<P> Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ ( 27 May 1922 -- 7 June 2015 ) was an English character actor , singer , and author . With a career spanning nearly 70 years , Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films . His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974 ) , Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ( 2001 -- 2003 ) and The Hobbit film trilogy ( 2012 -- 2014 ) , and Count Dooku in the second and third films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy ( 2002 & 2005 ) . </P>
<P> Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE CStJ ( 27 May 1922 -- 7 June 2015 ) was an English character actor , singer , and author . With a career spanning nearly 70 years , Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films . His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974 ) , Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ( 2001 -- 2003 ) and The Hobbit film trilogy ( 2012 -- 2014 ) , and Count Dooku in the second and third films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy ( 2002 & 2005 ) . </P>
who plays sauron in lord of the rings
who plays sauron in lord of the rings
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee