{"id":7755,"date":"2026-07-08T01:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=christopher-lee"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:15:04","slug":"christopher-lee","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=christopher-lee","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Lee (May 5, 1922 \u2013 June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001\u20132003). 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