Bernard Lee

Known For: Acting
Born: January 10, 1908
Place of Birth: Brentford, London, England, UK
Died: January 16, 1981

Bernard Lee

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

Filmography

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 · Self (archive footage)

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983 · M (archive footage)

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

1981 · Sgt. Ben

Moonraker

1979 · M

Death Becomes Me

Death Becomes Me

1979 · Sam Milford (archive footage)

Seawrack

1978 · Man

Sense of Place

1978 · Man

A Christmas Carol

1977 · Ghost of Christmas Present

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 · M

Beauty and the Beast

1976 · Edward Beaumont

From Hong Kong with Love

1975 · M

Murrain

1975 · Beeley

Against the Crowd

Against the Crowd

1975 · Beeley

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974 · M

Affairs of the Heart

1974 · Ned Drury

Father Brown

1974 · John Raggley

Percy's Progress

1974 · Barraclough

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974 · Tarmut

Vienna 1900

1973

Live and Let Die

1973 · M

Warship

1973

The Man Who Died Twice

1973 · Francis Cumberland

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass

1972 · Morgan Travis

Diamonds Are Forever

1971 · M

Dulcima

1971 · Mr Gaskain

The Persuaders!

1971 · Sam Milford

The Raging Moon

1971 · Uncle Bob

Danger Point

1971

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969 · M

Crossplot

1969 · Chilmore

Strange Report

1969 · Arthur Pater

Journey to the Unknown

1968 · Ben Loker

The Champions

1968 · Squires

The Jazz Age

1968 · Sir James

The Expert

1968 · Harry Kirby

City '68

1967 · Baxter

Man in a Suitcase

1967

The Gamblers

1967 · Bob Townsend

You Only Live Twice

1967 · M

Half Hour Story

1967 · Frank Graham

Operation Kid Brother

1967 · Commander Cunningham

King of the River

King of the River

1966 · Joss King

The Night Before The Morning After

1966 · Daniel Whittaker

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965 · Patmore

Thunderball

1965 · M

The Incredible World of James Bond

1965 · Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Sir Peter Teazle, Hornblower

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · The Man

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965 · Jeremiah

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965 · Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

Thursday Theatre

Thursday Theatre

1964 · Jim Cherry

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Frank Lanton

Goldfinger

1964 · M

Who Was Maddox?

1964 · Superintendent Meredith

Saturday Night Out

1964 · George Hudson

Ring of Spies

1964 · Henry Houghton

From Russia with Love

1963 · M

Espionage

1963 · John Neary

A Place to Go

1963 · Matt Flint

The Human Jungle

1963 · Jim Garner

Two Left Feet

1963 · Mr Crabbe

The L-Shaped Room

1962 · Charlie

Dr. No

1962 · M

The Brain

1962 · Dr. Frank Shears

The Share Out

1962 · Det. Supt. Meredith

Clue of the Silver Key

1961 · Superintendent Meredith

Whistle Down the Wind

1961 · Mr. Bostock

The Secret Partner

1961 · D.S. Frank Hanbury

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

1961 · Black John

Partners in Crime

1961 · Inspector Mann

Danger Man

1960 · Lord Ammanford

Clue of the Twisted Candle

1960 · Superintendent Meredith

Cone of Silence

1960 · Capt. George Gort

The Angry Silence

1960 · Bert Connolly

Kidnapped

1960 · Captain Hoseason

Sink the Bismarck!

1960 · Firing Officer (uncredited)

Web of Evidence

1959 · Patrick Mathry

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

1959

Danger Within

1959 · Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

Nowhere to Go

1958 · Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson

The Man Upstairs

1958 · Inspector Thompson

The Key

1958 · Cmdr. Wadlow

Dunkirk

1958 · Charles Foreman

High Flight

1957 · Flight Sergeant Harris

Across the Bridge

1957 · Chief Inspector Hadden

Fire Down Below

1957 · Doctor Sam

The Spanish Gardener

1956 · Leighton Bailey

The Battle of the River Plate

1956 · Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

Armchair Theatre

1956 · Ernie Barger, Daniel Whittaker

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955 · Customs Officer Brewster

Out of the Clouds

1955 · Customs Officer

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Jeremiah

The Purple Plain

1954 · Dr. Harris

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954 · Lofty Turner

Father Brown

1954 · Inspector Valentine

Beat the Devil

1953 · Insp. Jack Clayton

Sailor of the King

1953 · Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

The Yellow Balloon

1953 · Constable Chapman

Gift Horse

1952 · A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Beaumont

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951 · Inspector Dodds

Appointment with Venus

1951 · Brigadier

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951 · Colonel Webson

Fortune in Diamonds

1951 · O'Connell

White Corridors

1951 · Burgess

Cage of Gold

1950 · Inspector Grey

Odette

1950 · Jack

Last Holiday

1950 · Inspector Wilton

Morning Departure

1950 · Cmdr. Gates

The Blue Lamp

1950 · Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Sunday Night Theatre

1950 · Hoederer

The Third Man

1949 · Sergeant Paine

I Have Been Here Before

I Have Been Here Before

1949 · Walter Ormund

Elizabeth of Ladymead

1948 · John Beresford in 1903

Quartet

1948 · Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")

The Fallen Idol

1948 · Detective Hart

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

1947 · Captain Ford

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947 · Colonel Gascoyne

This Man Is Mine

1946 · James Nicholls

The New Lot

1943 · Interviewing Officer

Once a Crook

1941 · Duke

Spare a Copper

1940 · Jake

Let George Do It!

1940 · Oscar

The Frozen Limits

1939 · Bill McGrew

Murder in Soho

1939 · Roy Barnes

The Outsider

1939 · Cameraman

The Terror

1938 · Ferry Fane

The Black Tulip

1937 · William Of Orange

Rhodes of Africa

1936 · Cartwright

The River House Mystery

The River House Mystery

1936 · Wade Belloc

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