Bernard Lee

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

Born

Jan 10, 1908

Brentford, London, England, UK

Died

Jan 16, 1981

Known For

Acting

Movies

101 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.8

movie

Known For

Dr. No

1962

as M

From Russia with Love

1963

as M

Goldfinger

1964

as M

You Only Live Twice

1967

as M

Live and Let Die

1973

as M

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as M

Thunderball

1965

as M

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974

as M

Diamonds Are Forever

1971

as M

Moonraker

1979

as M

Dr. No

1962 • as M

★ 7.0

From Russia with Love

1963 • as M

★ 7.1

Goldfinger

1964 • as M

★ 7.4

You Only Live Twice

1967 • as M

★ 6.6

Live and Let Die

1973 • as M

★ 6.5

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969 • as M

★ 6.6

Thunderball

1965 • as M

★ 6.7

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974 • as M

★ 6.5

Diamonds Are Forever

1971 • as M

★ 6.4

Moonraker

1979 • as M

★ 6.2

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 • as M

★ 6.8

The Third Man

1949 • as Sergeant Paine

★ 7.9

The Battle of the River Plate

1956 • as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

★ 6.3

Dunkirk

1958 • as Charles Foreman

★ 6.8

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974 • as Tarmut

★ 6.1

Beat the Devil

1953 • as Insp. Jack Clayton

★ 6.1

Sink the Bismarck!

1960 • as Firing Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Whistle Down the Wind

1961 • as Mr. Bostock

★ 7.2

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965 • as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

★ 6.5

The Purple Plain

1954 • as Dr. Harris

★ 6.5

The Blue Lamp

1950 • as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

★ 6.6

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

1965 • as Patmore

★ 7.1

Last Holiday

1950 • as Inspector Wilton

★ 7.1

The Fallen Idol

1948 • as Detective Hart

★ 7.2

Crossplot

1969 • as Chilmore

★ 5.4

The Key

1958 • as Cmdr. Wadlow

★ 6.0

Danger Within

1959 • as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

★ 6.2

Cage of Gold

1950 • as Inspector Grey

★ 6.7

Fire Down Below

1957 • as Doctor Sam

★ 5.8

Gift Horse

1952 • as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

★ 6.6

Kidnapped

1960 • as Captain Hoseason

★ 6.6

Operation Kid Brother

1967 • as Commander Cunningham

★ 4.5

Quartet

1948 • as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")

★ 6.2

Dulcima

1971 • as Mr Gaskain

★ 7.3

Across the Bridge

1957 • as Chief Inspector Hadden

★ 6.7

Let George Do It!

1940 • as Oscar

★ 6.2

Nowhere to Go

1958 • as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson

★ 6.6

Percy's Progress

1974 • as Barraclough

★ 3.5

James Bond: The First 21 Years

1983 • as M (archive footage)

★ 5.0

Father Brown

1954 • as Inspector Valentine

★ 6.4

Appointment with Venus

1951 • as Brigadier

★ 5.1

The L-Shaped Room

1962 • as Charlie

★ 6.8

Odette

1950 • as Jack

★ 6.3

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

1961 • as Black John

★ 5.7

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

1947 • as Captain Ford

★ 4.0

The Brain

1962 • as Dr. Frank Shears

★ 5.6

The Raging Moon

1971 • as Uncle Bob

★ 6.6

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

1981 • as Sgt. Ben

★ 5.9

Cone of Silence

1960 • as Capt. George Gort

★ 6.7

Saturday Night Out

1964 • as George Hudson

★ 5.7

The Angry Silence

1960 • as Bert Connolly

★ 7.2

White Corridors

1951 • as Burgess

★ 6.6

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955 • as Customs Officer Brewster

★ 7.0

The Spanish Gardener

1956 • as Leighton Bailey

★ 6.2

From Hong Kong with Love

1975 • as M

★ 4.7

Morning Departure

1950 • as Cmdr. Gates

★ 6.8

A Christmas Carol

1977 • as Ghost of Christmas Present

★ 6.6

Beauty and the Beast

1976 • as Edward Beaumont

★ 5.8

The Incredible World of James Bond

1965 • as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)

★ 6.0

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951 • as Inspector Dodds

★ 6.0

Sailor of the King

1953 • as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

★ 6.7

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 • as Self (archive footage)

Fortune in Diamonds

1951 • as O'Connell

★ 7.0

Two Left Feet

1963 • as Mr Crabbe

★ 5.0

The Yellow Balloon

1953 • as Constable Chapman

★ 5.8

Web of Evidence

1959 • as Patrick Mathry

★ 4.0

High Flight

1957 • as Flight Sergeant Harris

★ 5.8

Out of the Clouds

1955 • as Customs Officer

★ 5.8

The Man Upstairs

1958 • as Inspector Thompson

★ 6.1

Seagulls Over Sorrento

1954 • as Lofty Turner

★ 5.4

Ring of Spies

1964 • as Henry Houghton

★ 6.8

A Place to Go

1963 • as Matt Flint

★ 6.2

movie

Death Becomes Me

1979 • as Sam Milford (archive footage)

The Outsider

1939 • as Cameraman

★ 5.0

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

1965 • as Jeremiah

Who Was Maddox?

1964 • as Superintendent Meredith

★ 7.7

Spare a Copper

1940 • as Jake

★ 6.8

Murrain

1975 • as Beeley

★ 6.7

This Man Is Mine

1946 • as James Nicholls

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947 • as Colonel Gascoyne

★ 4.9

Partners in Crime

1961 • as Inspector Mann

★ 5.7

The New Lot

1943 • as Interviewing Officer

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951 • as Colonel Webson

★ 5.8

The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass

1972 • as Morgan Travis

★ 7.0

Murder in Soho

1939 • as Roy Barnes

★ 5.0

movie

The River House Mystery

1936 • as Wade Belloc

The Night Before The Morning After

1966 • as Daniel Whittaker

Rhodes of Africa

1936 • as Cartwright

★ 6.0

The Secret Partner

1961 • as D.S. Frank Hanbury

★ 5.6

The Man Who Died Twice

1973 • as Francis Cumberland

movie

I Have Been Here Before

1949 • as Walter Ormund

Elizabeth of Ladymead

1948 • as John Beresford in 1903

★ 6.0

Clue of the Silver Key

1961 • as Superintendent Meredith

★ 7.0

Clue of the Twisted Candle

1960 • as Superintendent Meredith

★ 7.0

movie

The Terror

1938 • as Ferry Fane

★ 6.3

Seawrack

1978 • as Man

The Share Out

1962 • as Det. Supt. Meredith

★ 4.0

movie

Once a Crook

1941 • as Duke

movie

Danger Point

1971

★ 6.0

The Frozen Limits

1939 • as Bill McGrew

★ 7.5

The Black Tulip

1937 • as William Of Orange