Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee was born on Jan 10, 1908 in UK. Bernard Lee's big-screen debut came with The Black Tulip directed by Alex Bryce in 1937, strarring William Of Orange. Bernard Lee is known for Father Brown directed by Peter Jefferies, Kenneth More stars as Father Brown and Dennis Burgess as Hercule Flambeau. The upcoming new tvshow Bernard Lee plays is Father Brown - Season 1 which will be released on Nov 02, 1982.
Best remembered as 'M' in the James Bond films, Bernard Lee was a popular character player in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Born into a theatrical family, he made his stage debut at age six and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He first appeared on the West End stage in London in 1928, and continued to work in the theatre during the 1930s, taking only occasional film roles.It was only after World War II that he concentrated his efforts on the cinema, and was much in demand in British films of the 1950s as friendly authority figures, including army sergeants, police detectives or navy officers. Detectives became a particular specialty, and he played this role in more than a dozen films, including Police sans armes (1950), Plus fort que le diable (1953) and Détective du bon Dieu (1954). In the early 1960s, he also made regular appearances as police detectives in the The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959) second feature series, usually as "Inspector Meredith". He also made memorable appearances in Le troisième homme (1949), La nuit commence à l'aube (1950), Commando sur Saint-Nazaire (1952), La bataille du Rio de la Plata (1956), Dunkerque (1958) and Le vent garde son secret (1961).He was effectively cast against type in only two films, as the union agitator in Le silence de la colère (1960), and as a disgruntled civil servant who becomes a spy for the Russians in Fabrique d'espions (1964).In 1962, he made his first appearance as the head of the British secret service in the first James Bond film, James Bond 007 contre Dr. No (1962). He went on to be featured in the next ten films in the series, appearing with Sean Connery, George Lazenby and, later, Roger Moore as Bond, and will probably be considered the definitive "M" by more than one generation of Bond fans.
Birthday
Jan 10, 1908Place of Birth
Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
Known For
Movies & TV Shows
- 19817.0
- 19796.2
- 19777.0
- 19766.9
- 19753.9
- 19746.7
- 19743.7
- 19746.3
- 19747.1
- 19736.7
- 19727.6
- 19717.0
- 19716.5
- 19716.9
- 19696.8
- 19695.4
- 19698.4
- 19687.5
- 19676.8
- 19673.5
- 19667.2
- 19656.9
- 19657.6
- 19655.6
- 19656.6
- 19647.7
- 19646.3
- 19646.5
- 19648.0
- 19637.3
- 1963
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre - Season 5
actor
as Superintendent Meredith / Det. Supt. Meredith / Inspector Mann
7.8 - 19627.3
- 19625.2
- 19627.2
- 1962
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre - Season 3
actor
as Superintendent Meredith / Det. Supt. Meredith / Inspector Mann
7.8 - 1962
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre - Season 4
actor
as Superintendent Meredith / Det. Supt. Meredith / Inspector Mann
7.8 - 19616.5
- 19617.6
- 19615.5
- 19616.6
- 1961
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre - Season 2
actor
as Superintendent Meredith / Det. Supt. Meredith / Inspector Mann
7.8 - 19606.5
- 19607.2
- 19607.1
- 19606.6
- 1960
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre - Season 1
actor
as Superintendent Meredith / Det. Supt. Meredith / Inspector Mann
7.8 - 19596.4
- 19596.8
- 19586.8
- 19586.5
- 19586.7
- 19587.1
- 19575.6
- 19577.2
- 19576.0
- 19566.8
- 19566.6
- 19556.7
- 19555.6
- 19546.5
- 19545.5
- 19546.7
- 19546.4
- 19536.4
- 19536.8
- 19537.0
- 19526.3
- 19516.7
- 19516.1
- 19516.2
- 19517.2
- 19515.5
- 19506.4
- 19506.9
- 19507.4
- 19507.0
- 19506.8
- 19498.1
- 19485.9
- 19487.3
- 19487.6
- 19476.6
- 19437.1
- 19406.1
- 19395.4
- 19385.6
- 19377.6