Bernard Lee
Known for: Acting
John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
Filmography
Series
The Wednesday Play
Frank Lanton
1964
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
The Man
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Sir Peter Teazle
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Hornblower
1965
Series
Danger Man
Lord Ammanford
1960
Series
Sunday Night Theatre
Hoederer
1950
Series
The Champions
Squires
1968
Series
The Troubleshooters
Bernard Hart
1965
Series
The Expert
Harry Kirby
1968
Series
The Persuaders!
Sam Milford
1971
Series
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jeremiah
1954
Film
Dr. No
M
1962
Series
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Film
From Russia with Love
M
1963
Film
Thunderball
M
1965
Film
The Man with the Golden Gun
M
1974
Series
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
Film
Goldfinger
M
1964
Film
The Spy Who Loved Me
M
1977
Series
Journey to the Unknown
Ben Loker
1968
Film
You Only Live Twice
M
1967
Film
Live and Let Die
M
1973
Series
The Human Jungle
Jim Garner
1963
Film
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
M
1969
Film
Diamonds Are Forever
M
1971
Series
Warship
1973
Series
Espionage
John Neary
1963
Series
Half Hour Story
Frank Graham
1967
Series
Father Brown
John Raggley
1974
Film
Moonraker
M
1979
Film
The Third Man
Sergeant Paine
1949
Thursday Theatre
Jim Cherry
1964
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Beaumont
1951
Series
Affairs of the Heart
Ned Drury
1974
King of the River
Joss King
1966
Series
Strange Report
Arthur Pater
1969
The Foundation
Eddie Prince
1977
The Gamblers
Bob Townsend
1967
Blackmail
Steve Bradwell
1965
Film
Seawrack
Man
1978
The Jazz Age
Sir James
1968
Series
Armchair Theatre
Ernie Barger
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Daniel Whittaker
1956
City '68
Baxter
1967
Sense of Place
Man
1978
Film
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Patmore
1965
Comedy Premiere
Wally Warner
1975
Against the Crowd
Beeley
1975
Film
The Battle of the River Plate
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
1956
Danger Point
1971
Film
Sailor of the King
Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
1953
Film
The Incredible World of James Bond
Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
1965
Film
Sink the Bismarck!
Firing Officer (uncredited)
1960
Film
Beat the Devil
Insp. Jack Clayton
1953
Vienna 1900
1973
Film
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Tarmut
1974
Film
Dunkirk
Charles Foreman
1958
Film
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
1965
Film
Out of the Clouds
Customs Officer
1955
The River House Mystery
Wade Belloc
1936
Film
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Captain Ford
1947
Film
The Black Tulip
William Of Orange
1937
Film
Web of Evidence
Patrick Mathry
1959
Film
Across the Bridge
Chief Inspector Hadden
1957
Film
Two Left Feet
Mr Crabbe
1963
Film
The Secret Partner
D.S. Frank Hanbury
1961
Film
Whistle Down the Wind
Mr. Bostock
1961
Film
Last Holiday
Inspector Wilton
1950
Film
The Fallen Idol
Detective Hart
1948
Film
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Colonel Webson
1951
Film
Crossplot
Chilmore
1969
Film
The Key
Cmdr. Wadlow
1958
Film
The Blue Lamp
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
1950
Film
The Purple Plain
Dr. Harris
1954
Film
The L-Shaped Room
Charlie
1962
Film
Danger Within
Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
1959
Film
The Angry Silence
Bert Connolly
1960
Film
The Ship That Died of Shame
Customs Officer Brewster
1955
Film
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Black John
1961
Film
Gift Horse
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
1952
Film
Odette
Jack
1950
Film
The Raging Moon
Uncle Bob
1971
Film
Kidnapped
Captain Hoseason
1960
Film
Let George Do It!
Oscar
1940
Film
Fire Down Below
Doctor Sam
1957
Film
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
Morgan Travis
1972
Film
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Sgt. Ben
1981
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
M (archive footage)
1983
Film
Cage of Gold
Inspector Grey
1950
Film
Mr. Denning Drives North
Inspector Dodds
1951
Film
Quartet
Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
1948
Film
From Hong Kong with Love
M
1975
Film
Father Brown
Inspector Valentine
1954
Film
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Beauty and the Beast
Edward Beaumont
1976
Film
Appointment with Venus
Brigadier
1951
Film
High Flight
Flight Sergeant Harris
1957
Film
Morning Departure
Cmdr. Gates
1950
Film
The Brain
Dr. Frank Shears
1962
Film
Nowhere to Go
Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
1958
Film
Dulcima
Mr Gaskain
1971
Film
Ring of Spies
Henry Houghton
1964
Film
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Jeremiah
1965
Film
White Corridors
Burgess
1951
Film
Percy's Progress
Barraclough
1974
Film
A Place to Go
Matt Flint
1963
Film
Clue of the Silver Key
Superintendent Meredith
1961
Film
The Man Who Died Twice
Francis Cumberland
1973
The Terror
Ferry Fane
1938
Film
The Yellow Balloon
Constable Chapman
1953
Film
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Colonel Gascoyne
1947
Film
Operation Kid Brother
Commander Cunningham
1967
Film
Saturday Night Out
George Hudson
1964
Film
A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Present
1977
Film
The Outsider
Cameraman
1939
Film
The Spanish Gardener
Leighton Bailey
1956
Film
Fortune in Diamonds
O'Connell
1951
Film
The Man Upstairs
Inspector Thompson
1958
Film
Cone of Silence
Capt. George Gort
1960
Film
This Man Is Mine
James Nicholls
1946
Film
Clue of the Twisted Candle
Superintendent Meredith
1960
Film
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Lofty Turner
1954
I Have Been Here Before
Walter Ormund
1949
Film
Rhodes of Africa
Cartwright
1936
Film
Murder in Soho
Roy Barnes
1939
Film
Who Was Maddox?
Superintendent Meredith
1964
Film
Elizabeth of Ladymead
John Beresford in 1903
1948
Film
Partners in Crime
Inspector Mann
1961
Film
The New Lot
Interviewing Officer
1943
Once a Crook
Duke
1941
Film
The Night Before The Morning After
Daniel Whittaker
1966
Film
The Frozen Limits
Bill McGrew
1939
Death Becomes Me
Sam Milford (archive footage)
1979
Film
The Share Out
Det. Supt. Meredith
1962
Film
Murrain
Beeley
1975
Film
Spare a Copper
Jake
1940