Bernard Lee

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

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Moonraker (1979)

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Lois Chiles  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Corinne Cléry

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Lois Chiles  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Corinne Cléry

Beat the Devil (1953)

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Robert Morley

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Gina Lollobrigida  •  Robert Morley

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)

Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Peter Cushing  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Bernard Lee

Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Peter Cushing  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Bernard Lee

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Shane Briant  •  Madeline Smith  •  David Prowse

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Shane Briant  •  Madeline Smith  •  David Prowse

Operation Kid Brother (1967)

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto De Martino
CAST:  Neil Connery  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Bernard Lee

The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto De Martino
CAST:  Neil Connery  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Adolfo Celi  •  Bernard Lee

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Dana Wynter  •  Carl Möhner  •  Laurence Naismith

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Dana Wynter  •  Carl Möhner  •  Laurence Naismith

The Angry Silence (1960)

A young factory worker stands alone against a proposed strike.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Green
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  Pier Angeli  •  Michael Craig  •  Bernard Lee

A young factory worker stands alone against a proposed strike.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Green
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  Pier Angeli  •  Michael Craig  •  Bernard Lee

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

Action-packed

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  John Gregson  •  Anthony Quayle  •  Peter Finch  •  Ian Hunter

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Powell  •  Emeric Pressburger
CAST:  John Gregson  •  Anthony Quayle  •  Peter Finch  •  Ian Hunter

The Fallen Idol (1948)

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Ralph Richardson  •  Michèle Morgan  •  Sonia Dresdel  •  Bobby Henrey

Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Ralph Richardson  •  Michèle Morgan  •  Sonia Dresdel  •  Bobby Henrey

The Third Man (1949)

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Alida Valli  •  Orson Welles  •  Trevor Howard

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Reed
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Alida Valli  •  Orson Welles  •  Trevor Howard

The L-Shaped Room (1962)

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  Leslie Caron  •  Tom Bell  •  Brock Peters  •  Bernard Lee

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  Leslie Caron  •  Tom Bell  •  Brock Peters  •  Bernard Lee

The Blue Lamp (1950)

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Jimmy Hanley  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Robert Flemyng

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden
CAST:  Jack Warner  •  Jimmy Hanley  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Robert Flemyng

Dunkirk (1958)

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Norman
CAST:  John Mills  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Bernard Lee  •  Robert Urquhart

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Norman
CAST:  John Mills  •  Richard Attenborough  •  Bernard Lee  •  Robert Urquhart

Two Left Feet (1963)

Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Ward Baker
CAST:  Michael Crawford  •  David Hemmings  •  Nyree Dawn Porter  •  Julia Foster

Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Ward Baker
CAST:  Michael Crawford  •  David Hemmings  •  Nyree Dawn Porter  •  Julia Foster

The Purple Plain (1954)

A RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Parrish
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Win Min Than  •  Brenda De Banzie  •  Bernard Lee

A RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Parrish
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Win Min Than  •  Brenda De Banzie  •  Bernard Lee

Dulcima (1971)

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Nesbitt
CAST:  Carol White  •  John Mills  •  Stuart Wilson  •  Bernard Lee

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Nesbitt
CAST:  Carol White  •  John Mills  •  Stuart Wilson  •  Bernard Lee

From Russia with Love (1963)

EpicSmartAction-packedBrilliant

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Lotte Lenya  •  Robert Shaw

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Daniela Bianchi  •  Lotte Lenya  •  Robert Shaw

Fortune in Diamonds (1951)

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David MacDonald
CAST:  Jack Hawkins  •  Peter Hammond  •  Dennis Price  •  Grégoire Aslan

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David MacDonald
CAST:  Jack Hawkins  •  Peter Hammond  •  Dennis Price  •  Grégoire Aslan

The Adventures of Dusty Bates (1947)

Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell Catling
CAST:  Anthony Newley  •  Billie Brooks  •  Michael McKeag  •  John Longden

Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell Catling
CAST:  Anthony Newley  •  Billie Brooks  •  Michael McKeag  •  John Longden

Live and Let Die (1973)

Action-packedThrillingIntenseFast paced

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Seymour  •  Clifton James

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Yaphet Kotto  •  Jane Seymour  •  Clifton James
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