Bernard Lee
John Bernard Lee (10 January 1908 – 16 January 1981), better known as Bernard Lee, was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films. Lee's career spanned 1934 to 1979, beginning on stage at the age of six. He was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Although best remembered for the Bond series, he appeared in over one hundred films, as well as on stage and television dramatisations. Lee was known for his roles as authority figures, often playing military characters or policemen and highlights in his career included The Third Man, The Blue Lamp, The Battle of the River Plate and Whistle Down the Wind.
He died on 17 January 1981, at age 73 after suffering from stomach cancer.
Life and career
Lee was born on 10 January 1908, the son of Nellie (née Smith) and Edmund James Lee.[1] He was born in either Cork, Republic of Ireland[2] or Brentford, London.[1][nb 1] Lee's father was also an actor and Bernard's first appearance on stage in 1914, at the age of six, was with his father in a sketch called "The Double Event"[3] at the Oxford Music Hall in London.[4][5] Lee attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, working as a fruit porter to pay his fees.[4] During the 1930s, after graduating from RADA, he initially worked in repertory theatre in Rusholme and Cardiff before beginning work on the West End stage in thrillers, such as Blind Man's Bluff.[5] Lee also played in comedic roles, such as with Arthur Askey in Ten Minute Alibi.[4]
After wartime service in the army between 1940 and 1946,[6] Lee returned to the stage whilst also developing a successful film career. His wartime service was with the Royal Sussex Regiment[3] and whilst he was awaiting his demob he attended golfing ladies night where he met a producer—also a fellow guest—and was subsequently offered a part in the play "Stage Door".[3] During the 1950s he had a long run on stage, appearing as Able Seaman Turner in Seagulls Over Sorrento,[5] a role he later reprised in the film of the same name with Gene Kelly (released in the US as Crest of the Wave).[7] In total Lee appeared in over one hundred films[8] and often played "solid, dependable characters such as policemen, serving officers or officials.[4] These films include The Third Man (1949), The Blue Lamp (1950), Beat the Devil (1953), The Battle of the River Plate (1956), The Spanish Gardener (1956), Dunkirk (1958), Web of Evidence (1959), Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and The L-Shaped Room (1962).
In 1962 Lee was cast in the role that The Illustrated who's who of the cinema thought would probably be his best remembered,[9][10] playing the character of M, the head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)—and the superior of James Bond—in the first Eon Productions film, Dr. No. A number of Bond scholars have noted that Lee's interpretation of the character was in line with the original literary representation; Cork and Stutz observed that Lee was "very close to Fleming's version of the character",[11] whilst Rubin commented on the serious, efficient, no-nonsense authority figure.[12] Smith and Lavington, meanwhile, remarked that Lee was "the very incarnation of Fleming's crusty admiral."[13] One American newspaper, The Spokesman-Review, described Lee as "a real roast-beef-and-Yorkshire-pudding type of British actor."[14] Terence Pettigrew, in his study British film character actors: great names and memorable moments agreed, noting that Lee was a "gruff, reliable, no-nonsense role character actor",[15] with "kindly eyes, droll manner and expressly Anglo-Saxon level-headedness".[15]
In 1972 Lee was mugged and robbed by two youths.[16] On 30 January 1973 Lee's first wife, Gladys Merredew, died in a fire at their seventeenth-century home in Oare, Kent which also left Lee hospitalised.[17] After the mugging and fire, Lee turned to drink,[18] was unable to find work for two years and ran into debt.[19] By chance Lee met Richard Burton in a pub, who, upon hearing of Lee's problems, gave him a cheque for $6,000 to clear his debts, together with a note saying that everyone has a spot of trouble once in a while. Burton's gift assisted Lee in overcoming his depression.[20] Three years after the fire, Lee married television director's assistant Ursula McHale.[19]
Lee's first marriage produced a daughter, Ann, who also followed her father onto the stage, and did so with his blessing, Lee saying "She's doing what she wants to do and enjoying every moment of it."[14] Ann later married Alan Miller, a stage actor and later a stage manager at the BBC: their son—and Lee's grandson—is British actor Jonny Lee Miller.[21][22][23] Lee's hobbies included golf, fishing, reading, music and sailing.[3]
