Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ (born May 27, 1922, died June 7, 2015) was an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in The Wicker Man (1973), Francisco Scaramanga in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Count Dooku in Star Wars episodes II and III (2002, 2005) and Saruman in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). Lee considers his most important role to have been his portrayal of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic Jinnah (1998). He is well known for his deep, strong voice. Lee has performed roles in 266 films since 1948 making him the Guinness book world record holder for most film acting roles ever. He was knighted in 2009 and received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011.
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- Born:
- May 27, 1922 In Belgravia, Westminster, England
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 289
- First Appeared:
- In the movie One Night with You 1948-04-25
- Latest Project:
- Series The Shaolin Warriors 2022
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Shaolin Warriors | 2022 | |
| Series | The Peak | Unknown | 2018 |
| Movie | Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions | Himself / Various Roles (archive footage) | 2017-08-06 |
| Movie | Fifty Shades of Erotica | 2015-04-13 | |
| Movie | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Fall of the House of Usher') | 2015-06-25 |
| Movie | Angels in Notting Hill | The Boss / Mr. President (voice) | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Face of Unity | Self | 2014-01-01 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Saruman | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | Night Train to Lisbon | Father Bartholomeu | 2013-03-07 |
| Movie | Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days | DiX (Voice) | 2013-03-14 |
| Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Narrator | 2013-10-23 |
| Movie | The Trail of Dracula | Himself | 2013-12-12 |
| Movie | The Girl from Nagasaki | Old Officer Pinkerton | 2013-11-11 |
| Movie | Enzo Ferrari 1898 - 1988 | Narrator | 2012-04-13 |
| Movie | Frankenweenie | Movie Dracula (archive footage) | 2012-10-04 |
| Movie | Dark Shadows | Clarney | 2012-05-09 |
| Movie | Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
| Movie | The Fall Of The House Of Usher | The Narrator | 2012-11-09 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Saruman | 2012-11-26 |
| Movie | Season of the Witch | Cardinal D'Ambroise | 2011-01-07 |
| Movie | The Resident | August | 2011-02-10 |
| Movie | The Wicker Tree | Old Man | 2011-08-27 |
| Movie | Hugo | Monsieur Labisse | 2011-11-22 |
| Movie | The Heavy | Mr. Mason | 2010-04-08 |
| Movie | Alice in Wonderland | The Jabberwocky (voice) | 2010-03-03 |
| Movie | Halloween: The Inside Story | (archive footage) | 2010-10-25 |
| Movie | Burke & Hare | Old Joseph | 2010-10-29 |
| Movie | Christopher Lee - Gentleman des Grauens | Himself | 2010-10-31 |
| Series | Breakout | 2010-12-06 | |
| Movie | Boogie Woogie | Alfred Rhinegold | 2009-06-17 |
| Movie | The Wedding Game | Jack Fong | 2009-01-25 |
| Movie | Glorious 39 | Older Walter Page | 2009-11-20 |
| Movie | Triage | Joaquín Morales | 2009-11-27 |
| Series | The Colour Of Magic | Death | 2008-03-23 |
| Series | A Mobile Love Story | 2008-05-01 | |
| Series | Rhythm of Life | 2008-05-05 | |
| Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Count Dooku (voice) | 2008-08-05 |
| Movie | Hollywood Chinese | Himself | 2007-03-18 |
| Movie | Ein Leben wie im Flug | Himself | 2007-03-15 |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
| Movie | 100 Years Under the Sea: Shipwrecks of the Caribbean | Narrator | 2007-10-04 |
| Movie | The Golden Compass | First High Councilor | 2007-12-04 |
| Movie | Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn | Narrator | 2007-10-17 |
| Movie | Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Walker Payne | Stu | 2006-04-27 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Count Dooku | 2005-05-17 |
| Movie | Corpse Bride | Pastor Galswells (voice) | 2005-09-12 |
| Movie | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dr. Wonka | 2005-07-13 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | The Lord Provost | 2005-10-29 |
| Series | Pope John Paul II | Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński | 2005-12-04 |
| Movie | The Best Bet | Shun | 2004-06-09 |
| Movie | Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse | Emerich | 2004-02-18 |
| Movie | The Story of Star Wars | Count Dooku (archive footage) | 2004-08-18 |
| Movie | Editorial: Completing the Trilogy | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | The Passing of an Age | Self | 2004-12-14 |
| Movie | J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth | Self - Saruman | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | The Soundscapes of Middle-Earth | Self | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Saruman (Extended Edition) | 2003-12-01 |
| Movie | Cameras in Middle-Earth | Self - Saruman | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Costume Design | Self - Saruman | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | From Book to Script | Self - Saruman | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Count Dooku | 2002-05-15 |
| Movie | From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' | Himself/Count Dooku | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Weta Workshop | Self - Sarumon | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Saruman | 2002-12-18 |
