Bernard Lee
Born: 1908-01-10 in Brentford, London, England, UK
Died: 1981-01-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
Filmography
2000
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
1983
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as M (archive footage)
1981
- Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective as Sgt. Ben
1979
- Moonraker as M
- Death Becomes Me as Sam Milford
1978
- Seawrack as Man
1977
- The Spy Who Loved Me as M
- A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
1976
- Beauty and the Beast as Edward Beaumont
1975
- Murrain as Beeley
- From Hong Kong with Love as M
1974
- The Man with the Golden Gun as M
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Tarmut
- Percy's Progress as Barraclough
- Father Brown as John Raggley
1973
- Live and Let Die as M
- Warship
- The Man Who Died Twice as Francis Cumberland
- Vienna 1900
1972
- The Man in a Looking Glass as Morgan Travis
1971
- The Persuaders! as Sam Milford
- Diamonds Are Forever as M
- The Raging Moon as Uncle Bob
- Danger Point
- Dulcima as Mr Gaskain
1969
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service as M
- Strange Report as Arthur Pater
- Crossplot as Chilmore
1968
- The Champions as Squires
- The Expert as Harry Kirby
- The Jazz Age as Sir James
- Journey to the Unknown as Ben Loker
1967
- You Only Live Twice as M
- Man in a Suitcase
- The Gamblers as Bob Townsend
- Operation Kid Brother as Commander Cunningham
1966
- King of the River as Joss King
- The Night Before The Morning After as Daniel Whittaker
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Sir Peter Teazle
- Thunderball as M
- The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Patmore
- The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as Jeremiah
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
- The Incredible World of James Bond as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
1964
- Goldfinger as M
- Who Was Maddox? as Superintendent Meredith
- Saturday Night Out as George Hudson
- Ring of Spies as Henry Houghton
1963
- From Russia with Love as M
- A Place to Go as Matt Flint
- The Human Jungle as Jim Garner
- Two Left Feet as Mr Crabbe
1962
- Dr. No as M
- The Brain as Dr. Frank Shears
- The L-Shaped Room as Charlie
- The Share Out as Det. Supt. Meredith
1961
- Whistle Down the Wind as Mr. Bostock
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Black John
- Partners in Crime as Inspector Mann
- The Secret Partner as D.S. Frank Hanbury
- Clue of the Silver Key as Superintendent Meredith
1960
- Kidnapped as Captain Hoseason
- Danger Man as Lord Ammanford
- Sink the Bismarck! as Firing Officer (uncredited)
- Clue of the Twisted Candle as Superintendent Meredith
- The Angry Silence as Bert Connolly
- Cone of Silence as Capt. George Gort
1959
- Danger Within as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
- Web of Evidence as Patrick Mathry
- Edgar Wallace Mysteries
- The Edgar Wallace Mysteries as Superintendent Meredith
1958
- The Key as Cmdr. Wadlow
- Dunkirk as Charles Foreman
- Nowhere to Go as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
- The Man Upstairs as Inspector Thompson
1957
- High Flight as Flight Sergeant Harris
- Fire Down Below as Doctor Sam
- Across the Bridge as Chief Inspector Hadden
1956
- The Spanish Gardener as Leighton Bailey
- The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
1955
- The Ship That Died of Shame as Customs Officer Brewster
- Out of the Clouds as Customs Officer
1954
- Father Brown as Inspector Valentine
- Seagulls Over Sorrento as Lofty Turner
- The Purple Plain as Dr. Harris
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Jeremiah
1953
- The Yellow Balloon as Constable Chapman
- Sailor of the King as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
- Beat the Devil as Insp. Jack Clayton
1952
- Gift Horse as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
1951
- White Corridors as Burgess
- Fortune in Diamonds as O'Connell
- Appointment with Venus as Brigadier
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Beaumont
- Mr. Denning Drives North as Inspector Dodds
- Calling Bulldog Drummond as Colonel Webson
1950
- Odette as Jack
- Morning Departure as Cmdr. Gates
- Last Holiday as Inspector Wilton
- Cage of Gold as Inspector Grey
- The Blue Lamp as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
1949
- The Third Man as Sergeant Paine
- I Have Been Here Before as Walter Ormund
1948
- Quartet as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
- The Fallen Idol as Detective Hart
- Elizabeth of Ladymead as John Beresford in 1903
1947
- The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Colonel Gascoyne
- The Adventures of Dusty Bates as Captain Ford
1946
- This Man Is Mine as James Nicholls
1943
- The New Lot as Interviewing Officer
1941
- Once a Crook as Duke
1940
- Let George Do It! as Oscar
- Spare a Copper as Jake
1939
- The Outsider as Cameraman
- The Frozen Limits as Bill McGrew
- Murder in Soho as Roy Barnes
1938
- The Terror as Ferry Fane
1937
- The Black Tulip as William Of Orange
1936
- Rhodes of Africa as Cartwright
- The River House Mystery as Wade Belloc