Bernard Lee

Biography

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

Known For

M

Live and Let Die

Sergeant Paine

The Third Man

M

Dr. No

M

From Russia with Love

M

Thunderball

M

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

M

Goldfinger

M

You Only Live Twice

M

The Man with the Golden Gun

M

The Spy Who Loved Me

M

Moonraker

M

Diamonds Are Forever

Self (archive footage)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Detective Hart

The Fallen Idol

Insp. Jack Clayton

Beat the Devil

Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Mr. Bostock

Whistle Down the Wind

George Hudson

Saturday Night Out

Patmore

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Captain Hoseason

Kidnapped

Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

Sailor of the King

Inspector Dodds

Mr. Denning Drives North

Ghost of Christmas Present

A Christmas Carol

Sgt. Ben

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

The Battle of the River Plate

Cmdr. Gates

Morning Departure

Charles Foreman

Dunkirk

Inspector Mann

Partners in Crime

Jack

Odette

Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson

Nowhere to Go

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

The Blue Lamp

Chief Inspector Hadden

Across the Bridge

Francis Cumberland

The Man Who Died Twice

Dr. Harris

The Purple Plain

Bert Connolly

The Angry Silence

Charlie

The L-Shaped Room

Barraclough

Percy's Progress

D.S. Frank Hanbury

The Secret Partner

Cmdr. Wadlow

The Key

Commander Cunningham

OK Connery

Inspector Valentine

Father Brown

Inspector Thompson

The Man Upstairs

Brigadier

Appointment with Venus

Leighton Bailey

The Spanish Gardener

Chilmore

Crossplot

John Beresford in 1903

Elizabeth of Ladymead

Patrick Mathry

Beyond This Place

Inspector Grey

Cage of Gold

Burgess

White Corridors

Roy Barnes

Murder in Soho

Duke

Once a Crook

Colonel Webson

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Oscar

Let George Do It!

Lofty Turner

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Uncle Bob

The Raging Moon

Ferry Fane

The Terror

Jake

Spare a Copper

Matt Flint

A Place to Go

Flight Sergeant Harris

High Flight

Black John

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

Captain Ford

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

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

The Incredible World of James Bond

Capt. George Gort

Cone of Silence

Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

Danger Within

Dr. Frank Shears

The Brain

Edward Beaumont

Beauty and the Beast

Customs Officer

Out of the Clouds

Morgan Travis

The Man in a Looking Glass

Henry Houghton

Ring of Spies

Doctor Sam

Fire Down Below

Superintendent Meredith

Clue of the Silver Key

Who Was Maddox?

Clue of the Twisted Candle

The Share Out

Constable Chapman

The Yellow Balloon

O'Connell

The Adventurers

Bill McGrew

The Frozen Limits

M (archive footage) (uncredited)

Best Ever Bond

James Nicholls

This Man Is Mine

Daniel Whittaker

The Night Before The Morning After

Walter Ormund

I Have Been Here Before

Man

Seawrack

Cameraman

The Outsider

Inspector Wilton

Last Holiday

Danger Point

Cartwright

Rhodes of Africa

A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

Gift Horse

Beeley

Murrain

Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor

Quartet

Mr Gaskain

Dulcima

Firing Officer (uncredited)

Sink the Bismarck!

Colonel Gascoyne

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

Interviewing Officer

The New Lot

Tarmut

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

M

Bons baisers de Hong Kong

Mr Crabbe

Two Left Feet

Customs Officer Brewster

The Ship That Died of Shame

Jeremiah

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

Sam Milford

Death Becomes Me

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

99

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-01-10

Place of Birth

Brentford, London, England, UK

Also Known As

Бернард Ли