Death
In November 1980 Lee was admitted to the Royal Free Hospital in London suffering from stomach cancer. He remained in hospital until he died on 16 January 1981, just six days after his 73rd birthday;[24] his wife Ursula was present at his death.[8][2] After his death Ursula joined Exit (now Dignity in Dying) after witnessing Lee's suffering from his condition.[25]
Lee died after filming had started on For Your Eyes Only, but before he could film his scenes as M.[26] Out of respect for Lee, no replacement was found, and the script was re-written so that the character was said to be on leave.[27]
Selected stage credits
Production | Role | Dates | Theatre |
---|---|---|---|
The Happy Ending | — | June 1928— | Rusholme Theatre[28] |
Tudor Wench | Sir John Harlington | October 1933— | Embassy Theatre[29] |
Take Heed! | Roman | 28 January 1934— | Piccadilly Theatre[30] |
Murder in Motley | — | April 1934— | Royalty Theatre[31] |
Root of all Evil | — | July 1934— | St Martin's Theatre[32] |
The Philanthropist | — | September 1935— | Arts Theatre[33] |
Distinguished Gathering | — | October 1935— | Embassy Theatre[34] |
Murder Gang | — | November 1935— | Embassy Theatre[35] |
Red Night | — | March 1936— | Queen's Theatre[36] |
The Future That Was | — | April 1936— | Ambassadors Theatre[37] |
Young Madam Conti | — | November 1936— | Savoy Theatre[38] |
Tavern in the Town | — | February 1937— | Embassy Theatre[39] |
And the Music Stopped | — | May 1937— | New Theatre[40] |
The Gusher | — | August 1937— | Prince's Theatre[41] |
Night Sky | Ray Dawson | January 1937— | Savoy Theatre[42] |
People of Our Class | — | April 1938— | Manchester Opera House[43] |
Blind Man's Buff | — | October 1938— | Arts Theatre[44] |
Number Six | Franklyn Dyall | December 1938— | Aldwych Theatre[45] |
The Long Mirror | — | February 1940— | Haymarket Theatre[46] |
Peace in Our Time | Publican | July 1947— | Lyric Theatre[47] |
Seagulls Over Sorrento | Seaman "Lofty" Turner | June 1950— | Apollo Theatre[48] |
The Desperate Hours | Dan Hilliard | April 1955— | Hippodrome Theatre[49] |
Act of Violence | — | October 1962— | St Martin's Theatre[50] |
Norman | Charlie | April 1963— | Royal Court Theatre[51] |
The Farm | — | September 1973— | Royal Court Theatre[52] |
Filmography
James Bond films
From 1962 to 1979 Bernard Lee featured in eleven James Bond films as the character, M, Bond's superior.[53]
Year | Film |
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1962 | Dr. No |
1963 | From Russia with Love |
1964 | Goldfinger |
1965 | Thunderball |
1967 | You Only Live Twice |
1969 | On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
1971 | Diamonds Are Forever |
1973 | Live and Let Die |
1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun |
1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me |
1979 | Moonraker |
Other films
Year | Title[15][54][55] | Role | Notes |
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1935 | The River House Mystery | Wade Belloc | |
1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Cartwright | |
1937 | The Black Tulip | William of Orange | |
1938 | The Terror | Ferdy Fane | |
1938 | Love From a Stranger | Cast Member | Uncredited |
1939 | Murder in Soho | Roy Barnes | |
1939 | The Frozen Limits | Bill McGrew | |
1940 | Let George Do It! | Oscar | US title To Hell with Hitler[56] |
1940 | Spare a Copper | Jake | |
1941 | Once a Crook | The Duke | |
1943 | The New Lot | Interviewing Officer | Uncredited |
1946 | This Man Is Mine | James Nicholls | |
1946 | The Courtneys of Curzon Street | Colonel Gascoyne | US title Kathy's Love Affair[57] |
1947 | Dusty Bates | Captain Ford | US title The Adventures of Dusty Bates[58] |
1948 | Quartet | Ned Preston, Prison Visitor | |
1948 | The Fallen Idol | Detective Hart | |
1949 | Elizabeth of Ladymead | John Beresford in 1903 | |
1949 | The Third Man | Sgt. Paine | |
1950 | The Blue Lamp | Inspector Cherry | |
1950 | Morning Departure | Cmdr. Gates | US title Operation Disaster[59] |
1950 | Last Holiday | Inspector Wilton | |
1950 | Odette | Jack | |
1950 | Cage of Gold | Inspector Grey | |
1951 | The Adventurers | O'Connell | US title Fortune in Diamonds[60] |
1951 | White Corridors | Burgess | |
1951 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Col. Webson | |
1951 | Appointment with Venus | Brigadier | US title Island Rescue[60] |
1952 | Mr. Denning Drives North | Inspector Dodds | |
1952 | Gift Horse | A.S. 'Stripey' Wood | US title Glory at Sea[61] |
