Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

January 10, 1908 · 118 years old

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

Known For

36 titles
1
Goldfinger

Goldfinger

1964 · 1h 50m · Movie

While investigating a gold magnate's smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.

7.7
2
The Third Man

The Third Man

1949 · 1h 44m · Movie

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.

8.1
3
Dr. No

Dr. No

1962 · 1h 50m · Movie

A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.

7.2
4
From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

1963 · 1h 55m · Movie

James Bond willingly inserts himself into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by the evil SPECTRE organization.

7.3
5
Thunderball

Thunderball

1965 · 2h 10m · Movie

James Bond heads to the Bahamas to recover two nuclear warheads stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Agent Emilio Largo in an international extortion scheme.

6.9
6
You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967 · 1h 57m · Movie

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

6.8
7
Live and Let Die

Live and Let Die

1973 · 2h 1m · Movie

James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

6.7
8
The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 · 2h 5m · Movie

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.

7.0
9
Diamonds Are Forever

Diamonds Are Forever

1971 · 2h 0m · Movie

A diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.

6.5
10
The Man with the Golden Gun

The Man with the Golden Gun

1974 · 2h 5m · Movie

James Bond is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin, while he attempts to recover sensitive solar cell technology that is being sold to the highest bidder.

6.7
11
Moonraker

Moonraker

1979 · 2h 6m · Movie

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

6.3
12
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969 · 2h 22m · Movie

British agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.

6.7
13
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965 · 1h 52m · Movie

Instead of coming in from field work during the Cold War and taking a desk job, British intelligence agent Alec Leamas chooses to take on another assignment.

7.5
14
Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

1953 · 1h 29m · Movie

On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...

6.4
15
The Fallen Idol

The Fallen Idol

1948 · 1h 35m · Movie

A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.

7.6
16
Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956 · 1h 59m · Movie

In the first major naval battle of World War II, the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.

6.6
17
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

1974 · 1h 33m · Movie

Baron Frankenstein works with a mental patient to reanimate the dead.

6.3
18
Dunkirk

Dunkirk

1958 · 2h 15m · Movie

A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.

7.1
19
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

1950 · 1h 24m · Movie

The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.

6.8
20
The Purple Plain

The Purple Plain

1954 · 1h 40m · Movie

In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid.

6.5
21
The L-Shaped Room

The L-Shaped Room

1962 · 2h 6m · Movie

A single, pregnant woman moves into a London boarding house where she meets a group of fellow misfits.

7.3
22
The Angry Silence

The Angry Silence

1960 · 1h 35m · Movie

A young factory worker decides to stand up against his workmates and fellow union members when they want to hold a wildcat strike.

7.2
23
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1960 · 1h 37m · Movie

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.

6.6
24
Operation Kid Brother

Operation Kid Brother

1967 · 1h 44m · Movie

The civilian brother of Britain's best spy must use his skills in plastic surgery, hypnotism, and lip-reading to stop a crime syndicate's bid for world domination.

3.5
25
Odette

Odette

1950 · 1h 45m · Movie

During WW2, a French woman living in England volunteers to work for British Intelligence in Nazi-occupied France.

6.8
26
Nowhere to Go

Nowhere to Go

1958 · 1h 29m · Movie

In London, a Canadian serving prison time for grand theft escapes prison and attempts to retrieve his loot, kept in a bank safety deposit box, but his accomplice takes the security key while he only has the pass code.

6.8
27
Crossplot

Crossplot

1969 · 1h 36m · Movie

An advertising executive sets out to find a woman for a new advertising campaign. His only clue to the woman is a photograph, and the search leads him into bewildering political ploys and mayhem.

5.4
28
Glory at Sea

Glory at Sea

1952 · 1h 40m · Movie

In 1940, the Captain of an old Royal Navy destroyer struggles with his crew, as well as the Nazis.

6.3
29
PT Raiders

PT Raiders

1955 · 1h 28m · Movie

A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.

6.7
30
Sailor of the King

Sailor of the King

1953 · 1h 23m · Movie

In 1940, Canadian sailor Andrew Brown is prisoner on a battle damaged German raider and he plans to delay the raider's at-sea repairs until a British naval task-force can destroy it.

6.7
31
Long Ago, Tomorrow

Long Ago, Tomorrow

1971 · 1h 50m · Movie

Bruce Pritchard is paralyzed in a soccer game, rejected by his family, and placed in a nursing home. Angry and depressed, he finds hope with a nurse. Can Bruce find a life outside the home?

6.9
32
Cage of Gold

Cage of Gold

1950 · 1h 23m · Movie

In post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need ...

6.4
33
Trouble in the Sky

Trouble in the Sky

1960 · 1h 32m · Movie

In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.

6.5
34
To Hell with Hitler

To Hell with Hitler

1940 · 1h 22m · Movie

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved ...

6.4
35
It's Not the Size That Counts

It's Not the Size That Counts

1974 · 1h 30m · Movie

Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the city's water that makes men impotent.

3.7
36
A Place to Go

A Place to Go

1963 · 1h 26m · Movie

A young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.

6.5