# Sir Christopher Lee **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636 "2009-11-06T21:00:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/1 "2009-11-06T21:00:11Z")
I don’t think there’s been a thread … [Christopher Lee got knighted](http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Christopher-Lee-Knighthood-Dracula-Star-Receives-Official-Honour-By-Prince-Of-Wales/Article/200910415424868?lpos=UK_News_Third_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region__4&lid=ARTICLE_15424868_Christopher_Lee_Knighthood%3A_Dracula_Star_Receives_Official_Honour_By_Prince_Of_Wales)last week, on Hallowe’en Eve, delightfully enough. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/2 "2009-11-06T21:11:51Z")
One of my very favorite actors anywhere. Good for him! Maybe not so good for the rest of us, though. He already can’t be killed by conventional weapons, and now he gets to wear a suit of armor? This seems kind of unfair. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/3 "2009-11-06T21:12:18Z")
He was already Lord Summerisle. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/4 "2009-11-06T21:46:43Z")
And Count Dracula\*. Come to think of it, this is technically a demotion! \*Okay, and Count Dooku ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/5 "2009-11-06T23:47:14Z")
One of the things I still recall about the **LOTR** documentaries is that when it came time for Saruman to be stabbed in the back, Lee knew exactly what sort of noise he should make. Turned out that he had been a commando in WWII, and had heard the sound more than a few times. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/6 "2009-11-07T01:12:08Z")
SEVEN FILMS COMING OUT!!! Wow! That said, he looks so much older since CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, when I last saw him. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/7 "2009-11-07T01:41:59Z")
Aside from observing the protocol of the occasion, there’s another reason to bend one’s knee, as Lord Summerisle knew: “shock is so much better absorbed with the knees bent…”. Congrats to Sir Lee! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/8 "2009-11-07T02:00:13Z")
Now there are **two** knights on the cover of _Band on the Run_! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/9 "2009-11-07T03:10:02Z")
But, isn’t he already a [Knight](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Count_Dooku)? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/10 "2009-11-07T11:23:19Z")
Huh. For some reason, I thought he already was one. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/11 "2009-11-07T11:28:58Z")
Hooray for Ansem the Wise! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/12 "2009-11-07T12:13:58Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > That said, he looks so much older since CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, when I last saw him. I can’t believe it’s been ten whole years since they started shooting the _Lord Of The Rings_ films. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/13 "2009-11-07T13:14:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Huh. For some reason, I thought he already was one. I thought so too, but maybe they announced earlier that he was to be knighted. ---
**Author:** ![Petey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@Petey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petey)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-christopher-lee/516636/14 "2009-11-13T01:22:41Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Now there are **two** knights on the cover of _Band on the Run_! Researching on Wikipedia, it’s 4 knights: Sir Michael Parkinson Sir Clement Freud Sir Christopher Lee Sir Paul McCartney