Personal Info
Birth date
1908-01-10 (117 Years)
Day of death
1981-01-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brentford, London, England, UK
Also known as
Бернард Ли
Bernard Lee
Biography
John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
Filmography
BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.The Expert
10
Overview:
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.The Persuaders!
7.6
Overview:
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.Edgar Wallace Mysteries
7
Overview:
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965. The films were loose adaptations of Edgar Wallace's books and stories. Very few used his original titles, and there was no attempt to set them in the period in which Wallace wrote, probably to obviate the need for elaborate costumes and sets. A 1962 article in Scene magazine quotes £22,000 as the budget for an episode then in production.The Wonderful World of Disney
7.774
Overview:
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.Warship
5.5
Overview:
Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977. The series dealt with life on board a Royal Navy warship, the fictional HMS Hero.Journey to the Unknown
6.3
Overview:
A British television anthology series with a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary.Danger Man
7.2
Overview:
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.The Champions
6.1
Overview:
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.Man in a Suitcase
7
Overview:
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.The Human Jungle
8.2
Overview:
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.571
Overview:
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.King of the River
NYR
Overview:
King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred around the King family and their efforts to maintain their sail-driven barge transport business.Dr. No
7
Overview:
Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.Father Brown
6.6
Overview:
Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.Goldfinger
7.4
Overview:
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.Thunderball
6.664
Overview:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.You Only Live Twice
6.582
Overview:
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.From Russia with Love
7.069
Overview:
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.Diamonds Are Forever
6.397
Overview:
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.The Man with the Golden Gun
6.439
Overview:
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.On Her Majesty's Secret Service
6.574
Overview:
James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.The Spy Who Loved Me
6.813
Overview:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.Live and Let Die
6.512
Overview:
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.Moonraker
6.173
Overview:
After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.The Third Man
7.915
Overview:
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.Strange Report
6.5
Overview:
Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt, Evelyn and Professor Marks. He employs the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertakes in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area of Paddington.Acting
TBAThe Black Tulip as William Of Orange
2002Best Ever Bond as M (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
1981Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective as Sgt. Ben
1979Moonraker as M
1979Death Becomes Me as Sam Milford
1978Seawrack as Man
1977A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
1977The Spy Who Loved Me as M
1976Beauty and the Beast as Edward Beaumont
1975From Hong Kong with Love as M
1975Murrain as Beeley
1974The Man with the Golden Gun as M
1974Father Brown (1 Episode) as John Raggley
1974Percy's Progress as Barraclough
1974Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Tarmut
1973Vienna 1900 (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1973Live and Let Die as M
1973Warship (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973The Man Who Died Twice as Francis Cumberland
1972The Man in a Looking Glass as Morgan Travis
1971Diamonds Are Forever as M
1971Dulcima as Mr Gaskain
1971The Persuaders! (1 Episode) as Sam Milford
1971The Raging Moon as Uncle Bob
1971Danger Point as Unknown
1969On Her Majesty's Secret Service as M
1969Crossplot as Chilmore
1969Strange Report (1 Episode) as Arthur Pater
1968Journey to the Unknown (1 Episode) as Ben Loker
1968The Champions (1 Episode) as Squires
1968The Jazz Age (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968The Expert (1 Episode) as Harry Kirby
1967Man in a Suitcase (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967You Only Live Twice as M
1967Operation Kid Brother as Commander Cunningham
1966King of the River (17 Episodes) as Unknown
1966The Night Before The Morning After as Daniel Whittaker
1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Patmore
1965Thunderball as M
1965The Incredible World of James Bond as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Sir Peter Teazle
1965The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as Jeremiah
1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
1964Goldfinger as M
1964Who Was Maddox? as Unknown
1964Saturday Night Out as George Hudson
1964Ring of Spies as Henry Houghton
1963From Russia with Love as M
1963A Place to Go as Matt Flint
1963The Human Jungle (1 Episode) as Jim Garner
1963Two Left Feet as Mr Crabbe
1962The L-Shaped Room as Charlie
1962Dr. No as M
1962The Brain as Dr. Frank Shears
1962The Share Out as Unknown
1961Clue of the Silver Key as Superintendent Meredith
1961Whistle Down the Wind as Mr. Bostock
1961The Secret Partner as D.S. Frank Hanbury
1961Partners in Crime as Inspector Mann
1961Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Black John
1960Danger Man (1 Episode) as Lord Ammanford
1960Clue of the Twisted Candle as Unknown
1960Cone of Silence as Capt. George Gort
1960The Angry Silence as Bert Connolly
1960Kidnapped as Captain Hoseason
1960Sink the Bismarck! as Firing Officer (uncredited)
1959Web of Evidence as Patrick Mathry
1959Edgar Wallace Mysteries (48 Episodes) as Unknown
1959Danger Within as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
1958Nowhere to Go as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
1958The Man Upstairs as Inspector Thompson
1958The Key as Cmdr. Wadlow
1958Dunkirk as Charles Foreman
1957High Flight as Flight Sergeant Harris
1957Across the Bridge as Chief Inspector Hadden
1957Fire Down Below as Doctor Sam
1956The Spanish Gardener as Leighton Bailey
1956The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
1955The Ship That Died of Shame as Customs Officer Brewster
1955Out of the Clouds as Customs Officer
1954The Wonderful World of Disney (2 Episodes) as Jeremiah
1954The Purple Plain as Dr. Harris
1954Seagulls Over Sorrento as Lofty Turner
1954Father Brown as Inspector Valentine
1953Beat the Devil as Insp. Jack Clayton
1953Sailor of the King as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
1953The Yellow Balloon as Constable Chapman
1952Gift Horse as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Beaumont
1951Mr. Denning Drives North as Inspector Dodds
1951Appointment with Venus as Brigadier
1951Calling Bulldog Drummond as Colonel Webson
1951Fortune in Diamonds as O'Connell
1951White Corridors as Burgess
1950Cage of Gold as Inspector Grey
1950Odette as Jack
1950Last Holiday as Inspector Wilton
1950Morning Departure as Cmdr. Gates
1950The Blue Lamp as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
1949The Third Man as Sergeant Paine
1949I Have Been Here Before as Walter Ormund
1948Elizabeth of Ladymead as John Beresford in 1903
1948Quartet as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
1948The Fallen Idol as Detective Hart
1947The Adventures of Dusty Bates as Captain Ford
1947The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Colonel Gascoyne
1946This Man Is Mine as James Nicholls
1943The New Lot as Interviewing Officer
1941Once a Crook as Duke
1940Spare a Copper as Jake
1940Let George Do It! as Oscar
1939The Frozen Limits as Bill McGrew
1939Murder in Soho as Roy Barnes
1939The Outsider as Cameraman
1938The Terror as Ferry Fane
1936Rhodes of Africa as Cartwright
1936The River House Mystery as Wade Belloc