Christopher is truly a force to be reckoned with. Lee introduced American classic radio mystery, sci-fi and detective programs in a series produced, written and directed by Carl Amari. Dooku was taken by the Jedi Order as a child and apprenticed to Thame Cerulian. Lee's friend Dennis Wheatley, a noted author, was responsible for bringing the occult to him. Years later, Lee met Carpenter, and told him that the biggest regret of his career was not taking the role of Dr. Loomis. The head of Two Cities Films, part of the Rank Organisation, Giudice, "looked me up and down... [and] concluded that I was just what the industry had been looking for." Christopher Lee discusses rumours of his extensive occult library ... 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[3] He considered his best performance to be that of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998), and his best film to be the British cult film The Wicker Man (1973). [190], In 2011, accompanied by his wife Birgit, and on the 164th anniversary of the birth of Bram Stoker, Lee was honoured with a tribute by University College Dublin, and described his honorary life membership of the UCD Law Society as "in some ways as special as the Oscars. [132] In 2013, Lee voiced The Earl of Earl's Court in the BBC Radio 4 radio play Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I played him like the dark side of Bond."[4]. The latter film was tentatively titled Dracula Is Dead... and Well and Living in London, a parody of the stage and film musical revue Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, but Lee was not amused. [28] He was a "passable" racquets player and fencer and a competent cricketer but did not do well at the other sports played: hockey, football, rugby and boxing. "No, you have to do it!" [39] He and other British volunteers were kept away from the actual fighting, but they were issued winter gear and were posted on guard duty a safe distance from the border. That's a quite fatuous remark to make. After all, the Count is an elderly gentleman and doesn't move like he used to." [40] In a later interview, Lee stated that he knew how to shoot but not how to ski and that he probably would not be alive if he had been allowed to go to the front line. With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. I always ask myself, "Well, what else could I do?" And I said, "Why?" I do not know how long I am going to be around, so every day is a celebration, and I want to share it with my fans. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. It created an impact in the cinema that was unique. [61] After the Sicilian campaign was over, Lee came down with malaria for the sixth time in under a year, and was flown to a hospital in Carthage for treatment. Lee's Dracula is a rampant sex fiend, using that stare to make buxom ladies everywhere come over a little faint. [48] He was moved around to different flying stations before being posted to Southern Rhodesia's capital, Salisbury, in December 1941. Sure, I've played plenty of heavies, but as Anthony Hopkins says, "I don't play villains, I play people. His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002–2005), and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy(2001… This particular series of film will be a mythic saga on a vast scale.” In Attack of the Clones, Lee’s climactic duel with a CGI Yoda would go on to be among the film’s most popular and innovative scenes. I couldn't see anything happening here except a continuation of what had gone before. After the mid-1970s, Lee eschewed horror roles almost entirely. 22, thus becoming the second oldest living performer to ever enter the music charts, at 91 years and 6 months. “Christopher brought a grace and gravitas to the many roles he’s played over a rich and expansive career,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said. 49. [51], After "killing time" at RAF Kasfareet near the Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal Zone, he resumed intelligence work in the city of Ismaïlia. 1998: Will Smith vs. Cockroach People can read in to that what they like. The Voices of Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku Matt Lanter and Corey Burton return to their characters in Star Wars™ Battlefront™ II. Corey Burton. His roles in the films Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), and Scars of Dracula (1970) all gave the Count very little to do. Prior to his acting career, Lee served in the Royal Air Force, where he was attached to the No. [95] The company made two films from Wheatley's novels, both starring Lee. [44], Lee reported to RAF Uxbridge for training and was then posted to the Initial Training Wing at Paignton. [143], In December 2012, he released an EP of heavy metal covers of Christmas songs called A Heavy Metal Christmas. [64] While spending some time on leave in Naples, Lee climbed Mount Vesuvius, which erupted three days later. James for the BBC in 2000, J Gordon Melton (2010). I was furious! His Cadogan Square home was briefly featured in the music video accompanying his cover of "My Way" from his album Revelation. Lee returned to the role of Dracula in Hammer's Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965). He met with screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, and they agreed to work together. Cosplay China Count Dooku Skin. In 2005, Lee played Willy Wonka's strict dentist father, Dr. Wilbur Wonka, in Burton's reimagining of the Roald Dahl tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and voiced the character of Pastor Galswells in Corpse Bride, co-directed by Burton and Mike Johnson. [43] In the winter, his father fell ill with bilateral pneumonia and died on 12 March 1941. 