Christopher Lee
Born May 27, 1922 (Age: 103)
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Westminster, London, England, UK
Biography
Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 – June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, commanding voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
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Filmography
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
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as Saruman (voice)
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Age: 102
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
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as Saruman the White
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Age: 92
Christopher Lee: A Legacy of Horror and Terror
2012
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as Self
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Age: 90
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012
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as Saruman the White
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Age: 90
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
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as Self
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Age: 90
No Image
Dracula vs. Vampir
2012
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as
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Age: 90
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
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as
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Age: 90
Dark Shadows
2012
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as Clarney
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Age: 89
Back to Black: The Making of Dracula Prince of Darkness
2012
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as Dracula (archive footage)
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Age: 89
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
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as Self
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Age: 89
Hugo
2011
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as Monsieur Labisse
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Age: 89
Season of the Witch
2011
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as Cardinal D'Ambroise
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Age: 88
Burke & Hare
2010
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as Old Joseph
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Age: 88
Boogie Woogie
2010
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as Mr. Alfred Rhinegold
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Age: 87
Alice in Wonderland
2010
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as Jabberwocky (voice)
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Age: 87
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
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as Count Dooku (voice)
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Age: 86
The Golden Compass
2007
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as First High Councilor
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Age: 85
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 85
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
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as Self
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Age: 85
Beloved Count
2007
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as Self
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Age: 84
No Image
Bloody Jess
2007
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as Self
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Age: 84
Pope John Paul II
2005
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as
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Age: 83
Corpse Bride
2005
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as Pastor Galswells (voice)
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Age: 83
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
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as Dr. Wonka
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Age: 83
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005
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as Count Dooku
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Age: 82
The Appendices, Part Five: The War of the Ring
2004
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as Self
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Age: 82
The Appendices, Part Six: The Passing of an Age
2004
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as Self
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Age: 82
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 82
The Story of Star Wars
2004
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as Count Dooku (archive footage)
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Age: 82
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
2004
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as Emerich
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Age: 81
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
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as Saruman
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Age: 80
No Image
Best Ever Bond
2002
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as Self / Scaramanga
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Age: 80
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
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as Self / Count Dooku
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Age: 80
No Image
Perversion Stories
2002
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as Self
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Age: 80
To the Devil... The Death of Hammer
2002
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as
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Age: 80
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002
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as Count Dooku
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Age: 79
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2002
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as Self
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Age: 79
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
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as Saruman
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Age: 79
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000
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as Self
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Age: 77
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
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as Narrator
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Age: 77
Sleepy Hollow
1999
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as Burgomaster
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Age: 77
Ex-S: The Wicker Man
1998
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as Self
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Age: 76
Jinnah
1998
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as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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Age: 76
Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
1998
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as Self
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Age: 76
Tale of the Mummy
1998
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as Sir Richard Turkel
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Age: 76
100 Years of Horror
1998
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as Presenter
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Age: 75
The Odyssey
1997
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as Tiresias
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Age: 74
Soul Music
1997
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as Death (voice)
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Age: 74
Welcome to the Discworld
1996
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as Death
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Age: 74
Vem Var Dracula
1996
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as Self
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Age: 74
The Stupids
1996
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as Evil Sender
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Age: 74
In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
1996
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as
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Age: 74
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
1996
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as Self
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Age: 73
The Many Faces of Christopher Lee
1996
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as
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Age: 73
A Century of Science Fiction
1996
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 73
Moses
1995
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as Ramses
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Age: 73
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
1994
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as Commandant Rakov
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Age: 72
Death Train
1993
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as General Konstanin Benin
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Age: 70
Cyber Eden
1992
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as Cedric
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Age: 70
Double Vision
1992
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as Mr. Bernard
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Age: 70
Innocent Blood
1992
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as Count Dracula (archive footage)
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Age: 70
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
1992
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as Sherlock Holmes
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Age: 69
Beauty and the Beast
1992
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as Monsieur Renard (voice)
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Age: 69
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
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as Sherlock Holmes
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Age: 69
Fear in the Dark
1991
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as Narrator
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Age: 69
Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
1991
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as Dr. Pearson
