Christpher Lee Deep Dark Thoughts
Christopher Lee, just a mention of the name conjures up images of Dracula, The Mummy, and the Creature, this how I was introduced to this splendid actor, through his many incarnations for Hammer Studios. He, along with his good friend and counterpart in many of these films, Peter Cushing, helped to revive a sagging interest in the horror genre.
I can’t tell you the first film I saw Christopher Lee in, but his impact has been felt for years, with this viewer. I’ve watched him grace the screen as the evil Dracula, the heroric Duc de Richleau, the lumbering Creature and the mesmerizing Lord Summerisle and each performance demonstrates how versatile this actor really is. Never was his commanding presence demonstrated more than in the 1966 film, “Dracula-Prince of Darkness“, in this film, Lee didn’t have one line of dialogue! Less than pleased with the dialogue written for him in this film, he chose to remain silent and only Christopher Lee could hold an audience captive throughout a film without uttering a single word.
Personally, my favorite films which star Lee are from Hammer Studios, but not all, one exception would be his role of Lord Summerisle in the 1973 film, The Wicker Man”. Lee is simply brilliant in this film, going from a polite gentleman to a frightening madman. I may not enjoy all the films I’ve seen Christopher Lee in, but his performance is always superb and well done.
Christopher Lee has given so much to the world of horror films, he is simply put…..a living legend. I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to be influenced by his work and to see his many incarnations, I only hope that his legacy can be appreciated by future generations.
Christopher Lee Bio
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee was born in Belgravia, London, on 27 May 1922. (Lee’s mother’s family, the Carandinis, are one of the oldest in Italy.) Following the divorce of his parents in 1928, life became difficult his mother remarried, only to face further difficulties when her second husband became bankrupt. “He was drunk. every night and lost every penny,” Lee recalls. His mother divorced his stepfather, with far-reaching consequences: “The money went totally. My mother was left at the age of fifty with two teenage children and nothing.” Keep reading to know more about Christopher Lee Bio.
Lee was forced to abandon a promising academic career, leaving Wellington College in 1939, a year before he was due to complete his studies. He took several mundane jobs to help support his struggling family, before joining the RAF in 1941. The remainder of his war was dominated by intelligence work, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.
He returned to civilian life in 1946 and, ignoring his mother’s advice to avoid the acting profession (“Think of all the appalling people you will meet!”), secured a seven-year contract with Rank. Notable among his earliest films was a gatecrashed role as an extra in Olivier’s Hamlet and a brief scene in John Huston’s Moulin Rouge. Although Peter Cushing also appeared in both films, he didn’t share a scene with Lee in either.
The early fifties proved difficult for Lee after the Rank charm school ‘let him go’: “They would send me, and others, to see some of their contract directors and producers. They would say, ‘Well, nobody’s ever heard of you, you’ve got no experience- you’re too tall, you’re too foreign-looking Lee found acting work wherever he could, at one point subsidizing his income with a stint as an interpreter in the export department of Simpson’s in Piccadilly.
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The years of experience eventually paid off: “Between 1947 and 1957, I had learned. And when the time came for me to play a role of consequence, I was ready.” Hammer’s “The Curse of Frankenstein” and ” Horror of Dracula” brought him leading parts and global recognition. They also established his personal and professional relationship With Peter Cushing - the two men became close friends and frequent co-stars in subsequent films by Hammer and their contemporaries.
The Horror of Dracula (1958)
Dracula threatened to sideline Lee’s career as soon as it took off. Mindful of the typecasting that had overshadowed Bela Lugosi, he took on diverse roles in films across Europe. One of them, The Devil’s Daffodil, taxed even his mastery of language: “You tell me, how do you play a Chinese detective in German?”
The Mummy (1959)
The man Hammer press releases described as “London’s most eligible film bachelor” married Dutch model Birgit Kroencke on 17 March 1961 and the couple spent part of their honeymoon as guests of James Carreras and his wife, Vera. Mr. and Mrs. Lee emigrated to Vaud in Switzerland in 1962, Christopher taking the opportunity to expand his career and escape Britain’s punishing taxation. Their only child, Christina, was born 23 November 1963.
Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1967) | The Devil Rides Out (1968) |
The Lees returned to England in 1965, Christopher’s busy career still characterized by the variable quality of the films he was offered. He allowed James Carreras to persuade him into reprising his most famous role again and again, and his initial enthusiasm for Dracula soon turned to resentment.
