Bernard Lee on stage and screen

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Bernard Lee (1908–1981) was an English actor who performed in many light entertainment media, including film, television and theatre. His career spanned from 1934 to 1981, although he made his first appearance on the stage at the age of six. [1] He is perhaps best known for playing M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. [2] [3]

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Lee trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, [4] before making his professional stage debut in 1924. [5] [6] He appeared on film for the first time in 1934 in the Leslie Howard Gordon-directed comedy The Double Event , where he played the part of Dennison. [5] Although he was in wartime service with the Royal Sussex Regiment between 1940 and 1946, [7] [8] he had already been in several films, which were released between 1939 and 1943. [9] He returned to acting after the war and was offered a role in the play Stage Door while awaiting his demob. [8]

Lee appeared on stage and television dramatisations, as well as in more than 100 films. [10] He was known for his roles as authority figures, often playing military characters, policemen or officials. [4] [10] Highlights in his career included The Third Man , The Blue Lamp , The Battle of the River Plate , Whistle Down the Wind and the James Bond series. Suffering from stomach cancer, Lee died in 1981; [4] in his obituary The Guardian noted that Lee was a "solid and reliable character actor" who displayed "a rugged dependency". [1]

Stage

Known stage credits of Bernard Lee
ProductionDateRoleTheatreRef.
White Cargo1926LongfordUK tour [11]
The Ringer20 February 1928 –John LenleyHull Grand Theatre [12]
The RingerMay 1928 –John LenleyGrand Theatre, Derby [13]
The Happy EndingJune 1928 –—Rusholme Theatre, Manchester [14]
East Lynne25 May 1929 – 31 May 1929Archibald CarlyleRegent Theatre [15]
The Squeaker9 November 1929 –Captain LeslieRegent Theatre [16]
Journey's End1930Captain StanhopeUK tour [11]
A Pair of Silk Stockings14 March 1930 –—Alexandra Theatre, Harwich [17]
The Whole Town's Talking4 February 1931 –—Alexandra Hall, Dovercourt [18]
On the Spot12 December 1931 –Captain PerrelliRegent Theatre [19]
The Case of the Frightened LadyApril 1932 –Lord LebanonRegent Theatre [20]
AppearancesDecember 1932 –Fred Kellard Fortune Theatre [11]
HeritageMay 1933 –Peter and Geoffrey Trail Fortune Theatre [11]
Love for SaleMay 1933 –Pip Fortune Theatre [11]
Tudor WenchOctober 1933 –Sir John Harlington Embassy Theatre [21]
The Terror November 1933 –Ferdinand Fane Lyceum Theatre [11]
Take Heed!28 January 1934 –Roman Piccadilly Theatre [22]
The Queen Who Kept Her HeadFebruary 1934 –Sir Thomas Seymour Kingsway Theatre [11]
Without Witness March 1934 –Saunders Duke of York's Theatre [11]
Murder in MotleyApril 1934 –— Royalty Theatre [23]
Ten Minute Alibi May 1934 –Colin Derwent Phoenix Theatre [11]
Root of all EvilJuly 1934 –— St Martin's Theatre [24]
Murder in MotleyJanuary 1935 –Jimmy O'Bryan Kingsway Theatre [11]
The Shadow ManApril 1935 –Johnny Clayton Piccadilly Theatre [11]
The PhilanthropistSeptember 1935 –Antoine Duval Arts Theatre [11] [25]
Distinguished GatheringOctober 1935 –Felix Montague Embassy Theatre [11] [26]
Murder GangNovember 1935 –Walter Grainger Embassy Theatre [11] [27]
Red NightMarch 1936 –Private WhitmanQueen's Theatre, London [11] [28]
The Future That WasApril 1936 –Anthony Pittman and Ben Manassey Ambassadors Theatre [11] [29]
The Provoked WifeOctober 1936 –Heartfree Embassy Theatre [11]
Young Madam ContiNovember 1936 –Stephen Horka Savoy Theatre [11] [30]
And the Music Stopped1937 –—Streatham Hill Theatre [31]
Night SkyJanuary 1937 –Ray Dawson Savoy Theatre [32]
Tavern in the TownFebruary 1937 –— Embassy Theatre [33]
Young Madam Conti31 March 1937 –— Music Box Theatre, New York [34]
And the Music StoppedMay 1937 –Detective-Inspector Kinneir New Theatre [35] [36]
The Gusher July 1937 –Clarence, the Dodger Prince's Theatre [36] [37]
If I Were You24 January 1938 – 1 February 1938Arthur Blunt Mansfield Theatre, New York [36] [38]
People of Our ClassApril 1938 –Henry Hayes Manchester Opera House [36] [39]
People of Our ClassMay 1938 –Henry Hayes New Theatre [36]
Blind Man's Buff23 September 1938 –Dr. Chavesse Arts Theatre [36] [40] [41]
Number SixDecember 1938 –Franklyn Dyall Aldwych Theatre [42]
Without Motive?June 1939 –Hayland Marlow Richmond Theatre [36]
The Long MirrorFebruary 1940 –— Haymarket Theatre [43]
The Long MirrorMarch 1940 –Michael Camber Oxford Playhouse [43] [44] [45]
Penny WiseJune 1940 –Gordon Richmond Theatre [36]
Stage DoorFebruary 1946 –David Kingsley Saville Theatre [36]
Fools Rush InJune 1946 –PaulUK tour [36]
Fools Rush InSeptember 1946 –Paul Fortune Theatre [36]
Peace in Our TimeJuly 1947 –Fred Shattock Lyric Theatre [36] [46]
Seagulls Over Sorrento June 1950 –Seaman "Lofty" Turner Apollo Theatre [47]
The Desperate HoursApril 1955 –Dan Hilliard Hippodrome Theatre [48]
Act of ViolenceOctober 1962 –— St Martin's Theatre, and subsequent UK tour [36] [49]
NormanApril 1963 –Charlie Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool [50]
Norman20 May 1963 –Charlie Duchess Theatre [50] [51]
The Farm26 September 1973 – 27 October 1973Mr Slattery Royal Court Theatre [52] [53]
The Farm1 November 1973 – 8 December 1973Mr SlatteryMayfair Theatre [53]
JingoAugust 1975 –Bernard Aldwych Theatre [36]

