the BeginningSeries	Rameses I	78
2000	GormenghastSeries	Flay	78
2000	The Many Faces of DraculaMovie	Narrator	78
2000	Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun'Movie	—	78
1999	Sleepy HollowMovie	Burgomaster	77
1999	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceMovie	Count Ottokar Graf Czernin	77
1998	Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the MummyMovie	Sir Richard Turkel	76
1998	JinnahMovie	Muhammad Ali Jinnah	76
1998	Dare To Dream: The Making of JinnahMovie	Self	76
1997	The OdysseySeries	Tiresias	75
1996	The StupidsMovie	Evil Sender	74
1996	In the Footsteps of Sherlock HolmesMovie	—	74
1996	MosesSeries	Pharaoh	74
1996	The Man Who Ruined the British Film IndustryMovie	Self	74
1995	Tales of Mystery and ImaginationSeries	Narrator	73
1994	Police Academy: Mission to MoscowMovie	Commandant Rakov	72
1994	The World of HammerSeries	Self (archive footage)	72
1994	Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of HorrorMovie	Narrator (voice) / Self	72
1994	The Rainbow ThiefMovie	Uncle Rudolf	72
1994	BrisantSeries	Self	72
1993	Blue HeelersSeries	Scott James	71
1993	Death TrainMovie	General Konstanin Benin	71
1992	The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSeries	Count Ottokar Graf Czerin	70
1992	Innocent BloodMovie	Count Dracula (archive footage)	70
1992	Beauty and the BeastMovie	Monsieur Renard (voice)	70
1992	Cyber EdenMovie	Cedric	70
1992	Dracula in the MoviesMovie	(archive footage)	70
1991	Journey of HonorMovie	King Philip	69
1991	Sherlock Holmes and the Leading LadyMovie	Sherlock Holmes	69
1990	Gremlins 2: The New BatchMovie	Doctor Catheter	68
1990	Treasure IslandMovie	Blind Pew	68
1990	Stern TVSeries	Self	68
1990	The MiserMovie	Cardinale Spinosi	68
1990	The Care of TimeMovie	Karlis Zander	68
1989	The French RevolutionMovie	Sanson	67
1989	The French RevolutionSeries	Sanson (« Les Années terribles »)	67
1989	For Better or for WorseMovie	Lazos	67
1989	The Return of the MusketeersMovie	Rochefort	67
1989	Around the World in 80 DaysSeries	Stuart	67
1988	Nase vornSeries	Self	66
1987	Mio in the Land of FarawayMovie	Kato	65
1987	Creepy ClassicsMovie	Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)	65
1987	SeitenblickeSeries	self	65
1987	CasanovaMovie	Branicki	65
1986	JocksMovie	President White	64
1986	Shaka ZuluSeries	Lord Bathurst	64
1986	Wedden, dat..?Series	Self	64
1985	Mask of MurderMovie	Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich	63
1985	Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf BitchMovie	Stefan Crosscoe	63
1985	The Many Faces of Sherlock HolmesMovie	Himself - Presenter	63
1984	The Far PavilionsSeries	Rao-Sahib	62
1983	House of the Long ShadowsMovie	Corrigan	61
1983	The Return of Captain InvincibleMovie	Mr. Midnight	61
1982	Faerie Tale TheatreSeries	King Vladimir V	60
1982	The Last UnicornMovie	King Haggard (voice)	60
1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!Movie	Self (archive footage)	60
1982	Massarati and the BrainMovie	Victor Leopold	60
1981	Wetten, dass..?Series	Self	59
1981	An Eye for an EyeMovie	Morgan Canfield	59
1981	The SalamanderMovie	Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence	59
1981	Goliath AwaitsSeries	John McKenzie	59
1980	SerialMovie	Luckman Skull	58
1980	Once Upon a SpyMovie	Marcus Valorium	58
1979	Captain America II: Death Too SoonMovie	Miguel	57
1979	1941Movie	Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt	57
1979	Arabian AdventureMovie	Caliph Alquazar	57
1979	The Horror ShowMovie	(archive footage)	57
1978	CaravansMovie	Sardar Khan	56
1978	Return from Witch MountainMovie	Victor Gannon	56
1978	Mickey's 50Movie	Self	56
1978	Circle of IronMovie	Zetan	56
1977	How the West Was WonSeries	The Grand Duke	55
1977	Airport '77Movie	Martin Wallace	55
1977	Auf los geht's losSeries	Self	55
1976	Charlie's AngelsSeries	Dale Woodman	54
1976	To the Devil a DaughterMovie	Father Michael	54
1976	Killer ForceMovie	Major Chilton	54
1975	Space: 1999Series	Captain Zandor	53
1975	Saturday Night LiveSeries	Self - Host	53
1974	The Four MusketeersMovie	Rochefort	52
1974	Diagnosis: MurderMovie	Dr. Stephen Hayward	52
1974	The Man with the Golden GunMovie	Francisco Scaramanga	52
1973	Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries	Arnaud	51
1973	The Three MusketeersMovie	Rochefort	51
1973	Dark PlacesMovie	Dr. Ian Mandeville	51
1973	The Creeping FleshMovie	James Hildern	51
1973	The Wicker ManMovie	Lord Summerisle	51
1973	The Satanic Rites of DraculaMovie	Count Dracula	51
1973	Poor DevilMovie	Lucifer	51
1973	Nothing But the NightMovie	Col. Charles Bingham	51
