Bernard Lee

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

Known For

Birth Location Brentford, London, England, UK
Born 1908-01-10
Died 1981-01-16

Movies

Best Ever Bond as M (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self (archive footage)
2000
Moonraker as M
1979
A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Present
1977
Beauty and the Beast as Edward Beaumont
1976
Murrain as Beeley
1975
Percy's Progress as Barraclough
1974
1973
The Man Who Died Twice as Francis Cumberland
1973
The Man in a Looking Glass as Morgan Travis
1972
Dulcima as Mr Gaskain
1971
The Raging Moon as Uncle Bob
1971
Crossplot as Chilmore
1969
Operation Kid Brother as Commander Cunningham
1967
1966
1965
The Incredible World of James Bond as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
1965
Goldfinger as M
1964
Saturday Night Out as George Hudson
1964
Ring of Spies as Henry Houghton
1964
A Place to Go as Matt Flint
1963
Two Left Feet as Mr Crabbe
1963
The L-Shaped Room as Charlie
1962
Dr. No as M
1962
The Brain as Dr. Frank Shears
1962
Whistle Down the Wind as Mr. Bostock
1961
The Secret Partner as D.S. Frank Hanbury
1961
Partners in Crime as Inspector Mann
1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Black John
1961
Trouble in the Sky as Capt. George Gort
1960
The Angry Silence as Bert Connolly
1960
Kidnapped as Captain Hoseason
1960
Sink the Bismarck! as Firing Officer (uncredited)
1960
Web of Evidence as Patrick Mathry
1959
Danger Within as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
1959
Nowhere to Go as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
1958
The Man Upstairs as Inspector Thompson
1958
The Key as Cmdr. Wadlow
1958
Dunkirk as Charles Foreman
1958
High Flight as Flight Sergeant Harris
1957
Across the Bridge as Chief Inspector Hadden
1957
Fire Down Below as Doctor Sam
1957
The Spanish Gardener as Leighton Bailey
1956
The Battle of the River Plate as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
1956
The Ship That Died of Shame as Customs Officer Brewster
1955
Out of the Clouds as Customs Officer
1955
The Purple Plain as Dr. Harris
1954
Seagulls Over Sorrento as Lofty Turner
1954
Father Brown as Inspector Valentine
1954
Beat the Devil as Insp. Jack Clayton
1953
Sailor of the King as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
1953
The Yellow Balloon as Constable Chapman
1953
Gift Horse as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
1952
Mr. Denning Drives North as Inspector Dodds
1951
Appointment with Venus as Brigadier
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond as Colonel Webson
1951
Fortune in Diamonds as O'Connell
1951
White Corridors as Burgess
1951
Cage of Gold as Inspector Grey
1950
Odette as Jack
1950
Last Holiday as Inspector Wilton
1950
Morning Departure as Cmdr. Gates
1950
The Blue Lamp as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
1950
The Third Man as Sergeant Paine
1949
I Have Been Here Before as Walter Ormund
1949
Elizabeth of Ladymead as John Beresford in 1903
1948
Quartet as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor
1948
The Fallen Idol as Detective Hart
1948
1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street as Colonel Gascoyne
1947
This Man Is Mine as James Nicholls
1946
The New Lot as Interviewing Officer
1943
Once a Crook as Duke
1941
Spare a Copper as Jake
1940
1940
The Frozen Limits as Bill McGrew
1939
Murder in Soho as Roy Barnes
1939
The Terror as Ferry Fane
1938
Rhodes of Africa as Cartwright
1936
Bernard Lee hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows