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What Was Christopher Lee's Net Worth?

He was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, and he received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2011 and a BFI Fellowship in 2013.

Sir Christopher Lee was an English actor and singer who had a net worth of $25 million at the time of his death in 2015. Christopher Lee was probably best known for playing a number of villains in many popular and profitable movies. Notable roles included Francisco Scaramanga in "The Man with the Golden Gun," Saruman in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and Count Dooku in the final two films of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy.

Early Life and Military Service

He considered his best performance to be that of Pakistan's founder,Muhammad AliJinnah, in the biographical movie "Jinnah" and his best film to be the British horror film "The Wicker Man."

In the late 50s, Lee became famous for starring in horror films made by Hammer Film Productions. His first film for the studio was 1957's "The Curse of Frankenstein," in which he played Frankenstein's monster opposite actorPeter Cushing. The two actors went on to appear in over 20 films together. Next, in 1958, Christopher co-starred withBoris Karloffin "Corridors of Blood." The same year, he made his first appearance as Count Dracula in Terence Fisher's critically acclaimed film "Dracula." In 1965, Lee returned to the role of Dracula in "Dracula: Prince of Darkness"; he went on to play the Count in such Hammer films as "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave," "Taste the Blood of Dracula," "Scars of Dracula," "Dracula A.D. 1972," and "The Satanic Rites of Dracula." Following the latter title, Christopher retired from the role, believing the films had deteriorated in quality.

At the outbreak of WWII in 1939, Lee enrolled in a military academy and volunteered to fight for the Finnish Army against the USSR. However, he and other British volunteers were kept away from combat. Christopher thus returned to work at United States Lines and then joined Beecham's as an office clerk and switchboard operator. Following his father's passing in 1941, Lee volunteered for the Royal Air Force. As an intelligence officer, he was attached to the No. 260 Squadron RAF. In 1946, he retired from service with the rank of flight lieutenant.

Christopher Lee was born on May 27, 1922, in London, England. He was the son of Countess Estelle Marie and Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Trollope Lee, a WWI veteran. He was of English and Italian descent and had a sister named Xandra. When Lee was four, his parents separated. Subsequently, his mother took him and his sister to live in Wengen, Switzerland. He later went to Miss Fisher's Academy and then returned to London, where he attended Wagner's private school in Queen's Gate. Meanwhile, his mother married Harcourt George St-Croix Rose, the uncle of authorIan Fleming. At the age of nine, Christopher attended Summer Fields School, a preparatory school in Oxford. As a young adult, he enrolled at Wellington College, where he won scholarships in the classics. However, he left with one year still to go after his stepfather went bankrupt. Following this, he was sent to the French Riviera, where he stayed among exiled princely families. Returning to London, he worked as an office clerk for United States Lines.

After being turned down by film producer Josef Somlo, Lee was signed to a seven-year contract with the Rank Organisation. In 1947, he made his film acting debut in the Gothic romance "Corridor of Mirrors." Christopher mostly played supporting and background characters in his early acting years. He had an uncredited appearance inLaurence Olivier's"Hamlet" in 1948 and played a Spanish captain in 1951's "Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N." Another uncredited part came in the historical epic "Quo Vadis," in which he played a chariot driver. A bigger role came in 1952 when Lee portrayed French painter Georges Seurat in John Huston's "Moulin Rouge."

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