Bernard Lee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-01-10
Day of Death
1981-01-16 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Brentford, London, England, UK
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
Acting
The Black Tulip
as William Of Orange
(2000)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
(1983)
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as M (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)
(1977)
A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Present
(1976)
Beauty and the Beast
as Edward Beaumont
(1975)
Murrain
as Beeley
(1975)
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
Percy's Progress
as Barraclough
(1973)
Live and Let Die
as M
(1973)
The Man Who Died Twice
as Francis Cumberland
(1972)
The Man in a Looking Glass
as Morgan Travis
(1971)
(1971)
The Raging Moon
as Uncle Bob
(1971)
Dulcima
as Mr Gaskain
(1971)
(1969)
(1969)
Crossplot
as Chilmore
(1967)
(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 Messervy KCMG)
(1965)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
(1965)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Patmore
(1965)
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as Jeremiah
(1964)
Goldfinger
as M
(1964)
Saturday Night Out
as George Hudson
(1964)
Ring of Spies
as Henry Houghton
(1964)
Who Was Maddox?
as Superintendent Meredith
(1963)
(1963)
A Place to Go
as Matt Flint
(1963)
Two Left Feet
as Mr Crabbe
(1962)
Dr. No
as M
(1962)
The Brain
as Dr. Frank Shears
(1962)
The L-Shaped Room
as Charlie
(1962)
The Share Out
as Det. Supt. Meredith
(1961)
Clue of the Silver Key
as Superintendent Meredith
(1961)
Whistle Down the Wind
as Mr. Bostock
(1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Black John
(1961)
Partners in Crime
as Inspector Mann
(1961)
The Secret Partner
as D.S. Frank Hanbury
(1960)
Clue of the Twisted Candle
as Superintendent Meredith
(1960)
Sink the Bismarck!
as Firing Officer (uncredited)
(1960)
The Angry Silence
as Bert Connolly
(1960)
Kidnapped
as Captain Hoseason
(1960)
Cone of Silence
as Capt. George Gort
(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)
Dunkirk
as Charles Foreman
(1958)
The Key
as Cmdr. Wadlow
(1958)
The Man Upstairs
as Inspector Thompson
(1957)
Across the Bridge
as Chief Inspector Hadden
(1957)
High Flight
as Flight Sergeant Harris
(1957)
Fire Down Below
as Doctor Sam
(1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
(1956)
The Spanish Gardener
as Leighton Bailey
(1955)
The Ship That Died of Shame
as Customs Officer Brewster
(1955)
Out of the Clouds
as Customs Officer
(1954)
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Lofty Turner
(1954)
Father Brown
as Inspector Valentine
(1954)
The Purple Plain
as Dr. Harris
(1953)
Beat the Devil
as Insp. Jack Clayton
(1953)
The Yellow Balloon
as Constable Chapman
(1953)
Sailor of the King
as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
(1952)
Gift Horse
as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
(1951)
Appointment with Venus
as Brigadier
(1951)
White Corridors
as Burgess
(1951)
Fortune in Diamonds
as O'Connell
(1951)
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Colonel Webson
(1951)
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Inspector Dodds
(1950)
Odette
as Jack
(1950)
Last Holiday
as Inspector Wilton
(1950)
Morning Departure
as Cmdr. Gates
(1950)
Cage of Gold
as Inspector Grey
(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 Courtneys of Curzon Street
as Colonel Gascoyne
(1947)
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Captain Ford
(1946)
This Man Is Mine
as James Nicholls
(1943)
The New Lot
as Interviewing Officer
(1941)
Once a Crook
as Duke
(1940)
Let George Do It!
as Oscar
(1940)
Spare a Copper
as Jake
(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)
The River House Mystery
as Wade Belloc
(1936)
Rhodes of Africa
as Cartwright