As Sanson.
What a shame. Loved him in everything I’ve seen him in.
RIP!
In a “Two Towers” commentary, Brad Dourif (Grima Wormtongue) explained how Christopher Lee taught him how to die on screen, based on Lee’s own experience in actually knifing Nazis in World War II.
He made a great villain in the 1981 Chuck Norris flick “An Eye for an Eye”.
Hang onto those autographed Saruman cards.
Incredibly sad. A truly iconic figure. Memory eternal.
I didn’t know that was him in LOR. Wow! No wonder why the performance was so good. A great role to go out on. RIP
But oh, for the late nights watching the Hammer films on the tube!
Another one bites the dust. Guy was in so many good to excellent shows I watched growing up. RIP!
RIP
My dad told me the news this morning and I was just devastated. I loved his roles as Count Dooku in Star Wars and as Saruman in Lord of the Rings. He was the only actor in the LOTR series who actually got to meet Tolkien. He will be greatly missed.
An era seems to end with the passing of Sir Christopher Lee. He is still the first face I think of whenever anyone mentions ‘Dracula’ - and he remains my favorite Bond villain, as the suave Scaramanga in The Man With The Golden Gun.
An extraordinary career but he was an even more extraordinary man. I love the fact that SOE, where he served during WWII, was known, unofficially, by that most British of titles - The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
RIP Sir Christopher. Have a good catch-up with Cushing.
From the SAS To The Gurkhas: The Story Of Sir Christopher Lee
http://forces.tv/60797077
The real-life horrors that haunted Dracula: Deadly missions against Nazis. Witnessing the last death by guillotine. Extraordinary past that turned Christopher Lee into cinema’s seductive Prince of Darkness
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120781/Christopher-Lee-died-week-fought-against-Nazis-witnessed-public-execution-guillotine.html
