The star, who appeared in a string of horror films and played a Bond villain in The Man With The Golden Gun, enjoyed a career renaissance playing Saruman in the Lord Of The Rings films. A spokeswoman for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea confirmed that a death certificate had been issued for the star, who died on Sunday at a local hospital.
Christopher Lee, the prolific, aristocratic British actor who brought dramatic gravitas to the low-budget thrills of Hammer Studios' horror films, has died at age 93. An official for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London confirmed a death certificate was issued for Lee on June 8. She spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with the policies of the borough. British Actor Sir Christopher Lee was best known for roles in Count Dracula, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.
Reports: Actor Christopher Lee dies LONDON - British actor Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93, according to MULTIPLE media reports. Check out this story on WCNC.com: http://usat.ly/1JHv8Ns Lee, who starred in films including the Lord of the Rings , Star Wars and Dracula , passed away in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, on Sunday after being treated for respiratory problems, the Telegraph reported, citing sources close to his family.
Veteran British actor Sir Christopher Lee passed away on Sunday at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for three weeks. He had even celebrated his 93rd birthday in the facility last month.
If it's on the internet, it's got to be true, right? On Tuesday, it started with a tweeted photo of director Steven Spielberg sitting cross-legged in front of the "carcass" of a triceratops, one of the props from the original Jurassic Park . It's hard to tell if Chris, who works as a movie editor, was just having fun, or truly believes what he posted.
Huey Lewis and the News hit the Hard Rock in Hollywood this Friday , bringing their chronically out of fashion, but irresistibly straight forward rock with them.
Meeting prospective in-laws for the first time is already a fraught situation for everyone, so understandably, Gomez and Morticia Addams really don't take it well when their child brings home a totally normal, good-natured fiance. Love has changed their 20-something daughter, Wednesday, a distressing development for her family in "The Addams Family," playing at San Jose Stage Company.
In Jurassic World , Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic Park reboot - set 22 years after dinosaurs started walking the Earth, again - brontosauruses, stegosauruses and velociraptors have become old hat, sort of like the mechanical Abe Lincoln at Disneyland. Meanwhile, the habitat around them has gone Vegas: Isla Nublar, home of the former dinosaur lunch counter known as Jurassic Park, is now the site of a sleek, multimillion-dollar resort known as Jurassic World, which boasts a petting zoo , an aviary and a Brookstone .
BD Wong has been acting since the early 1980s, showing up in memorable movies like 'Father of the Bride' as the flamboyant assistant of the wedding planner to recurring TV roles such as playing Dr. George Huang on 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.' Over 20 years ago Wong played Dr. Henry Wu in 'Jurassic Park.'