Away from the vampire Count he made memorable contributions to other Hammer films, most notably “The Devil Rides Out” and “To the Devil a Daughter”, while successfully expanding his appeal in major league films such as “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes” and “The Man With the Golden Gun”.
During the early seventies he formed his own production company, Charlemagne, with Hammer producer Anthony Nelson Keys and made “Nothing But the Night” for Rank. “The Wicker Man”, while similarly modest, brought him lasting acclaim for his portrayal of the sinister lord of a Scottish island held in the grip of brutal pagan beliefs. The film is regarded by many, including Lee, as his best.
The Wicker Man (1971)
Keen to escape narrow-minded casting directors for good, Lee took his family to California in 1976. “I guested on Saturday Night Live, I made “1941” for Steven Spielberg, I appeared in Westerns, martial arts movies… My whole career changed, which is why, when people ask me ‘Don’t you ever feel worried about being typecasted always reply ‘I’m not’. And the evidence is on the screen.” Feeling he had “proved a point”, Lee returned to London in 1986.
Lee now feels confident enough to dabble in the horror genre in films like “Funny Man”, while affectionately parodying his old image in “Gremlins 2″, directed by admirer Joe Dante. When given quality material, as he was in ‘A Feast at Midnight”, it is clear why his career as a film star has enjoyed such longevity.
The death of Peter Cushing in 1994 affected Lee deeply: “Without that voice on the telephone I do feel very lonely, very lonely real friendship is rare. “The last king of horror, a mantle Christopher Lee has reluctantly inherited, continues adding to one of the lengthiest CVs in cinema history. “I don’t really know, after all these films, if I have reached my full potential, ” he reveals. “Really, to this day I don’t know if I have been stretched.
In recent years, Lee has appeared in Tim Burton’s ”
” and is currently working with George Lucas on Star Wars: Episode II (Summer 2002) and Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Ring Trilogy (December 2001).
Christopher Lee Filmography
- Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003) …. Saruman the White
- Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) …. Saruman the White
- Star Wars: Episode II (2002) …. Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) …. Saruman the White
- “Ghost Stories for Christmas” (2000) (mini) TV Series (voice) …. Narrator
- “Christopher Lee’s Ghost Stories for Christmas” (2000) (mini) (UK: complete title)
- “In the Beginning” (2000) (mini) TV Series …. Rameses I
- “Gormenghast” (2000) (mini) TV Series …. Flay
- Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service, The (1999) (V) …. Count Ottokar Graf Czernin
- Interactive Rocky Horror Show, The (1999) (VG) …. Narrator
- Sleepy Hollow (1999) …. Magistrate (The Brugomaster)
- Jinnah (1998) …. Mohammed Ali Jinnah
- Tale of the Mummy (1998) …. Sir Richard Turkel
- … aka Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy (1999) (USA: complete title)
- “Ivanhoe” (1997) (mini) TV Series …. Lucard de Beaumanoir
- “Strictly Supernatural” (1997) TV Series …. Narrator
- Odyssey, The (1997) (TV) …. Tiresias
- Abenteuer des Odysseus, Die (1997) (TV) (Germany)
- Homer’s Odyssey (1997) (TV)
- Odissea (1997) (TV)
- “Wyrd Sisters” (1996) TV Series (voice) …. Death
- 100 Years of Horror (1996) (V) …. Narrator
- Century of Science Fiction, A (1996) (V) …. Narrator
- Many Faces of Christopher Lee, The (1996) (V) …. Himself
- Sorellina e il principe del sogno (1996) (TV) …. Azaret
- Im Brunnen der Tr�ume (1996) (TV) (Italy)
- Prinzessin Alisea (1996) (TV)
- Soul Music (1996) …. Death
- Stupids, The (1996) …. Evil Sender
- Moses (1996) (TV) …. Ramses
