Description: This is a contemporary casting direct from an original life mask of Christopher Lee made as a display piece. The lifecast was originally made for make-up effects, and mask creation for his feature film and television work during the time that he portrayed "Dracula" for several Hammer Horror Films. Select Thumbnails Below To View Larger Images This 1:1 life-size casting is professionally crafted using a professional grade plaster and has a sturdy metal loop in the back for displaying on a wall. This casting can also be produced from a lightweight urethane plastic for an additional 75 dollars upon request. William Forsche has been creating and collecting lifecasts for most of his adult life. One of Forsche's career highlights was creating a lifecast of Vincent Price in 1988. "I have personally been collecting and creating life masks in Hollywood for over 30 years." "This is a professionally made modern casting made of the highest grade materials available." - William Forsche William Forsche offers you this high quality life mask direct from his Hollywood collection. Castings from our "Premium" Life Mask collection are made for the discriminating collector. These castings have been professionally remastered from the best source materials available, and should not be confused with lower quality life masks readily available elsewhere. A signed C.O.A. and a signature on every cast is provided by William Forsche to ensure its authenticity and high quality. Our castings have been used in numerous film productions, William Forsche has done life mask creation for Academy Award winning make-up artists Rick Baker, Greg Cannom and for George Lucas' special effects company Industrial Light and Magic. Many of our castings are also in the personal collections of high profile collectors and artists such as: Guillermo del Toro, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Liza Minnelli, Hugh Heffner, Kirk Douglas, and the late Tony Curtis and Gregory Peck. Testimonials from Hollywood professionals about the quality of Forsche Design Life Masks. Andy Schoneberg is a two time Emmy award winning makeup artist for "The Walking Dead." Below is the Humphrey Bogart display he created using one of Forsche's Life Masks. "I met William 28 years ago(!) on Dead Heat. He was a master life caster then, doing excellent work. He's a fantastic artist and technician. William's life cast collection is without equal. If William is offering a life cast of a particular person, you can bet he's done the legwork to make sure that it's the best, most accurate cast available. Period." -Andy Schoneberg Dan Platt's work includes "Terminator 2", Tupac Shakur's hologram for "Coachella" and he was also the Facial Model Lead responsible for youthenizing Jeff Bridges as Clu for "Tron: Legacy." "Bill, I've been collecting life casts from you for 20 years and without fail, your castings are undisputedly the sharpest, distortion free and most accurate castings in the industry. How do I know? Every morning Ebay sends out a fresh listing of available life casts and I am appalled on what is being offered by your competitors. When I had the privilege to work with you at Greg Cannom's in the early 90's, your life cast work was without flaw and that same attention to detail and craftsmanship is evident in every cast that you sell. I could not and most importantly, WILL NOT buy any life cast from anyone other than you. The success of my career depends heavily on the solid understanding of facial anatomy, form and structure. For the last two decades, your life casts gave me that invaluable understanding. And without that knowledge, I would never have been able to correctly interpret poorly lit or artistically shot photographs when I recreated Tupac for Coachella." -Dan Platt Tom Spina: Sculptor, Movie Prop Conservation Artist and Collector works on an original "Mrs. Doubtfire" appliance displayed on a custom Robin Williams life mask display bust provided by William Forsche of Forsche Design. "To any and all collectors of lifecasts, You will simply never find another source like William Forsche. His decades of film FX experience and encyclopedic knowledge are a benefit not found in any other lifecast seller, but the real value is in the exquisite quality of the castings themselves. Each is a work of art in its own right, always with highest level of detail of any available, and the closest generation to the original actor's face. I am never disappointed when I open a package from Forsche! I've counted on Bill for reference busts when recreating famous faces and also for things like copies of Robin Williams' head, to which we applied two sets of original Mrs. Doubtfire appliances for display. In order to achieve that, we needed castings that were properly sized and without warp. Bill delivered, as he always does! I can highly recommend his work to anyone interested and look forward to my next purchase!" Sincerely, -Tom Spina Daniel Horne is a multiple award winning artist, painter and mask maker whose work is in many private collections worldwide including: Guillermo del Toro, Greg Nicotero and Rick Baker. "William, Thank you again for offering great life casts, I have ten of yours and they are far superior to anything else that is offered." -Daniel Horne Mike Hill is a portrait sculptor and artist whose work is in many private collections, Mike has also sculpted for television's "American Horror Story" and film projects such as "Men in Black 3" and "The Wolfman." "Life masks are a valuable tool in the process of sculpting a human head or likeness. It doesnt matter if it isn’t the actual person, understanding the folds and planes of the face is far easier to understand if you hold one in your hand . William Forsche is my go-to for any life mask." -Mike Hill Why purchase our life masks when there are cheaper plastic castings and other sources available? "The advent of the internet has put collecting life masks into the hands of many people outside the film industry; I have personally acquired some of these life masks from various internet sources and have been extremely disappointed with the quality and the distortion (shrinkage etc.) of these castings. The average person outside the film industry doesn't have studio grade life masks to compare their castings with. With over 30 years of selectively collecting life masks it has always been my goal to obtain the highest quality masks available. Not only have I been a collector I am also a Hollywood life mask artist who has created some of the castings that exist in private collections, museums and have been used in the production of many of the major Hollywood films which I have worked on. My professional experience gives me the insight and the ability to compare similar castings and grade them on their detail, shrinkage and distortion. It is my goal and my passion to always make the highest quality life masks possible and it is my pleasure to share these casts with the discriminating life mask collector." -William Forsche Select Thumbnails Below To View Larger Images Forsche Design's white plaster lifecast of Grace Kelley on the left compared to theirs which is on the right. Our more complete and detailed Grace Kelley cast does not exhibit the shrinkage or distortion of their casting which has less detail. Their once white plastic cast has yellowed considerably with age and has only a single wire as a do it