05/27/1922
Westminster, London, England, UK:
Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) as Saruman (voice) |
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Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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Constel·lació Portabella (2024) as (archive footage) |
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Children of the Wicker Man (2024) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024) as Self / Various (Archive) |
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Faces of Death (2023) as (archive footage) |
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Peter Cushing: In His Own Words (2020) as Himself |
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Drácula Barcelona (2017) as Himself |
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Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer (2017) as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) |
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Angels in Notting Hill (2015) as The Boss / Mr. President (voice) |
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Extraordinary Tales (2015) as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') |
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Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015) as (archive footage) |
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Saruman the White |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Corrigan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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How to Be Sherlock Holmes: The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014) as Self |
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Face of Unity (2014) as Self |
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The Trail of Dracula (2013) as Self (Archival Footage) |
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The Girl from Nagasaki (2013) as Old Officer Pinkerton |
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Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013) as Narrator |
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013) as Father Bartholomeu |
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Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror (2012) as Self |
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) as Saruman the White |
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The Fall of the House Of Usher (2012) as The Narrator |
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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012) as Self |
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Dracula vs. Vampir (2012) as |
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Everything or Nothing (2012) as Self |
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The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features (2012) as |
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Dark Shadows (2012) as Clarney |
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Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness (2012) as Dracula (archive footage) |
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Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 (2012) as Narrator |
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Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012) as Self |
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Hugo (2011) as Monsieur Labisse |
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The Wicker Tree (2011) as Old Man |
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The Resident (2011) as August |
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Season of the Witch (2011) as Cardinal D'Ambroise |
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Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens (2010) as Self |
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Burke & Hare (2010) as Old Joseph |
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Boogie Woogie (2010) as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold |
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The Heavy (2010) as Mr. Mason |
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Alice in Wonderland (2010) as Jabberwocky (voice) |
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Glorious 39 (2009) as Older Walter Page |
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Triage (2009) as Joaquín Morales |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Original Poem (2008) as Narrator (voice) |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) as Count Dooku (voice) |
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Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008) as Self |
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The Golden Compass (2007) as First High Councilor |
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Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007) as Narrator (voice) |
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Amazon Trek: In Search of Vanishing Secrets (2007) as Narrator |
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Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands (2007) as Self |
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Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007) as Self (archive footage) |
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Hollywood Chinese (2007) as Self |
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Ein Leben wie im Flug (2007) as Self |
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Beloved Count (2007) as Self |
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Bloody Jess (2007) as Self |
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Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills (2006) as Self |
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Pope John Paul II (2005) as |
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005) as The Lord Provost |
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Corpse Bride (2005) as Pastor Galswells (voice) |
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) as Dr. Wonka |
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) as Count Dooku |
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A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004) as Self |
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The Story of Star Wars (2004) as Count Dooku (archive footage) |
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Les Rivières pourpres 2 : Les Anges de l'apocalypse (2004) as Emerich |
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Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King (2003) as Self |
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J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth (2003) as Self |
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Drácula en la Hammer (2003) as Christopher Lee |
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The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003) as |
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Les baleines de l'Atlantide (2003) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Saruman |
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Best Ever Bond (2002) as Self / Scaramanga |
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002) as Self / Count Dooku |
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Perversion Stories (2002) as Self |
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To the Devil... The Death of Hammer (2002) as |
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) as Count Dooku |
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The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2002) as Self |
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Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man (2001) as |
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Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Self |
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Saruman |
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Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2001) as Self |
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Quest for the Ring (2001) as Self |
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R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) as Self |
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The Wicker Man Enigma (2001) as Himself |
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Iles du Diable: l'Archipel des Mondes Perdus (2001) as Narrator |
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Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend (2000) as Self |
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Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000) as |
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The Many Faces of Dracula (2000) as Narrator |
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Ian Fleming: 007's Creator (2000) as Self |
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) as Burgomaster |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) as Count Ottokar Graf Czernin |
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Ex-S: The Wicker Man (1998) as Self |
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Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah (1998) as Self |
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Jinnah (1998) as Muhammad Ali Jinnah |
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Tale of the Mummy (1998) as Sir Richard Turkel |
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100 Years of Horror (1998) as Presenter |
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The Mummy (1998) as Self - Host |
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Soul Music (1997) as Death (voice) |
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Welcome to the Discworld (1996) as Death |
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Vem Var Dracula (1996) as Self |
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The Stupids (1996) as Evil Sender |
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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (1996) as |
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The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996) as Self |
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The Many Faces of Christopher Lee (1996) as |
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A Century of Science Fiction (1996) as Narrator (voice) |
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A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghosts of M.R. James (1995) as Self |
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In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995) as Self |
