RIP Christopher Lee
His voice was distinctive. His look was imposing. Christopher Lee made an impression that never went away.
And he would show up in film or on television in some of the oddest places but you knew you were going to get one hell of a performance.
I think my favorite was Scaramanga in Man with the Gold Gun. Lee created a Bond villain that staying in people’s memory. You wanted to go to dinner with him but knew that you would be dead by dessert. However Rochefort, Three Musketeers, is a very close second with Lord Summerisle, the Wickerman, close behind. His Mycroft and Sherlock were good too. Caroline’s is King Haggard in Last Unicorn.
I never got to see him on stage but those who did said that his stage presence was immense. You were drawn to him and his voice.
Which is sort of funny considering that he came to prominence in the US with the Hammer Dracula films were he had no dialogue.
He was a renaissance man in the truest sense of the phrase. He was fluent in five languages and had more than a passing familiarity with another three. His knowledge of music was immense. His knowledge of art was excellent according to Vincent Price. He was in the SAS. He hunted down Nazi War criminals after World War II. He was a man’s man.
His life was a long and interesting one with many parts that we know about and a number that we don’t and probably never will.
My sympathies to his wife and family and friends.
He was one of the greats who like we will probably not see again.
I am grateful for the varied career of Christopher Lee.
And he would show up in film or on television in some of the oddest places but you knew you were going to get one hell of a performance.
I think my favorite was Scaramanga in Man with the Gold Gun. Lee created a Bond villain that staying in people’s memory. You wanted to go to dinner with him but knew that you would be dead by dessert. However Rochefort, Three Musketeers, is a very close second with Lord Summerisle, the Wickerman, close behind. His Mycroft and Sherlock were good too. Caroline’s is King Haggard in Last Unicorn.
I never got to see him on stage but those who did said that his stage presence was immense. You were drawn to him and his voice.
Which is sort of funny considering that he came to prominence in the US with the Hammer Dracula films were he had no dialogue.
He was a renaissance man in the truest sense of the phrase. He was fluent in five languages and had more than a passing familiarity with another three. His knowledge of music was immense. His knowledge of art was excellent according to Vincent Price. He was in the SAS. He hunted down Nazi War criminals after World War II. He was a man’s man.
His life was a long and interesting one with many parts that we know about and a number that we don’t and probably never will.
My sympathies to his wife and family and friends.
He was one of the greats who like we will probably not see again.
I am grateful for the varied career of Christopher Lee.