205 Group RAF before being commissioned as a pilot officer at the end of January 1943,[53] and attached to No. As Lee told StarWars.com prior to production of Attack of the Clones, “It will be more than another part. I have maybe four or five occult books." The original voice was done by Orson Welles (who was long dead at the time of the re-recording). I don't want to do another one." "[191] He was awarded the Bram Stoker Gold Medal by the Trinity College Philosophical Society, of which Stoker was president, and a copy of Collected Ghost Stories of MR James by Trinity College's School of English. Quinlan Vos was born on the planet Kiffu in the years prior to the fall of the Galactic Republic. [4] Lee finally got to play a James Bond villain in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), in which he was cast as the deadly assassin Francisco Scaramanga. And I would say, "Forget it! [32], His mother separated from Rose, and Lee had to get a job, his sister already working as a secretary for the Church of England Pensions Board. [93], Lee's other work for Hammer included The Mummy (1959). 18. as Lee became the oldest person to have a top 20 hit. He described Michael Howard as "the ideal person to lead the party" in 2003,[169] and also supported William Hague and David Cameron. Dooku war der Sohn des Grafen Gora und der Gräfin Anya. The former Jedi Master, who became Darth Tyranus and the political leader of the Separatist Alliance, handcrafted the weapon's unique hilt with a kyber crystal that emitted a red blade. He was a respected Jedi turned Sith Lord and Yoda's former padawan. Johnson, Tom (2009). He did most of the swordplay himself, though a double was required for the long shots with more vigorous footwork.[4]. "[170], Lee died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 7 June 2015 at 8:30 am after being admitted for respiratory problems and heart failure, shortly after celebrating his 93rd birthday. $3.99 shipping. 3. [147] After media attention, the song rose to No. When I had left Spain that day everyone behind me had taken their clothes off! Wiki Points. "[88] The film magazine Empire ranked Lee's portrayal as Dracula the 7th Greatest Horror Movie Character of All Time. "[91] The Satanic Rites of Dracula was the last Dracula film that Christopher Lee played the Dracula role in, as he felt he had played the part too many times and that the Dracula films had deteriorated in quality. "[82] A little later, Lee co-starred with Boris Karloff in the film Corridors of Blood (1958). [192], 1996: Adam Sandler vs. Bob Barker It will be another ‘arrow in my quiver.’ I’m looking forward to it enormously.”, TM & © Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Cinemareview notes: "Cardinal Consalvi was Papal Secretary of State at the time of Napoleon, and is buried at the Pantheon in Rome, next to the painter Raphael. The film was directed by Antti Jokinen, and Lee gave a "superbly sinister" performance alongside Hilary Swank and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. In all, Lee played Dracula ten times: seven films for Hammer Productions, once for Jesse Franco's Count Dracula (1970), uncredited in Jerry Lewis's One More Time (1970) and Édouard Molinaro's Dracula and Son (1976). His "apprenticeship" lasted ten years, as he mostly played supporting and background characters. [105] Lee's appearance in the final film in the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, was cut from the theatrical release, but the scene was reinstated in the extended edition. Count dooku: count dooku was a menacing Seth Lord and Central figure in the clone Wars. (1980), a decision he later called "a big mistake."