Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee

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Dracula' Icon Christopher Lee Becomes Oldest Man to Chart on Billboard". Loudwire. 27 December 2013 . Retrieved 31 December 2013. Ferris, Glen (4 June 2008). "Christopher Lee on The Hobbit". Empire. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012 . Retrieved 25 September 2022. Christopher Lee". The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 10 January 2022. a b c Welsh, Paul (16 February 2006). "A prolific star of the Elstree screen". Borehamwood & Elstree Times . Retrieved 20 December 2012. It goes without saying that 93 years is a long time to live, with lots of opportunities for adventures and accomplishments. This was especially true of Christopher Lee, a renowned film actor with one of the most recognizable voices of his time. However, despite the many iconic films he appeared in— Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, the James Bond series, the Hammer Horror films—Christopher Lee’s career was so much more diverse than just the acting he was commonly known for. It’s safe to say that Lee was one of the great British Renaissance men to grace a film set, as can be determined by these 46 awe-inspiring facts about Christopher Lee.

Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee

Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner vs. Tom Hiddleston – The Avengers (2013)History Makers: Female Writers Dominate the 2023 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Shortlist Web exclusive: Christopher Lee reads The Final Problem". BBC Four. 23 December 2013 . Retrieved 21 March 2014. Dark Shadows: About" (PDF). Warner Bros. 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019 . Retrieved 25 September 2022.

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Lee took his ancient royal roots seriously, especially when it came to his entry into metal music. His third foray into the genre—which was also his first full metal album—was titled Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross. It told the story of Charlemagne, with Lee playing his ancestor in both the songs and a music video that was shot for one of the songs. Throughout his diverse film career, Lee appeared in six movies nominated for Best Picture Oscars. These films were Hugo, Hamlet (the 1948 version), Moulin Rouge (the 1952 version), and the three Lord of the Rings films. Hamlet and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King both won the coveted award, and also landed Lee a unique record. He is the only actor to appear in two Best Picture winners that were made more than 50 years apart.

5. Witnessing History

While Lee never opened up about his time with the SOE, and his files with them are still classified to this day, he did once give this statement: “I’ve seen many men die right in front of me—so many in fact that I’ve become almost hardened to it. Having seen the worst that human beings can do to each other, the results of torture, mutilation and seeing someone blown to pieces by a bomb, you develop a kind of shell. But you had to. You had to. Otherwise, we would never have won.” Chilling, Mr. Lee.

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While Christopher Lee is best known for his film appearances, he got his start as an actor in two episodes that went unnoticed. After that, he appeared in a number of other TV shows, the most notable of which was Rheingold Theatre, an anthology series in which he appeared in 16 episodes as various roles. Christopher Lee had also veen a part of Television series actor and narrator. (Source: Getty Images) Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. [1] In a long career which spanned over 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in several Star Wars films (2002–2008), and Saruman in both the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014). Maltin, Leonard, ed. (1995). Leonard Maltin's 1996 Movie & Video Guide. Signet. p. 1360. ISBN 978-0-451-18505-1. Paul, Louis (6 September 2007). Tales from the Cult Film Trenches: Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema. McFarland & Company. pp.146–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8402-7. Tilakaratne, Wishka (28 June 2022). "Christopher Lee's Best Performances, Ranked". MovieWeb . Retrieved 27 December 2022.Newman, Mark (2010). "Chapter 7". Networks: An Introduction (PDF) (1sted.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920665-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2020 . Retrieved 15 May 2020. Test Match Special #40from40: Sir Christopher Lee (02:13 and 21:55)". BBC Sounds . Retrieved 13 June 2020. Child, Ben (19 May 2015). "Christopher Lee and Uma Thurman attached to 9/11 drama set in Denmark". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 May 2015.

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Imagine sitting on your grandfathers lap when you are 6 years old and you listen to him while he tells you the tales of his youth. That pretty much sums up a bit what I felt while reading this living cinema legends autobiography. Sir Christopher Lee dies at 93 – latest reaction and tributes". The Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. In the early summer of 1939, while he was passing through Paris, a 17-year-old Lee found himself attending the execution of serial killer Eugen Weidmann by guillotine. It was the last public use of the guillotine in France. Trumbore, Dave (29 December 2011). "Christopher Lee Talks The Hobbit, Hugo and Dark Shadows". Collider. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013 . Retrieved 11 June 2021. a b c "Extensive biography at Tiscali UK". Tiscali. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009 . Retrieved 4 October 2010.Hearn, Marcus; Barnes, Alan (2007). The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films. Titan Books. p.43. ISBN 978-1845761851. However, this is Lee’s autobiography about his life, so it’s inevitable he will focus on what he wants to tell and not fulfill my idle curiosity. As such, I’ve a much better idea of who he was as a man and, while it differs greatly from my impression gleaned from his movies and interviews and anecdotes I’ve read, I’m glad I read the book. He led a fascinating life, and I’m impressed that he saw the last public guillotine execution in Paris and met the assassin of Rasputin. a b Farndale, Nigel (11 June 2005). "Sir Christopher Lee interview: 'I'm softer than people think' ". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 16 January 2016. Somlo sent him to see Rank's David Henley and Olive Dodds, who signed him on a seven-year contract. [71] Like other students at Rank's " Charm School," Lee had difficulty finding work. [73] He finally made his film début in 1947, in Terence Young's Gothic romance Corridor of Mirrors. [74] He played Charles; the director got around his height by placing him at a table in a nightclub alongside Lois Maxwell, Mavis Villiers, Hugh Latimer and John Penrose. Lee had a single line, "a satirical shaft meant to qualify the lead's bravura." [73]