John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.

Filmography

• 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years — M (archive footage)
• 1981Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective — Sgt. Ben
• 1979Death Becomes Me — Sam Milford (archive footage)
• 1979Moonraker — M
• 1978Seawrack — Man
• Sense of Place — Man
• 1977A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Present
• The Foundation — Eddie Prince
• 1977The Spy Who Loved Me — M
• 1976Beauty and the Beast — Edward Beaumont
• Against the Crowd — Beeley
• Comedy Premiere — Wally Warner
• 1975From Hong Kong with Love — M
• 1975Murrain — Beeley
• Affairs of the Heart — Ned Drury
• Father Brown — John Raggley
• 1974Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell — Tarmut
• 1974Percy's Progress — Barraclough
• 1974The Man with the Golden Gun — M
• 1973Live and Let Die — M
• 1973The Man Who Died Twice — Francis Cumberland
• Vienna 1900
• Warship
• 1972The Baron: The Man in a Looking Glass — Morgan Travis
• 1971Danger Point
• 1971Diamonds Are Forever — M
• 1971Dulcima — Mr Gaskain
• The Persuaders! — Sam Milford
• 1971The Raging Moon — Uncle Bob
• 1969Crossplot — Chilmore
• 1969On Her Majesty's Secret Service — M
• Strange Report — Arthur Pater
• Journey to the Unknown — Ben Loker
• The Champions — Squires
• The Expert — Harry Kirby
• The Jazz Age — Sir James
• City '68 — Baxter
• Half Hour Story — Frank Graham
• Man in a Suitcase
• 1967Operation Kid Brother — Commander Cunningham
• The Gamblers — Bob Townsend
• 1967You Only Live Twice — M
• King of the River — Joss King
• 1966The Night Before The Morning After — Daniel Whittaker
• BBC Play of the Month — Sir Peter Teazle, Hornblower
• Blackmail — Steve Bradwell
• 1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors — Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
• 1965The Incredible World of James Bond — Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
• 1965The Legend of Young Dick Turpin — Jeremiah
• 1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold — Patmore
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — The Man
• 1965Thunderball — M
• 1964Goldfinger — M
• 1964Ring of Spies — Henry Houghton
• 1964Saturday Night Out — George Hudson
• The Wednesday Play — Frank Lanton
• Thursday Theatre — Jim Cherry
• 1964Who Was Maddox? — Superintendent Meredith
• 1963A Place to Go — Matt Flint
• Espionage — John Neary
• 1963From Russia with Love — M
• The Human Jungle — Jim Garner
• 1963Two Left Feet — Mr Crabbe
• 1962Dr. No — M
• 1962The Brain — Dr. Frank Shears
• 1962The L-Shaped Room — Charlie
• 1962The Share Out — Det. Supt. Meredith
• 1961Clue of the Silver Key — Superintendent Meredith
• 1961Fury at Smugglers' Bay — Black John
• 1961Partners in Crime — Inspector Mann
• 1961The Secret Partner — D.S. Frank Hanbury
• 1961Whistle Down the Wind — Mr. Bostock
• 1960Clue of the Twisted Candle — Superintendent Meredith
• 1960Cone of Silence — Capt. George Gort
• Danger Man — Lord Ammanford
• 1960Kidnapped — Captain Hoseason
• 1960Sink the Bismarck! — Firing Officer (uncredited)
• 1960The Angry Silence — Bert Connolly
• 1959Danger Within — Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
• Edgar Wallace Mysteries
• 1959Web of Evidence — Patrick Mathry
• 1958Dunkirk — Charles Foreman
• 1958Nowhere to Go — Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
• 1958The Key — Cmdr. Wadlow
• 1958The Man Upstairs — Inspector Thompson
• 1957Across the Bridge — Chief Inspector Hadden
• 1957Fire Down Below — Doctor Sam
• 1957High Flight — Flight Sergeant Harris
• Armchair Theatre — Ernie Barger, Daniel Whittaker
• 1956The Battle of the River Plate — Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
• 1956The Spanish Gardener — Leighton Bailey
• 1955Out of the Clouds — Customs Officer
• 1955The Ship That Died of Shame — Customs Officer Brewster
• 1954Father Brown — Inspector Valentine
• 1954Seagulls Over Sorrento — Lofty Turner
• 1954The Purple Plain — Dr. Harris
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Jeremiah
• 1953Beat the Devil — Insp. Jack Clayton
• 1953Sailor of the King — Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
• 1953The Yellow Balloon — Constable Chapman
• 1952Gift Horse — A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
• 1951Appointment with Venus — Brigadier
• 1951Calling Bulldog Drummond — Colonel Webson
• 1951Fortune in Diamonds — O'Connell
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Beaumont
• 1951Mr. Denning Drives North — Inspector Dodds
• 1951White Corridors — Burgess
• 1950Cage of Gold — Inspector Grey
• 1950Last Holiday — Inspector Wilton
• 1950Morning Departure — Cmdr. Gates
• 1950Odette — Jack
• Sunday Night Theatre — Hoederer
• 1950The Blue Lamp — Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
• 1949I Have Been Here Before — Walter Ormund
• 1949The Third Man — Sergeant Paine
• 1948Elizabeth of Ladymead — John Beresford in 1903
• 1948Quartet — Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
• 1948The Fallen Idol — Detective Hart
• 1947The Adventures of Dusty Bates — Captain Ford
• 1947The Courtneys of Curzon Street — Colonel Gascoyne
• 1946This Man Is Mine — James Nicholls
• 1943The New Lot — Interviewing Officer
• 1941Once a Crook — Duke
• 1940Let George Do It! — Oscar
• 1940Spare a Copper — Jake
• 1939Murder in Soho — Roy Barnes
• 1939The Frozen Limits — Bill McGrew
• 1939The Outsider — Cameraman
• 1938The Terror — Ferry Fane
• 1937The Black Tulip — William Of Orange
• 1936Rhodes of Africa — Cartwright
• 1936The River House Mystery — Wade Belloc

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories — Self (archive footage)