[4]. Lee appeared on the cover of the Wings album Band on the Run (1973), along with others including chat show host Michael Parkinson, singer Kenny Lynch, film actor James Coburn, world boxing champion John Conteh, and broadcaster Clement Freud. Show More. Brian Wang | June 11, 2015 | Actor Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93. [160] They had a daughter, Christina Erika Carandini Lee (b. In 2010, Lee received the Steiger Award (Germany) and, in February 2011, Lee was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship. Lee's career became very notable again in the early 2000s. When cast as Dooku in 2000, Lee told StarWars.com of his excitement to join a galaxy far, far away. Count Dooku was a menacing Sith Lord and central figure in the Clone Wars. [6] Following his World War II service he retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant. [168] Politically, Lee supported the Conservative Party. Thinking he should "do something constructive for my keep," he applied to join RAF Intelligence. Lee's first film for Hammer was The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), in which he played Frankenstein's monster, with Peter Cushing as Baron Victor Frankenstein. "[24] Lee applied for a scholarship to Eton, where his interview was in the presence of the ghost story author M. R. At the age of 13, he became the apprentice of Jedi Master Thame Cerulian, a scholar of the dark side of the Force. Lee was then seconded to the Army during an officer's swap scheme. [128] He was the original voice of Thor in the German dubs of the Danish 1986 animated film Valhalla, and of King Haggard in both the English and German dubs of the 1982 animated adaptation of The Last Unicorn. [184] He was knighted by Prince Charles,[185] but because of his age he was excused the usual requirement to kneel, and thus received the knighthood while standing. I was told it was about the Marquis de Sade. "[4] Although Lee may not have liked what Hammer was doing with the character, worldwide audiences embraced the films, which were all commercially successful. During the Separatist Crisis, the charismatic Jedi renunciate Count Dooku emerged as the political leader of the Republic’s secessionist movement. Lee was inspired to record the latter songs because, "as far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Christopher Lee is a voice actor known for voicing Count Dooku, Ansem the Wise / DiZ, and Saruman the White. Please upgrade your browser to experience the site. p. 79. 0. dooku. He played Lucas de Beaumanoir, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, in the BBC/A&E co-production of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1997). His step-father had gone bankrupt, owing £25,000. [144] He released a second in December 2013, entitled A Heavy Metal Christmas Too. In 2006, he bridged two disparate genres of music by performing a heavy metal variation of the Toreador Song from the opera Carmen with the band Inner Terrestrials. Count Dooku shares his English voice actor with Zeus, Captain Hook, and Grumpy. [99] He would later refer to the film as the best he had ever made.[4]. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy. In brief: Christopher Lee 'most bankable' star. But there was much more to the late actor’s talents than dramatic flair. His acting in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy (2001–2003) (as Saruman the White) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) (as Count Dooku) caused this. Audible Audiobook Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (May 27, 1922 June 7, 2015) was the actor who played Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, and performed the same character's voice in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film. [92] Hammer went on to make one more Dracula film without him: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), with John Forbes-Robertson playing the Count and David de Keyser dubbing him. Show Less. [128] Both Lee and his daughter Christina provided spoken vocals on Rhapsody of Fire's album From Chaos to Eternity. [107] Also in 2009, Lee starred in Stephen Poliakoff's British period drama Glorious 39 with Julie Christie, Bill Nighy, Romola Garai, and David Tennant, Academy Award-nominated director Danis Tanović's war film Triage with Colin Farrell and Paz Vega, and Duncan Ward's comedy Boogie Woogie alongside Amanda Seyfried, Gillian Anderson, Stellan Skarsgård, and Joanna Lumley. Because of his filming schedule in Bangkok, film director Ken Russell was unable to sign Lee to play the Specialist in Tommy (1975). Lee saw him for the last time on a bus in London in 1940, by then divorced from Lee's mother, though Lee did not speak to him. After Dooku became a Jedi Knight, he trained Qui-Gon Jinn as his apprentice. [188] In 2010, he was identified as the IMDb member with the most impressive closeness centrality. You definitely wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of Lee's evil stare or electricity attacks. “They created a whole new era in the cinema,” he said of the Star Wars films. "[162] He subsequently moved back to England and lived with his family in Cadogan Square, London until his death. The Lord of the Rings marked the beginning of a major career revival that continued in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), in which he played the villainous Count Dooku. He served as the narrator on The Nightmare Before Christmas' poem, written by Tim Burton as well. From 2008 until 2010, Lee was the host and