Bernard Lee
Acting • Born 1908-01-10 – Died 1981-01-16
Biography
John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
Filmography
120 credits
Live and Let Die
Movie • 1973
M
The Third Man
Movie • 1949
Sergeant Paine
Dr. No
Movie • 1962
M
From Russia with Love
Movie • 1963
M
Thunderball
Movie • 1965
M
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Movie • 1969
M
Goldfinger
Movie • 1964
M
You Only Live Twice
Movie • 1967
M
The Man with the Golden Gun
Movie • 1974
M
The Spy Who Loved Me
Movie • 1977
M
Moonraker
Movie • 1979
M
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie • 1971
M
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
The Fallen Idol
Movie • 1948
Detective Hart
Beat the Devil
Movie • 1953
Insp. Jack Clayton
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Movie • 1965
Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
Whistle Down the Wind
Movie • 1961
Mr. Bostock
Saturday Night Out
Movie • 1964
George Hudson
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Movie • 1965
Patmore
Kidnapped
Movie • 1960
Captain Hoseason
Sailor of the King
Movie • 1953
Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Mr. Denning Drives North
Movie • 1951
Inspector Dodds
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1977
Ghost of Christmas Present
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Movie • 1981
Sgt. Ben
The Battle of the River Plate
Movie • 1956
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Morning Departure
Movie • 1950
Cmdr. Gates
Dunkirk
Movie • 1958
Charles Foreman
Partners in Crime
Movie • 1961
Inspector Mann
Odette
Movie • 1950
Jack
Nowhere to Go
Movie • 1958
Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
The Blue Lamp
Movie • 1950
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Across the Bridge
Movie • 1957
Chief Inspector Hadden
The Man Who Died Twice
Movie • 1973
Francis Cumberland
The Purple Plain
Movie • 1954
Dr. Harris
The Angry Silence
Movie • 1960
Bert Connolly
The L-Shaped Room
Movie • 1962
Charlie
Percy's Progress
Movie • 1974
Barraclough
The Secret Partner
Movie • 1961
D.S. Frank Hanbury
The Key
Movie • 1958
Cmdr. Wadlow
Operation Kid Brother
Movie • 1967
Commander Cunningham
Father Brown
Movie • 1954
Inspector Valentine
The Man Upstairs
Movie • 1958
Inspector Thompson
Appointment with Venus
Movie • 1951
Brigadier
The Spanish Gardener
Movie • 1956
Leighton Bailey
Crossplot
Movie • 1969
Chilmore
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Movie • 1948
John Beresford in 1903
Web of Evidence
Movie • 1959
Patrick Mathry
Cage of Gold
Movie • 1950
Inspector Grey
White Corridors
Movie • 1951
Burgess
Murder in Soho
Movie • 1939
Roy Barnes
Once a Crook
Movie • 1941
Duke
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Movie • 1951
Colonel Webson
Let George Do It!
Movie • 1940
Oscar
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Movie • 1954
Lofty Turner
The Raging Moon
Movie • 1971
Uncle Bob
The Terror
Movie • 1938
Ferry Fane
Spare a Copper
Movie • 1940
Jake
A Place to Go
Movie • 1963
Matt Flint
High Flight
Movie • 1957
Flight Sergeant Harris
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Movie • 1961
Black John
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Movie • 1947
Captain Ford
The Incredible World of James Bond
Movie • 1965
Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
Cone of Silence
Movie • 1960
Capt. George Gort
Danger Within
Movie • 1959
Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
The Brain
Movie • 1962
Dr. Frank Shears
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1976
Edward Beaumont
Out of the Clouds
Movie • 1955
Customs Officer
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
Movie • 1972
Morgan Travis
Ring of Spies
Movie • 1964
Henry Houghton
Fire Down Below
Movie • 1957
Doctor Sam
Clue of the Silver Key
Movie • 1961
Superintendent Meredith
Who Was Maddox?
Movie • 1964
Superintendent Meredith
Clue of the Twisted Candle
Movie • 1960
Superintendent Meredith
The Share Out
Movie • 1962
Det. Supt. Meredith
The Yellow Balloon
Movie • 1953
Constable Chapman
Fortune in Diamonds
Movie • 1951
O'Connell
The Frozen Limits
Movie • 1939
Bill McGrew
This Man Is Mine
Movie • 1946
James Nicholls
The Night Before The Morning After
Movie • 1966
Daniel Whittaker
I Have Been Here Before
Movie • 1949
Walter Ormund
Seawrack
Movie • 1978
Man
The Outsider
Movie • 1939
Cameraman
Last Holiday
Movie • 1950
Inspector Wilton
Danger Point
Movie • 1971
Rhodes of Africa
Movie • 1936
Cartwright
Gift Horse
Movie • 1952
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Murrain
Movie • 1975
Beeley
Quartet
Movie • 1948
Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
Dulcima
Movie • 1971
Mr Gaskain
Sink the Bismarck!
Movie • 1960
Firing Officer (uncredited)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Movie • 1947
Colonel Gascoyne
The New Lot
Movie • 1943
Interviewing Officer
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Movie • 1974
Tarmut
From Hong Kong with Love
Movie • 1975
M
Two Left Feet
Movie • 1963
Mr Crabbe
The Ship That Died of Shame
Movie • 1955
Customs Officer Brewster
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Movie • 1965
Jeremiah
Death Becomes Me
Movie • 1979
Sam Milford (archive footage)
The Black Tulip
Movie • 1937
William Of Orange
The River House Mystery
Movie • 1936
Wade Belloc
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
M (archive footage)
The Persuaders!
TV • 1971
Sam Milford
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Beaumont
The Champions
TV • 1968
Squires
King of the River
TV • 1966
Joss King
Warship
TV • 1973
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
The Expert
TV • 1968
Harry Kirby
Vienna 1900
TV • 1973
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Sir Peter Teazle
The Jazz Age
TV • 1968
Sir James
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV • 1959
Danger Man
TV • 1960
Lord Ammanford
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
Jim Garner
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
Ben Loker
Strange Report
TV • 1969
Arthur Pater
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Jeremiah
Father Brown
TV • 1974
John Raggley
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Hornblower
The Gamblers
TV • 1967
Bob Townsend