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Biography

After several years in secondary film roles, the skeletal, menacing Christopher Lee achieved horror-flick stardom as the Monster in 1958's The Curse of Frankenstein, the second of his 21 Hammer Studios films. Contrary to popular belief, Lee and Peter Cushing did not first appear together in The Curse of Frankenstein. In Laurence Olivier's Hamlet (1948), in which Cushing plays the...

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Filmography at a glance

Extraordinary Tales 2015
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012
Dark Shadows 2012
The Wicker Tree 2011
Hugo 2011
Season of the Witch (2011) 2011
The Resident 2011
Burke and Hare 2010
Alice in Wonderland (2010) 2010
The Heavy 2009
Triage 2009
Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2008
The Golden Compass 2007
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs 2007
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride 2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005
Greyfriars Bobby 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002
Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001
Sleepy Hollow 1999
Jinnah 1998
Ivanhoe 1997
The Girl (1987) 1986
The Return of Captain Invincible 1983
The Last Unicorn 1982
1941 1979
Alien Encounter 1979
Arabian Adventure 1979
The Four Musketeers 1975
Diagnosis: Murder 1975
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974
The Wicker Man (1974) 1973
Dracula A.D. 1972 1972
The Creeping Flesh 1972
Horror Express 1972
The House That Dripped Blood 1971
The Scars of Dracula 1970
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970
Scream and Scream Again 1970
The Magic Christian 1969
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave 1968
The Devil Rides Out 1968
Eve 1968
Dracula, Prince of Darkness 1966
Face of Fu Manchu 1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965
The Gorgon 1964
The Devil-Ship Pirates 1964
The Pirates of Blood River 1962
The Longest Day 1962
Hercules In The Haunted World (1961) 1961
Scream of Fear 1961
Terror of the Tongs 1961
Horror Hotel 1960
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1959
The Mummy (1959) 1959
Horror of Dracula 1958
The Accursed 1958
Ill Met By Moonlight 1957
The Curse of Frankenstein 1957
Bitter Victory 1957
Moby Dick (1956) 1956
The Crimson Pirate 1952
Captain Horatio Hornblower 1951
Prelude to Fame 1950
Hamlet (1948) 1948
Scott of the Antarctic 1948
Scott of the Antarctic 1948
Scott of the Antarctic 1948
Scott of the Antarctic 1948
Corridor of Mirrors 1948

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