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- Guiness record holder for most screen credits.
- Related to both Robert E. Lee and Charlemagne. - He met both of Rasputin's assassins as a child. - Witnessed the last public execution by guillotine in France. - World War II. Crackshot sniper, spy, and expert black ops tactician. As in, almost all of his WWII record is classified, and will remain classified forever, because Christopher Lee was SOE, or a "Special Operations Executive". The SOE earned the nickname "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". You know all those movies about those "special forces" who do the missions too difficult for anyone else, the missions that don't exist anywhere officially? Well, Christopher Lee was actually one of those guys. - Because of his wartime efforts, earn commendations of bravery from the British, Polish, Czech and Yugoslavian governments. - After WWII, spent time literally hunting down escaped Nazis... - Master class fencer. - Spoke 6 languages. - Until age (79) prevented him from doing some of the lightsaber duel stunts in the Star Wars prequels, Lee did all of his own stunts. - Step-cousin to Ian Fleming, was the real life inspiration for James Bond. - Was engaged to the daughter of a Swedish count who didn't like him, and demanded he get the permission from the Swedish king before he allowed Lee to marry his daughter. Lee got it. - Only member of the entire Peter Jackson LOTR cast to have actually met JRR Tolkien. - While filming LOTR, had to tell Peter Jackson exactly what getting stabbed in the back sounded like. Because he knew. From personal experience. - Released a heavy metal album about his ancestor Charlemagne...at age 88. And then he released a metal Christmas album. Lee is the oldest musician to ever appear on Billboard music charts. - Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - Because of his extensive filmography, the average "degree of Bacon separation" Lee has with almost any actor is about 2.59.
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