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A Feast at Midnight (1994) as V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow |
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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) as Narrator (voice) / Self |
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Funny Man (1994) as Callum Chance |
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Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) as Commandant Rakov |
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The Rainbow Thief (1994) as Uncle Rudolf |
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Death Train (1993) as General Konstanin Benin |
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Jackpot (1992) as Cedric |
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Double Vision (1992) as Mr. Bernard |
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Innocent Blood (1992) as Count Dracula (archive footage) |
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Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) as Sherlock Holmes |
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Beauty and the Beast (1992) as Monsieur Renard (voice) |
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Dracula in the Movies (1992) as |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991) as Sherlock Holmes |
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Fear in the Dark (1991) as Narrator |
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Halloween Monster Bash (1991) as Professor Alexander Saxton (archive footage) |
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Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991) as Dr. Pearson |
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Journey of Honor (1991) as King Philip |
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Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal (1991) as Self - Narrator |
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The Care of Time (1990) as Karlis Zander |
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) as Doctor Catheter |
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L'avaro (1990) as Cardinale Spinosi |
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Treasure Island (1990) as Blind Pew |
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Honeymoon Academy (1989) as Lazos |
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Murder Story (1989) as Willard Hope |
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La chute des aigles (1989) as Walter Strauss |
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La Révolution française (1989) as Sanson |
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The Return of the Musketeers (1989) as Rochefort |
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Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988) as Luis Morel |
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Olympus Force: The Key (1988) as Filly |
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Creepy Classics (1987) as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage) |
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The Girl (1987) as Peter Storm |
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Mio min Mio (1987) as Kato |
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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood (1987) as Self |
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The Disputation (1986) as King James of Aragon |
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Un métier de seigneur (1986) as Fog |
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Jocks (1986) as President White |
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Mask of Murder (1985) as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich |
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Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985) as Stefan Crosscoe |
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The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985) as Himself - Presenter |
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The Best of All Time Horror Classics (1985) as |
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The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984) as King |
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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) as King Vladimir V |
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The Bengal Lancers! (1984) as Sir James Hunter |
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House of the Long Shadows (1983) as Corrigan |
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The Return of Captain Invincible (1983) as Mr. Midnight |
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New Magic (1983) as Mr. Kellar |
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Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983) as Narrator |
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The Last Unicorn (1982) as King Haggard (voice) |
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The Rank Charm School (1982) as Self |
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Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) as Prince Philip |
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Massarati and the Brain (1982) as Victor Leopold |
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Safari 3000 (1982) as Count Borgia |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982) as Self (archive footage) |
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An Eye for an Eye (1981) as Morgan Canfield |
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Evil Stalks This House (1981) as Host |
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The Salamander (1981) as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence |
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Once Upon a Spy (1980) as Marcus Valorium |
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Serial (1980) as Luckman Skull |
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Desperate Moves (1980) as Dr. Carl Boxer |
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1941 (1979) as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt |
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Bear Island (1979) as Lechinski |
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Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) as Miguel |
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Jaguar Lives! (1979) as Adam Caine |
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Arabian Adventure (1979) as Caliph Alquazar |
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The Passage (1979) as Gypsy |
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The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage) |
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The Pirate (1978) as Samir Al Fay |
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Mickey's 50 (1978) as Self |
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Caravans (1978) as Sardar Khan |
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Circle of Iron (1978) as Zetan |
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Return from Witch Mountain (1978) as Victor Gannon |
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Starship Invasions (1977) as Captain Rameses |
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The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural (1977) as Narrator |
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Playboy's Playmate Party (1977) as |
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End of the World (1977) as Father Pergado / Zindar |
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Airport '77 (1977) as Martin Wallace |
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Meatcleaver Massacre (1977) as On-Screen Narrator |
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Dracula père et fils (1976) as Le prince des Ténèbres |
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Albino (1976) as Bill |
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976) as Father Michael |
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Killer Force (1976) as Major Chilton |
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The Keeper (1976) as The Keeper |
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Vem var Dracula? (1975) as Self – Host / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula |
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Le Boucher, la Star et l'Orpheline (1975) as Satanus / Van Krig |
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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Francisco Scaramanga |
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The Four Musketeers (1974) as Rochefort |
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Diagnosis: Murder (1974) as Dr. Stephen Hayward |
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The Three Musketeers (1973) as Rochefort |
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The Wicker Man (1973) as Lord Summerisle |
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Dark Places (1973) as Dr. Ian Mandeville |
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) as Count Dracula |
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Nothing But the Night (1973) as Col. Charles Bingham |
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Poor Devil (1973) as Lucifer |
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The Creeping Flesh (1973) as James Hildern |
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Death Line (1972) as Stratton-Villiers, MI5 |
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Pánico en el Transiberiano (1972) as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton |
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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) as Count Dracula |
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Cuadecuc, vampir (1972) as Self |
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Umbracle (1972) as The Man |
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Hannie Caulder (1971) as Bailey |
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I, Monster (1971) as Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake |
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The House That Dripped Blood (1971) as John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") |
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Scars of Dracula (1970) as Dracula |
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) as Mycroft Holmes |
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Julius Caesar (1970) as Artemidorus |
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One More Time (1970) as Dracula |
