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Also Known As	Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
Born	May 27, 1922 • London • England
Died	June 7, 2015 (aged 93) • London • England
Married To	Gitte Lee (married 1961)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"A Feast at Midnight" (1994) • "Valley of Eagles" (1951) • "The Castle of Fu Manchu" (1969) • "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" (1953–1956) • "Les redoutables" (2001) • "The Bengal Lancers!" (1984) • "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002) • "Pánico en el Transiberiano" (1972) • "Nutcracker Fantasy" (1979) • "Katarsis" (1963) • "Starship Invasions" (1977) • "Ghost Stories for Christmas" (2000) • "Too Hot to Handle" (1960) • "Corpse Bride" (2005) • "O.S.S." (1958) • "Taste the Blood of Dracula" (1970) • "The Truth About Women" (1957) • "Corridors of Blood" (1958) • "Safari 3000" (1982) • "Les rivières pourpres 2 - Les anges de l'apocalypse" (2004) • "Fortune Is a Woman" (1957) • "Paul Temple Returns" (1952) • "Angels in Notting Hill" (2015) • "Burke and Hare" (2010) • "Arabian Adventure" (1979) • "Jackpot" (1992) • "The City of the Dead" (1960) • "Bear Island" (1979) • "The House That Dripped Blood" (1971) • "The Avengers" (1967–1969) • "To the Devil a Daughter" (1976) • "The Hands of Orlac" (1960) • "The Return of Captain Invincible" (1983) • "The Girl" (1987) • "Street Gear" (1995) • "The Golden Compass" (2007) • "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960) • "I, Monster" (1971) • "La chute des aigles" (1989) • "Curse III: Blood Sacrifice" (1991) • "Port Afrique" (1956) • "Night of the Big Heat" (1967) • "The Magic Christian" (1969) • "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005) • "The Face of Fu Manchu" (1965) • "Battle of the V-1" (1958) • "The Oblong Box" (1969) • "The Stupids" (1996) • "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" (2014) • "Killer Force" (1976) • "Destination Milan" (1954) • "The Girl from Nagasaki" (2013) • "White Hunter" (1958) • "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" (1995) • "The Brides of Fu Manchu" (1966) • "Diagnosis: Murder" (1974) • "Night Train to Lisbon" (2013) • "The Man Who Could Cheat Death" (1959) • "The Return of the Musketeers" (1989) • "The Salamander" (1981) • "Dracula père et fils" (1976) • "Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N." (1951) • "Wyrd Sisters" (1997) • "The Gay Cavalier" (1957) • "Caravans" (1978) • "The New Adventures of Robin Hood" (1997–1998) • "Assignment Foreign Legion" (1956–1957) • "The Devil's Agent" (1962) • "Mask of Murder" (1988) • "The Vise" (1955) • "The Battle of the River Plate" (1956) • "Hannie Caulder" (1971) • "Sorellina e il principe del sogno" (1996) • "Orson Welles' Great Mysteries" (1973) • "The Skull" (1965) • "The Tomorrow People" (1995) • "Triage" (2009) • "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" (1990) • "Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee" (1962) • "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1964) • "Scars of Dracula" (1970) • "The Creeping Flesh" (1973) • "Tales of the Vikings" (1959) • "Death Line" (1972) • "The Wicker Man" (1973) • "That Lady" (1955) • "Umbracle" (1972) • "Shaka Zulu" (1986) • "Bitter Victory" (1957) • "The Four Musketeers" (1974) • "Dark Places" (1974) • "Airport '77" (1977) • "The Blood of Fu Manchu" (1968) • "Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil" (1988) • "Season of the Witch" (2011) • "Le boucher, la star et l'orpheline" (1975) • "Extraordinary Tales" (2013) • "End of the World" (1977) • "Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel" (1967) • "One Step Beyond" (1961) • "Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht" (1970) • "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003) • "Tales of Hans Anderson" (1953–1955) • "They Were Not Divided" (1950) • "Beat Girl" (1960) • "Julius Caesar" (1970) • "Murder Story" (1989) • "Jinnah" (1998) • "Stranglehold" (1963) • "Storm Over the