: In his late 70s and 80s, he reached a new generation of fans as the wizard Saruman in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and as Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
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: He was knighted in 2009 for his contributions to drama and received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship in 2011. A Polymath's Life : In his late 70s and 80s, he
: Beyond horror, he played the James Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and cited his role as Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973) as his favorite. Christopher Lee