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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) as Dracula |
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Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (1970) as Dracula |
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De Sade 70 (1970) as Dolmance |
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Il trono di fuoco (1970) as Lord George Jeffreys |
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Scream and Scream Again (1970) as Fremont |
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The Magic Christian (1969) as Ship's Vampire |
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The Oblong Box (1969) as Dr. J. Neuhartt |
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The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) as Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula (1969) as Self |
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Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) as J.D. Morley |
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) as Dracula |
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The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) as Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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The Devil Rides Out (1968) as Duc de Richleau |
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The Face of Eve (1968) as Colonel Stuart |
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The Movie Orgy (1968) as Fu Manchu/Dracula (archive footage) |
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Die Schlangengrube und das Pendel (1967) as Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai |
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Five Golden Dragons (1967) as Dragon #4 |
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Theatre of Death (1967) as Philippe Darvas |
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The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) as Dr. Fu Manchu |
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Night of the Big Heat (1967) as Godfrey Hanson |
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The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) as Fu Manchu |
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Circus of Fear (1966) as Gregor |
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) as Grigori Rasputin |
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) as Count Dracula |
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The Skull (1965) as Sir Matthew Phillips |
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The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) as Dr. Fu Man Chu |
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Ten Little Indians (1965) as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice) |
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She (1965) as Billali |
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) as Franklyn Marsh |
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The Gorgon (1964) as Prof. Karl Meister |
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Il castello dei morti vivi (1964) as Count Drago |
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The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) as Captain Robeles |
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La cripta e l'incubo (1964) as Count Ludwig Karnstein |
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Horror!!! (1964) as Self |
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La frusta e il corpo (1963) as Kurt Menliff |
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La vergine di Norimberga (1963) as Erich |
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Corridors of Blood (1963) as Resurrection Joe |
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Katarsis (1963) as Mephistoles |
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Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (1962) as Sherlock Holmes |
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The Devil's Agent (1962) as Baron Ferdi von Staub |
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Lolita (1962) as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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The Pirates of Blood River (1962) as Captain LaRoche |
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Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee (1962) as Capt. Allerman |
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Ercole al centro della terra (1961) as King Lico (Licos) |
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Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen (1961) as Ling Chu |
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Taste of Fear (1961) as Doctor Pierre Gerrard |
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The Terror of the Tongs (1961) as Chung King |
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Too Hot to Handle (1960) as Novak |
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Les Mains d'Orlac (1960) as Nero the magician |
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) as Paul Allen |
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The City of the Dead (1960) as Prof. Alan Driscoll |
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Beat Girl (1960) as Kenny King |
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Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959) as Baron Roderico da Frankurten |
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The Mummy (1959) as Kharis, the Mummy |
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The Treasure of San Teresa (1959) as Jaeger |
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) as Dr. Pierre Gerrard |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) as Sir Henry Baskerville |
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Dracula (1958) as Count Dracula |
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A Tale of Two Cities (1958) as Marquis St. Evremonde |
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Battle of the V-1 (1958) as Brunner |
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The Truth About Women (1957) as Francois Thiers |
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Bitter Victory (1957) as Sgt. Barney |
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Manuela (1957) as Voice (voice) |
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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) as The Creature |
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Fortune Is a Woman (1957) as Charles Highbury |
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The Traitor (1957) as Doctor Neumann |
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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) as German officer at The Dentist's office |
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The Battle of the River Plate (1956) as Manolo |
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Beyond Mombasa (1956) as Gil Rossi |
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Port Afrique (1956) as Franz Vermes |
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Alexander the Great (1956) as Nectenabus (voice) |
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Private's Progress (1956) as Major Schultz |
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Storm Over the Nile (1955) as Karaga Pasha |
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Alias John Preston (1955) as John Preston |
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The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves |
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Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) as A Stage Manager /Flask |
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Police Dog (1955) as Johnny, a constable |
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The Dark Avenger (1955) as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) |
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Contraband Spain (1955) as Narrador (voz) |
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That Lady (1955) as Capitán |
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Cross-Roads (1955) as Harry Cooper |
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The Awakening (1954) as Factory proprietor (uncredited) |
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The Mirror and Markheim (1954) as Visitant |
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Innocents in Paris (1953) as Lieutenant Whitlock |
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The Top and the Ball (1953) as Father |
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Moulin Rouge (1952) as Georges Seurat (uncredited) |
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Babes in Bagdad (1952) as Slave Dealer |
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Paul Temple Returns (1952) as Sir Felix Raybourne |
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Top Secret (1952) as Russian Agent (uncredited) |
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The Crimson Pirate (1952) as Joseph (attache) |
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Quo Vadis (1951) as Chariot Driver (uncredited) |
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Valley of the Eagles (1951) as Det. Holt |
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) as Spanish Captain |
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Prelude to Fame (1950) as Newsman |
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They Were Not Divided (1950) as Chris Lewis |
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Trottie True (1949) as Hon. Bongo Icklesham |
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Hamlet (1948) as Palace Guard (uncredited) |
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Scott of the Antarctic (1948) as Bernard Day |
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Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel |
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Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) as Jonathan Blair |
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A Song for Tomorrow (1948) as Auguste |
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One Night with You (1948) as Pirelli's Assistant |
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Corridor of Mirrors (1948) as Charles |
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Eugen Weidmann Execution Film (1939) as Himself |
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Robin Hardy's Script - The Lost Ending () as Lord Summerisle |
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The Wicker Man At 50 () as Lord Summerisle |
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Nothing But the Night (1973) Producer |