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Christopher Lee Dead at 93
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11667314/christopher-lee-death-career-tribute.html ^

Posted on 06/11/2015 5:38:58 AM PDT by Jonty30

Christopher Lee: he could turn schlock into Shakespeare

Christopher Lee, who has died at the age of 93, brought dignity and gravitas to the most fantastical of roles.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: Jonty30

... and God bless him for his courage in serving in World War II. I hear he suffered greatly from the horrors he witnessed.


21 posted on 06/11/2015 6:12:10 AM PDT by floralamiss ("Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name....." -Lord & Savior Jesus Christ)
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To: 4yearlurker

I loved Famous Monsters! Produced in Horrorwood, Karloffornia!
4E did a great job on that mag.
cheers
Jim


22 posted on 06/11/2015 6:19:23 AM PDT by gymbeau (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Jonty30

A multi-talented man who had an amazing career. Saw him in an episode of the Avengers just a couple of weeks ago on Cozi tv.


23 posted on 06/11/2015 6:20:08 AM PDT by Southern Magnolia
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To: gymbeau
I always wanted to go to the Ackermansion. He let fans in for free and gave them a tour.
24 posted on 06/11/2015 6:22:24 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (No tagline today.)
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To: Jonty30

Spotted him the other night, uncredited I think, in some goofy pirate movie with Burt Lancaster. The Crimson Pirate I think. Man he was in a lot of movies


25 posted on 06/11/2015 6:32:10 AM PDT by keat
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To: Jonty30

RIP Saruman


26 posted on 06/11/2015 6:38:39 AM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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To: Jonty30

RIP. I always liked him in the (original) Wicker Man and many other roles.


27 posted on 06/11/2015 6:39:33 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: 4yearlurker

That would have been very cool, indeed.
I remember when “fans” would supposedly dump on him for coining “sci-fi” and the ubernerds thought it unserious and wanted the genre to be called “scientifiction” or something like that.

He was a big influence on my childhood and a mentor via his pages for my punning.

cheers
Jim


28 posted on 06/11/2015 6:40:19 AM PDT by gymbeau (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Jonty30

I have a Sherlock Holmes dictionary.

The forward was written by Lee. I have read that he was an expert on Holmes.


29 posted on 06/11/2015 6:43:13 AM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: gymbeau
Every month I would ride my bike to the newsstand and buy all the Warren magazines. It was great to be a kid in the 1960s.
30 posted on 06/11/2015 6:46:03 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (No tagline today.)
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To: Jonty30

RIP to a true actor.


31 posted on 06/11/2015 6:56:26 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade
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To: Jonty30
R.I.P. Sir Christopher Lee
he was one of the last trained
Swordmen of the Film.

32 posted on 06/11/2015 6:56:42 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass ("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
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To: 4yearlurker

Sure was!

cheers
Jim


33 posted on 06/11/2015 6:56:54 AM PDT by gymbeau (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Old Sarge

I always felt bad for him that by the time they finally got to film LoTR, something he dreamed about for years, he was too frail to play Gandalf.


34 posted on 06/11/2015 7:21:30 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: Jonty30

May God have mercy on his soul!


35 posted on 06/11/2015 7:44:44 AM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: Jonty30

Did Wormtongue finally do him in?


36 posted on 06/11/2015 7:56:09 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: 4yearlurker
Every month I would ride my bike to the newsstand and buy all the Warren magazines. It was great to be a kid in the 1960s.

Same here, in fact I've still got them laying around here in a box somewhere.

#notahoarder

37 posted on 06/11/2015 7:59:55 AM PDT by The Duke (Azealia Banks)
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To: Jonty30
I liked him as Count Dooku. One of the few positives in the Star Wars preaquels.


38 posted on 06/11/2015 8:09:07 AM PDT by xp38
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To: the scotsman

I’ve forgotten the complete title of Lee’s autobiography which I got from him, a take-off on “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, but in it he describes his WW2 experiences from being in the British SAS (Special Air Services = commandos) to flying both the British Spitfire and the American P51 Mustang which he preferred (new, advanced Merlin Rolls Royce engines).

He was a classically trained actor (all serious British actors had to learn and do Shakespeare first in their professional training before moving on to other types of acting).

As one poster mentioned, Patrick Stewart was and still is a Shakepearean actor. So too is Jeremy Bullock, the original Babba Fett of “Star Wars”. I might add that Star Trek: Deep Space 9’s Avery Brooks is a great Shakespearean actor. Saw him in “Othello” in DC many years ago and he was terrific. Also got his autograph when he left the theater. A real gentleman.

With the loss of Christopher Lee, “class” in acting has taken a major loss. He will be remembered not only for his many roles and movies, but for his “Renaissance man” life.

Somewhere in Heaven there is one heck-of-a Shakespearean Theater with an All-Star Cast.


39 posted on 06/11/2015 8:12:34 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Ian McShane was also brought up as a Shakespearean actor, and is still one of my favorites who is still active..


40 posted on 06/11/2015 8:15:49 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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