yourself type of hanger. Lifecast artist Willa Shalit invited William Forsche to New York City in 1986 to teach her his lifecasting techniques, after seeing the torso and face casting of Hugh Heffner's girlfriend that he created for the Playboy Mansion. Forsche was later asked to assist Willa Shalit with the smiling lifecast of Stevie Wonder created for his Album cover "Characters." Many of Forsche's lifecasting techniques were also utilized for some of Shalit's more refined lifecasts in her book "Life Cast: Behind the Mask." Forsche works on a life mask of Brooke Shields in Shalit's lifecast studio, New York City circa 1986. Modern day photo of William Forsche recreating the "Aladdin Sane" life masks that he originally made for David Bowie's personal collection. David Bowie and William Forsche at "Top of the Pops" circa 1987. William Forsche with Hollywood Acting Legends: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Gregory Peck. Select image below to read an article about the lifecast artist William Forsche. William Forsche was asked to join several other top Hollywood make-up effects artists recently to teach his lifecasting techniques in the "Ultimate Creature Creator Class." Performer's Film Television & Media Appearances Date of Birth 27 May 1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK Birth Name Christopher Frank Carandini Lee Nickname Chris Height 6' 5" (1.96 m) Mini Bio (1) Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee is perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he has portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it be Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), or Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), or as the title monster in the Hammer Horror film, The Mummy (1959). Lee was born in 1922 in London, England, where he and his older sister Xandra were raised by their parents, Contessa Estelle Marie (Carandini di Sarzano) and Geoffrey Trollope Lee, a professional soldier, until their divorce in 1926. Later, while Lee was still a child, his mother married (and later divorced) Harcourt George St.-Croix (nicknamed Ingle), who was a banker. Lee's maternal great-grandfather was an Italian political refugee, while Lee's great-grandmother was English opera singer Marie (Burgess) Carandini. After attending Wellington College from age 14 to 17, Lee worked as an office clerk in a couple of London shipping companies until 1941 when he enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Following his release from military service, Lee joined the Rank Organisation in 1947, training as an actor in their "Charm School" and playing a number of bit parts in such films as Corridor of Mirrors (1948). He made a brief appearance in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), in which his future partner-in-horror Peter Cushing also appeared. Both actors also appeared later in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet until their horror films together. Lee had numerous parts in film and television throughout the 1950s. He struggled initially in his new career because he was discriminated as being taller than the leading male actors of his time and being too foreign-looking. However, playing the monster in the Hammer film The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) proved to be a blessing in disguise, since the was successful, leading to him being signed on for future roles in Hammer Film Productions. Lee's association with Hammer Film Productions brought him into contact with Peter Cushing, and they became good friends. Lee and Cushing often than not played contrasting roles in Hammer films, where Cushing was the protagonist and Lee the villain, whether it be Van Helsing and Dracula respectively in Horror of Dracula (1958), or John Banning and Kharis the Mummy respectively in The Mummy (1959). Lee continued his role as "Dracula" in a number of Hammer sequels throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. During this time, he co-starred in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), and made numerous appearances as Fu Manchu, most notably in the first of the series The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), and also appeared in a number of films in Europe. With his own production company, Charlemagne Productions, Ltd., Lee made Nothing But the Night (1973) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976). By the mid-1970s, Lee was tiring of his horror image and tried to widen his appeal by participating in several mainstream films, such as The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), and the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). The success of these films prompted him in the late 1970s to move to Hollywood, where he remained a busy actor but made mostly unremarkable film and television appearances, and eventually moved back to England. The beginning of the new millennium relaunched his career to some degree, during which he has played Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and as Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Lee played Count Dooku again in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and as Johnny Depp's character's father in the Tim Burton film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). On 16 June 2001, he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to drama. He was created a Knight Bachelor on 13 June 2009 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. In addition he was made a Commander of the Order of St John on 16 January 1997. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Lyn Hammond and Sidhartha Shankar Spouse (1) Gitte Lee (17 March 1961 - present) (1 child) Trade Mark (5) Deeply melodic basso voice Frequently plays imposing, menacing villains Roles in Hammer Horror films More often than not sports a beard. Especially in recent years Towering height and slender frame Trivia (135) Turned down Donald Pleasence's role as Dr. Sam Loomis in Halloween (1978) (He later remarked that this was his biggest mistake). Classically trained singer. One of the few actors who has portrayed three different Sherlock Holmes characters: Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes and Sir Henry Baskerville. A distant cousin and frequent golfing partner of Bond creator Ian Fleming, Lee was the author's personal pick for the role of Dr. No (1962) in the first 007 film. The role, of course, went to actor Joseph Wiseman, who was brilliant. However, fans of the literary Bond might want to check out Lee's portrayal of Chinese master criminal Fu Manchu, for an idea of how Ian Fleming himself envisioned Dr. No. Uncle of Harriet Walter. Vincent Price and Christopher Lee were born on the same day (27th May) and Peter Cushing was born on the 26th. Was one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant. The blooddripping fangs worn by Lee in many of his vampire films were created by Irish dental technician Sean Mulhall. Is listed as the Center of the Hollywood Universe by the Oracle of Kevin Bacon website at the University of Virginia, because he can be linked to any one in Hollywood on average in 2.59 steps. That is less than either Charlton Heston or Kevin Bacon himself. In a radio interview in South Africa, Lee claimed that he held the record for number of film roles by an actor. