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'''Christopher Lee''' was an [[actor]]. | '''Christopher Lee''' was an [[actor]]. | ||
While watching the [[First Doctor]] [[regenerate]] into his [[second incarnation]], [[Ben Jackson]] wondered if he was going to crumble and fall apart, like Christopher Lee did in the [[Dracula]] films. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | While watching the [[First Doctor]] [[First Doctor's regeneration|regenerate]] into his [[second incarnation]], [[Ben Jackson]] wondered if he was going to crumble and fall apart, like Christopher Lee did in the [[Dracula]] films. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Lee and [[Barbara Shelley (Eye of the Gorgon)|Barbara Shelley]] appeared in the [[film]] ''[[The Gorgon]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'') | Lee and [[Barbara Shelley (Eye of the Gorgon)|Barbara Shelley]] appeared in the [[film]] ''[[The Gorgon]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Eye of the Gorgon (TV story)|Eye of the Gorgon]]'') | ||
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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
Christopher Lee often appeared alongside [[Peter Cushing]] in Hammer Horror films, and in this capacity played [[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein's monster]], against Cushing's [[Van Helsing]] and [[Frankenstein]]. In his role in the aforementioned 1964 film {{wi|The Gorgon}}, he also starred opposite Peter Cushing. | Christopher Lee often appeared alongside [[Peter Cushing]] in Hammer Horror films, and in this capacity played [[Dracula]], [[Frankenstein's monster]], against Cushing's [[Van Helsing]] and [[Frankenstein]]. In his role in the aforementioned 1964 film {{wi|The Gorgon}}, he also starred opposite Peter Cushing as "Professor Meister". | ||
He has also portrayed at various points both [[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock]] and [[Mycroft Holmes]], and played Count Dooku in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels, and Saruman in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]''. | He has also portrayed at various points both [[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock]] and [[Mycroft Holmes]], and played Count Dooku in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels, and Saruman in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:17, 5 November 2024
Christopher Lee was an actor.
While watching the First Doctor regenerate into his second incarnation, Ben Jackson wondered if he was going to crumble and fall apart, like Christopher Lee did in the Dracula films. (PROSE: The Power of the Daleks)
Lee and Barbara Shelley appeared in the film The Gorgon. (TV: Eye of the Gorgon)
Lee played evil fictional characters who thanked other evil characters for doing his work for him. (PROSE: The Face of the Enemy)
Jo Grant expected Grigori Rasputin to look like a suave and demonic Christopher Lee. She was surprised to see that he looked completely different. (PROSE: The Wages of Sin)
Rohesia and Raymond were acquainted with Lee and mocked Ace's assumptions about Vampires, many of which were based on Lee's portrayal of Count Dracula on film. (AUDIO: An Alien Werewolf in London)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Christopher Lee often appeared alongside Peter Cushing in Hammer Horror films, and in this capacity played Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, against Cushing's Van Helsing and Frankenstein. In his role in the aforementioned 1964 film The Gorgon, he also starred opposite Peter Cushing as "Professor Meister".
He has also portrayed at various points both Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, and played Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels, and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Lee was one of the actors considered for the parts of Borusa and the Master in a television movie project that eventually became Doctor Who.[1]
Patrick Troughton starred together with Lee in the horror films The Gorgon (1964) and Scars of Dracula (1970).
He was the maternal uncle of Harriet Walter.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Christopher Lee at Dracula Wiki
- Christopher Lee at Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki
- Christopher Lee at The One Wiki to Rule Them All, the LOTR wiki
