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Acting

Bernard Lee

Career: Active from 1936 to 1981, busiest in 1961 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 32
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Goldfinger
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bernard Lee Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.7, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
3.4, average 4.8
Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 8
British Cinema 6
Character Study 5
World War II 4
Intrigue 4
Nostalgic 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Gritty Realism 3
Suspenseful 3
Moral Dilemma 3
Slow Burn 3
Naval Warfare 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 66

James Bond: The First 21 Years

as M (archive footage)

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

66

as Sgt. Ben

1970s

26 titles · average score 60

Moonraker

59

as M

A Christmas Carol

66

as Ghost of Christmas Present

The Spy Who Loved Me

69

as M

Beauty and the Beast

64

as Edward Beaumont

Murrain

as Beeley

The Man with the Golden Gun

51

as M

Live and Let Die

62

as M

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass

as Morgan Travis

The Raging Moon

67

as Uncle Bob

Diamonds Are Forever

60

as M

Dulcima

69

as Mr Gaskain

The Persuaders!

78

TV show · as Sam Milford

1960s

50 titles · average score 68

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

69

as M

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

82

as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

Goldfinger

85

as M

Ring of Spies

67

as Henry Houghton

From Russia with Love

82

as M

A Place to Go

64

as Matt Flint

Whistle Down the Wind

74

as Mr. Bostock

The Secret Partner

47

as D.S. Frank Hanbury

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

57

as Black John

Clue of the Silver Key

as Superintendent Meredith

Kidnapped

60

as Captain Hoseason

Cone of Silence

66

as Capt. George Gort

1950s

35 titles · average score 64

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

76

TV show

Danger Within

62

as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

Dunkirk

71

as Charles Foreman

Nowhere to Go

65

as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson

The Man Upstairs

64

as Inspector Thompson

The Key

64

as Cmdr. Wadlow

High Flight

59

as Flight Sergeant Harris

The Battle of the River Plate

65

as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

Seagulls Over Sorrento

57

as Lofty Turner

The Purple Plain

63

as Dr. Harris

Sailor of the King

64

as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

The Blue Lamp

74

as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

1940s

12 titles · average score 72

The Third Man

91

as Sergeant Paine

I Have Been Here Before

as Walter Ormund

Elizabeth of Ladymead

as John Beresford in 1903

The Fallen Idol

85

as Detective Hart

Quartet

68

as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

as Captain Ford

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

59

as Colonel Gascoyne

This Man Is Mine

as James Nicholls

The New Lot

as Interviewing Officer

as Duke

Spare a Copper

65

as Jake

Let George Do It!

63

as Oscar

1930s

7 titles · average score 62

Murder in Soho

as Roy Barnes

The Frozen Limits

as Bill McGrew

The Outsider

as Cameraman

The Terror

60

as Ferry Fane

The Black Tulip

as William Of Orange

Rhodes of Africa

65

as Cartwright

The River House Mystery

as Wade Belloc