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. Appears on the cover of Paul McCartney's 1973 album "Band on the Run". Served in the British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 1941 to 1946. During that time, he was an active member of the Special Forces. Has appeared in a scene from The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) on screen during the drive-in sequence in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962). The white coffin used in one of his Dracula films was later used in Bananarama's music video "Venus". One of Lee's maternal great-grandfathers was Italian. Through him, Lee is of noble Italian ancestry (from the Carandini family). From an acting dynasty, his great-grandparents founded the first Australian opera company. He made his stage debut in school as the demonic lead in "Rumpelstiltskin", a sign of things to come. A stunt double performed the stunts and lightsaber fights in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Lee's face was imposed on the double's body. Lee mentioned that in the last 40 years, he has done more swordfights than any other actor, but "not anymore". Speaks very good French, good enough to understand questions and give long replies in a press conference. Is an honorary member of three stuntmen's unions. His stepfather (his mother's second husband) was the maternal uncle of writer Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame). Lee and Fleming are therefore stepcousins. Was voted No. 31 on the recent British televised poll "The Greatest Movie Stars of All Time" above the likes of John Wayne, Michael Caine and Humphrey Bogart. Sustained an injury to his hand while filming a swordfight with a slightly drunk Errol Flynn for The Dark Avenger (1955). Both he and his fellow "Star Wars" Sith Lord, David Prowse, have played Frankenstein's Monster opposite Peter Cushing: Lee in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Prowse in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). Was originally offered the role of Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). He turned down the role which eventually went to his good friend Peter Cushing. Since his feature film debut in Corridor of Mirrors (1948), he has had at least one film role every year except for 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2006. At 6 feet 5 inches, he is entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as "The Tallest Leading Actor". He struggled to get work early in his career as a supporting actor because almost all the male stars were shorter than he. Was upset about the deletion of his death scene in the theatrical version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). However, the scene was put back into the Extended Edition which is seen as the definitive version. One of the most prolific actors of all time, he has acted in nearly 230 films, although he later admitted that his film work was not always chosen on quality but often on whether they could support his family. His peak years of productivity were 1955 and 1970, as Lee starred in nine films in both years. As Darth Tyranus, he plays the first Sith apprentice to act in both body and voice. Although he has been in well over 200 films, he has very rarely played a hero, having been a villain in perhaps about 85% of his films (even his bit parts lean towards the unsympathetic). He was awarded Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon on December 11, 2002. 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. On July 21, 2004, he was given the honorary citizenship of the Italian city of Casina (Province of Reggio Emilia) where Sarzano, the castle of his ancestors is situated. He gave his speech of thanks in Italian. Was the Center of the Hollywood Universe, according to data at the Movie Oracle, https://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/center.html, but is now second to Rod Steiger. Two of his roles have been as leaders of a separatist movement. The first was Jinnah (1998), about Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan. The second was in the Star Wars series as Count Dooku, the former mentor of Qui-Gon Jinn. In a bonding of two generations of Frankenstein's monsters, Lee and his wife were good friends with Boris Karloff and his wife. This friendship was not as a result of them working together (they made two films together: Corridors of Blood (1958) and Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)) but by the coincidence that they lived next door to each other in England. Has one child, Christina Erika Lee (b. November 23, 1963) with his wife Birgit Kroencke Lee (Gitte Lee). During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force and in British Intelligence. In 1972, he founded Charlemagne Productions Ltd. He studied at Summerfield Preparatory School and attended Wellington College. His daughter, Christina Erika Lee, was born with her legs severely deformed. They were bent at such a severe angle that they were almost backwards. She spent her first two years in splints. She eventually learned how to walk after the age of three and no longer needed splints. According to his official website: He speaks French, German, Italian and Spanish and can "get along" in Greek, Russian and Swedish. When he arrived in the recording studio to do the voice-over for King Haggard in the original animated version of The Last Unicorn (1982), he came armed with his own copy of the book with certain excerpts marked pertaining to parts of the book that he felt should not have been omitted. Like his Lord of the Rings director, Peter Jackson, he has appeared in films with three generations of Astins. Wanted to attend the Heavy Metal Festival Earthshaker Fest in 2005 to support his favorite bands, the Italian band Rhapsody and the American band Manowar, but had to cancel at the last moment because of an important filming appointment. He recorded a message to the fans in advance, which was shown right before Rhapsody appeared on-stage. According to his friend Norman Lloyd, he has a somewhat eccentric hobby: he is fascinated by public executioners and knows the names of every official executioner England has had since the middle of the 15th century. In his role as the title character, The Mummy (1959), in which he co-starred with Peter Cushing, Lee got severely injured in the course of the filming. All that smashing through real glass windows and doors had dislocated his shoulder and pulled his neck muscles, especially when he had to carry an actress with arms fully extended across a swamp, walking as much as 87 yards, which damaged his shoulders considerably. In Horror of Dracula (1958), Lee in the title role had to drop a woman into a grave, but when he carried her, she was unexpectedly heavy and in trying to drop her into the grave, Lee also fell in with her. Has appeared in three different films in which he had either known or met the (late) author of the original work: Gormenghast (2000) (Mervyn Peake), The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) (Ian Fleming, his cousin). Shot all his scenes for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) in one day. He is the tallest of the many actors who have played Count Dracula. He was one of the few people to volunteer to fight on the Finnish side in the Russo-Finnish winter war in 1939-1940, though he and his fellow British volunteers were in Finland only for about two weeks and were kept well away from direct