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Age: 68
Journey of Honor
1991
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as King Philip
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Age: 68
Ghosts: A Journey Into the Paranormal
1991
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 68
The Care of Time
1990
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as Karlis Zander
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Age: 68
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990
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as Doctor Catheter
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Age: 68
The Miser
1990
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as Cardinale Spinosi
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Age: 67
Treasure Island
1990
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as Blind Pew
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Age: 67
Honeymoon Academy
1989
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as Lazos
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Age: 67
Murder Story
1989
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as Willard Hope
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Age: 67
Night of the Eagles
1989
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as Walter Strauss
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Age: 66
The French Revolution
1989
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as Sanson
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Age: 66
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
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as Rochefort
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Age: 66
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
1988
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as Luis Morel
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Age: 66
Olympus Force: The Key
1988
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as Filly
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Age: 65
Creepy Classics
1987
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as Franklyn Marsh - (archive footage)
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Age: 65
The Girl
1987
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as Peter Storm
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Age: 65
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
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as Kato
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Age: 65
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987
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as Self
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Age: 65
Jocks
1986
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as President White
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Age: 64
Mask of Murder
1985
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as Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich
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Age: 63
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
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as Stefan Crosscoe
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Age: 63
The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
1985
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as Himself - Presenter
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Age: 62
The Best of All Time Horror Classics
1985
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as
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Age: 62
The Last Unicorn
1982
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as King Haggard (voice)
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Age: 60
The Rank Charm School
1982
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as Self
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Age: 60
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 59
An Eye for an Eye
1981
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as Morgan Canfield
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Age: 59
Evil Stalks This House
1981
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as Host
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Age: 59
The Salamander
1981
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as Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence
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Age: 58
Once Upon a Spy
1980
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as Marcus Valorium
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Age: 58
Serial
1980
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as Luckman Skull
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Age: 57
Desperate Moves
1980
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as Dr. Carl Boxer
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Age: 57
1941
1979
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as Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt
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Age: 57
The Pirate
1978
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as Samir Al Fay
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Age: 56
Mickey's 50
1978
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as Self
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Age: 56
Caravans
1978
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as Sardar Khan
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Age: 56
Circle of Iron
1978
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as Zetan
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Age: 56
Return from Witch Mountain
1978
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as Victor Gannon
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Age: 55
The Occult: Mysteries Of The Supernatural
1977
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as Narrator
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Age: 55
Playboy's Playmate Party
1977
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as
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Age: 55
Airport '77
1977
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as Martin Wallace
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Age: 54
The Man with the Golden Gun
1974
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as Francisco Scaramanga
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Age: 52
The Four Musketeers
1974
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as Rochefort
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Age: 52
Diagnosis: Murder
1974
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as Dr. Stephen Hayward
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Age: 51
The Three Musketeers
1973
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as Rochefort
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Age: 51
The Wicker Man
1973
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as Lord Summerisle
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Age: 51
Dark Places
1973
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as Dr. Ian Mandeville
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Age: 50
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
1973
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as Count Dracula
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Age: 50
Nothing But the Night
1973
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as Col. Charles Bingham
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Age: 50
Poor Devil
1973
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as Lucifer
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Age: 50
The Creeping Flesh
1973
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as James Hildern
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Age: 50
Horror Express
1972
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as Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton
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Age: 50
Dracula A.D. 1972
1972
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as Count Dracula
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Age: 50
Vampir Cuadecuc
1972
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as Self
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Age: 49
Umbracle
1972
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as The Man
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Age: 49
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
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as Mycroft Holmes
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Age: 48
The Magic Christian
1969
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as Ship's Vampire
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Age: 47
The Oblong Box
1969
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as Dr. J. Neuhartt
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Age: 47
The Castle of Fu Manchu
1969
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as Dr. Fu Man Chu
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Age: 47
Quelle horreur mon saigneur Dracula
1969
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as Self
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Age: 46
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
1966
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as Count Dracula
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Age: 43
The Skull
1965
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as Sir Matthew Phillips
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Age: 43
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
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as Dr. Fu Man Chu
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Age: 43
Ten Little Indians
1965
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as Mr. U.N. Owen (voice)
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Age: 43
She
1965
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as Billali
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Age: 43
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
1965
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as Franklyn Marsh
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Age: 42
The Gorgon
1964
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as Prof. Karl Meister
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Age: 42
The Castle of the Living Dead
1964
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as Count Drago
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Age: 42
The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964
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as Captain Robeles
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Age: 42
Crypt of the Vampire
1964
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as Count Ludwig Karnstein
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Age: 42
Horror!!!
