p. 79. [80] He finally made his film début in Terence Young's Gothic romance Corridor of Mirrors (1947). In 1984, he won ‘International Fantasy Film Award’ for his contribution to the fantasy film genre. Lee had met J. R. R. Tolkien once (making him the only person involved in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy to have done so) and made a habit of reading the novels at least once a year. Soon, he made his film debut in Terence Young’s ‘Corridors of Mirrors,’ a gothic romance. 2002: Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker vs. Hong Kong gang Also Known As: Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, Born in: Belgravia, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, mother: Contessa Estelle Marie, Estelle Marie Carandini di Sarzano, place of death: Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom, education: Wellington College, Eton, Summer Fields School, The Company of Youth, Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was a famous English actor and singer. [30] Lee was frequently beaten at school, including once at Wellington for "being beaten too often," though he accepted them as "logical and therefore acceptable" punishments for knowingly breaking the rules. Lee, by now an expert on Russia, talked them into resuming their duties, which much impressed his commanding officer. "[55] The Allied advance continued into Libya, through Tobruk and Benghazi to the Marble Arch and then through El Agheila, Khoms and Tripoli, with the squadron averaging five missions a day. [159] They were engaged soon after, and married on 17 March 1961. Lee saw him for the last time on a bus in London in 1940, by then divorced from Lee's mother, though Lee did not speak to him. He was sent to see Josef Somlo for a contract, who immediately announced that he was "much too tall to be an actor." [43] In the winter, his father fell ill with bilateral pneumonia and died on 12 March 1941. [17] During this time, his mother took his sister and him to Wengen in Switzerland. [63] He spent most of this time with the Gurkhas of the 8th Indian Infantry Division during the Battle of Monte Cassino. He was the voice of Lucan D'Lere in the trailers for EverQuest II. Lee was a producer of the horror film Nothing But the Night (also 1972), in which he also starred. In 1965, he reprised his role as ‘Dracula’ in Hammer’s second installment of the ‘Dracula’ series titled ‘Dracula: Prince of Darkness,’ which was well received by the critics. Some film books incorrectly credit him with a role in the film, something he had to correct for the rest of his life.[94]. Other films in Europe he made include Castle of the Living Dead (1964) and Horror Express (1972). In June 2014, the mother filed a … Military service during the Second World War, Christopher Lee playing M.R. [81] He played Charles; the director got around his height by placing him at a table in a nightclub alongside Lois Maxwell, Mavis Villiers, Hugh Latimer and John Penrose. She understood, and they called the wedding off. [4] He also appeared in the sequel film The Four Musketeers (1974), which was actually shot at the same time. Shaffer and Lee paid Pinner £15,000 for the rights to the novel, and Schaffer set to work on the screenplay. "[191] He was awarded the Bram Stoker Gold Medal by the Trinity College Philosophical Society, of which Stoker was president, and a copy of Collected Ghost Stories of MR James by Trinity College's School of English. 1997: Fairuza Balk vs. Robin Tunney [33] With most employers on or preparing to go on summer holidays, there were no immediate opportunities for Lee, and so he was sent to the French Riviera, where his sister was on holiday with friends. 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People can read in to that what they like. His step-father had gone bankrupt, owing £25,000. Sure, I've played plenty of heavies, but as Anthony Hopkins says, "I don't play villains, I play people. He played Lucas de Beaumanoir, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, in the BBC/A&E co-production of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1997). Als Sohn von Vater Geoffrey Trollope Lee und Mutter Contessa Estelle Marie erlangte er im Jahr 2020 als Schauspieler Berühmtheit zum Beispiel für Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret, Battle Hymns MMXI, Lord of the Rings. I'd have to live in a bath! Emotional blackmail. [120] In 2014, he appeared in an episode of the BBC documentary series Timeshift called How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective. McFarland. [131] In 2007, he voiced the transcript of The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien for the audiobook version of the novel. The film received negative response from the critics. [58] After the Axis surrender in North Africa in May 1943, the squadron moved to Zuwarah in Libya in preparation for the Allied invasion of Sicily. (1951) as a Spanish captain. Lee sings on two tracks in the film ("Name Your Poison" and "Mister Midnight"), written by Richard O'Brien (who had written The Rocky Horror Picture Show seven years previously) and Richard Hartley. Christopher Lee was born Christopher Frank Carandini Lee on 27 May 1922, in Belgravia, London, England, to British Army Officer Geoffrey Trollope Lee and his wife Contessa Estelle Marie (née Carandini di Sarzano). In 2006, he bridged two disparate genres of music by performing a heavy metal variation of the Toreador Song from the opera Carmen with the band Inner Terrestrials. "[72] He retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.[71]. 2011: Robert Pattinson vs. Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier Samuel "[128][154], Lee was engaged for a time in the late-1950s to Henriette von Rosen, whom he had met at a nightclub in Stockholm. Lee had previously appeared with Karloff in 1955 in the "At Night, All Cats are Grey" episode of the British television series Colonel March of Scotland Yard. [25] Sixty years later, Lee played the part of James for the BBC. [54] As the North African Campaign progressed, the squadron "leapfrogged" between Egyptian airstrips, from RAF El Daba to Maaten Bagush and on to Mersa Matruh. [96] According to Lee, Wheatley was so pleased with it, that he offered the actor the film rights to his remaining black magic novels, free of charge.