combat. Although he and Peter Cushing were often mortal enemies on-screen, off-screen they were inseparable friends. His films have made more money than any other actor's in history. As of May 2006, five of his films (the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the two Star Wars films in which he played Count Dooku) had total grosses in excess of $4.4 billion. Even without considering Lee's other appearances dating back to 1948, his totals considerably surpass the figures of #3 billion and #3.8 billion claimed by Harrison Ford and Samuel L. Jackson, respectively. As a veritable J.R.R. Tolkien expert and the only member of the cast who had met Tolkien himself, he often visited the Production department on the sets of the various Lord of the Rings movies to give advice and tips on the various attributes of the films. Released the music album "Christopher Lee: Revelation" in the United Kingdom in October 2006. It includes songs like "The Toreador March", "O Sole Mio", "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" and "My Way". Has worked with three different Gollums. The first Gollum, Brother Theodore, provided a voice in The Last Unicorn (1982). The second, Peter Woodthorpe, appeared with him in The Odyssey (1997). The last, Andy Serkis, appeared with him in the Lord of the Rings films. Has played a staggering amount of Victorian characters. He played Count Dracula ten times, Dr. Fu Manchu five times, Sherlock Holmes three times, Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother) once and Sir Henry Baskerville (a friend of Holmes) once. He also appeared in The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) and I, Monster (1971), adaptations of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", among others. He is possibly the only actor in cinematic history to have achieved a unique trifecta. He has played a Star Wars villain (Count Dooku), a James Bond villain (Francisco Scaramanga), and a classic horror movie monster (Dracula, the Mummy and Frankenstein's Monster). Has worked with three James Bonds: Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Pierce Brosnan in Around the World in 80 Days (1989), and Daniel Craig in The Golden Compass (2007). He was cast as a ballad soloist called The Gentleman Ghost in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", but his role was cut when the ballad numbers were omitted. However, he never filmed the scenes and was present for the recording session. In 2008, he received a lifetime achievement award at Pula Film Festival (Croatia). In various interviews over the years has referred to all three actors to play James Bond that he has worked with - Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig - as the best and most close to Ian Fleming's intentions. However, he has also criticized Fleming's weak characters when discussing his own Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and described the screen adaptation as considerably better written. Along with Patrick Macnee, he is one of only two surviving cast members of Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948). He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. The ceremony took place at Buckingham Palace on October 30, 2009, and was carried out by HRH 'Prince Charles', The Prince of Wales. He was awarded Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 1997. At age 77, he confirmed that he has lost an inch of height and is now 6' 4". Was offered the role of King Balor in Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), but had to turn it down due to other commitments. Once declared himself an unconditional fan of Gene Hackman. He learned how to speak German by listening to Richard Wagner records. Had dubbed King Haggard in the German version of The Last Unicorn (1982) for no fee, out of love for the film. Has said that his favorite director is Tim Burton, whom he frequently collaborated with on several of Burton's films. Was very good friends with Josip Broz Tito, a partisan leader and a president of a former country of Yugoslavia. Lee's friend, Jean Paul Getty, lent him and wife Gitte his Sutton Place home for their honeymoon in 1961. He was awarded Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand in 2011. Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy once a year for decades, long before the film series ever got started. Wore an eyepatch to play the role of Rochefort in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989), one of few films, if not the only film, to be based on "Twenty Years After". His interpretation of the character was so popular that many subsequent adaptations of the story; such as Disney's The Three Musketeers (1993) and The Three Musketeers (2011), have continued to portray Rochefort as wearing an eyepatch, despite the fact that Alexandre Dumas père never described the character as wearing one. Early in his career, Lee dubbed foreign films into English and other languages including Jacques Tat's "Mr. Hulot's Holiday". Sometimes he dubbed all the voices including women's parts. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., recalled that Lee could do any kind of accent: "foreign, domestic, North, South, Middle, young, old, everything. He's a great character actor". Has also done a few small roles that only require his voice, such as the priest in Corpse Bride (2005), and the Jabberwocky in Alice in Wonderland (2010). Around 1988, Lee agreed to play a vampire once more in an unproduced Dutch/Belgian comedy that was to be called "Blooper". The script, written by 'Frank van Laecke', was commissioned because of the physical resemblance between Lee and Dutch opera singer Marco Bakker, as noted by Bakker's wife, actress Willeke van Ammelrooy. Lee, a great lover of opera, got along well with both of them. The story concerned an opera singer called Billy Blooper (Bakker) who learns his father (Lee) is a vampire who's teeth had gone rotten after eating too many sweets. Now whenever he bites anyone, instead of turning into a vampire, they became half-human, half-chicken. His mother was a contessa of the Italian Cardini family related through marriage across the centuries to the Borgias. He got started in films when his cousin Count Niccolo Caradini, Italy's first post war ambassador to Britain introduced him to Filipo Del Guidice of Two Cities Film. His godfather was Prince Alexander of Battenberg, a grandson of Queen Victoria, who later adopted the title of Lord Carisbrooke. After preparatory school, he passed the entrance exam for Eton but his parents could not afford the fees. He went to Wellington, but had to be taken out when their financial situation worsened. He took a job as an office boy in a shipping company in the City at £1 a week. Lee got along well with Eddie Powell, his longtime stunt double at Hammer Film Productions. Powell married Hammer wardrobe mistress Rosemary Burrowes, who jokingly referred to Lee as "Nasty" and sometimes "Green Mould". Did not start acting until he was 25 years old. Christopher Lee was married to his wife Gitte just before production on The Devil's Daffodil (1961) began. They had no time for a full honeymoon as they only had a weekend before filming began on Mondy. They spent it in Brighton and resolved to have a serial honeymoon spread out over the next year between picture commitments. Unfortunately it rained most of the weekend. He considers Billy Wilder to