Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/01/1908

Day of Death

16/01/1981
(73) years old

Place of Birth

Brentford, London, England, UK

Biography

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

Filmography

Cast

2002

Best Ever Bond

as M (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1979

Moonraker

as M

1979

Death Becomes Me

as Sam Milford

1978

Seawrack

as Man

1977

A Christmas Carol

as Ghost of Christmas Present

1976

Beauty and the Beast

as Edward Beaumont

1975

Murrain

as Beeley

1974

Percy's Progress

as Barraclough

1973

The Man Who Died Twice

as Francis Cumberland

1972

The Man in a Looking Glass

as Morgan Travis

1971

Dulcima

as Mr Gaskain

1971

The Raging Moon

as Uncle Bob

1969

Crossplot

as Chilmore

1967

Operation Kid Brother

as Commander Cunningham

1966

The Night Before The Morning After

as Daniel Whittaker

1965

Thunderball

as M

1965

The Incredible World of James Bond

as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles M...

1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

1964

Goldfinger

as M

1964

Saturday Night Out

as George Hudson

1964

Ring of Spies

as Henry Houghton

1963

A Place to Go

as Matt Flint

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

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

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

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 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

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 ...

1948

The Fallen Idol

as Detective Hart

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

1936

The River House Mystery

as Wade Belloc