DETAILS ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LEE

SIR CHRISTOPHER HAD MET J.R.R. TOLKIEN ONCE

(MAKING HIM THE ONLY PERSON INVOLVED IN THE

LORD OF THE RINGS FILM TRILOGY TO HAVE DONE SO)

AND MADE A HABIT OF READING THE NOVELS

AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

LEE SPOKE FLUENT ENGLISH, ITALIAN, FRENCH,

SPANISH AND GERMAN, AND WAS MODERATELY

PROFICIENT IN SWEDISH, RUSSIAN AND GREEK.

IN FACT, HE WAS THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF THOR

IN THE GERMAN DUBS IN THE DANISH 1986

ANIMATED FILM VALHALLA, AND OF KING HAGGARD

IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND GERMAN DUBS OF THE

1982 ANIMATED ADAPTATION OF THE LAST UNICORN.

SIR CHRISTOPHER WAS A STEP-COUSIN OF

IAN FLEMING, AUTHOR OF THE JAMES BOND SPY NOVELS

AND A DISTANT RELATIVE OF ROBERT E. LEE

AND THE ASTRONOMER JOHN LEE.

SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE STOOD AN IMPOSING

6FT 5IN (1.95M) TALL.

HIS HEIGHT WAS ACTUALLY AN ISSUE AT THE

BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER. "I WAS TOLD I WAS

TOO TALL TO BE AN ACTOR. THAT'S A QUITE

FATUOUS REMARK TO MAKE. IT'S LIKE SAYING

YOU'RE TOO SHORT TO PLAY THE PIANO.

I THOUGHT, 'RIGHT, I'LL SHOW YOU…'"

"I HATE BEING IDLE. AS DEAR BORIS [KARLOFF]

USED TO SAY, WHEN I DIE I WANT TO DIE WITH

MY BOOTS ON"

INDEED IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR ALL OF HIS FANS,

BUT HE LEFT US SO MUCH TO SMILE ABOUT.

Every time you feel sad about Christopher Lee, look at this

picture and it'll make you smile.