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:
Other actors did too:
As well as the man who played James Bond to his eponymous villain in The Man With the Golden Gun:
Musicians spoke out:
And even the Mayor of London and the UK Prime Minister expressed their condolences:
Christopher Lee's Career in Pictures
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).
Warner Bros
Christopher Lee and Daliah Lavi in The Whip and the Body (1963).
Francinor-PIP Leone Film Titanus
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1963).
Hammer/ Warner
Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man (1973).
Rialto Pictures
Christopher Lee and Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974).
MGM
Christopher Lee in House of the Long Shadows (1983).
MGM
Christopher Lee in Howling II- ... Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985).
MGM
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Warner Bros.
Christopher Lee in Star Wars- Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002).
Lucasfilm
Christopher Lee in The Lord of the Rings- The Two Towers (2002).
New Line Productions
Christopher Lee, Ian McDiarmid and Hayden Christensen in Star Wars- Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
Lucasfilm
Christopher Lee and Paz Vega in Triage (2009).
Parallel Films
Christopher Lee and Charlotte Rampling in Boogie Woogie (2009).
IFC Films
Christopher Lee and Gary Stretch in The Heavy (2010).
Grindstone Entertainment
Christopher Lee in The Resident (2011).
Image Entertainment
Christopher Lee in Season of the Witch (2011).
Season of the Witch Distributions
Christopher Lee and Asa Butterfield in Hugo (2011).
GK Films
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