Filmography

Filmography of Bernard Lee [1]
Film [6] [54] [55] YearRoleNotes
The Double Event 1934Dennison
The River House Mystery 1935Wade Belloc
Rhodes of Africa 1936Cartwright
Love from a Stranger 1937Cast MemberUncredited
The Black Tulip 1937William of Orange
The Terror 1938Ferdy Fane
Murder in Soho 1939Roy Barnes
The Frozen Limits 1939Bill McGrew
Let George Do It! 1940OscarUS title To Hell with Hitler [9]
Spare a Copper 1940Jake
Once a Crook 1941The Duke
The New Lot 1943Interviewing OfficerUncredited
This Man Is Mine 1946James Nicholls
The Courtneys of Curzon Street 1947Colonel GascoyneUS title Kathy's Love Affair [56]
Dusty Bates 1947Captain FordUS title The Adventures of Dusty Bates [57]
The Fallen Idol 1948Detective Hart
Quartet 1948Ned Preston, Prison Visitor(segment "The Kite")
Elizabeth of Ladymead 1948John Beresford in 1903
The Third Man 1949Sergeant Paine
The Blue Lamp 1950Inspector Cherry
Morning Departure 1950Commander GatesUS title Operation Disaster [58]
Last Holiday 1950Inspector Wilton
Odette 1950Jack
Cage of Gold 1950Inspector Grey
The Adventurers 1951Jack O'ConnellUS title Fortune in Diamonds [59]
White Corridors 1951Burgess
Calling Bulldog Drummond 1951Colonel Webson
Appointment with Venus 1951BrigadierUS title Island Rescue [59]
Mr. Denning Drives North 1951Inspector Dodds
Gift Horse 1952Able Seaman 'Stripey' WoodUS title Glory at Sea [60]
The Yellow Balloon 1953Constable Chapman
Single-Handed 1953Petty Officer 'Stokes' WheatleyUS title C.S. Forester's Sailor of the King [61]
Beat the Devil 1953Inspector Jack Clayton
The Rainbow Jacket 1954RacketeerUncredited
Father Brown 1954Inspector ValentineUS title The Detective [62]
Seagulls Over Sorrento 1954Seaman 'Lofty' TurnerUS title Crest of the Wave [63]
The Purple Plain 1954Doctor Harris
Out of the Clouds 1955Customs Officer
The Ship That Died of Shame 1955Sam BrewsterUS title PT Raiders [64]
The Battle of the River Plate 1956Captain Dove—M.S. Africa ShellUS title Pursuit of the Graf Spee [65]
The Spanish Gardener 1956Leighton Bailey
Fire Down Below 1957Doctor Sam Blake
Across the Bridge 1957Chief Inspector Hadden
High Flight 1957Flight Sergeant Harris
Dunkirk 1958Charles Foreman
The Key 1958Commander Wadlow
The Man Upstairs 1958Inspector Thompson
Nowhere to Go 1958Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
Kidnapped 1959Captain Hoseason
Danger Within 1959Lieutenant-Colonel HuxleyUS title Breakout [66]
Beyond This Place 1959Patrick MathryUS title Web of Evidence [67]
Clue of the Twisted Candle 1960Superintendent Meredith
Sink the Bismarck! 1960Firing OfficerUncredited
The Angry Silence 1960Bert Connolly
Cone of Silence 1960Captain George GortUS title Trouble in the Sky [68]
Partners in Crime 1961Inspector Mann
Clue of the Silver Key 1961Superintendent Meredith
Fury at Smugglers' Bay 1961Black John
The Secret Partner 1961Superintendent Frank Hanbury
Whistle Down the Wind 1961Mr Bostock
The Share Out 1962Superintendent Meredith
Dr. No 1962 M
The Brain 1962Doctor Frank Shears
The L-Shaped Room 1962Charlie
From Russia with Love 1963 M
Ring of Spies 1964Henry HoughtonUS Title Ring of Treason [69]
Saturday Night Out 1964George Hudson
A Place to Go 1964Matt Flint
Goldfinger 1964 M
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965Hopkins(segment "Creeping Vine")
Two Left Feet 1965Mr Crabbe
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965Patmore
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin1965Jeremiah
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders 1965LandlordUncredited
Thunderball 1965 M
O.K. Connery 1967Commander Cunningham(Bond Parody) US title Operation Kid Brother [70]
You Only Live Twice 1967 M
Journey to Midnight 1968Ben Loker(episode 'Poor Butterfly')
Crossplot 1969Chilmore
On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 M
The Raging Moon 1971Uncle BobUS title Long Ago, Tomorrow [71]
Dulcima 1971Mr Gaskain
Diamonds Are Forever 1971 M
Danger Point1971Captain
Live and Let Die 1973 M
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell 1974Tarmut
Percy's Progress 1974BarracloughUS title It's Not the Size That Counts [72]
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 M
Bons Baisers de Hong Kong 1975David Marton(Bond Parody) Also known as From Hong Kong with Love
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 M
Moonraker 1979 M

