Photos: The life of Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee, the prolific, aristocratic British actor who brought dramatic gravitas to the low-budget thrills of Hammer Studios’ 1950s and 1960s horror films and to the more recent “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and two of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels, has died at age 93, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London confirmed a death certificate was issued for Lee on June 8.
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In this file photo dated Dec. 17,1968, British actor Christopher Lee, left and American actor Vincent Price, share a joke whilst playing chess during a break in the filming of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Oblong Box”, at Shepperton Studios, England. Lee, the prolific, aristocratic British actor who brought dramatic gravitas to the low-budget thrills of Hammer Studios’ 1950s and 1960s horror films and to the more recent “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and two of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels, has died at age 93, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London confirmed a death certificate was issued for Lee on June 8. (Photo: AP Photo/Bob Dear)
In this file photo dated Dec. 17,1968, British actor Christopher Lee, left and American actor Vincent Price, share a joke whilst playing chess during a break in the filming of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Oblong Box”, at Shepperton Studios, England. Lee, the prolific, aristocratic British actor who brought dramatic gravitas to the low-budget thrills of Hammer Studios’ 1950s and 1960s horror films and to the more recent “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and two of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” prequels, has died at age 93, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London confirmed a death certificate was issued for Lee on June 8. (Photo: AP Photo/Bob Dear, FILE)