1953 | The Yellow Balloon | Constable Chapman | |
1953 | Single-Handed | Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley | US title C.S. Forester's Sailor of the King[62] |
1953 | Beat the Devil | Insp. Jack Clayton | |
1954 | The Rainbow Jacket | Racketeer | |
1954 | Father Brown | Inspector Valentine | US title The Detective[63] |
1954 | Seagulls Over Sorrento | Seaman 'Lofty' Turner | US title Crest of the Wave[64] |
1954 | The Purple Plain | Dr. Harris | |
1955 | Out of the Clouds | Customs Officer | |
1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | Sam Brewster | US title PT Raiders[65] |
1955 | Television Playhouse: The Golden Fleece | William Lotless | Television production of a J. B. Priestley play.[55] |
1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Captain Dove—M.S. Africa Shell | US title Pursuit of the Graf Spee[66] |
1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Leighton Bailey | |
1956 | Playdate: All Correct, Sir | Cast Member | Television production of a play by Barbara S. Harper.[55] |
1956 | Theatre Royal: The Stolen Pearl | Candleblow Smith | Television production of a play by John Kruse.[55] |
1956 | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents: A Borderline Case | Rudi Lankert | Television production.[55] |
1957 | Fire Down Below | Dr. Sam Blake | |
1957 | Across the Bridge | Chief Inspector Hadden | |
1957 | High Flight | Flight Sergeant Harris | |
1958 | Dunkirk | Charles Foreman | |
1958 | The Key | Cmdr. Wadlow | |
1958 | The Man Upstairs | Inspector Thompson | |
1958 | Television Playhouse: Cornelius | Cornelius | Television production of a J. B. Priestley play.[55] |
1958 | Nowhere to Go | Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson | |
1959 | Danger Within | Lt. Col. Huxley | US title Breakout[67] |
1959 | Sunday-Night Theatre: Crime Passionnel | Hoederer | BBC television production of a work by Jean-Paul Sartre.[55] |
1959 | Play of the Week: Family On Trial | Det.-Insp. Lunt | ITV television production; part of the Play of the Week series.[55] |
1959 | Armchair Theatre: Ernie Barger is 50 | Cast Member | ITV television production; part of the Armchair Theatre series.[55] |
1959 | Beyond This Place | Patrick Mathry | US title Web of Evidence[68] |
1960 | Kidnapped | Captain Hoseason | |
1960 | Armchair Theatre: Nest of Four | Cast Member | ITV television production; part of the Armchair Theatre series.[55] |
1960 | Armchair Theatre: Cold Fury | Cast Member | ITV television production; part of the Armchair Theatre series.[55] |
1960 | The Angry Silence | Bert Connolly | |
1960 | The Clue of the Twisted Candle | Superintendant Meredith | |
1960 | Cone of Silence | Capt. George Gort | US title Trouble in the Sky[69] |
1961 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Black John | |
1961 | The Secret Partner | Superintendent Frank Hanbury | |
1961 | Partners in Crime | Inspector Mann | |
1961 | Whistle Down the Wind | Mr. Bostock | |
1961 | The Interrogator | Superintendent Farron | BBC television production[55] |
1961 | The Clue of the Silver Key | Superintendent Meredith | |
1962 | The Share Out | Superintendent Meredith | |
1962 | The Brain | Dr. Frank Shears | |
1962 | The L-Shaped Room | Charlie | |
1963 | Two Left Feet | Mr. Crabbe | |
1963 | A Place to Go | Matt Flint | |
1964 | Ring of Spies | Henry Houghton | US Title Ring of Treason[70] |
1964 | Espionage: Snow on Mount Kama | John Neary | ITV television production; part of the Espionage series.[55] |
1964 | Who Was Maddox? | Supt. Meredith | ITV television production, based on an Edgar Wallace thriller.[55] |
1964 | Saturday Night Out | George Hudson | |
1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Hopkins | |
1965 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders | Landlord | Uncredited |
1965 | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Patmore | |
1965 | The Legend of Young Dick Turpin | Jeremiah | |
1965 | Thursday Theatre: Flowering Cherry | Jim Cherry | BBC television production[55] |
1965 | Danger Man: Whatever Happened To George Foster? | Lord Ammanford | ITV television production; part of the Danger Man series.[55] |
1965 | The Human Jungle: Ring of Hate | Jim Garner | ITV television production; part of the The Human Jungle series.[55] |
1965 | Thirty Minute Theatre: The Passenger | The Man | BBC television production; part of the Thirty Minute Theatre series.[55] |
1966 | Danger Man: The Man with the Foot | Derringham | ITV television production; part of the Danger Man series.[55] |
