Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee was born in Belgravia, London in 1922. His father was a colonel and his mother a Countess and noted Edwardian beauty. A scholarship took Lee to Eton before he served in the RAF throughout WWII. Decorated for distinguished service he began
Filmography Highlights
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Alice In Wonderland
2010- Rated:
- PG
Tim Burton puts his own spin on Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale, in Disney digital 3D. Stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Mia Wasikowska
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Glorious 39
2009- Rated:
- TBC
Period thriller starring Romola Garai as a child of the British elite who uncovers a conspiracy to keep Britain out of the Second World War
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008- Rated:
- PG
The Star Wars saga continues in this digimated sequel, based on the animated TV series, featuring characters from the prequel trilogy
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
2005- Rated:
- 12A
Anakin Skywalker turns to the Dark Side in this final part of the Star Wars prequel trilogy
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Corpse Bride
2005- Rated:
- PG
Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter are among a high profile cast of voices in Tim Burton's ghoulish, stop-motion fable about a young man who accidentally marries a corpse
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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
2005- Rated:
- TBC
Five children meet the eccentric Willy Wonka and tour his labyrinth of confectionary marvels. It's just a shame their greed gets the better of them.
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The Adventures Of Greyfriars Bobby
2005- Rated:
- PG
Period children's drama concerning an especially resourceful dog in 19th-century Edinburgh. A tale previously told by Disney in 1961
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S.W.A.T.
2003- Rated:
- 12A
The American police force's elite Special Weapons And Tactics division gets comprehensively fetishised in this action movie starring Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and LL Cool J
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The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
2003- Rated:
- 12
The final part of Peter Jackson's fantasy trilogy climaxes with a colossal bodycount and acts of courage in the face of insurmountable odds
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Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones
2002- Rated:
- PG
Light years ahead of the calamitous The Phantom Menace. George Lucas' space opera franchise gets back on track with Anakin Skywalker's drift toward the dark side of the Force
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The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
2002- Rated:
- 12A
The Ring is getting heavier in the middle portion of Peter Jackson's awesome fantasy trilogy
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The Fellowship Of The Ring
2001- Rated:
- PG
Peter Jackson's skilful adaptation of JRR Tolkien's epic treats the reviled fantasy genre with reverence. If you have no problem with invented languages, elves and orcs, you will adore it
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Sleepy Hollow
1999- Rated:
- 15
Tim Burton's lively fairy tale horror - a rich homage to the Hammer films of yesteryear
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Feast at Midnight, A
1994- Rated:
- PG
One of those curiously old-fashioned British movies that seems a lot older than it is (it was made in 1994), as 10-year-old Magnus (Findlay) arrives at his new boarding school and wins friends by set
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990- Rated:
- 12
Six years after the original Gremlins wreaked seasonal havoc, this sequel sees the fanged little critters running wild in New York, after Gizmo the cute Mogwai is reunited with owner Billy (Galligan)
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Return of Captain Invincible, The
1983- Rated:
- PG
On paper this spoof of superhero movies sounds unpromising. Made in Australia on a low budget, with songs by O'Brien and Hartley and starring Arkin and Lee, it could have been unbearable. But thanks
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Silent Flute, The
1979- Rated:
- 15
As the title of this pretentious martial-arts movie suggests, the script is littered with impenetrable Zen-like riddles that the characters proclaim as if they were profound philosophical insights. <
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1941
1979- Rated:
- PG
Epic Spielberg WWII folly, replete with vast all-star cast. A comedy about the supposed Japanese invasion of California
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Bear Island
1979- Rated:
- PG
Things go awry in the Arctic Circle in this starry adaptation of the Alistair MacLean thriller
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Arabian Adventure, An
1979- Rated:
- TBC
A sumptuous fantasy adventure film starring Christopher Lee as an evil magical caliph who has captured princess Emma Samms and battles with manly hero Oliver Tobias.
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Caravans
1978- Rated:
- TBC
Fargo's films for Clint Eastwood (a nasty episode in the Dirty Harry saga and a comedy) made him a hot director around the period of this adventure movie set in the Middle East toward the end of the
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To The Devil A Daughter
1976- Rated:
- 18
Late Hammer film starring Nastassja Kinski as a young girl raised in a Satanist convent who can only be saved from chief baddie Christopher Lee's evil plans by occult writer Richard Widmark
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Satanic Rites of Dracula, The
1974- Rated:
- TBC
The seventh and thankfully last instalment in Hammer's vampire series has Lee's Dracula once again haunting modern-day London. This time he is a reclusive Howard Hughes-style entrepreneur planning to
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The Man With The Golden Gun
1974- Rated:
- A
Roger Moore's 007 hunts Scaramanga, a three-nippled assassin played by Christopher Lee who has a bullet with Bond's name on it. Literally.
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Four Musketeers: The Revenge Of Milady, The
1974- Rated:
- TBC
The continuing adventures of newly-appointed musketeer D'Artagnan and his fellow blades, still tangling with Cardinal Richelieu, his one-eyed henchman Rochefort and the diabolical Milady
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