Bernard Lee
John Bernard Lee (Condado de Cork, 10 de enero de 1908 - Londres, 16 de enero de 1981) fue un actor inglés, conocido sobre todo por haber encarnado a M en las primeras once películas de la franquicia James Bond, producidas por Eon Productions. Su trayectoria en el séptimo arte consiguió extenderse desde 1934 a 1979, a pesar de haber realizado su debut en teatro a los seis años. Lee cursó en la Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Londres.
En total, Lee apareció en más de cien películas, así como en realizaciones teatrales y televisión. Fue conocido más que nada por encarnar figuras autoritarias, a menudo interpretando militares o policías; entre lo más destacado de su carrera se encuentran cintas como El tercer hombre, The Blue Lamp, La batalla del Río de la Plata, o Cuando el viento silba.
Falleció a causa de un cáncer de estómago el 16 de enero de 1981, a los setenta y tres años.
Fotos
Películas (101)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983 · M (archive footage)
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981 · Sgt. Ben
Moonraker
1979 · M
Death Becomes Me
1979 · Sam Milford (archive footage)
Seawrack
1978 · Man
A Christmas Carol
1977 · Ghost of Christmas Present
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977 · M
Beauty and the Beast
1976 · Edward Beaumont
From Hong Kong with Love
1975 · M
Murrain
1975 · Beeley
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974 · M
Percy's Progress
1974 · Barraclough
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
1974 · Tarmut
Live and Let Die
1973 · M
The Man Who Died Twice
1973 · Francis Cumberland
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
1972 · Morgan Travis
Diamonds Are Forever
1971 · M
Dulcima
1971 · Mr Gaskain
The Raging Moon
1971 · Uncle Bob
Danger Point
1971
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · M
Crossplot
1969 · Chilmore
You Only Live Twice
1967 · M
Operation Kid Brother
1967 · Commander Cunningham
The Night Before The Morning After
1966 · Daniel Whittaker
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965 · Patmore
Thunderball
1965 · M
The Incredible World of James Bond
1965 · Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
1965 · Jeremiah
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 · Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
Goldfinger
1964 · M
Who Was Maddox?
1964 · Superintendent Meredith
Saturday Night Out
1964 · George Hudson
Ring of Spies
1964 · Henry Houghton
From Russia with Love
1963 · M
A Place to Go
1963 · Matt Flint
Two Left Feet
1963 · Mr Crabbe
The L-Shaped Room
1962 · Charlie
Dr. No
1962 · M
The Brain
1962 · Dr. Frank Shears
The Share Out
1962 · Det. Supt. Meredith
Clue of the Silver Key
1961 · Superintendent Meredith
Whistle Down the Wind
1961 · Mr. Bostock
The Secret Partner
1961 · D.S. Frank Hanbury
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 · Black John
Partners in Crime
1961 · Inspector Mann
Clue of the Twisted Candle
1960 · Superintendent Meredith
Cone of Silence
1960 · Capt. George Gort
The Angry Silence
1960 · Bert Connolly
Kidnapped
1960 · Captain Hoseason
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Firing Officer (uncredited)
Web of Evidence
1959 · Patrick Mathry
Danger Within
1959 · Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
Nowhere to Go
1958 · Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
The Man Upstairs
1958 · Inspector Thompson
The Key
1958 · Cmdr. Wadlow
Dunkirk
1958 · Charles Foreman
High Flight
1957 · Flight Sergeant Harris
Across the Bridge
1957 · Chief Inspector Hadden
Fire Down Below
1957 · Doctor Sam
The Spanish Gardener
1956 · Leighton Bailey
The Battle of the River Plate
1956 · Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955 · Customs Officer Brewster
Out of the Clouds
1955 · Customs Officer
The Purple Plain
1954 · Dr. Harris
Seagulls Over Sorrento
1954 · Lofty Turner
Father Brown
1954 · Inspector Valentine
Beat the Devil
1953 · Insp. Jack Clayton
Sailor of the King
1953 · Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
The Yellow Balloon
1953 · Constable Chapman
Gift Horse
1952 · A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 · Inspector Dodds
Appointment with Venus
1951 · Brigadier
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951 · Colonel Webson
Fortune in Diamonds
1951 · O'Connell
White Corridors
1951 · Burgess
Cage of Gold
1950 · Inspector Grey
Odette
1950 · Jack
Last Holiday
1950 · Inspector Wilton
Morning Departure
1950 · Cmdr. Gates
The Blue Lamp
1950 · Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
The Third Man
1949 · Sergeant Paine
I Have Been Here Before
1949 · Walter Ormund
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948 · John Beresford in 1903
Quartet
1948 · Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
The Fallen Idol
1948 · Detective Hart
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
1947 · Captain Ford
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
1947 · Colonel Gascoyne
This Man Is Mine
1946 · James Nicholls
The New Lot
1943 · Interviewing Officer
Once a Crook
1941 · Duke
Spare a Copper
1940 · Jake
Let George Do It!
1940 · Oscar
The Frozen Limits
1939 · Bill McGrew
Murder in Soho
1939 · Roy Barnes
The Outsider
1939 · Cameraman
The Terror
1938 · Ferry Fane
The Black Tulip
1937 · William Of Orange
Rhodes of Africa
1936 · Cartwright
The River House Mystery
1936 · Wade Belloc
Series (33)
Sense of Place
1978 · Man
The Foundation
1977 · Eddie Prince
Comedy Premiere
1975 · Wally Warner
Against the Crowd
1975 · Beeley
Affairs of the Heart
1974 · Ned Drury
Father Brown
1974 · John Raggley
Vienna 1900
1973
Warship
1973
The Persuaders!
1971 · Sam Milford
Strange Report
1969 · Arthur Pater
Journey to the Unknown
1968 · Ben Loker
The Champions
1968 · Squires
The Jazz Age
1968 · Sir James
The Expert
1968 · Harry Kirby
City '68
1967 · Baxter
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Gamblers
1967 · Bob Townsend
Half Hour Story
1967 · Frank Graham
King of the River
1966 · Joss King
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Sir Peter Teazle, Hornblower
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · The Man
Blackmail
1965 · Steve Bradwell
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Bernard Hart
Thursday Theatre
1964 · Jim Cherry
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Frank Lanton
Espionage
1963 · John Neary
The Human Jungle
1963 · Jim Garner
Danger Man
1960 · Lord Ammanford
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Ernie Barger, Daniel Whittaker
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Jeremiah
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Beaumont
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Hoederer