Nile" (1955) • "Il trono di fuoco" (1970) • "La vergine di Norimberga" (1963) • "Sleepy Hollow" (1999) • "Ercole al centro della Terra" (1961) • "The Traitor" (1957) • "Gormenghast" (2000) • "Police Academy: Mission to Moscow" (1994) • "The Crimson Pirate" (1952) • "Tempi duri per i vampiri" (1959) • "Charlie's Angels" (1980) • "Scream and Scream Again" (1970) • "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" (1968) • "Funny Man" (1994) • "Five Golden Dragons" (1967) • "The Far Pavilions" (1984) • "The Rosebud Beach Hotel" (1984) • "Scott of the Antarctic" (1948) • "Police Dog" (1955) • "She" (1965) • "A Tale of Two Cities" (1958) • "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" (2002) • "Dark Shadows" (2012) • "Circle of Iron" (1978) • "The Resident" (2011) • "Dracula A.D. 1972" (1972) • "Albino" (1976) • "Tale of the Mummy" (1998) • "The Gorgon" (1964) • "Boogie Woogie" (2009) • "Soul Music" (1997) • "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (2012) • "Sailor of Fortune" (1956) • "The Devil Rides Out" (1968) • "Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen" (1961) • "An Eye for an Eye" (1981) • "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001) • "The Keeper" (1976) • "Corridor of Mirrors" (1948) • "The Cockleshell Heroes" (1955) • "Space: 1999" (1975) • "In the Beginning" (2000) • "Return from Witch Mountain" (1978) • "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2008) • "Desperate Moves" (1984) • "The Errol Flynn Theatre" (1956–1957) • "Jaguar Lives!" (1979) • "The Adventures of Aggie" (1956) • "Mio in the Land of Faraway" (1987) • "The Treasure of San Teresa" (1959) • "Kaleidoscope" (1946–1947) • "Kabuto" (1991) • "The Face of Eve" (1968) • "De Sade 70" (1970) • "Pope John Paul II" (2005) • "The Passage" (1979) • "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" (1954) • "Olympus Force: The Key" (1988) • "Ivanhoe" (1958) • "The Last Unicorn" (1982) • "Ivanhoe" (1997) • "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" (2005) • "Moses" (1995) • "Chevron Hall of Stars" (1956) • "Rasputin: The Mad Monk" (1966) • "Penny and the Pownall Case" (1948) • "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (1992) • "The Heavy" (2009) • "The Odyssey" (1997) • "Glorious 39" (2009) • "The Rainbow Thief" (1990) • "The Devil-Ship Pirates" (1964) • "Nothing But the Night" (1973) • "Circus of Fear" (1966) • "Alice in Wonderland" (2010) • "Serial" (1980) • "La révolution française" (1989) • "Prelude to Fame" (1950) • "Il castello dei morti vivi" (1964) • "La frusta e il corpo" (1963) • "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" (1965) • "Trottie True" (1949) • "1941" (1979) • "Jocks" (1986) • "La cripta e l'incubo" (1964) • "Taste of Fear" (1961) • "Howling II: ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf" (1985) • "House of the Long Shadows" (1983) • "Alias John Preston" (1955) • "The Terror of the Tongs" (1961) • "The Wicker Tree" (2011) • "William Tell" (1959) • "Ill Met by Moonlight" (1957) • "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1974) • "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" (1970) • "One Night with You" (1948) • "L'avaro" (1990) • "The Mummy" (1959) • "Beyond Mombasa" (1956) • "Hugo" (2011) • "Meatcleaver Massacre" (1977) • "Dracula" (1958) • "Dracula: Prince of Darkness" (1966) • "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) • "The Colour of Magic" (2008) • "The Vengeance of Fu Manchu" (1967) • "The Curse of Frankenstein" (1957) • "Curse of the Crimson Altar" (1968) • "The Pirates of Blood River" (1962) • "Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes" (1962) • "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989) • "The Three Musketeers" (1973) • "Babes in Bagdad" (1952) • "Theatre of Death" (1967) • "The Satanic Rites of Dracula" (1973) • "A Song for Tomorrow" (1948) • "The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby" (2005) • "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959) • "How the West Was Won" (1978)