- Bible: Moses, The (1996) (TV)
- “Tomorrow People, The” (1992) TV Series …. Rameses (1995)
- Feast at Midnight, A (1994) …. V. E. Longfellow, aka Raptor
- Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994) (TV) …. Himself/Narrator
- Funny Man (1994) …. Callum Chance
- Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) …. Commandant Alexandrei Nikolaivich Rakov
- Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (1994) (USA: alternative title)
- Death Train (1993) (TV) …. General Konstantin Benin
- Alistair MacLean’s Death Train (1993) (TV)
- Detonator (1993) (TV)
- Double Vision (1992) (TV) …. Mr. Bernard
- Jackpot (1992) …. Cedric
- Cybereden (1992) (USA)
- Journey of Honor (1992) …. King Philip
- Shogun Mayeda (1995) (Japan)
- Shogun Warrior (1992) (Japan: English title) (UK)
- Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (1991) …. Doctor Pearson
- Panga (1991)
- Fear in the Dark (1991) (TV) …. Narrator
- Incident at Victoria Falls (1991) …. Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
- Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
- Sherlock Holmes: The Star of Africa (1991)
- Star of Africa, The (1991)
- Care of Time, The (1990) (TV) …. Zander
- Honeymoon Academy (1990) …. Lazos
- For Better or for Worse (1990)
- Rainbow Thief, The (1990) …. Uncle Rudolf
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1990) (TV) …. Sherlock Holmes
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) …. Doctor Catheter
- Treasure Island (1990) (TV) …. Blind Pew
- “Around the World in 80 Days” (1989/I) (mini) TV Series …. Stuart
- Avaro, L’ (1989) …. Cardinale Spinosi
- Avaro, El (1989) (Spain)
- Miser, The (1989)
- Chute des aigles, La (1989) …. Walter Strauss
- Murder Story (1989) …. Willard Hope
- Revolution fran aise, La (1989) …. Sanson (segment “Annees Terribles, Les”)
- French Revolution, The (1989)
- Return of the Musketeers, The (1989) …. Rochefort
- Regreso de los mosqueteros, El (1989) (Spain)
- Dark Mission (Operaci�n coca�na) (1988) …. Luis Morel
- … aka Dark Mission (Les fleurs du mal) (1988) (France)
- … aka Dark Mission: Evil Flowers (1988) (USA: US version)
- Jocks (1987) …. President White
- … aka Road Trip (1987) (USA)
- Shaka Zulu (1987) …. Lord Bathurst
- Mio min Mio (1987) …. Kato
- … aka Land of Faraway, The (1987)
- … aka Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
- Disputation, The (1986) (TV) …. King James of Aragon
- Girl, The (1986) …. Peter Storm
- Mask of Murder (1985) …. Chief Rich
- … aka Investigator, The (1985)
- Howling II (1985) …. Stefan Crosscoe
- … aka Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) (USA: preview title)
- … aka Stirba the Werewolf Bitch (1985) (UK)
- “Shaka Zulu” (1984) (mini) TV Series …. Lord Bathurst
- Rosebud Beach Hotel, The (1984) …. Mr. King, the father
- … aka Big Lobby (1984)
- … aka No-Tell Hotel, The (1984)
- “Far Pavilions, The” (1984) (mini) TV Series …. Kaka-ji Rao
- … aka “Blade of Steel” (1984) (mini)
- House of the Long Shadows (1983) …. Corrigan/Roderick Grisbane
- … aka House of Long Shadows (1983)
- New Magic (1983) …. Mr. Kellar
- Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983) …. Mr. Midnight
- … aka Legend in Leotards (1983)
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) (TV) …. Prince Philip
- Last Unicorn, The (1982) (voice) …. King Haggard
- Safari 3000 (1982) …. Lorenzo Borgia
- Massarati and the Brain (1982) (TV) …. Victor Leopold
- Desperate Moves (1981) …. Dr. Carl Boxer
- … aka Desperate Case, A (1981)
- … aka Rollerboy (1981)
- … aka Save the Last Dance for Me (1981)
- … aka Stiegler: A Desperate Case (1981)
- … aka Stiegler: A Serious Case (1981)
- Salamander, The (1981) …. Rector of Counterintelligence Major General Prince Magusari
- … aka Salamandra, La (1981) (Italy)
- Goliath Awaits (1981) (TV) …. John McKenzie