1964
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as Self
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Age: 41
The Whip and the Body
1963
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as Kurt Menliff
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Age: 41
Horror Castle
1963
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as Erich
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Age: 41
Corridors of Blood
1963
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as Resurrection Joe
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Age: 41
Challenge the Devil
1963
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as Mephistoles
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Age: 41
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962
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as Sherlock Holmes
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Age: 40
The Devil's Agent
1962
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as Baron Ferdi von Staub
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Age: 40
Lolita
1962
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as Kharis, the Mummy (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 40
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
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as Captain LaRoche
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Age: 39
Secret of the Red Orchid
1962
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as Capt. Allerman
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Age: 39
Hercules in the Haunted World
1961
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as King Lico (Licos)
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Age: 39
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
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as Ling Chu
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Age: 39
Taste of Fear
1961
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as Doctor Pierre Gerrard
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Age: 38
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
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as Chung King
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Age: 38
Too Hot to Handle
1960
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as Novak
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Age: 38
The Hands of Orlac
1960
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as Nero the magician
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Age: 38
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
1960
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as Paul Allen
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Age: 38
The City of the Dead
1960
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as Prof. Alan Driscoll
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Age: 38
Beat Girl
1960
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as Kenny King
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Age: 38
Uncle Was a Vampire
1959
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as Baron Roderico da Frankurten
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Age: 37
The Mummy
1959
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as Kharis, the Mummy
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Age: 37
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
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as Jaeger
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Age: 37
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
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as Dr. Pierre Gerrard
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Age: 37
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
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as Sir Henry Baskerville
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Age: 36
Dracula
1958
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as Count Dracula
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Age: 35
A Tale of Two Cities
1958
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as Marquis St. Evremonde
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Age: 35
Battle of the V-1
1958
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as Brunner
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Age: 35
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
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as Manolo
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Age: 34
Beyond Mombasa
1956
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as Gil Rossi
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Age: 34
Port Afrique
1956
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as Franz Vermes
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Age: 34
Alexander the Great
1956
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as Nectenabus (voice)
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Age: 33
Private's Progress
1956
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as Major Schultz
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Age: 33
Storm Over the Nile
1955
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as Karaga Pasha
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Age: 33
Alias John Preston
1955
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as John Preston
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Age: 33
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955
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as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
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Age: 33
Moby Dick—Rehearsed
1955
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as A Stage Manager /Flask
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Age: 33
Police Dog
1955
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as Johnny, a constable
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Age: 32
The Dark Avenger
1955
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as French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited)
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Age: 32
Contraband Spain
1955
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as Narrador (voz)
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Age: 32
That Lady
1955
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as Capitán
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Age: 32
Cross-Roads
1955
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as Harry Cooper
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Age: 32
The Awakening
1954
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as Factory proprietor (uncredited)
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Age: 32
The Mirror and Markheim
1954
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as Visitant
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Age: 31
Innocents in Paris
1953
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as Lieutenant Whitlock
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Age: 31
No Image
The Top and the Ball
1953
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as Father
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Age: 30
Prelude to Fame
1950
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as Newsman
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Age: 27
They Were Not Divided
1950
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as Chris Lewis
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Age: 27