1966 | Armchair Theatre: The Night Before the Morning After | Daniel Whittaker | ITV television production; part of the Armchair Theatre series.[55] |
1966 | King of the River | Joss King | BBC television series[55] |
1966 | The Baron: Masquerade | Morgan Travis | ITV television production; part of The Baron series.[55] |
1966 | The Baron: The Killing | Morgan Travis | ITV television production; part of The Baron series.[55] |
1967 | OK Connery | Commander Cunningham | (Bond Parody) US title Operation Kid Brother[71] |
1967 | Half-Hour Story: Friends | Frank | Television production[55] |
1967 | Man in a Suitcase: Girl Who Never Was | Kershaw | ITV television production; part of the Man in a Suitcase series.[55] |
1967 | The Gamblers: The Man Beneath | Bob Townsend | ITV television production; part of the Man in a Suitcase series.[55] |
1968 | Journey to Midnight | Ben Loker | |
1968 | The Jazz Age: Post Mortem | Sir James | BBC television production; based on the Noël Coward play Post Mortem [55] |
1968 | The System: Them Down There | Baxter | ITV television production; part of the Man in a Suitcase series.[55] |
1968 | The Wednesday Play: Nothing Will Be The Same Again | Frank Lanton | BBC television production for The Wednesday Play[55] |
1969 | Crossplot | Chilmore | |
1969 | The Expert: Post-Mortem On Harry Kirby | Harry Kirby | BBC television production[55] |
1969 | Journey to the Unknown: Poor Butterfly | Loker | Television production for the American ABC network; also broadcast on BBC Two[55] |
1971 | Danger Point | Captain | |
1971 | The Raging Moon | Uncle Bob | US title Long Ago, Tomorrow[72] |
1971 | Dulcima | Mr. Gaskain | |
1971 | The Persuaders!: Someone Like Me | Sam Milford | Television production; part of The Persuaders! series.[55] |
1972 | The Pathfinders: Codename Gomorrah | Air Vice-Marshal | ITV television production; part of the Pathfinders series.[55] |
1973 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Tarmut | |
1973 | The Man Who Died Twice | Cast Member | Television production[55] |
1973 | Once Upon a Time: Silver | James Cable | ITV television production[55] |
1973 | Crime of Passion: Emile | Marcel Amiot | ITV television production[55] |
1973 | Vienna 1900 Games With Love And Death: Story 1 Mother And Son | Herr Welponer | BBC television production [55] |
1974 | Percy's Progress | Barraclough | US title It's Not the Size That Counts[73] |
1975 | From Hong Kong with Love | Commander Cunningham | (Bond Parody) Original title (France) Bons baisers de Hong Kong |
1974 | Play of the Month: The Skin Game | Hornblower | BBC television production of a John Galsworthy play.[55] |
1974 | Father Brown: The Quick One | John Raggley | ITV television production, based on the Father Brown stories.[55] |
1975 | Play of the Month: The School for Scandal | Cast Member | BBC television production, part of the Play of the Month series.[55] |
1975 | Affairs of the Heart: Kate | Mr Drury | Television production[55] |
1975 | Against The Crowd: Murrain | Beeley | ITV television production[55] |
1975 | What A Turn Up | Cast Member | ITV television production[55] |
1976 | Warship: Knight Errant | Yachtsman | Part of the BBC series Warship.[55] |
1976 | Killers: The Chalkpit Murder | Thomas Ley | Television production[55] |
1976 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame: Beauty And The Beast | Beaumont | US television production[55] |
1977 | The Foundation: Business Not Quite As Usual | Cast Member | Nine part television production.[55] |
1977 | A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas | Ghost of Christmas Present | BBC television production[55] |
1980 | Star Games: Star Games | On-screen Participant | Television production[55] |
1981 | Dangerous Davies The Last Detective | Cast Member | Television production from the ITV series Dangerous Davies.[55] |
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- Notes
- ^ Two reliable and independent sources (the British Film Institute (BFI) and John Parker's 1981 reference work Who's who in the theatre, volume 1) have differing locations for Lee's place of birth, with Parker showing London and the BFI listing Cork, stating "Some sources give London as birthplace".[2]
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(help) - Slide, Anthony (1998). 'Banned in the USA': British films in the United States and their censorship, 1933-1960. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1860642548.
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External links
- Bernard Lee at IMDb
- Bernard Lee at the BFI's Screenonline
Preceded by None |
M (James Bond) actor 1962–1979 |
Succeeded by Robert Brown |