be the greatest director he worked for. In his autobiography, he relates his first meeting with Peter Cushing during production of The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), in which he played the monster. Lee stormed into a dressing room where Cushing was sitting and angrily yelled "I haven't got any lines!" Cushing replied, "You're lucky; I've read the script.". He worked with Bernard Lee in Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and his grandson Jonny Lee Miller in Dark Shadows (2012). He had no lines in Hamlet (1948), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) or Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966). His character seduced Barbara Shelley in both Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966). He made nine films with Michael Ripper: The Mummy (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Scars of Dracula (1970) and The Creeping Flesh (1973). He appeared in 12 films directed by Terence Fisher: A Song for Tomorrow (1948), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Mummy (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Gorgon (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Island of the Burning Damned (1967) and The Devil Rides Out (1968). He made seven films with Oliver Reed: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Wild for Kicks (1960), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974), The Return of the Musketeers (1989) and Treasure Island (1990). He made seven films with Francis De Wolff: The Gay Lady (1949), Moulin Rouge (1952), Corridors of Blood (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) and The Three Musketeers (1973). He made five films with Miles Malleson: One Night with You (1948), Saraband (1948), Private's Progress (1956), Horror of Dracula (1958) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He starred in two adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde": The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) and I, Monster (1971). He is the last surviving cast member of Scott of the Antarctic (1948). He appeared in three films with Suzan Farmer: The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966). In both The Pirates of Blood River (1962) and The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), he played the captain of a pirate crew which included Michael Ripper and Michael Peake. He has three roles in common with his Corridors of Blood (1958) and Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) co-star Boris Karloff: (1) Karloff played Frankenstein's Monster in Frankenstein (1931), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939) while Lee played him in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), (2) Karloff played the Mummy in The Mummy (1932) while Lee played him in The Mummy (1959) and (3) Karloff played Dr. Fu Manchu in The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) while Lee played him in The Face of Fu Manchu (1965), The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966), The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967), The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) and Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969). He has two roles in common with Marc Warren: (1) Lee played Count Dracula in ten films from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Dracula and Son (1976) while Warren played him in Dracula (2006) and (2) Lee played the Comte de Rochfort in The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989) while Warren played him in The Musketeers (2014). He appeared in a total of 24 films with his close friend Peter Cushing: Hamlet (1948), Moulin Rouge (1952), Alexander the Great (1956), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Mummy (1959), The Devil's Agent (1962), The Gorgon (1964), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), She (1965), The Skull (1965), Island of the Burning Damned (1967), Scream and Scream Again (1970), One More Time (1970), The House That Dripped Blood (1971), I, Monster (1971), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), Horror Express (1972), Nothing But the Night (1973), The Creeping Flesh (1973), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973), Arabian Adventure (1979) and House of the Long Shadows (1983). He has made six films with Johnny Depp: Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Hugo (2011) and Dark Shadows (2012). He has made four films with Marton Csokas: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). He has made four films with Helena Bonham Carter: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012). He made four films with Patrick Troughton: Hamlet (1948), The Gorgon (1964), Scars of Dracula (1970), and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). Coincidentally, Peter Cushing appeared in all of them except Scars of Dracula. He played Count Dracula in ten films: Horror of Dracula (1958), Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Count Dracula (1970), One More Time (1970), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Scars of Dracula (1970), Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) and Dracula and Son (1976). He worked with Klaus Kinski in The Devil's Daffodil (1961), Secret of the Red Orchid (1962), Psycho-Circus (1966), Five Golden Dragons (1967) and Count Dracula (1970) and his daughter Nastassja Kinski in To the Devil a Daughter (1976). He starred in two Hammer adaptations of novels by Dennis Wheatley: The Devil Rides Out (1968) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976). He has two roles in common with Bela Lugosi: (1) Lugosi played Count Dracula in Dracula (1931) and Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) while Lee played him in ten films from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Dracula and Son (1976) and (2) Lugosi played Frankenstein's Monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) while Lee played him in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). He has three roles in common with Lon Chaney Jr.: (1) Chaney played Frankenstein's Monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) while Lee played him in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), (2) Chaney played Kharis the Mummy in The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944) and The Mummy's Curse (1944) while Lee played him in The Mummy (1959) and (3) Chaney played Count Dracula in Son of Dracula (1943) while Lee played him in ten films from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Dracula and Son (1976). He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Hamlet (1948) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). He is the only actor to appear in two films which were released more than 50 years apart and both won Best Picture. He has appeared in three films with Lee Pace: The Resident (2011), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). He has two roles in common with Frank Langella, Richard Roxburgh and Anthony D.P. Mann: (1) Lee played Count Dracula in ten films from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Dracula and Son (1976), Langella played him in Dracula (1979), Roxburgh played him in Van Helsing (2004) and Mann played him in Canucula! (Dracula in Canada) (2008) and Terror of Dracula (2012) and (2) Lee played Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) and Incident