narrator of "Mystery Theater" which aired on radio worldwide. The first, The Devil Rides Out (1967), is generally considered to be one of Hammer's crowning achievements. Followers. About 2 years ago . [33] On his way there he stopped briefly in Paris, where he stayed with the journalist Webb Miller, a friend of Rose, and witnessed Eugen Weidmann's execution by guillotine – the last public execution performed in France. [108], In 2010, Lee marked his fourth collaboration with Tim Burton by voicing the Jabberwock in Burton's adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic book Alice in Wonderland, alongside Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus. [29] He disliked the parades and weapons training and would always "play dead" as soon as possible during mock battles. Decoy Elite. [124] His final performance was the independent Angels of Notting Hill directed by Michael Pakleppa,[125] a comedy about an angel trapped in London who falls in love with a human being. Corey Burton is a veteran voice-actor with seemingly endless credits, but fans of Star Wars ™ might know him best as Count Dooku in The Clone Wars animated series. Military service during the Second World War, Christopher Lee playing M.R. Star Wars: Darth Plagueis. The Armed Forces were sending veterans with an education in the Classics to teach at universities, but Lee felt his Latin was too rusty and didn't care for the strict curfews. [112] Lee appears as the unnamed "Old Gentleman" who acts as Lachlan's mentor in a flashback. Emotional blackmail. 1875. I'm realistic about the amount of work I can get at my age, but I take what I can, even voice-overs and narration. Once a Jedi -- trained by Yoda -- he became disillusioned with the Jedi Order and thirsted for greater power. I was around a long time – nearly ten years. [158], Lee was introduced to Danish painter and former model Birgit "Gitte" Krøncke by a Danish friend in 1960. "[89] Lee accepted a similar role in an Italian-French horror picture called Uncle Was a Vampire (1959). [119], Lee narrated the feature-length documentary Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, which was released on 25 October 2013. He was a respected Jedi turned Sith Lord and Yoda's former padawan. I flew out to Spain for one day's work playing the part of a narrator. I pleaded with Hammer to let me use some of the lines that Bram Stoker had written. Dooku has become one of Star Wars’ greatest villains; Lee returned to the role for the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated movie, introducing a younger generation to the character. [76], In addition to making films in the United Kingdom, Lee made films in mainland Europe: he appeared in two German films, Count Dracula (1970), where he again played the vampire count, and The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967). [35] It was arranged that he should stay on in Menton after his sister had returned home, but with Europe on the brink of war, he returned to London instead. Lee said in an interview in 2005, "all they do is write a story and try and fit the character in somewhere, which is very clear when you see the films. Count Dooku without any overlays . Lee provided the voice for the role of Ansem the Wise/DiZ in the video games Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix, but veteran voice actor Corey Burton (who would also take over for Lee in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) took over for Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, as well as the version of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days that was released as part of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy novels and Lee's step-cousin, had offered him the role of the titular antagonist in the first Eon-produced Bond film Dr. No (1962). "[149] His fourth EP and third annual Christmas release came in December 2014, as he put out "Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing," a playful take on "Hark! He was sent to see Josef Somlo for a contract, who immediately announced that he was "much too tall to be an actor." Follow 30159. Lee's appearance was completely cut from the film, but Head still had an uncredited one-line cameo. [16], Lee's parents separated when he was four and divorced two years later. "[55] The Allied advance continued into Libya, through Tobruk and Benghazi to the Marble Arch and then through El Agheila, Khoms and Tripoli, with the squadron averaging five missions a day. [25] Sixty years later, Lee played the part of James for the BBC. Mass Market Paperback $8.49 $ 8. [96] According to Lee, Wheatley was so pleased with it, that he offered the actor the film rights to his remaining black magic novels, free of charge. -Count Dooku from Episode 3.-Fight takes place where Vader dueled Obi-Wan in Episode 4. Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano Vs Count Dooku and General Grievous EmmaFrostXmen. 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