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Bernard Lee

1908 - 1981

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John Bernard Lee (10 January 1908 – 16 January 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 the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from the age of six. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Lee appeared in over one hundred films, as well as on stage and in television dramatisations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Lee is the 1,717th most popular actor (down from 1,065th in 2019), the 1,881st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,163rd in 2019) and the 235th most popular British Actor.

Bernard Lee was a British actor who played M in the James Bond films.

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Among actors, Bernard Lee ranks 1,717 out of 13,578. Before him are Andrew Lincoln, Wendy Hiller, Abdelmajid Lakhal, Rubens de Falco, Shirley Knight, and Lindsay Wagner. After him are Lucélia Santos, Jeffrey Tambor, Massimo Troisi, Aurore Clément, Chris Sarandon, and Harry Reems.

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Among people born in 1908, Bernard Lee ranks 110. Before him are Carlo Abarth, Fyodor Okhlopkov, Harold Holt, Sergei Sobolev, Bengt Strömgren, and Jean Delannoy. After him are Edgar Faure, Salo Flohr, Ho Jong-suk, Afet İnan, Robert Rossen, and Christa Schroeder. Among people deceased in 1981, Bernard Lee ranks 74. Before him are Ziaur Rahman, Jim Davis, Kirill Kondrashin, Grunya Sukhareva, Henry Eyring, and Gunichi Mikawa. After him are Albert Cohen, Ferruccio Parri, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Jean Eustache, and Savitri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Lee ranks 1,881 out of 8,785. Before him are E. P. Thompson (1924), Andrew Lincoln (1973), Wendy Hiller (1912), William Renshaw (1861), Brian Aldiss (1925), and Peter Fraser (1884). After him are Lulach (1030), K. K. Downing (1951), Terry Eagleton (1943), Ernest Jones (1879), C. Northcote Parkinson (1909), and Thomas Heath (1861).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Bernard Lee ranks 235. Before him are Martin Freeman (1971), Lynn Redgrave (1943), Jean Marsh (1934), Ida Lupino (1918), Andrew Lincoln (1973), and Wendy Hiller (1912). After him are Hugh Fraser (1945), Sean Harris (1966), Jack Hawkins (1910), Peter Vaughan (1923), Victor McLaglen (1886), and Samantha Fox (1966).

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