at Victoria Falls (1992), Langella played him in Standing Room Only: Sherlock Holmes (1981), Roxburgh played him in The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) and Mann played him in Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow Watchers (2011). Before he was persuaded to return as Count Dracula in Scars of Dracula (1970), John Forbes-Robertson was considered for the role. Forbes-Robertson later played the character in The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), making him the only actor other than Lee to play Dracula in the Hammer "Dracula" film series. He made four films with Charlton Heston: Julius Caesar (1970), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) and Treasure Island (1990). He made six films with Michael Goodliffe: Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951), Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956), She Played with Fire (1957), The Gorgon (1964), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and To the Devil a Daughter (1976). He has two roles in common with Tom Baker: (1) Lee played Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) and Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) while Baker played him in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) and (2) Lee played Grigory Rasputin in Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) while Baker played him in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He made six films with Desmond Llewelyn: Hamlet (1948), They Were Not Divided (1950), Corridors of Blood (1958), The Pirates of Blood River (1962) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). He made cameo appearances in the final instalments of two prequel trilogies: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). His voice in the Italian versions of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) was dubbed by Omero Antonutti. He was killed by Francis Matthews in both Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966). He was offered the role of Justinian in The Viking Queen (1967) but he turned it down. Don Murray was eventually cast. He made ten films with Michael Gough: Saraband (1948), Night Ambush (1957), Horror of Dracula (1958), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), The Skull (1965), Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), Julius Caesar (1970), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005) and Alice in Wonderland (2010). He has two roles in common with his Corpse Bride (2005) co-star Richard E. Grant: (1) Lee played Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) and Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) while Grant played him in The Other Side (1992) and (2) Lee played Holmes' brother Mycroft Holmes in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) while Grant played him in Sherlock (2002). He played Frankenstein's Monster in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) while his niece Harriet Walter played Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of "Frankenstein" author Mary Shelley, in Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster (2003). He has two roles in common with his Tales of the Haunted (1981) co-star Jack Palance: (1) Lee played Count Dracula in ten films from Horror of Dracula (1958) to Dracula and Son (1976) while Palance played him in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1974) and (2) Palance played Dr. Edward Hyde / Mr. Henry Jekyll in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) while Lee played renamed versions of the character(s), Dr. Charles Marlowe and Mr. Edward Blake, in I, Monster (1971). As of 2015, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Hamlet (1948), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) and Hugo (2011). Of those, Hamlet (1948) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) are winners in the category. According to the Multimedia Encyclopedia "Cinemania 95", he died on March 31, 1993. But he was alive in that time. As he played a Bond villain, he has worked with the most fellow Bond villain actors in films: Robert Shaw, Donald Pleasence, Telly Savalas, Charles Gray, Curd Jürgens, Michael Lonsdale, Julian Glover, Sean Bean, Christopher Walken etc. Personal Quotes (29) I stopped appearing as Dracula in 1972 because in my opinion the presentation of the character had deteriorated to such an extent, particularly bringing him into the contemporary day and age, that it really no longer had any meaning. Lon Chaney and Boris Karloff didn't like the word "horror". They, like I, went for the French description: "the theatre of the fantastique". There are many vampires in the world today - you only have to think of the film business. In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment. (on his friendship with Peter Cushing) I don't want to sound gloomy, but, at some point of your lives, every one of you will notice that you have in your life one person, one friend whom you love and care for very much. That person is so close to you that you are able to share some things only with him. For example, you can call that friend, and from the very first maniacal laugh or some other joke you will know who is at the other end of that line. We used to do that with him so often. And then when that person is gone, there will be nothing like that in your life ever again. [on doing Military Intelligence in World War II] When people say to me, you know, were you in this? Were you in that? Did you work in this? Did you work in that? I always used to say "Can you keep a secret?". And they would say "Yes, yes" and I would say "So can I". Some of the films I've been in I regret making. I got conned into making these pictures in almost every case by people who lied to me. Some years ago, I got a call from my producers saying that they were sending me a script and that five very distinguished American actors were also going to be in the film. Actors like José Ferrer, Dean Jagger and John Carradine. So I thought, "Well, that's alright by me." But it turned out it was a complete lie. Appropriately, the film was called End of the World (1977). I've seen many men die right in front of me - so many in fact that I've become almost hardened to it. Having seen the worst that human beings can do to each other, the results of torture, mutilation and seeing someone blown to pieces by a bomb, you develop a kind of shell. But you had to. You had to. Otherwise, we would never have won. When you're involved in a war it's the old saying "If your name's written on the bullet, there's nothing you can do about it." So you just banished it from your mind. Of course I was scared on some occasions and anyone who says they aren't scared during an operation probably isn't telling the truth. I know about six people who had no fear. Literally none. Whether that was due to a lack of imagination or because they'd conquered it, I don't know. In fact, one was Iain Duncan Smith's father, who was one of my closest friends. But during a war, people are taught to kill and they have the blessings of the authorities to do so, so if it's your life or somebody else's, you want to be quite sure it's not yours. [on the Rhapsody DVD documentary special edition of "The Dark Secret"] One should try anything he can in his career, except folkdance and incest. [Criticizing Hollywood's obsession with youth]: The problem today, and