1972	Horror ExpressMovie	Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton	50
1972	Dracula A.D. 1972Movie	Count Dracula	50
1972	Death LineMovie	Stratton-Villiers, MI5	50
1971	The House That Dripped BloodMovie	John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet")	49
1971	Hannie CaulderMovie	Bailey	49
1971	Film '72Series	Self	49
1971	I, MonsterMovie	Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake	49
1970	The Private Life of Sherlock HolmesMovie	Mycroft Holmes	48
1970	Scars of DraculaMovie	Dracula	48
1970	Taste the Blood of DraculaMovie	Dracula	48
1970	Count DraculaMovie	Dracula	48
1970	Scream and Scream AgainMovie	Fremont	48
1970	Julius CaesarMovie	Artemidorus	48
1970	TreffpunkteSeries	Self	48
1969	The Oblong BoxMovie	Dr. J. Neuhartt	47
1969	The Magic ChristianMovie	Ship's Vampire	47
1968	The Movie OrgyMovie	Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage)	46
1968	Dracula Has Risen from the GraveMovie	Dracula	46
1968	The Devil Rides OutMovie	Duc de Richleau	46
1968	Curse of the Crimson AltarMovie	J.D. Morley	46
1968	The Face of EveMovie	Colonel Stuart	46
1968	The Blood of Fu ManchuMovie	Dr. Fu Man Chu	46
1967	The Torture Chamber of Dr. SadismMovie	Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai	45
1967	The Vengeance of Fu ManchuMovie	Dr. Fu Manchu	45
1966	Dracula: Prince of DarknessMovie	Count Dracula	44
1966	Rasputin: The Mad MonkMovie	Grigori Rasputin	44
1966	Circus of FearMovie	Gregor	44
1965	Ten Little IndiansMovie	Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)	43
1965	Dr. Terror's House of HorrorsMovie	Franklyn Marsh	43
1965	The SkullMovie	Sir Matthew Phillips	43
1965	SheMovie	Billali	43
1964	The GorgonMovie	Prof. Karl Meister	42
1964	The Devil-Ship PiratesMovie	Captain Robeles	42
1964	The Castle of the Living DeadMovie	Count Drago	42
1963	The Whip and the BodyMovie	Kurt Menliff	41
1963	Horror CastleMovie	Erich	41
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries	Karl Jorla	40
1962	The Devil's AgentMovie	Baron Ferdi von Staub	40
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries	Self	40
1962	Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly NecklaceMovie	Sherlock Holmes	40
1962	The Secret of the Red OrchidMovie	Capt. Allerman	40
1961	The AvengersSeries	Professor Stone	39
1961	The Mike Douglas ShowSeries	Self	39
1961	Taste of FearMovie	Doctor Pierre Gerrard	39
1961	Hercules in the Haunted WorldMovie	King Lico (Licos)	39
1961	The Devil's DaffodilMovie	Ling Chu	39
1960	The City of the DeadMovie	Prof. Alan Driscoll	38
1960	The Two Faces of Dr. JekyllMovie	Paul Allen	38
1960	The Hands of OrlacMovie	Nero the magician	38
1959	One Step BeyondSeries	Wilhelm Reitlinger	37
1959	The Hound of the BaskervillesMovie	Sir Henry Baskerville	37
1959	The MummyMovie	Kharis, the Mummy	37
1959	The Man Who Could Cheat DeathMovie	Dr. Pierre Gerrard	37
1959	Stars in the RingSeries	Self	37
1959	Whicker's WorldSeries	—	37
1959	The Treasure of San TeresaMovie	Jaeger	37
1959	Uncle Was a VampireMovie	Baron Roderico da Frankurten	37
1958	IvanhoeSeries	Sir Otto from the Rhine	36
1958	DraculaMovie	Count Dracula	36
1958	A Tale of Two CitiesMovie	Marquis St. Evremonde	36
1958	Battle of the V-1Movie	Brunner	36
1958	The Adventures of William TellSeries	Prince Erik	36
1958	Corridors of BloodMovie	Resurrection Joe	36
1957	The Curse of FrankensteinMovie	The Creature	35
1957	Ill Met by MoonlightMovie	German officer at The Dentist's office	35
1957	Fortune Is a WomanMovie	Charles Highbury	35
1957	The Truth About WomenMovie	Francois Thiers	35
1956	The Battle of the River PlateMovie	Manolo	34
1956	Alexander the GreatMovie	Nectenabus (voice)	34
1956	Colonel March of Scotland YardSeries	Jeanpierre	34
1956	Beyond MombasaMovie	Gil Rossi	34
1955	The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelSeries	Louis (uncredited)	33
1955	Police DogMovie	Johnny, a constable	33
1954	Mark SaberSeries	Larry Spence	32
1953	Innocents in ParisMovie	Lieutenant Whitlock	31
1952	Babes in BagdadMovie	Slave Dealer	30
1952	The Crimson PirateMovie	Joseph (attache)	30
1952	Moulin RougeMovie	Georges Seurat (uncredited)	30
1951	Quo VadisMovie	Chariot Driver (uncredited)	29
1951	Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.Movie	Spanish Captain	29
1950	Prelude to FameMovie	Newsman	28
1949	Trottie TrueMovie	Hon. Bongo Icklesham	27
1948	HamletMovie	Palace Guard (uncredited)	26
1948	Saraband for Dead LoversMovie	Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel	26
1948	A Song for TomorrowMovie	Auguste	26
1948	Corridor of MirrorsMovie	Charles	26
1948	Scott of the AntarcticMovie	Bernard Day	26
0	Science Fiction Film AwardsSeries	Himself	—