Sad news to report today as legendary actor Christopher Lee has passed away. Lee was 93 years old and died four days ago. Lee had amassed 282 acting credits in his career according to his iMDB profile and is a notable performer of such characters as Count Dracula, Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes and villains from The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars franchises, as well as teaming regularly with director Tim Burton later in his life. His most recent major role was in The Hobbit trilogy with director Peter Jackson.

Thank you, Christopher, and you will be missed.

Selected Filmography:

• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
• Horror of Dracula (1958)
• The Mummy (1959)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
• Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
• Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
• The Gorgon (1964)
• Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
• Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
• Scream and Scream Again (1970)
• Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
• Scars of Dracula (1970)
• The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
• Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
• Horror Express (1972)
• The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
• The Wicker Man (1973)
• The Three Musketeers (1973)
• The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge (1974)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• Airport ’77 (1977)
• Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
• Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• Howling II: …Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994)
• The Stupids (1996)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Burke and Hare (2010)
• Season of the Witch (2011)
• The Resident (2011)
• The Wicker Tree (2011)
• Hugo (2011)
• Dark Shadows (2012)
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)