Happy Birthday Sir Christopher Lee! He played various parts in television series, Tales of Hans Anderson (1952-1955). Lee was known for the Hammer horror films starting with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) in which he played the monster and co-starred Peter Cushing. This was also directed by Terence Fisher another longtime collaborator. He played his iconic role in as Count Dracula in Horror of Dracula (1958) directed by Fisher with Peter Cushing playing Dr. Van Helsing. Next, he played Sir Henry Baskerville in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) with Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes. He played another figure of horror in The Mummy (1959). Lee was able to play the master detective in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962). He starred as Billali, follower of the lead character played by Ursula Andress in She (1965) based on the H. Rider Haggard novel. He returned to his iconic role in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965) and then Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968). Then, he was in 1967 and 1969 episodes of the spy show The Avengers. There were more Dracula films with Count Dracula (1970) and Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970). In the Billy Wilder movie, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), Lee played Mycroft Holmes, brother to the famous detective.
Sir Christopher Lee continued with Scars of Dracula (1970) and Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972). He was in the horror classic, The Wicker Man (1973), as Lord Summerisle. Lee played the deadly Bond villain, Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). The recent iconic role for Lee was playing Saruman in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001). Then, he was Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Next, he returned as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and finally The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). His final appearance as Count Dooku was in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). He played Dr. Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) directed by Tim Burton. Lee played First High Councilor in The Golden Compass (2007). He voiced Count Dooku in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) released to theaters. He was knighted in 2009. Lee was Monsieur Labisse in Hugo (2011) directed by Martin Scorsese. He starred in Tim Burton’s adaptation of the tv series, Dark Shadows (2012). Lee returned as Saruman in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and then The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). One of his last roles was voicing Angels of Notting Hill (2015). Lee died in 2015, but he will always be immortal in his many films. Happy Birthday Sir Christopher Lee!
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