- Eye for an Eye, An (1981) …. Morgan Canfield
- Fade to Black (1980) (uncredited) …. Footage from ‘Horror of Dracula’
- Serial (1980) …. Luckman Skull
- Once Upon a Spy (1980) (TV) …. Marcus Valorium
- … aka Lethal Games (1980) (TV)
- Arabian Adventure (1979) …. Alquazar
- Jaguar Lives! (1979) …. Adam Caine
- … aka Felino, El (1979) (Spain)
- Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) …. Uncle Drosselmeyer/Street Singer/Puppeteer/Watchmaker
- 1941 (1979) …. Captain Wolfgang Von Kleinschmidt
- Bear Island (1979) …. Lechinski
- … aka Alistair MacLean’s Bear Island (1979)
- Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979) (TV) …. Miguel
- Passage, The (1979) …. Head Gypsy
- Circle of Iron (1979) …. Zetan
- … aka Silent Flute, The (1979)
- Caravans (1978) …. Sardar Khan
- Return from Witch Mountain (1978) …. Dr. Victor Gannon
- Pirate, The (1978) (TV) …. Samir
- … aka Harold Robbins’ The Pirate (1978) (TV) (USA: complete title)
- End of the World (1977) …. Father Pergado/Zindar
- Meatcleaver Massacre (1977) …. On-screen narrator
- … aka Evil Force (1977) (UK: video title)
- … aka Hollywood Meatcleaver Massacre, The (1977)
- … aka Revenge of the Dead (1977)
- Starship Invasions (1977) …. Captain Rameses
- … aka Alien Encounter (1977)
- … aka Project Genocide (1977) (UK: video title)
- … aka War of the Aliens (1977)
- Dracula p�re et fils (1977) …. Dracula
- … aka Dracula and Son (1977) (USA)
- Airport ’77 (1977) …. Martin Wallace
- … aka Airport ’80 (1977) (UK)
- Albino (1976) …. Bill
- … aka Death in the Sun (1976)
- … aka Flsternde Tod, Der (1976)
- … aka Night of Askari, The (1976)
- … aka Whispering Death (1976)
- Keeper, The (1976) …. The Keeper
- To the Devil a Daughter (1976) …. Father Michael Rayner
- … aka Braut des Satans, Die (1976) (West Germany)
- … aka Child of Satan (1976) (USA: video title)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1975) …. Doctor Hayward
- Killer Force (1975) …. Major Chilton
- … aka Diamond Mercenaries, The (1975) (UK)
- Vem var Dracula? (1975) …. Himself/Vlad Tepes/Count Dracula
- … aka Dracula’s Transylvania (1975)
- … aka In Search of Dracula (1975) (USA)
- … aka Legend of Dracula, The (1975)
- Dark Places (1974) …. Dr. Mandeville
- Satanic Rites of Dracula, The (1974) …. Count Dracula
- … aka Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (1974)
- … aka Dracula Is Alive and Well and Living in London (1974)
- … aka Dracula Is Dead… and Well and Living in London (1974)
- … aka Rites of Dracula (1974)
- Four Musketeers, The (1974) …. Rochefort
- … aka Cuatro mosqueteros, Los (1974) (Spain)
- … aka Revenge of Milady, The (1974)
- Man with the Golden Gun, The (1974) …. Francisco Scaramanga
- Boucher, la star et l’orpheline, Le (1973) …. Van Krig/Himself
- … aka Butcher, the Star and the Orphan, The (1973)
- … aka Star, The Orphan, and the Butcher, The (1973)
- Creeping Flesh, The (1973) …. James Hildern
- Wicker Man, The (1973) …. Lord Summerisle
- … aka Anthony Shaffer’s The Wicker Man (1973)
- Three Musketeers, The (1973) …. Rochefort
- … aka Tres mosqueteros, Los (1973) (Spain)
- Poor Devil (1973) (TV) …. Lucifer
- Death Line (1972) …. Stratton-Villiers, MI5
- … aka Raw Meat (1972) (USA)
- Horror Express (1972) …. Professor Alexander Saxton
- … aka Panic in the Trans-Siberian Train (1972) (International: English title)
- … aka P�nico en el Transiberiano (1972) (Spain)
- Nothing But the Night (1972) …. Colonel Charles Bingham
- … aka Devil’s Undead, The (1972)
- … aka Resurrection Syndicate, The (1976) (USA: reissue title)
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) …. Count Dracula
- … aka Dracula Today (1972)
- Hannie Caulder (1971) …. Bailey
- … aka Ana Caulder (1971) (Spain)
- … aka Colt pour trois salopards (1971) (France)
- I, Monster (1971) …. Dr. Charles Marlowe/Edward Blake
