The Dracula of Hammer (y'know: crimson cape, white face, red mouth) was too theatrical in my taste. I always preferred the Stoker image of Dracula, clad in black, with a heavy moustache, silk hat an walking stick. Indeed as Lee portrayed him in Count Dracula 1970.
I have always preferred Christopher Lee when he plays real-life "human" villains: Rasputin (however unhistoric plot in that film), Francisco Scaramanga, Rochefort of The Three Musketeers, Lord Summerisle in the harrowing The Wicker Man.
Not to mention the role of Kurt Menliff in The Whip and the Body (the pict to the right is from the ending scene of that film). Those parts has given Sir Christopher Lee an opportunity to show his whole range of talents: the humour, the coolness and the intelligence with wich he is gifted.
This is not to mention his singing skills, wich I have started to appreciate to the full just recently. And I am not the only one. The comments on You Tube speaks for themselves:
Is there NOTHING that Christopher Lee can not do?And yes, that IS Sir Christopher Lee's voice... but I am just amazed how he excellent he does even this song!
OMFG....what a voice *___*
Fucking beautiful. Lee's vocals are just fantastic.
I want to have his vocal cord's children! (This is my favourite.)
Epic EPICness
If Christopher Lee and Pavarotti sang together I'm pretty sure the world would of ended.
And then the next comment from another commentator:
Specially since Pavarotti died 4 years ago.
Sir Christopher Lee is almost to the day 50 years older than I am. That is a considerable amount of time. When I discovered him in my teens he was already well over 60. Now he is 90 and I just turned 40. My son has just gotten to know him as Count Dooku, and will probably in time know him as Saruman the White as well. The legacy of Sir Christopher Lee will live on. That makes me immensly happy!
If you are here because you are curious on Sir Lee's acting in the past, you have come to the right place. Here I engorge myself in films and all sorts of clips. Versatile does not even begin to cover the description of him. Frankly, I do recommend the Wikipedia page on him to get a first hint.
I can strongly recommend this where he sings to the camera, quouting The Raven. I'd also think that this and this are good starters. Enjoy!
And thank you, Sir!
