Christopher Lee died

In London, at the age of 93, British actor Christopher Lee died.

According to The Independent , a few days ago he was hospitalized with symptoms of a respiratory disease and heart failure, death occurred on Sunday morning, June 7, but it became known only now.

Christopher Lee was born in 1922 in London, during the Second World War he served in the air forces, after the war he went to study at a drama school, played in the theater and on the radio, and began to act in films.

Fame of the actor brought the role of Count Dracula in horror, released by the Hammer Film Production film studio in the 1950s-the 1970s.

In the early 70s, Lee created a film company who financed the shooting of his own horror films. In 1974, he played the enemy of James Bond Francisco Scaramangu in the film “Man with a Golden Pistol” (according to the novel by Jan Fleming, the cousin of the actor), in 1987 starred in the role of Kato in the Soviet-Swedish film “Mio, My Mio” by Vladimir Grammatikov, in 1988 he played Muhammad Ali Genin in the film “Jinn”- The actor called this role to his favorite role.

In the 2000s, Christopher Lee starred in the role of Count Duku in Star Wars, played Saruman in the movie trilies “The Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit”. The actor’s filmography has more than 250 paintings, 69 of them are horror films.

In addition, Christopher Lee voiced films, collaborated with groups of Rhapsody of Fire and Tolkien Ensemble , in 2010 released the album "Charlemagne: by The Sword and the Cross" , in 2013, 91-year-old was the oldest musician who fell into the chart of Billboard magazine .