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Bernard Lee was a British actor born in Brentford on January 10, 1908. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his professional career in 1934. Lee worked as a stage, film, and television actor, performing in the English language.
He is best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films. Lee died in London on January 16, 1981, from stomach cancer. His death was classified as resulting from natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 04 April 1950
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Peace
- THE PROTECTORS
- Cold Blooded
- LAYLA
- MONSTER
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Film & TV
Brentford, London, England, UK
John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
Known for
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories — Self (archive footage)2000
- James Bond: The First 21 Years — M (archive footage)1983
- Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective — Sgt. Ben1981
- Moonraker — M1979
- Death Becomes Me — Sam Milford (archive footage)1979
- Seawrack — Man1978
- The Spy Who Loved Me — M1977
- A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Present1977
- Beauty and the Beast — Edward Beaumont1976
- Murrain — Beeley1975
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1908
- Active to
- 1981
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 48
Tags
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brentford
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- television actor
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Bernard Lee in Beat the Devil.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1908-01-10
- date of death
- 1981-01-16
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
- Commons category
- Bernard Lee
Sources (3)
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