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Christopher Lee: Roles
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To garner an international market, Christopher Lee was cast in the title role, with fellow ‘Brit’ Thorley Walters cast as Watson. The rest of the cast was made up of German actors, all of who gave fairly unremarkable performances with the exception of Hans Söhnker, who managed a deliciously sly turn as Moriarty. Interiors were shot on a stage in Berlin, with additional footage being shot in Spandau and Ireland. The time period looks to be vaguely set in the 1930s, but does have an odd Victorian feel to it. The Baker Street sitting rooms are very well executed and go a long way to adding a hint of authenticity. Mr. Lee looks perfectly ridiculous dressed in a large-check greatcoat and deerstalker, but very striking in all other scenes, including those that incorporate disguises. His Holmesian look is further enhanced by the use of a flawless false nose.
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Christopher Lee was born in the early 1900's, into a family of successful villains. From a young age he was pressured by his family into ... becoming a villain. However Lee harbored secret ambitions of landing a recurring guest role on a sitcom.
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True to the title of his autobiography, Tall, Dark, and Gruesome (1977), Lee has distinguished himself in dark and sinister roles, playing Rasputin and appearing numerous times as Fu Manchu and Dracula. Eerie examples from his dozens of films include Curse of Frankenstein (1957), The Mummy (1959), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), House of the Long Shadows (1982), and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). He is playing the wizard Saruman in the huge live-action The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the first installment, The Fellowship of the Ring, to be released in 2001.
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Since the mid 70s Lee has eschewed horror roles almost entirely, proving himself to be an extremely able and versatile actor. He played in the well-known James Bond series. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy novels, had offered him the role of the title character in the first official Bond film Dr. No. Lee enthusiastically accepted, but the producers had already chosen Joseph Wiseman for the part. In 1974, Lee finally got to play a James Bond villain when he was cast as the deadly assassin Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun.
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Lee's next stop was Hollywood, and the varied roles of Bond baddie Scaramanga in The Man With The Golden Gun, Rocheforte in The Three Musketeers and a gay biker in Serial. In recent years he has gone back to the horror genre in Panga and Funnyman and sent up his scary image in Gremlins 2 and The Stupids. He has ... made a rare television appearance as the Grand Master of the Knights Templar in the BBC production of Ivanhoe and will soon be seen in both the upcoming film of his favourite book, The Lord Of The Rings, as Saruman and a television adaptation of Gormenghast. It seems that the Prince of Darkness is rather unwilling to lie back down in his coffin.
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Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born on May 27th, 1922 in Belgravia, London (England). His deep british voice and his imposing presence made him play many villainous roles, including the one he is best known for, the Count Dracula.
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