Christopher Lee

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• After a long and distinguished career as one of the biggest movie stars of horror and fantasy, Christopher Lee is now known to film audiences as Saruman the White in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and as Darth Tyranus in the Star Wars epics Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). Lee has been making movies since 1947, and over the years he has played mostly villains and monsters, thanks in part to a long association with the United Kingdom's Hammer Films. His remarkable filmography includes more than 250 films, including: Dracula (1958);

• Christopher Lee, played the role of Dracula in Hammer Film Dracula (1958). It was followed by seven sequels beginning with The Brides of Dracula in 1960. Peter Cushing returned as Professor Van Helsing, and David Peel played Baron Meinster, a descendent of Dracula and replacement for Christopher Lee. Lee returned as Dracula for the rest of the sequels, with the exception of "The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula (1973)":

  Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
  Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
  Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969)
  Scars of Dracula (1970)
  Dracula AD 1972 (1972)
  The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)