- House That Dripped Blood, The (1970) …. John Reid (segment “Sweets to the Sweet”)
- Julius Caesar (1970) …. Artemidorus
- One More Time (1970) (uncredited) …. Dracula
- Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) …. Dracula
- Umbracle, El (1970) …. Himself
- … aka Umbracle (1970)
- Vampir-Cuadecuc (1970) …. Himself/Count Dracula
- … aka Vampir (1970)
- Scars of Dracula (1970) …. Dracula
- Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970) …. Mycroft Holmes
- Conde Drcula, El (1970) …. Count Dracula
- … aka Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula (1970)
- … aka Conte Dracula, Il (1970) (Italy)
- … aka Count Dracula (1973) (USA)
- … aka Demone nero, Il (1970) (Italy)
- … aka Dracula 71 (1970)
- … aka Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (1970) (West Germany)
- … aka Nights of Dracula, The (1970)
- Isla de la muerte, La (1969) …. Dolmance
- … aka De Sade 70 (1969)
- … aka Decameron francese (1969) (Italy)
- … aka Eugenie (1969)
- … aka Eugenie… the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion (1969) (USA)
- … aka Inassouvies, Les (1969) (France)
- … aka Jungfrau und die Peitsche, Die (1972) (West Germany)
- … aka Philosophy in the Boudoir (1969)
- … aka Wildkatze, Die (1969)
- Night of the Blood Monster (1969) …. Lord George Jeffreys
- … aka Bloody Judge, The (1969)
- … aka Hexentter von Blackmoor, Der (1970) (West Germany)
- … aka Juez sangriento, El (1969) (Spain)
- … aka Proceso de las brujas, El (1969) (Spain)
- … aka Trono di fuoco, Il (1969) (Italy)
- Oblong Box, The (1969) …. Dr. J. Neuhart
- … aka Dance, Mephisto (1969)
- … aka Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oblong Box (1969)
- Scream and Scream Again (1969) …. Fremont
- … aka Screamer (1969)
- Magic Christian, The (1969) …. Ship’s vampire
- Folterkammer des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die (1969) …. Fu Manchu
- … aka Assignment Istanbul (1969)
- … aka Castello di Fu Manchu, Il (1969) (Italy)
- … aka Castillo de Fumanch, El (1972) (Spain)
- … aka Castle of Fu Manchu (1972) (USA)
- … aka Fu Manchu’s Castle (1969)
- … aka Torture Chamber of Fu Manchu, The (1969)
- Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) …. Morley
- … aka Crimson Altar, The (1968)
- … aka Crimson Cult, The (1970) (USA)
- … aka Curse of the Crimson Cult (1968)
- … aka Reincarnation, The (1968)
- … aka Spirit of the Dead (1968)
- … aka Witch House (1968)
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) …. Dracula
- Blood of Fu Manchu, The (1968) …. Fu Manchu
- … aka Against All Odds (????) (USA: video title)
- … aka Fu Manchu and the Keys of Death (1968)
- … aka Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death (1968)
- … aka Fu Manchu’s Kiss of Death (1968) (International: English title: literal title)
- … aka Fu-Manch y el beso de la muerte (1970) (Spain)
- … aka Kiss and Kill (1969) (USA)
- … aka Kiss of Death (1969) (USA: video title)
- … aka Todesku des Dr. Fu Manchu, Der (1968) (West Germany)
- Face of Eve, The (1968) …. Colonel Stuart
- Eva (1968/II) (Spain)
- Eva en la selva (1968) (Spain)
- Eve (1968) (USA)
- Devil Rides Out, The (1968) …. Duc de Richleau
- Devil’s Bride, The (1968) (USA)
- Five Golden Dragons (1967) …. Dragon #4
- Night of the Big Heat (1967) …. Godfrey Hanson
- Island of the Burning Damned (1971) (USA)
- Island of the Burning Doomed (1971) (USA: TV title)
- Schlangengrube und das Pendel, Die (1967) …. Count Frederic Regula, Graf von Andomai
- Blood Demon, The (1967) (USA)
- Castle of the Walking Dead (1967)
- Pendulum (1967)
- Snake Pit and the Pendulum, The (1967)
- Snake Pit, The (1967) (video title)
- Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism, The (1967) (USA: TV title)
- Torture Room, The (1967)
- Theatre of Death (1967) …. Philippe Darvas
- Blood Fiend (1967) (USA)
