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Lee was born on in Belgravia, London, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Trollope Lee (1879–1941) of the 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps, and his wife, Countess Estelle Marie ( née Carandini di Sarzano 1889–1981). Lee also sang, recorded opera and musical pieces between 19, and worked with several heavy metal bands including appearing on the albums Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross (2010) and Charlemagne: The Omens of Death (2013). Following his World War II service he retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant. 260 Squadron RAF as a liaison officer for the Special Operations Executive. Prior to his acting career, Lee served in the Royal Air Force as an intelligence officer, attached to the No. Lee's other notable roles include The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958), A Tale of Two Cities (1958), The Wicker Man (1973), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Jinnah (1998), Glorious 39 (2009), and Hugo (2011). He frequently appeared opposite his friend Peter Cushing in horror films, and late in his career had roles in five Tim Burton films including Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Dark Shadows (2012). His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in several Star Wars films (2002–2008), and Saruman in both the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014). Lee gained notoriety for portraying Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films. Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011, and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013. In a long career which spanned over 60 years, Lee was known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice, who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ ( – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer.

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