Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-01-10

Deathday

1981-01-16 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Brentford, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Бернард Ли

Bernard Lee

Biography

John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.

Known For

7.0%

Dr. No

Oct 7, 1962

7.3%

Goldfinger

Sep 20, 1964

7.1%

From Russia with Love

Oct 10, 1963

6.7%

Thunderball

Dec 11, 1965

6.6%

You Only Live Twice

Jun 13, 1967

6.4%

Diamonds Are Forever

Dec 14, 1971

6.5%

Live and Let Die

Jun 27, 1973

6.4%

The Man with the Golden Gun

Dec 14, 1974

6.8%

The Spy Who Loved Me

Jul 7, 1977

6.2%

Moonraker

Jun 26, 1979

6.6%

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Dec 18, 1969

7.9%

The Third Man

Aug 31, 1949

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Acting

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The Black Tulip as William Of Orange

2002

Best Ever Bond as M (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)

1981

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective as Sgt. Ben

1979		Moonraker as M
1979		Death Becomes Me as Sam Milford

1978

Seawrack as Man

1977		A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
1977		The Spy Who Loved Me as M

1976

Beauty and the Beast as Edward Beaumont

1975		From Hong Kong with Love as M
1975		Murrain as Beeley

1974		The Man with the Golden Gun as M
1974		Father Brown as John Raggley
1974		Percy's Progress as Barraclough
1974		Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell as Tarmut

1973		Vienna 1900
1973		Live and Let Die as M
1973		Warship
1973		The Man Who Died Twice as Francis Cumberland

1972

The Man in a Looking Glass as Morgan Travis

1971		Diamonds Are Forever as M
1971		Dulcima as Mr Gaskain
1971		The Persuaders! as Sam Milford
1971		The Raging Moon as Uncle Bob
1971		Danger Point

1969		On Her Majesty's Secret Service as M
1969		Crossplot as Chilmore
1969		Strange Report as Arthur Pater

1968		Journey to the Unknown as Ben Loker
1968		The Champions as Squires
1968		The Jazz Age
1968		The Expert as Harry Kirby

1967		Man in a Suitcase
1967		You Only Live Twice as M
1967		Operation Kid Brother as Commander Cunningham

1966		King of the River
1966		The Night Before The Morning After as Daniel Whittaker

1965		The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Patmore
1965		Thunderball as M
1965		The Incredible World of James Bond as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
1965		BBC Play of the Month as Sir Peter Teazle
1965		The Legend of Young Dick Turpin as Jeremiah
1965		Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

1964		Goldfinger as M
1964		Who Was Maddox?
1964		Saturday Night Out as George Hudson
1964		Ring of Spies as Henry Houghton

1963		From Russia with Love as M
1963		A Place to Go as Matt Flint
1963		The Human Jungle as Jim Garner
1963		Two Left Feet as Mr Crabbe

1962		The L-Shaped Room as Charlie
1962		Dr. No as M
1962		The Brain as Dr. Frank Shears
1962		The Share Out

1961		Clue of the Silver Key as Superintendent Meredith
1961		Whistle Down the Wind as Mr. Bostock
1961		The Secret Partner as D.S. Frank Hanbury
1961		Partners in Crime as Inspector Mann
1961		Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Black John

1960		Danger Man as Lord Ammanford
1960		Clue of the Twisted Candle
1960		Cone of Silence as Capt. George Gort
1960		The Angry Silence as Bert Connolly
1960		Kidnapped as Captain Hoseason
1960		Sink the Bismarck! as Firing Officer (uncredited)

1959		Web of Evidence as Patrick Mathry
1959		Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959		Danger Within as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

1958		Nowhere to Go as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
1958		The Man Upstairs as Inspector Thompson
1958		The Key as Cmdr. Wadlow
1958		Dunkirk as Charles Foreman

1957		High Flight as Flight Sergeant Harris
1957		Across the Bridge as Chief Inspector Hadden
1957		Fire Down Below as Doctor Sam

1956		The Spanish Gardener as Leighton Bailey
1956		The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

1955		The Ship That Died of Shame as Customs Officer Brewster
1955		Out of the Clouds as Customs Officer

1954		The Wonderful World of Disney as Jeremiah
1954		The Purple Plain as Dr. Harris
1954		Seagulls Over Sorrento as Lofty Turner
1954		Father Brown as Inspector Valentine

1953		Beat the Devil as Insp. Jack Clayton
1953		Sailor of the King as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
1953		The Yellow Balloon as Constable Chapman

1952

Gift Horse as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Beaumont
1951		Mr. Denning Drives North as Inspector Dodds
1951		Appointment with Venus as Brigadier
1951		Calling Bulldog Drummond as Colonel Webson
1951		Fortune in Diamonds as O'Connell
1951		White Corridors as Burgess

1950		Cage of Gold as Inspector Grey
1950		Odette as Jack
1950		Last Holiday as Inspector Wilton
1950		Morning Departure as Cmdr. Gates
1950		The Blue Lamp as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

1949		The Third Man as Sergeant Paine
1949		I Have Been Here Before as Walter Ormund

1948		Elizabeth of Ladymead as John Beresford in 1903
1948		Quartet as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
1948		The Fallen Idol as Detective Hart

1947		The Adventures of Dusty Bates as Captain Ford
1947		The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Colonel Gascoyne

1946

This Man Is Mine as James Nicholls

1943

The New Lot as Interviewing Officer

1941

Once a Crook as Duke

1940		Spare a Copper as Jake
1940		Let George Do It! as Oscar

1939		The Frozen Limits as Bill McGrew
1939		Murder in Soho as Roy Barnes
1939		The Outsider as Cameraman

1938

The Terror as Ferry Fane

1936

Rhodes of Africa as Cartwright