- Female Fiend, The (1967)
- Vengeance of Fu Manchu, The (1967) …. Fu Manchu
- Rache des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die (1967) (West Germany)
- Victims of Terror (1967) …. On-screen narrator
- Victims of Vesuvius (1967) (USA)
- Brides of Fu Manchu, The (1966) …. Fu Manchu
- Dreizehn Sklavinnen des Dr. Fu Man Chu, Die (1966) (West Germany)
- Psycho-Circus (1966) …. Gregor
- Circus of Fear (1966) (video title) (longer version)
- Circus of Terror (1966)
- Psycho-Circus (1966) (USA)
- Rtsel des silbernen Dreiecks, Das (1966) (West Germany)
- Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) …. Grigori Rasputin
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) …. Dracula
- Bloody Scream of Dracula, The (1966)
- Disciple of Dracula (1966)
- Dracula 3 (1966)
- Revenge of Dracula (1966)
- Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) …. Franklyn Marsh
- Blood Suckers, The (1965)
- Skull, The (1965) …. Sir Matthew Phillips
- Face of Fu Manchu, The (1965) …. Dr. Fu Manchu
- Ich, Dr. Fu Man Chu (1965)
- Mask of Fu Manchu, The (1965)
- She (1965/I) …. Billali
- Castello dei morti vivi, Il (1964) …. Count Drago
- Castle of the Living Dead (1964) (USA)
- Chteau des morts vivants, Le (1964) (France)
- Crypt of Horror (1964)
- Gorgon, The (1964) …. Prof. Karl Meister
- Devil-Ship Pirates, The (1964) …. Captain Robeles
- Frusta e il corpo, La (1963) …. Kurt Menliff
- Body and the Whip, The (1963)
- Corps et le fouet, Le (1963) (France)
- Night Is the Phantom (1963)
- Son of Satan (1963)
- Way and the Body, The (1963)
- What (1963) (USA)
- Whip and the Body, The (1963)
- Maldici�n de los Karnstein, La (1963) …. Count Ludwig Karnstein
- Carmilla (1963)
- Catharsis (1963)
- Cripta e l’incubo, La (1963) (Italy)
- Crypt and the Nightmare, The (1963)
- Crypt of Horror (1963) (UK)
- Crypt of the Vampire, The (1963)
- Curse of the Karnsteins, The (1963)
- Karnstein (1963)
- Karnstein Curse, The (1963)
- Maledizione dei Karnstein, La (1963) (Italy)
- Terror in the Crypt (1963) (USA)
- Vampire’s Crypt, The (1963)
- Vergine di Norimberga, La (1963) …. Erich
- Back to the Killer (1963)
- Castle of Terror, The (1963/I) (UK)
- Horror Castle (1963) (USA)
- Terror Castle (1963)
- Virgin of Nuremberg, The (1963) (International: English title: literal title)
- Longest Day, The (1962) (uncredited) …. Several bits
- Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (1962) …. Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962) (USA)
- Sherlock Holmes et le collier de la mort (1964) (France)
- Sherlock Holmes la valle del terrore (1962) (Italy)
- Valley of Fear (1962) (UK)
- Doctor from Seven Dials (1962) …. Resurrection Joe
- Corridors of Blood (1962) (USA)
- Pirates of Blood River, The (1962) …. Captain LaRoche
- Rtsel der roten Orchidee, Das (1962) …. Captain Allerman
- Puzzle of the Red Orchid, The (1962) (USA)
- Secret of the Red Orchid, The (1962)
- Ercole al centro della terra (1961) …. Lyco
- Hercules at the Center of the Earth (1961) (International: English title: literal title)
- Hercules in the Haunted World (1964) (USA)
- Hercules vs. the Vampires (1961)
- Vampires vs. Hercules, The (1961)
- With Hercules to the Center of the Earth (1961)
- Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen, Das (1961) …. Ling Chu
- Daffodil Killer (1967) (USA: reissue title)
- Devil’s Daffodil, The (1961) (UK) (USA)
- Hands of Orlac, The (1961) …. Nero
- Hands of a Strangler (1961)
- Hands of the Strangler (1961)
- Mains d’Orlac, Les (1961)
- Taste of Fear (1961) …. Doctor Gerrard
- Scream of Fear (1961) (USA)
- Devil’s Agent, The (1961) …. Baron von Staub
- Im Namen des Teufels (1961) (West Germany)
- Terror of the Tongs, The (1961) …. The Tong Leader
- City of the Dead, The (1960) …. Professor Alan Driscoll
- Horror Hotel (1960) (USA)
- Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The (1960) …. Paul Allen
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1960)
- House of Fright (1961) (USA)
- Jekyll’s Inferno (1960)
- Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The (1960) (USA: TV title)
- Beat Girl (1960) …. Kenny
- Wild for Kicks (1960) (USA)
- Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959) …. Baron Rodrigo/Uncle Rinaldo
- Hard Times for Dracula (1959)
- Hard Times for Vampires (1959)
- My Uncle the Vampire (1959)
- Uncle was a Vampire (1959)
- Too Hot to Handle (1959) …. Novak
- Playgirl After Dark (1959) (USA)
- Man Who Could Cheat Death, The (1959) …. Dr. Pierre Gerard
- Treasure of San Teresa, The (1959) …. Jaeger
- Hot Money Girls (1959)
- Long Distance (1959) (USA)
- Rhapsodie in Blei (1959) (West Germany)
- Mummy, The (1959) …. Kharis, the Mummy
- Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959) …. Sir Henry Baskerville
- Truth About Women, The (1958) …. Fran�ois
- Battle of the V.1, The (1958) …. Brunner
- Missile from Hell (1958) (USA)
- Unseen Heroes (1958)
- Dracula (1958) …. Count Dracula
- Horror of Dracula (1958) (USA)
- Tale of Two Cities, A (1958/I) …. Marquis St. Evremonde
- Amre victoire (1957) …. Sergeant Barney
- Bitter Victory (1957) (USA)
- Traitor, The (1957) …. Doctor Neumann
- Accursed, The (1958) (USA)
- Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957) …. The Creature
- Fortune Is a Woman (1957) …. Charles Highbury
- She Played with Fire (1958) (USA)
- Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) …. German officer at dentists
- Intelligence Service (1957)
- Night Ambush (1958) (USA)
- Alias John Preston (1956) …. David Garrity, alias John Preston
- Battle of the River Plate, The (1956) …. Manolo
- Graf Spee (1956)
- Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1957) (USA)
- Beyond Mombasa (1956) …. Gil Rossi
- Port Afrique (1956) …. Franz Vermes
- Private’s Progress (1956) …. General Von Linbeck’s Aide
- Crossroads (1955/I) …. The Ghost
- Dark Avenger, The (1955) …. Captain of the Guards
- … aka Warriors, The (1955) (USA)
- Final Column (1955)
- Man in Demand (1955)
- Police Dog (1955) …. Johnny, a constable
- Storm Over the Nile (1955) …. Karaga Pasha
- Cockleshell Heroes, The (1955) …. Submarine Commander
- Operation Cockleshell (1955)
- That Lady (1955) …. Segovian Groom/Aide-de-Camp to the King/Captain of the Guard/Salamancan
- Assassin/Rider on Arab Horse
- Princesa de Eboli, La (1955) (Spain)
- Destination Milan (1954)
- Innocents in Paris (1952) (uncredited) …. Lieutenant Whitlock
- Moulin Rouge (1952) (uncredited) …. Georges Seurat
- Top Secret (1952)
- Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow (1952) (USA)
- Babes in Bagdad (1952) …. Slave dealer
- Muchachas de Bagdad (1953) (Spain)
- Paul Temple Returns (1952) …. Sir Felix Raybourne
- Crimson Pirate, The (1952) …. Joseph (Attache)
- Valley of Eagles (1951) …. Det. Holt
- Valley of the Eagles (1952) (USA)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) …. Spanish Captain (Nativadad)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower, R.N. (1951) (UK)
- Prelude to Fame (1950) …. Newsman
- They Were Not Divided (1950) …. Chris Lewis
- Trottie True (1949) …. Bongo
- Gay Lady, The (1949) (USA)
- Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) …. Jonathan Blair
- Scott of the Antarctic (1948) …. Bernard Day
- Hamlet (1948) …. Spear carrier
- Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) …. Duke Anthony von Wolfenbuttel
- Saraband (1948)
- Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) (USA)
- My Brother’s Keeper (1948) …. Second Constable
- Song of Tomorrow (1948) …. Auguste
- Song for Tomorrow (1948)
- Song for Tomorrow, A (1948)
- One Night with You (1948) …. Pirelli’s Assistant
- Corridor of Mirrors (1948) …. Charles