Photos: Christopher Lee through the years

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Photos: Christopher Lee through the years

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannien- Als Dracula- 1957 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

A poster for the British release of Terence Fisher's 1958 horror film, 'Dracula', starring Christopher Lee. The film was retitled 'Horror of Dracula' for the US release. (Photo by Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images)

English actor Christopher Lee as Kharis, the Mummy in 'The Mummy', directed by Terence Fisher, 1959. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannienin dem Film: "Das R�el der Roten Orchidee"- 1961 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

English actor Christopher Lee wearing an eye patch as Captain LaRoche in 'The Pirates Of Blood River', directed by John Gilling, 1962. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannien- in dem Film 'Die Piraten vom Todesfluß'- um 1962 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Actor Christopher Lee on set of the 20th Century-Fox movie "Rasputin: The Mad Monk" in 1966. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The vampire Count Dracula, played by English actor Christopher Lee, suffers a stake through the heart as he lies in his coffin, in 'Dracula Has Risen From The Grave', directed by Freddie Francis, 1968. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

English actors Christopher Lee (left), as Fremont, and Peter Cushing (1913 - 1994) as Major Heinrich Benedek in 'Scream And Scream Again', directed by Gordon Hessler, 1970. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

The vampire Count Dracula, played by English actor Christopher Lee, is impaled on the spokes of a coach wheel in the opening sequence of 'Dracula AD 1972', directed by Alan Gibson, 1972. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

English actors Christopher Lee and Diana Dors (1931 - 1984) on the film set for 'Nothing But the Night', Dartmoor, Devon, 5th May 1972. (Photo by Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

English actor Christopher Lee as Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga in 'The Man with the Golden Gun', directed by Guy Hamilton, 1974. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - 1977: Actor Christopher Lee in a scene from the movie 'Return From Witch Mountain' in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, GrossbritannienPortr� 1983 (Photo by Siemoneit/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - CIRCA 1985: Actor Christopher Lee and Wife Gitte pose for a portrait in circa 1985 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannien- November 1987 (Photo by Will/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannienraucht Pfeife- 1990 (Photo by Weychardt/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

British actor Sir Christopher Lee, stands on a Norfolk beach during a break in filming for an American Television series in Hemsby, Norfolk, U.K., circa 1990. (Photo by Bryn Colton/Getty Images)

Actor Christopher Lee poses on a shoot for the TV movie 'Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady', in which he interprets the famous detective, on 1991 ca. in London, England. (Photo by Georges De Keerle/Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannien- 1992 (Photo by Will/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) COL*27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannien- 00.05.1994 (Photo by Galuschka/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Prolific English actor Christopher Lee, circa 2000. (Photo by Graham Wiltshire/Getty Images)

(GERMANY OUT) Lee, Christopher - Actor, UK - at the International Rome Film Festival in Rome, Italy - 15.10.2009 (Photo by Jazz Archiv Hamburg/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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(GERMANY OUT) *27.05.1922-Schauspieler, Grossbritannien- Als Dracula- 1957 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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