Depp gives award to Christopher Lee

[Jimbuna]

Most fitting and well deserved but if I am to be honest, I wasn't aware he was still alive

Depp surprises Sir Christopher Lee with film award

Hammer horror star Sir Christopher Lee said it was a "very emotional moment" when he received his British Institute Fellowship from his friend Johnny Depp.
He tearfully accepted the award at the London Film Festival, saying: "I didn't know you were going to be here. I must try and pull myself together."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24600683

[BossMark]

Yes hes 91 and still going strong, also the best actor to play Dracula

[Oberon]

Justly deserved, a hard working, well talented man who loves acting with a passion.

Besides, of course he hasn't died...he's Dracula for goodness sake.

[Jimbuna]

Actually...he died many times but the bugga somehow keeps coming back

[Herr-Berbunch]

Very much alive and iirc his most recent (or some of) work is a heavy metal album.

That guy is really something...
The more I read about his life and achievements, the wider my eyes get.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

That guy is really something...
The more I read about his life and achievements, the wider my eyes get.

Quite so....his service during and shortly after WWII is amazing:

Initially, Lee volunteered to fight for the Finnish forces during the Winter War in 1939. He and other British volunteers were kept away from actual fighting, but he was issued winter gear and was posted on guard duty a safe distance from the front lines. He went on to serve in the Royal Air Force and intelligence services during World War II, including serving as an intelligence officer with the Long Range Desert Group in Northern Africa. He trained in South Africa as a pilot, but eyesight problems forced him to drop out. He eventually ended up stationed in North Africa as a Cipher Officer for No. 260 Squadron RAF and was with it through the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. He has mentioned serving in Special Operations Executive but has always declined to go into details.
“I was attached to the SAS from time to time but we are forbidden – former, present, or future – to discuss any specific operations. Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read in to that what they like.”
After the war, Lee, who can speak fluent French and German, among other languages, was seconded to the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects. Here, he was tasked with helping to track down Nazi war criminals. Of his time with the organisation, Lee has said: "We were given dossiers of what they'd done and told to find them, interrogate them as much as we could and hand them over to the appropriate authority ... We saw these concentration camps. Some had been cleaned up. Some had not." Lee then retired from the RAF after the end of the war with the rank of Flight Lieutenant to take up acting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lee

[Herr-Berbunch]

Long Range Desert Group

I'd recommend Providence Their Guide as a fantastic book on the LRDG. I'm a real slow reader but this I couldn't put down until done!

[Betonov]

He also dropped into occupied Yugoslavia to help the partisans.
He still visits Bled (can't understand why)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Betonov

He also dropped into occupied Yugoslavia to help the partisans.
He still visits Bled (can't understand why)

Perhaps his love of the people and the area?

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Perhaps his love of the people and the area?

Riiiiiiiight

But what do I know, I'm antisocial

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Riiiiiiiight

But what do I know, I'm antisocial

I certainly wouldn't say that but he (Christopher) must have some affinity with the area.

[AVGWarhawk]

Gosh, that guy would scare the bee-jeebers out of me when I was a kid. Nice to received recognition for his work.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Gosh, that guy would scare the bee-jeebers out of me when I was a kid. Nice to received recognition for his work.

Almost the last of his kind/generation Chris.