After it emerged Thursday that British character actor Christopher Lee had died, fellow actors and other noted people took to Twitter to mourn the passing of the actor who had appeared in over 250 productions. Lee was known for playing iconic villains such as Dracula, and most recently Saruman the White in the Lord of The Rings trilogy.
His LOTR costar Dominic Monaghan weighed in:
So so sorry to hear that #christopherlee has passed away. He was a fascinating person. Threw a bic pen into a tree in front of me. #legend
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).Warner BrosChristopher Lee and Daliah Lavi in The Whip and the Body (1963).Francinor-PIP Leone Film TitanusDracula Has Risen From The Grave (1963).Hammer/ WarnerChristopher Lee in The Wicker Man (1973).Rialto PicturesChristopher Lee and Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).MGMChristopher Lee in House of the Long Shadows (1983).MGMChristopher Lee in Howling II- ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985).MGMGremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)Warner Bros.Christopher Lee in Star Wars- Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).LucasfilmChristopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers (2002). New Line ProductionsChristopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars- Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).LucasfilmChristopher Lee and Paz Vega in Triage (2009). Parallel FilmsChristopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling in Boogie Woogie (2009).IFC FilmsChristopher Lee and Gary Stretch in The Heavy (2010).Grindstone EntertainmentChristopher Lee in The Resident (2011). Image EntertainmentChristopher Lee in Season of the Witch (2011).Season of the Witch DistributionsChristopher Lee and Asa Butterfield in Hugo (2011).GK Films