I think it's a very dangerous one for the people concerned, is that there are quite large numbers of very young men and women from 18 to 30, and they are playing very large parts in huge films and they simply, through no fault of their own, don't have the background and the experience and the knowledge to pull if off. And it's dangerous for them because if they are in one failure after another, sooner or later people are going to say, "Well, he may have a pretty face but he's not bringing the public in." So many of these good-looking - sometimes even pretty - boys and girls are getting these good roles and it's not fair on them. At some point, it's going to catch up. In my opinion--and I think I know as much if not more about Bond than anyone, particularly about the characters on whom [Ian Fleming] told me Bond was based--Pierce Brosnan was by far the best and closest to the character. I've always acknowledged my debt to Hammer. I've always said I'm very grateful to them. They gave me this great opportunity, made me a well-known face all over the world for which I am profoundly grateful. (on the technology used to film Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)): The advances have been phenomenal. There is a monitor on the camera there that is static, a monitor on the crane, and all these monitors scattered all over the place. What he's seeing is what you will see when you see the movie. I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, "An open door." Acting is like a snowstorm or perhaps a large empty vacuum. I'm not deluded by the fact that I'm getting all these offers for work, I'm very happy about it, but I know also that there is the other side and who knows, next year, they may not offer me anything. You never know. I think acting is a mixture of instinct, imagination and inventiveness. All you can learn as an actor is basic technique. [on how he was cast as the monster in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)] I was asked to play the creature chiefly because of my size and height which had effectively kept me out of many pictures I might have appeared in during the preceding ten years. Most British stars flatly refused to have me anywhere near them in a film, because I was easily the tallest man around. [on Peter Cushing] He really was the most gentle and generous of men. I have often said he died because he was too good for this world. (on Vincent Price and Peter Cushing) They were both grand masters of their art but more importantly as human beings... wonderful people, wonderful actors and I miss them very very much. Anthony Hopkins used to say, "I don't play villains, I play people," and it's a quote I use all the time. There's not much attractive about Hannibal Lecter though, although he's obviously charming and there's a side to him that's like Scaramanga (a Bond villain played by Lee), although far, far worse. He was quite stomach-churning. (2003) I vote Conservative, and I think Michael Howard is the ideal person to lead the party. When the last election was won by Labour, I said to my wife, "The man we need is Michael Howard", and I've said it ever since. He is an honourable man and his power lies in the fact that he is a splendid debater. Ann Widdecombe's comment is meaningless, as far as I'm concerned. I will play no more monsters. Dracula is different; he is such an exciting person. A real actor has to have an awful lot of imagination, and I do have a great deal. You can never be a proper actor without good instincts. I would rather have been an opera singer than anything else. I prefer to watch the old movies. The film stars of today, in my opinion, don't compare with their predecessors. The best are very good, but the last giant of cinema, I think, was Bette Davis. One actor I admire, who could become a giant, is Johnny Depp. He has elements that other actors don't possess. I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact. [on Johnny Depp's hints at retiring from acting] Johnny is a star - and that's not a term I ever use lightly. There are not a lot of them around today. It makes me sad that such a genuinely talented person is considering giving it all up. 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Death (voice) - Episode #1.7 (1997) ... Death (voice) Show all 7 episodes 1997 Ivanhoe (TV Mini-Series) Lucas de Beaumanoir - Part Six (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir - Part Five (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir - Part Four (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir - Part Three (1997) ... Lucas de Beaumanoir 1996 Welcome to the Discworld (Short) Death 1996 The Stupids Evil Sender 1996 Princess Alisea (TV Movie) Azaret 1995 Tales of Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) The Host / Host / Prince Prospero - The Masque of the Red Death ... Host / Prince Prospero - The Oval Portrait ... The Host - Berenice ... The Host - The Fall of the House of Usher ... The Host 1995 Moses (TV Movie) Ramses 1995 Street Gear (TV Series) Nick Dupont - Davis vs. Davis (1995) ... Nick Dupont - Smiley Face (1995) ... Nick Dupont - Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1995) ... Nick Dupont - Look Who's Quiet Now (1995) ... Nick Dupont - Two Blind Mice (1995) ... 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Kaka-ji Rao 1983 New Magic (Short) Mr. Kellar 1983 The Return of Captain Invincible Mr. Midnight 1983 House of the Long Shadows Corrigan 1982 The Last Unicorn King Haggard (English, German version, voice) 1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV Movie) Prince Philip 1982 Massarati and the Brain (TV Movie) Victor Leopold 1982 Safari 3000 Count Borgia 1981 Steigler and Steigler Dr. Carl Boxer 1981 Goliath Awaits (TV Movie) John McKenzie 1981 An Eye for an Eye Morgan Canfield 1981 Tales of the Haunted (TV Movie) Host 1981 The Salamander Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence 1980 Charlie's Angels (TV Series) Dale Woodman - Angel in Hiding (1980) ... Dale Woodman 1980 Once Upon a Spy (TV Movie) Marcus Valorium 1980 Serial Luckman Skull 1979 1941 Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt 1979 Bear Island Lechinski 1979 Captain America II: Death Too Soon (TV Movie) Miguel 1979 Jaguar Lives! Adam Caine 1979 Nutcracker Fantasy Uncle Drosselmeyer / Street Singer / The Puppeteer / ... (voice) 1979 Arabian Adventure Caliph Alquazar 1979 The Passage The Gypsy 1978 The Pirate (TV Movie) Samir Al Fay 1978 Caravans Sardar Khan 1978 Circle of Iron Zetan 1978 Return from Witch Mountain Victor 1977-1978 How the West Was Won (TV Mini-Series) The Grand Duke - Buffalo Story (1978) ... The Grand Duke - Pilot (1977) ... The Grand Duke 1977 Starship Invasions Captain Rameses 1977 End of the World Father Pergado / Zindar 1977 Airport '77 Martin Wallace 1977 Meatcleaver Massacre On-Screen Narrator 1976 The Keeper The Keeper 1976 Dracula and Son Dracula père / Le prince des Ténèbres / Prince of Darkness 1976 The Night of the Askari Bill 1976 To the Devil a Daughter Father Michael 1976 The Diamond Mercenaries Major Chilton 1975 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Stephen Hayward 1975 Space: 1999 (TV Series) Captain Zandor - Earthbound (1975) ... Captain Zandor 1975 The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan Satanus / Van Krig 1974 The Man with the Golden Gun Scaramanga 1974 The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge Rochefort 1973 Raw Meat Stratton-Villiers, MI5 1973 The Three Musketeers Rochefort 1973 The Wicker Man Lord Summerisle 1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula Count Dracula 1973 Great Mysteries (TV Series) Arnaud - The Leather Funnel (1973) ... Arnaud 1973 Poor Devil (TV Movie) Lucifer 1973 The Creeping Flesh James Hildern 1973 Dark Places Dr. Ian Mandeville 1973 Nothing But the Night Colonel Charles Bingham 1972 Horror Express Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton (as Cristopher Lee) 1972 Dracula A.D. 1972 Count Dracula 1971 Hannie Caulder Bailey 1971 I, Monster Marlowe / Blake 1971 The House That Dripped Blood John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") 1970 Umbracle The Man 1970 Scars of Dracula Dracula 1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Mycroft Holmes 1970 Julius Caesar Artemidorus 1970 Taste the Blood of Dracula Dracula 1970 One More Time Dracula (uncredited) 1970 Count Dracula Dracula 1970 Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion Dolmance 1970 The Bloody Judge Judge Jeffries 1970 Scream and Scream Again Fremont 1969 The Magic Christian Ship's Vampire 1969 The Oblong Box Dr. Newhartt 1969 Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu 1967-1969 The Avengers (TV Series) Colonel Mannering / Professor Frank N.Stone - The Interrogators (1969) ... Colonel Mannering - Never, Never Say Die (1967) ... Professor Frank N.Stone 1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar Morley 1968 Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Dracula 1968 The Blood of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu 1968 Eve Colonel Stuart 1968 The Devil Rides Out Duc de Richleau 1967 The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai 1967 Five Golden Dragons Dragon #4 1967 Blood Fiend Philippe Darvas 1967 The Vengeance of Fu Manchu Dr. Fu Manchu 1967 Island of the Burning Damned Godfrey Hanson 1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu 1966 Psycho-Circus Gregor 1966 Rasputin: The Mad Monk Grigori Rasputin 1966 Dracula: Prince of Darkness Dracula 1965 The Face of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu 1965 The Skull Sir Matthew Phillips 1965 Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little Indians' Mr. U. N. Owen (voice, uncredited) 1965/I She Billali 1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Franklyn Marsh (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand") 1964 The Gorgon Prof. Karl Meister 1964 Castle of the Living Dead Count Drago 1964 Crypt of the Vampire Count Ludwig Karnstein 1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) Karl Jorla - The Sign of Satan (1964) ... Karl Jorla 1964 The Devil-Ship Pirates Captain Robeles 1963 The Whip and the Body Kurt Menliff 1963 Horror Castle Erich (as Cristopher Lee) 1963 Katarsis Mephistoles 1962 Stranglehold 1962 Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace Sherlock Holmes 1962 The Devil's Agent Baron Ferdi von Staub 1962 The Pirates of Blood River Captain LaRoche 1962 Secret of the Red Orchid Captain Allerman 1961 Hercules in the Haunted World King Lico (Licos) 1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV Series) Wilhelm Reitlinger - The Sorcerer (1961) ... Wilhelm Reitlinger 1961 The Devil's Daffodil Ling Chu 1961 Scream of Fear Doctor Pierre Gerrard 1961 The Terror of the Tongs Chung King 1960 The Hands of Orlac Nero the magician 1960 Wild for Kicks Kenny King 1960 The City of the Dead Alan Driscoll 1960 The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll Paul Allen 1960 Playgirl After Dark Novak 1959 Tempi duri per i vampiri Baron Roderico da Frankurten 1959 Tales of the Vikings (TV Series) Lord Roderick - Pedigree (1959) ... Lord Roderick 1959 The Mummy The Mummy / Kharis 1959 Hot Money Girl Jaeger 1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death Dr. Pierre Gerrard 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Henry 1959 William Tell (TV Series) Prince Erik - The Manhunt (1959) ... Prince Erik 1958 Corridors of Blood Resurrection Joe 1958 Missiles from Hell Brunner 1958 Horror of Dracula Count Dracula 1958 White Hunter (TV Series) Mark Caldwell - This Hungry Hell (1958) ... Mark Caldwell 1958 A Tale of Two Cities Marquis St. Evremonde 1958 Ivanhoe (TV Series) Sir Otto from the Rhine - The German Knight (1958) ... Sir Otto from the Rhine 1958 O.S.S. (TV Series) Dessinger - Operation Firefly (1958) ... Dessinger 1957 The Truth About Women Francois Thiers 1957 Bitter Victory Sergeant Barney 1957 The Gay Cavalier (TV Series) Colonel Jeffries - The Lady's Dilemma (1957) ... Colonel Jeffries 1957 Stowaway Girl Voice (voice, uncredited) 1957 The Curse of Frankenstein The Creature 1957 She Played with Fire Charles Highbury 1957 The Accursed Doctor Neumann 1956-1957 Assignment Foreign Legion (TV Series) Rodin the Gardener / El Abba - As We Forgive (1957) ... Rodin the Gardener - The Anaya (1956) ... El Abba 1957 Night Ambush German officer at dentists 1956-1957 The Errol Flynn Theatre (TV Series) The Visitant / Compte de Merret / Maurice Gabet / ... - Evil Thoughts (1957) ... The Visitant - Love Token (1957) ... Compte de Merret - The Model (1956) ... Maurice Gabet - Fortunes of War (1956) ... Count Henri de Dairval 1956 Sailor of Fortune (TV Series) Yusif / Carnot - The Desert Hostages (1956) ... Yusif - Stranger in Danger (1956) ... Carnot 1956 Aggie (TV Series) Inspector John Hollis - Cut Glass (1956) ... Inspector John Hollis 1953-1956 Rheingold Theatre (TV Series) Felipe Nagy / Luis / Makarenko / ... - Crown of the Andes (1956) ... Felipe Nagy - The Man Who Wouldn't Escape (1956) ... Luis - The Immigrant (1955) ... Makarenko - The Wedding Dress (1955) ... Lt. Krainski - Border Incident (1955) ... Official Show all 16 episodes 1956 Beyond Mombasa Gil Rossi 1956 Pursuit of the Graf Spee Manolo 1956 Port Afrique Franz Vermes 1956 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) Louis - The Elusive Chauvelin (1956) ... Louis (uncredited) 1956 Alexander the Great Nectenabus (voice, uncredited) 1956 Private's Progress Major Schultz (uncredited) 1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV Series) Governor - Captain Kidd (1956) ... Governor 1955 Moby Dick Rehearsed (TV Movie) A Stage Manager / Flask 1955 Storm Over the Nile Karaga Pasha 1955 Alias John Preston John Preston 1955 The Cockleshell Heroes Submarine Commander Alan Grieves 1954-1955 Tales of Hans Anderson (TV Series) Olle / Student / Old man / ... - The Cripple Boy (1955) ... Olle - Wee Willie Winkie (1955) ... Student - The Old House (1954) ... Old man - The Nightingale (1954) ... Emperor of China 1955 The Vise (TV Series) Edgar Brookes / Richard Martell / Larry Spence - Strangle Hold (1955) ... Edgar Brookes - The Price of Vanity (1955) ... Richard Martell - The Final Column (1955) ... Larry Spence 1955 Police Dog Johnny, a constable 1955 The Dark Avenger French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) 1955 That Lady Captain 1955 Crossroads (Short) Harry Cooper 1954 Destination Milan Svenson 1954 Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV Series) Monsieur Jean-Pierre - At Night All Cats Are Gray (1954) ... 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Price: 99.95 USD
Location: Kaukauna, Wisconsin
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Genre: Movie Memorabilia
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