Television

Bernard Lee's television appearances
ProgrammeDateRoleChannelNotesRef.
Television Playhouse, "The Golden Fleece"31 December 1955William Lotless ITV Television production of a J. B. Priestley play [75]
Theatre Royal, "The Stolen Pearl"8 January 1956Candleblow Smith ITV [76]
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents , "A Borderline Case"30 October 1956Rudi Lankert ITV [77]
Playdate , "All Correct, Sir"13 December 1956Cast Member ITV [78]
Television Playhouse: Cornelius18 July 1958Cornelius ITV Television production of a J. B. Priestley play [79]
Armchair Theatre , "Ernie Barger is 50"8 February 1959Ernie Barger ITV [80]
Play of the Week, "Family on Trial"21 April 1959Detective Inspector Lunt ITV [81]
Sunday Night Theatre , "Crime Passionnel"20 September 1959Hoederer BBC Television Television production of a Jean-Paul Sartre play [82]
Armchair Theatre , "Cold Fury"31 January 1960Aaronson ITV [83]
Armchair Theatre , "Nest of Four"15 May 1960Tom ITV [84]
The Interrogator22 December 1961Superintendent Farron BBC Television [85]
The Third Man , "Portrait of Harry"18 May 1963Angus Meyrick BBC Television [86]
Who Was Maddox? 1964Superintendent Meredith ITV Television production of an Edgar Wallace thriller [87]
Espionage, "Snow on Mount Kama"15 February 1964John Neary ITV [88]
Thursday Theatre, "Flowering Cherry"7 January 1965Jim Cherry BBC Two [89]
Danger Man , "Whatever Happened To George Foster?"30 January 1965Lord Ammanford ITV [90]
The Human Jungle , "Ring of Hate"18 March 1965Jim Garner ITV [91]
Thirty-Minute Theatre , "The Passenger"30 December 1965The Man BBC Two [92]
Danger Man , "The Man with the Foot"3 March 1966Derringham ITV [93]
Armchair Theatre , "The Night Before the Morning After"2 April 1966Daniel Whittaker ITV [94]
King of the River 6 July 1966Joss King BBC One [95]
The Baron , "Masquerade"15 October 1966Morgan Travis ITV Part 1 of a 2-part story: part 2 is called "The Killing" [96]
Talking to a Stranger October 1966— BBC Two Four-part series [36]
The Baron , "The Killing"22 October 1966Morgan Travis ITV Part 2 of a 2-part story: part 1 is called "Masquerade" [97]
Half-Hour Story, "Friends"6 September 1967Frank ITV [98]
Man in a Suitcase , "Girl Who Never Was"25 November 1967Kershaw ITV [99]
The Gamblers: The Man Beneath7 December 1967Bob Townsend– [100]
The Jazz Age: Post Mortem17 September 1968Sir James BBC Two Television production of the Noël Coward play Post-Mortem [101]
The System: Them Down There24 September 1968Baxter ITV [102]
The Wednesday Play , "Nothing Will Be The Same Again"6 November 1968Frank Lanton BBC One [103]
Journey to the Unknown: Poor Butterfly1969Loker ABC Also broadcast on ITV 19 May 1969 [104]
The Expert, "Post-Mortem on Harry Kirby"13 July 1969Harry Kirby BBC Two [105]
The Persuaders! , "Someone Like Me"29 October 1971Sam Milford ITV [106]
Pathfinders , "Codename Gomorrah"13 December 1972Air Vice-Marshal ITV [107]
The Man Who Died Twice13 April 1973Cast Member–First broadcast in the USA [108]
Once Upon a Time: Silver12 August 1973James Cable ITV Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story Treasure Island [109]
Crime of Passion: Emile10 September 1973Marcel Amiot ITV [110]
Vienna 1900 Games With Love And Death: Story 1 Mother And Son8 December 1973Herr Welponer BBC Two [111]
Play of the Month , "The Skin Game"19 May 1974Hornblower BBC One Television production of a John Galsworthy play [112]
Father Brown: The Quick One21 November 1974John Raggley ITV Based on G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories [113]
Play of the Month , "The School for Scandal"2 February 1975Cast Member BBC One Based on The School for Scandal , by Richard Brinsley Sheridan [114]
Affairs of the Heart: Kate9 March 1975Mr Drury ITV [115]
Against The Crowd: Murrain27 July 1975Beeley ITV [116]
What A Turn Up7 August 1975Cast Member ITV [117]
Warship, "Knight Errant"20 January 1976Yachtsman BBC One [118]
Killers: The Chalkpit Murder25 August 1976Thomas Ley ITV [119]
Hallmark Hall of Fame , "Beauty and the Beast"3 December 1976Beaumont NBC US television production [120]
The Foundation: Business Not Quite As Usual1977Cast Member ITV Nine-part television series [121]
A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas24 December 1977 Ghost of Christmas Present BBC Two [122]
Saint Joan 30 December 1979Monseigneur de la Trémouille, Lord Chamberlain BBC One Television production of a George Bernard Shaw play [123] [124]
Star Games4 November 1980On-screen Participant ITV [125]
Dangerous Davies – The Last Detective 4 January 1981Sergeant Ben ITV Part of the Dangerous Davies series [126] [127]

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