John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
Known For
You Only Live Twice
(1967)
M
Dr. No
(1962)
M
Live and Let Die
(1973)
M
Goldfinger
(1964)
M
The Third Man
(1949)
Sergeant Paine
Thunderball
(1965)
M
Moonraker
(1979)
M
From Russia with Love
(1963)
M
Diamonds Are Forever
(1971)
M
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(1969)
M
The Man with the Golden Gun
(1974)
M
Dunkirk
(1958)
Charles Foreman
The Spy Who Loved Me
(1977)
M
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Patmore
Beat the Devil
(1953)
Insp. Jack Clayton
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
Firing Officer (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Rhodes of Africa
(1936)
Cartwright
The Terror
(1938)
Ferry Fane
The Frozen Limits
(1939)
Bill McGrew
The Outsider
(1939)
Cameraman
Murder in Soho
(1939)
Roy Barnes
Let George Do It!
(1940)
Oscar
Spare a Copper
(1940)
Jake
Once a Crook
(1941)
Duke
The New Lot
(1943)
Interviewing Officer
This Man Is Mine
(1946)
James Nicholls
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
(1947)
Captain Ford
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
(1947)
Colonel Gascoyne
Quartet
(1948)
Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor
The Fallen Idol
(1948)
Detective Hart
Elizabeth of Ladymead
(1948)
John Beresford in 1903
The Third Man
(1949)
Sergeant Paine
I Have Been Here Before
(1949)
Walter Ormund
The Blue Lamp
(1950)
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
Cage of Gold
(1950)
Inspector Grey
Last Holiday
(1950)
Inspector Wilton
Odette
(1950)
Jack
Morning Departure
(1950)
Cmdr. Gates
Calling Bulldog Drummond
(1951)
Colonel Webson
Mr. Denning Drives North
(1951)
Inspector Dodds
Appointment with Venus
(1951)
Brigadier
White Corridors
(1951)
Burgess
Fortune in Diamonds
(1951)
O'Connell
Gift Horse
(1952)
A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
Sailor of the King
(1953)
Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
Beat the Devil
(1953)
Insp. Jack Clayton
The Yellow Balloon
(1953)
Constable Chapman
The Purple Plain
(1954)
Dr. Harris
Father Brown
(1954)
Inspector Valentine
Seagulls Over Sorrento
(1954)
Lofty Turner
The Ship That Died of Shame
(1955)
Customs Officer Brewster
Out of the Clouds
(1955)
Customs Officer
The Battle of the River Plate
(1956)
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
The Spanish Gardener
(1956)
Leighton Bailey
High Flight
(1957)
Flight Sergeant Harris
Across the Bridge
(1957)
Chief Inspector Hadden
Fire Down Below
(1957)
Doctor Sam
The Key
(1958)
Cmdr. Wadlow
The Man Upstairs
(1958)
Inspector Thompson
Dunkirk
(1958)
Charles Foreman
Nowhere to Go
(1958)
Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
Danger Within
(1959)
Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
Web of Evidence
(1959)
Patrick Mathry
Trouble in the Sky
(1960)
Capt. George Gort
The Angry Silence
(1960)
Bert Connolly
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
Firing Officer (uncredited)
Kidnapped
(1960)
Captain Hoseason
Clue of the Twisted Candle
(1960)
The Secret Partner
(1961)
D.S. Frank Hanbury
Whistle Down the Wind
(1961)
Mr. Bostock
Partners in Crime
(1961)
Inspector Mann
Clue of the Silver Key
(1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
(1961)
Black John
The L-Shaped Room
(1962)
Charlie
Dr. No
(1962)
M
The Share Out
(1962)
The Brain
(1962)
Dr. Frank Shears
Two Left Feet
(1963)
Mr Crabbe
From Russia with Love
(1963)
M
A Place to Go
(1963)
Matt Flint
Ring of Spies
(1964)
Henry Houghton
Who Was Maddox?
(1964)
Saturday Night Out
(1964)
George Hudson
Goldfinger
(1964)
M
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
Patmore
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
(1965)
Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
The Incredible World of James Bond
(1965)
Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
Thunderball
(1965)
M
The Night Before The Morning After
(1966)
Daniel Whittaker
Operation Kid Brother
(1967)
Commander Cunningham
You Only Live Twice
(1967)
M
Crossplot
(1969)
Chilmore
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
(1969)
M
The Raging Moon
(1971)
Uncle Bob
Diamonds Are Forever
(1971)
M
Danger Point
(1971)
Dulcima
(1971)
Mr Gaskain
The Man in a Looking Glass
(1972)
Morgan Travis
The Man Who Died Twice
(1973)
Francis Cumberland
Live and Let Die
(1973)
M
Percy's Progress
(1974)
Barraclough
The Man with the Golden Gun
(1974)
M
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
(1974)
Tarmut
From Hong Kong with Love
(1975)
M
Murrain
(1975)
Beeley
Beauty and the Beast
(1976)
Edward Beaumont
A Christmas Carol
(1977)
Ghost of Christmas Present
The Spy Who Loved Me
(1977)
M
Seawrack
(1978)
Man
Moonraker
(1979)
M
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
(1981)
Sgt. Ben
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
Best Ever Bond
(2002)
M (archive footage) (uncredited)