Christopher Lee’s horrifically entertaining career

Known for playing Dracula, the Bond villain Scaramanga, "Star Wars'" evil Count Dooku and Saruman the wizard -- Christopher Lee has passed away. Born in London on May 27, 1922, Lee appeared in over 250 movies.

One of Christopher Lee's earliest roles in horror was as The Creature in 1957's "The Curse of Frankenstein."

Lee starred opposite Boris Karloff as Resurrection Joe in 1958's "Corridors of Blood."

Lee's first fang foray was as the Count himself in 1958's "Horror of Dracula."

Lee horrified us in 1959 as the Egyptian pharaoh Kharis who would later return as "The Mummy."

Lee played the unwilling accomplice to murder, Dr. Pierre Gerrard, in 1959's "The Man Who Could Cheat Death."

Christopher Lee starred opposite Donald Sutherland in 1964's "Castle of the Living Dead." Lee played Count Drago, the man who mummifies people!

Lee donned the cape and pipe of Sherlock Holmes in the German made "Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" in 1962.

Lee played Grigori Rasputin in 1966's "Rasputin, The Mad Monk."

In 1965 Lee changed races to play the lead role in "The Face of Fu Manchu." He'd play the character again a year later in "The Brides of Fu Manchu," a year after that in 1967's "The Vengeance of Fu Manchu," and again in 1968's "The Blood of Fu Manchu."

The sequel to 1968's "Taste the Blood of Dracula," a vampire bat enters a sealed coffin in Castle Dracula and regurgitates blood onto the ashes within, reanimating them and Lee's blood sucker career in 1970's "Scars Of Dracula."

In 1969 Lee played the demented Dr. Newhartt in Vincent Price's "The Oblong Box."

In this file photo dated Dec. 17,1968, British actor Christopher Lee, left, and American actor Vincent Price, share a joke whilst playing chess during a break in the filming of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Oblong Box", at Shepperton Studios, England.

Lee made the role "count" as the lead in 1973's "The Satanic Rites of Dracula."

In 1973, Lee stepped into the breeches of the Comte de Rochefort in "The Three Musketeers." The hit movie also starred Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain and Michael York.

This photo taken on October 15, 2002 shows actor Christopher Lee during the opening of the 'Bond, James Bond' exhibit at The Science Museum in London. Lee starred as the villain Scaramanga in the movie "The Man With The Golden Gun" in 1974.

Christopher Lee attends the screening of the 1998 film "Jinnah" at Sony Pictures on July 2, 2004 in London. The film stars Lee as Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, alongside James Fox, Maria Aitken, and Shashi Kapoor.

A young Willy Wonka's overbearing dentist father was a bit role for Lee in 2005's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."

Actor Sir Christopher Lee and his wife Brigitta attend the Bangkok International Film Festival Golden Kinnaree Awards on February 24, 2006.

Lee was the face of betrayal as Count Dooku in 2005's "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith." Lee would return to voice the character in 2008's animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars."

Lee's voice brought the Jabberwocky to life in 2010's "Alice in Wonderland."

Christopher Lee took on the role of Monsieur Labisse in 2011's "Hugo."

Lee played the evil wizard Saruman in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. He'd return to the character in 2012 and 2014 for Jackson's "The Hobbit" films.