Bernard Lee

1908 - 1981  (73 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Bernard Lee
  Birth	10 Jan 1908	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	Great Britain
  actor
  Death	16 Jan 1981	London, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I373859	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Edmund James Lee
  Mother	Nellie Smith
  Family ID	F367496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gladys Merredew   d. 30 Jan 1972
  Children	+ 1. Anne Lee
  Family ID	F148414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Ursula McHale
  Family ID	F367497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2013

  
  

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  		Birth - 10 Jan 1908 - London, Middlesex, England Prominent People - actor - - Great Britain Death - 16 Jan 1981 - London, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Most famous for playing 'M' in the first 11 James Bond films. Lee worked as a fruit porter to fund his drama studies. A portrait of Lee (in the character 'M') can be seen briefly in the background of the MI6 castle in the 007 film 'The World Is Not Enough'. Bernard Lee was notorious for enjoying a drink, but never let this affect his work. During filming of The Third Man, Lee went missing and the director sent crew to trawl the local bars to find him. While making On Her Majesty's Secret Service, George Lazenby, who portrayed Bond in the film, was fooling around on horseback and caused Lee to fall into a fence and tear his leg open. As no doctor was available, the local vet stitched the gash up. Wikipedia