Christopher Lee
1922–2015- Actor
British actor, born in Belgravia.
Pair · Actors
Films Christopher Lee made with Peter Cushing
Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing acted together in 24 films, from Hamlet (1948) to House of the Long Shadows (1983). Terence Fisher directed seven of them. No one worked on more of Peter Cushing's films on this site than Christopher Lee.
Timeline
- Both in the cast
- 2 top prizesAcademy Award for Best Picture for Hamlet and Academy Award for Best Actor for Hamlet
- James Bernardscored 6 of these films
- Jack Ashershot 4 of these films
From Wikipedia
[Peter Cushing] once again starred with his longtime collaborator Christopher Lee in Horror Express (1972).
Wikipedia, article Peter Cushing · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · name in brackets added
In 1977, Lee left the UK for the US, concerned at being typecast in horror films, as had happened to his close friends Peter Cushing and Vincent Price.
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Peter Cushing
1913–1994- Actor
British actor, born in Kenley.
The 24 films
Hamlet
Christopher Lee: actor, as a guard · Peter Cushing: actor, as Osric
Music: William Walton
Camera: Desmond Dickinson
Written by: Laurence Olivier
Academy Award for Best Picture · Academy Award for Best Actor
Moulin Rouge
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Georges Auric
Camera: Oswald Morris
Written by: John Huston, Anthony Veiller
The Curse of Frankenstein
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: James Bernard
Camera: Jack Asher
Written by: Jimmy Sangster
Dracula
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: James Bernard
Camera: Jack Asher
Written by: Jimmy Sangster
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: James Bernard
Camera: Jack Asher
The Mummy
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Franz Reizenstein
Camera: Jack Asher
Written by: Jimmy Sangster
The Devil's Agent
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Philip Green
Camera: Gerald Gibbs
Written by: Robert Westerby
The Gorgon
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: James Bernard
Camera: Michael Reed
Written by: John Gilling
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Elisabeth Lutyens
Camera: Alan Hume
Written by: Milton Subotsky
She
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: James Bernard
Camera: Harry Waxman
The Skull
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Elisabeth Lutyens
Camera: John Laurence Wilcox
Written by: Milton Subotsky
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: James Bernard
Camera: Michael Reed
Written by: Jimmy Sangster, Anthony Hinds
Night of the Big Heat
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Malcolm Lockyer
Camera: Reginald Wyer
Scream and Scream Again
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: David Whitaker
Camera: John Coquillon
Written by: Christopher Wicking
One More Time
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Les Reed
Camera: Ernest Steward
Written by: Michael Pertwee
I, Monster
Christopher Lee: actor, as Marlowe / Blake · Peter Cushing: actor, as Utterson
Music: Carl Davis
Camera: Moray Grant
Written by: Milton Subotsky
The House That Dripped Blood
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Camera: Ray Parslow
Written by: Robert Bloch
Dracula A.D. 1972
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Mike Vickers
Camera: Dick Bush
Written by: Don Houghton
Horror Express
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: John Cacavas
Camera: Teodoro Escamilla, Alejandro Ulloa Jr.
Written by: Arnaud d'Usseau, Julian Zimet
Nothing But the Night
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Malcolm Williamson
Written by: Brian Hayles
The Creeping Flesh
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Paul Ferris
Camera: Norman Warwick
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: John Cacavas
Camera: Brian Probyn
Written by: Don Houghton
Arabian Adventure
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Ken Thorne
Camera: Alan Hume
Written by: Brian Hayles
House of the Long Shadows
Christopher Lee: actor · Peter Cushing: actor
Music: Richard Harvey
Written by: George M. Cohan
See also
- Christopher Lee and Michael Gough8 films together
- Vincent Price and Peter Cushing4 films together
- Peter Cushing and Michael Gough4 films together
- Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton4 films together
- Christopher Lee and Donald Sutherland3 films together
- Christopher Lee and Vincent Price3 films together
- Christopher Lee and José Ferrer3 films together
- Michael Gambon and Peter Cushing2 films together
Worked with both
- Michael Gough8 films with Christopher Lee, 4 with Peter Cushing
- Donald Pleasence5 films with Christopher Lee, 5 with Peter Cushing
- Oliver Reed6 films with Christopher Lee, 3 with Peter Cushing
- Vincent Price3 films with Christopher Lee, 4 with Peter Cushing
- Patrick Troughton3 films with Christopher Lee, 4 with Peter Cushing
- Herbert Lom3 films with Christopher Lee, 2 with Peter Cushing