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

KNOWN FOR

BBC Play of the Month
1975
The Wednesday Play
1968
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Champions
1969
Sunday Night Theatre
1959
Danger Man
1965
The Persuaders!
1971
The Expert
1969
Thursday Theatre
1965
From Russia with Love
1963
Espionage
1964
Dr. No
1962

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
135
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)
1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as M (archive footage)
1981
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
as Sgt. Ben
1979
Moonraker
as M
1979
Death Becomes Me
as Sam Milford (archive footage)
1978
Seawrack
as Man
1978
Sense of Place
as Man
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me
as M
1977
A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Present
1977
The Foundation
as Eddie Prince
1976
Beauty and the Beast
as Edward Beaumont
1976
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Beaumont
1976
Warship
1975
Murrain
as Beeley
1975
From Hong Kong with Love
as M
1975
BBC Play of the Month
as Sir Peter Teazle
1975
Affairs of the Heart
as Ned Drury
1975
Against the Crowd
as Beeley
1975
Comedy Premiere
as Wally Warner
1974
The Man with the Golden Gun
as M
1974
Percy's Progress
as Barraclough
1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
as Tarmut
1974
BBC Play of the Month
as Hornblower
1974
Father Brown
as John Raggley
1973
Live and Let Die
as M
1973
The Man Who Died Twice
as Francis Cumberland
1973
Vienna 1900
1972
The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass
as Morgan Travis
1971
Diamonds Are Forever
as M
1971
The Raging Moon
as Uncle Bob
1971
Danger Point
1971
Dulcima
as Mr Gaskain
1971
The Persuaders!
as Sam Milford
1969
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as M
1969
Crossplot
as Chilmore
1969
The Champions
as Squires
1969
The Expert
as Harry Kirby
1969
Journey to the Unknown
as Ben Loker
1969
Strange Report
as Arthur Pater
1968
The Jazz Age
as Sir James
1968
The Wednesday Play
as Frank Lanton
1968
City '68
as Baxter
1967
You Only Live Twice
as M
1967
Operation Kid Brother
as Commander Cunningham
1967
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Gamblers
as Bob Townsend
1967
Half Hour Story
as Frank Graham
1966
The Night Before The Morning After
as Daniel Whittaker
1966
King of the River
as Joss King
1966
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jeremiah
1966
Armchair Theatre
as Daniel Whittaker
1965
Thunderball
as M
1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as Patmore
1965
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
1965
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
as Jeremiah
1965
Danger Man
as Lord Ammanford
1965
Thursday Theatre
as Jim Cherry
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as The Man
1965
Blackmail
as Steve Bradwell
1964
Goldfinger
as M
1964
Saturday Night Out
as George Hudson
1964
Ring of Spies
as Henry Houghton
1964
Who Was Maddox?
as Superintendent Meredith
1964
The Human Jungle
as Jim Garner
1964
Espionage
as John Neary
1963
From Russia with Love
as M
1963
A Place to Go
as Matt Flint
1963
Two Left Feet
as Mr Crabbe
1962
Dr. No
as M
1962
The L-Shaped Room
as Charlie
1962
The Brain
as Dr. Frank Shears
1962
The Share Out
as Det. Supt. Meredith
1961
Whistle Down the Wind
as Mr. Bostock
1961
Partners in Crime
as Inspector Mann
1961
The Secret Partner
as D.S. Frank Hanbury
1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Black John
1961
Clue of the Silver Key
as Superintendent Meredith
1960
Kidnapped
as Captain Hoseason
1960
The Angry Silence
as Bert Connolly
1960
Cone of Silence
as Capt. George Gort
1960
Clue of the Twisted Candle
as Superintendent Meredith
1960
Sink the Bismarck!
as Firing Officer (uncredited)
1959
Web of Evidence
as Patrick Mathry
1959
Danger Within
as Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
1959
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
Armchair Theatre
as Ernie Barger
1959
Sunday Night Theatre
as Hoederer
1958
Dunkirk
as Charles Foreman
1958
Nowhere to Go
as Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
1958
The Key
as Cmdr. Wadlow
1958
The Man Upstairs
as Inspector Thompson
1957
Across the Bridge
as Chief Inspector Hadden
1957
High Flight
as Flight Sergeant Harris
1957
Fire Down Below
as Doctor Sam
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
1956
The Spanish Gardener
as Leighton Bailey
1955
Out of the Clouds
as Customs Officer
1955
The Ship That Died of Shame
as Customs Officer Brewster
1954
The Purple Plain
as Dr. Harris
1954
Father Brown
as Inspector Valentine
1954
Seagulls Over Sorrento
as Lofty Turner
1953
Beat the Devil
as Insp. Jack Clayton
1953
Sailor of the King
as Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
1953
The Yellow Balloon
as Constable Chapman
1952
Gift Horse
as A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
1951
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Inspector Dodds
1951
Appointment with Venus
as Brigadier
1951
White Corridors
as Burgess
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Colonel Webson
1951
Fortune in Diamonds
as O'Connell
1950
Morning Departure
as Cmdr. Gates
1950
Odette
as Jack
1950
The Blue Lamp
as Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
1950
Cage of Gold
as Inspector Grey
1950
Last Holiday
as Inspector Wilton
1949
The Third Man
as Sergeant Paine
1949
I Have Been Here Before
as Walter Ormund
1948
The Fallen Idol
as Detective Hart
1948
Elizabeth of Ladymead
as John Beresford in 1903
1948
Quartet
as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
1947
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Captain Ford
1947
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
as Colonel Gascoyne
1946
This Man Is Mine
as James Nicholls
1943
The New Lot
as Interviewing Officer
1941
Once a Crook
as Duke
1940
Let George Do It!
as Oscar
1940
Spare a Copper
as Jake
1939
Murder in Soho
as Roy Barnes
1939
The Frozen Limits
as Bill McGrew
1939
The Outsider
as Cameraman
1938
The Terror
as Ferry Fane
1937
The Black Tulip
as William Of Orange
1936
Rhodes of Africa
as Cartwright
1936
The River House Mystery
as Wade Belloc