Birthday

1908-01-10

Died

1981-01-16

Birthplace

Brentford, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Known For

Acting

Bernard Lee

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

Acting Credits

Live and Let Die

M

The Third Man

Sergeant Paine

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

M

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage)

The Fallen Idol

Detective Hart

Beat the Devil

Insp. Jack Clayton

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

Whistle Down the Wind

Mr. Bostock

Saturday Night Out

George Hudson

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

Patmore

Kidnapped

Captain Hoseason

Sailor of the King

Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley

Mr. Denning Drives North

Inspector Dodds

A Christmas Carol

Ghost of Christmas Present

Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective

Sgt. Ben

The Battle of the River Plate

Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

Morning Departure

Cmdr. Gates

Dunkirk

Charles Foreman

Partners in Crime

Inspector Mann

Odette

Jack

Nowhere to Go

Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson

The Blue Lamp

Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Across the Bridge

Chief Inspector Hadden

The Man Who Died Twice

Francis Cumberland

The Purple Plain

Dr. Harris

The Angry Silence

Bert Connolly

The L-Shaped Room

Charlie

Percy's Progress

Barraclough

The Secret Partner

D.S. Frank Hanbury

The Key

Cmdr. Wadlow

Operation Kid Brother

Commander Cunningham

Father Brown

Inspector Valentine

The Man Upstairs

Inspector Thompson

Appointment with Venus

Brigadier

The Spanish Gardener

Leighton Bailey

Crossplot

Chilmore

Elizabeth of Ladymead

John Beresford in 1903

Web of Evidence

Patrick Mathry

Cage of Gold

Inspector Grey

White Corridors

Burgess

Murder in Soho

Roy Barnes

Once a Crook

Duke

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Colonel Webson

Let George Do It!

Oscar

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Lofty Turner

The Raging Moon

Uncle Bob

The Terror

Ferry Fane

Spare a Copper

Jake

A Place to Go

Matt Flint

High Flight

Flight Sergeant Harris

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

Black John

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

Captain Ford

The Incredible World of James Bond

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

Cone of Silence

Capt. George Gort

Danger Within

Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

The Brain

Dr. Frank Shears

Beauty and the Beast

Edward Beaumont

Out of the Clouds

Customs Officer

The Man in a Looking Glass

Morgan Travis

Ring of Spies

Henry Houghton

Fire Down Below

Doctor Sam

Clue of the Silver Key

Superintendent Meredith

Who Was Maddox?

Superintendent Meredith

Clue of the Twisted Candle

Superintendent Meredith

The Share Out

Det. Supt. Meredith

The Yellow Balloon

Constable Chapman

Fortune in Diamonds

O'Connell

The Frozen Limits

Bill McGrew

This Man Is Mine

James Nicholls

The Night Before The Morning After

Daniel Whittaker

I Have Been Here Before

Walter Ormund

Seawrack

Man

The Outsider

Cameraman

Last Holiday

Inspector Wilton

Danger Point

Rhodes of Africa

Cartwright

Gift Horse

A.S. 'Stripey' Wood

Murrain

Beeley

Quartet

Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")

Dulcima

Mr Gaskain

Sink the Bismarck!

Firing Officer (uncredited)

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

Colonel Gascoyne

The New Lot

Interviewing Officer

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Tarmut

From Hong Kong with Love

M

Two Left Feet

Mr Crabbe

The Ship That Died of Shame

Customs Officer Brewster

The Legend of Young Dick Turpin

Jeremiah

Death Becomes Me

Sam Milford

The Black Tulip

William Of Orange

The River House Mystery

Wade Belloc

James Bond: The First 21 Years

M (archive footage)

The Persuaders!

Sam Milford

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Beaumont

The Champions

Squires

King of the River

King of the River

Joss King

Warship

Man in a Suitcase

The Expert

Harry Kirby

Vienna 1900

BBC Play of the Month

Sir Peter Teazle

The Jazz Age

Sir James

Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Danger Man

Lord Ammanford

The Human Jungle

Jim Garner

Journey to the Unknown

Ben Loker

Strange Report

Arthur Pater

The Wonderful World of Disney

Jeremiah

Father Brown

John Raggley

BBC Play of the Month

Hornblower

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Superintendent Meredith

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Inspector Mann

The Edgar Wallace Mysteries

Det. Supt. Meredith

The Gamblers

Bob Townsend