Sir Christopher Lee’s Fifteen Greatest Roles

• Frankenstein’s Monster (The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957)
• Count Dracula (Dracula, 1958; Dracula—Prince of Darkness, 1966; Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, 1968; El Conde Dracula, 1970; Taste the Blood of Dracula, 1970; Scars of Dracula, 1970; Dracula, A.D. 1972, 1972; The Satanic Rites of Dracula, 1973)
• Sir Henry Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1959)
• Kharis (The Mummy, 1959)
• Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes [Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace], 1962; Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady, 1991; Incident at Victoria Falls, 1992)
• Kurt Menliff (La Frusta e il Corpo [The Whip and the Body], 1963)
• Franklyn Marsh (Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors, 1964 [“The Disembodied Hand” episode])
• Dr. Fu Manchu (The Face of Fu Manchu, 1965); The Brides of Fu Manchu, 1966; The Vengeance of Fu Manchu, 1967; The Blood of Fu Manchu, 1969; The Castle of Fu Manchu, 1969)
• Rasputin (Rasputin—The Mad Monk, 1966)
• Duc de Richeleau (The Devil Rides Out, 1968)
• Mycroft Holmes (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970)
• Dr. Charles Marlowe/Edward Blake, (I, Monster, 1971) [based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]
• Lord Summerisle (The Wicker Man, 1973)
• Rochefort (The Three Musketeers, 1973; The Four Musketeers—The Revenge of Milady, 1975; The Return of the Musketeers, 1989))
• Scaramanga (The Man With the Golden Gun, 1974)

We don’t always get the kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with good grace or not.

Christopher Lee