Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee was born in County Cork, Munster, Ireland on January 10th, 1908 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 73, Bernard Lee biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Bernard Lee, born in 1908 and 1981, was an English actor best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films.
Lee's film career spanned 1934 to 1979, although he appeared on stage from the age of six.
He was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Lee appeared in over one hundred films, as well as on stage and in television dramatizations.
He was known for his portrayals of authority figures, including in films including The Third Man, The Blue Lamp, The Battle of the River Plate, and Whistle Down the Wind.
He died of stomach cancer in 1981, at the age of 73.
Early life
Lee was born on January 10th, 1908, the son of Nellie (née Smith) and Edmund James Lee. He was born in either County Cork, what is now the Republic of Ireland, or Brentford, London. In a sketch called "The Double Event" at the Oxford Music Hall in London in 1914, Edmund, an actor, welcomed his six-year-old son to the stage. Lee studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and spent his time as a fruit porter to pay his bills.
Personal life
Gladys Merredew, Lee's first wife, died in a fire in Oare, Kent, which also left Lee hospitalized. "Bernard and Gladys" in the Kent village of Oare, England, had a lovely 17-century cottage, but it was there that she died tragically in a fire in 1972. When the fire started on the ground floor, Bernard and Gladys were trapped in their bedroom. Bernard managed to save Gladys through a window and climbed a ladder, but sadly, he was unsuccessful. It was an unhappy end to a long and happy marriage. Two youths robbed Lee in February 1972. Lee went back to drink after the mugging and fire, and he fell into debt two years ago. Lee was in luck meet Richard Burton in a pub, who gave him a cheque for $6,000 to clear his debts, as well as a note noting that everyone has a moment of regret once in a while. Lee was aided in overcoming his depression by Burton's generosity. Both Lee and Lois Maxwell appeared in their standard Bond characters in the poorly received French James Bond spoof, From Hong Kong to Love.
Ursula McHale, Lee's assistant, was hired as a television producer three years after the fire. Ann, Lee's first marriage, brought her father into the stage and did so with her blessing, Lee says, "She's doing what she loves doing and enjoying every moment of it." Ann Miller married Alan Miller, a stage actor and later stage manager at the BBC: their son, Jonny Lee Miller, is the British actor who appeared on stage and later stage manager. Lee's interests included golf, fishing, reading, music, and sailing.
Early acting career
Lee began performing in repertory theatre in Cardiff and Rusholme, Manchester, before starting to work in thrillers such as Blind Man's Bluff on the West End. He has appeared in comedies, including in Arthur Askey's play Ten Minute Alibi.
Lee's debut in The Double Event (1934) was followed by a role as Cartwright in Berthold Viertel's Rhodes of Africa (1936), a biopic of Cecil Rhodes in which he appeared alongside Walter Huston, Oscar Homolka, and Basil Sydney. Although Lee was in wartime service in the army from 1940 to 1946, he had appeared in several films before 1941, such as Murder in Soho, The Frozen Limits, and Let George Do It! (known in the United States as To Hell with Hitler, 1940) with George Formby.