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Christopher Lee was involved in this project, narrating part of the storyline. [8] Symphony of Enchanted Lands II was a follow-up to the Emerald Sword Saga called The Dark Secret Saga. In July 2006 the band formerly known as Rhapsody changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire due to trademark issues. [4]
Christopher Lee. Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and military officer. [1] In a career spanning more than sixty years, Lee became known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films.
Jun 7, 2015 · Sir Christopher Lee was an actor famous for his role as Dracula in the 1958 movie Dracula, later playing Count Dooku in the Star Wars series and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit trilogies.
With his dark good looks, imposing 6'5" frame, and commanding voice, Lee was born to play dashing villains. From 1958 to 1973, he appeared in his career-defining role as the vampire Count Dracula in a series of wildly popular horror films for Hammer Studios.
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Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born in West London on May 27, 1922. His father, Geoffrey, had fought in the Boer War and the First World War with the 60th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Getty Images
Lee remains to be one of the very few actors who has played three different characters from the Sherlock Holmes stories. He played Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, and Ser Henry Baskerville, in different productions, of course—otherwise, that would’ve made one heck of a one-man show. Getty Images
At the outbreak of World War II, Lee signed up with the Royal Air Force to become a fighter pilot. However, Lee was diagnosed with a failed optic nerve while he was nearly finished training. He was forbidden from flying, much to his disappointment. However, he had himself transferred to the RAF Intelligence unit instead. Wikimedia Commons
After Lee’s parents divorced in the late 1920s, his mother remarried the uncle of none other than Ian Fleming, who would go on to create the literary—and film—legend James Bond. Getty Images
Lee’s towering height at 6’5” got him entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest lead actor. Despite this honor, his height actually proved to be a handicap early on in Lee’s career. He couldn’t land many supporting roles because the leading actors were all much shorter than he, and this was a time when men would happily wear pl...
Despite any initial setbacks, Lee proved to be one of the most prolific actors of all time. In two different years—1955 and 1970—Lee acted in nine films within the span of the year. In total, he appeared in more than 220 feature films. Flickr
According to Lee, he turned down the role of Dr. Sam Loomis in Halloween, which eventually went to Donald Pleasance. Lee considered his refusal to be the biggest mistake of his professional career, despite the fact that he had also turned the role of Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Considering that Christopher Lloyd’s performance in that fil...
Movie buffs will be able to recognize the game of connecting actors to one another through other actors they’ve worked with. This game is called “Six Degrees of Separation” but is more popularly referred to as “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” due to that actor’s prolific career. However, Guinness officially recognized Lee as the most connected actor in...
Lee was reportedly one of Tim Burton’s favorite actors, and late in his career, Lee became a regular collaborator with Burton. Whether in person or just in voice, Lee appeared in five of Burton’s films, including Corpse Bride and Sleepy Hollow. All of his films with Burton also included Johnny Depp in the cast. To be fair, it’s easier to name the B...
Rare in the entertainment industry—and arguably rare in Western society at this point—Lee only ever married once, to Danish actress Birgit Kroencke. They were married in 1961 and remained together until Lee’s death in 2015. Shutterstock
Aug 23, 2023 · So, one string pull later, Sir Christopher appeared on the band’s 2004 album Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret. What was supposed to be a simple narrator role soon blossomed into something more.
By Miranda Leer. Most people know Sir Christopher Lee for his outstanding performances as Saruman in The Lord of the Rings, Count Dooku in Star Wars, Scaramanga in The Man with a Golden Gun, and his most iconic role as Dracula in ten Hammer Horror films.
