Bernard Lee

Actor Jan 10 (died age 73) Brentford, London, England, UK 1936–2000 (64 year career)

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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

Film

Goldfinger

Film

The Third Man

Sergeant Paine

Film

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Filmography

Acting (121)

Movies (101)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983

as M (archive footage)

5.0

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

as Sgt. Ben

Moonraker

as M

Death Becomes Me

as Sam Milford

Seawrack

1978

as Man

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977

as M

6.8

A Christmas Carol

1977

as Ghost of Christmas Present

6.6

Beauty and the Beast

1976

as Edward Beaumont

5.8

From Hong Kong with Love

as M

Murrain

as Beeley

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974

as M

6.5

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

as Tarmut

Percy's Progress

as Barraclough

Live and Let Die

as M

The Man Who Died Twice

1973

as Francis Cumberland

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass

as Morgan Travis

Diamonds Are Forever

as M

The Raging Moon

as Uncle Bob

Danger Point

Dulcima

as Mr Gaskain

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

as M

Crossplot

as Chilmore

You Only Live Twice

as M

Operation Kid Brother

1967

as Commander Cunningham

4.3

The Night Before The Morning After

1966

as Daniel Whittaker

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

as Patmore

Thunderball

as M

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

1965

as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

6.5

The Incredible World of James Bond

1965

as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)

6.0

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965

as Jeremiah

Goldfinger

1964

as M

7.4

Who Was Maddox?

1964

as Superintendent Meredith

Saturday Night Out

as George Hudson

Ring of Spies

as Henry Houghton

From Russia with Love

as M

Two Left Feet

as Mr Crabbe

A Place to Go

as Matt Flint

Dr. No

as M

The Share Out

as Det. Supt. Meredith

The Brain

as Dr. Frank Shears

The L-Shaped Room

as Charlie

Whistle Down the Wind

1961

as Mr. Bostock

7.2

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

as Black John

Partners in Crime

as Inspector Mann

The Secret Partner

as D.S. Frank Hanbury

5.6

Clue of the Silver Key

1961

as Superintendent Meredith

7.0

Clue of the Twisted Candle

1960

as Superintendent Meredith

The Angry Silence

as Bert Connolly

Sink the Bismarck!

as Firing Officer (uncredited)

Kidnapped

as Captain Hoseason

Cone of Silence

as Capt. George Gort

Web of Evidence

as Patrick Mathry

Danger Within

as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

6.2

The Man Upstairs

1958

as Inspector Thompson

The Key

as Cmdr. Wadlow

Nowhere to Go

as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson

Dunkirk

as Charles Foreman

Across the Bridge

as Chief Inspector Hadden

6.7

High Flight

1957

as Flight Sergeant Harris

5.8

Fire Down Below

1957

as Doctor Sam

5.8

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

6.3

The Spanish Gardener

1956

as Leighton Bailey

6.2

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955

as Customs Officer Brewster

7.0

Out of the Clouds

1955

as Customs Officer

5.8

Seagulls Over Sorrento

as Lofty Turner

The Purple Plain

as Dr. Harris

Father Brown

as Inspector Valentine

6.4

Sailor of the King

1953

as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

6.8

Beat the Devil

1953

as Insp. Jack Clayton

The Yellow Balloon

as Constable Chapman

Gift Horse

as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

6.6

Appointment with Venus

as Brigadier

White Corridors

as Burgess

Fortune in Diamonds

as O'Connell

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951

as Colonel Webson

5.8

Mr. Denning Drives North

as Inspector Dodds

Odette

as Jack

Last Holiday

as Inspector Wilton

Morning Departure

as Cmdr. Gates

The Blue Lamp

as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Cage of Gold

as Inspector Grey

The Third Man

as Sergeant Paine

I Have Been Here Before

1949

as Walter Ormund

Quartet

1948

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

6.2

The Fallen Idol

1948

as Detective Hart

7.2

Elizabeth of Ladymead

1948

as John Beresford in 1903

6.0

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

1947

as Captain Ford

4.0

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947

as Colonel Gascoyne

4.9

This Man Is Mine

1946

as James Nicholls

The New Lot

1943

as Interviewing Officer

Once a Crook

1941

as Duke

Spare a Copper

as Jake

Let George Do It!

as Oscar

The Outsider

as Cameraman

Murder in Soho

as Roy Barnes

The Frozen Limits

as Bill McGrew

The Terror

as Ferry Fane

The Black Tulip

as William Of Orange

The River House Mystery

1936

as Wade Belloc

Rhodes of Africa

1936

as Cartwright

6.0

Television (20)

Father Brown

as John Raggley

Warship

Vienna 1900

The Persuaders!

as Sam Milford

Strange Report

as Arthur Pater

The Champions

as Squires

The Expert

as Harry Kirby

Journey to the Unknown

1968

as Ben Loker

6.3

The Jazz Age

1968

as Sir James

Man in a Suitcase

1967

7.0

The Gamblers

1967

as Bob Townsend

King of the River

1966

as Joss King

BBC Play of the Month

as Hornblower

The Human Jungle

as Jim Garner

Danger Man

as Lord Ammanford

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

7.0

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

as Superintendent Meredith

Armchair Theatre

1956

as Ernie Barger

5.8

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as Jeremiah

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Beaumont

8.6