| Movie | The Fellowship of the Cast | Self - Saruman | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | R2-D2: Beneath the Dome | Self | 2001-11-25 |
| Movie | A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' | Himself | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Quest for the Ring | Himself | 2001-11-29 |
| Movie | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Saruman | 2001-12-18 |
| Movie | National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring | Himself | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Burnt Offering: The Cult of The Wicker Man | 2001-12-29 | |
| Series | Gormenghast | Flay | 2000-01-17 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' | 2000-05-20 | |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend | Himself | 2000-05-23 |
| Series | In the Beginning | Rameses I | 2000-11-12 |
| Movie | Sleepy Hollow | Burgomaster | 1999-11-18 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Count Ottokar Graf Czernin | 1999-11-21 |
| Movie | Tale of the Mummy | Sir Richard Turkel | 1998-03-19 |
| Movie | Jinnah | Mohammed Ali Jinnah | 1998-11-07 |
| Movie | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Lucas de Beaumanoir | 1997-01-12 |
| Series | Soul Music | Unknown | 1997-06-06 |
| Movie | Soul Music | Death (voice) | 1997-05-12 |
| Series | The Odyssey | Tiresias | 1997-05-17 |
| Series | Wyrd Sisters | Death | 1997-05-18 |
| Movie | A Century of Science Fiction | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Many Faces of Christopher Lee | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Stupids | Evil Sender | 1996-08-08 |
| Movie | Alisea and the Dream Prince | Azaret | 1996-02-01 |
| Movie | Welcome to the Discworld | Death | 1996-12-31 |
| Movie | In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross | Himself | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Moses | Pharao Ramses | 1995-12-20 |
| Movie | Police Academy: Mission to Moscow | Commandant Rakov | 1994-06-09 |
| Movie | Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror | Narrator / Himself | 1994-08-06 |
| Series | Blue Heelers | Unknown | 1994-01-18 |
| Movie | A Feast At Midnight | V. E. 'Raptor' Longfellow | 1994-11-01 |
| Movie | Funny Man | Callum Chance | 1994-11-10 |
| Movie | Death Train | General Konstanin Benin | 1993-08-04 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Sherlock Holmes | 1992-05-24 |
| Movie | Double Vision | Mr. Bernard | 1992-12-02 |
| Movie | Journey of Honor | King Philip | 1991-04-27 |
| Movie | Curse III: Blood Sacrifice | Doctor Pearson | 1991-05-10 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sherlock Holmes | 1991-12-06 |
| Movie | Fear in the Dark | Himself / Narrator | 1991-10-29 |
| Movie | The Miser | Cardinale Spinosi | 1990-04-01 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Blind Pew | 1990-06-08 |
| Movie | The Rainbow Thief | Uncle Rudolf | 1990-09-01 |
| Movie | Gremlins 2: The New Batch | Doctor Catheter | 1990-06-15 |
| Movie | The Care of Time | Karlis Zander | 1990-08-26 |
| Series | Around the World in 80 Days | Stuart | 1989-04-15 |
| Movie | The French Revolution | Sanson | 1989-05-10 |
| Movie | The Return of the Musketeers | Rochefort | 1989-04-12 |
| Movie | Fall of the Eagles | Walter Strauss | 1989-05-18 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Academy | Lazos | 1989-12-01 |
| Movie | Murder Story | Willard Hope | 1989-09-24 |
| Movie | Olympus Force: The Key | 1988-01-01 | |
| Movie | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Luis Morel | 1988-08-18 |
| Movie | Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood | Himself | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | The Girl | Peter Storm | 1987-08-07 |
| Movie | Mio in the Land of Faraway | Kato | 1987-07-01 |
| Series | Shaka Zulu | Lord Bathurst | 1986-10-24 |
| Movie | Jocks | President White | 1986-11-14 |
| Movie | The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Himself - Presenter | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Fright Night | Dracula (archive footage) | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch | Stefan Crosscoe | 1985-08-28 |
| Movie | Mask of Murder | Chief Supt. Jonathan Rich | 1985-10-15 |
| Movie | The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Mr. Clifford King | 1984-11-02 |
| Movie | The Return of Captain Invincible | Mr. Midnight | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | House of the Long Shadows | Corrigan | 1983-06-17 |
| Movie | Safari 3000 | Count Borgia | 1982-05-01 |
| Movie | The Last Unicorn | King Haggard (voice) | 1982-11-19 |
| Movie | Desperate Moves | Dr. Carl Boxer | 1981-01-01 |
| Movie | The Salamander | Prince Baldasar, the Director of Counterintelligence | 1981-01-01 |
| Series | Wanna bet, that..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Morgan Canfield | 1981-08-14 |
| Series | Goliath Awaits | John McKenzie | 1981-11-11 |
| Movie | Evil Stalks This House | Host | 1981-07-12 |
| Movie | Serial | Luckman/Skull | 1980-03-28 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Spy | Marcus Valorium | 1980-09-19 |
| Movie | Arabian Adventure | Caliph Alquazar | 1979-07-08 |
| Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Uncle Drosselmeyer | 1979-03-03 |
| Movie | The Passage | Gypsy | 1979-03-09 |
| Movie | Captain America II: Death Too Soon | Miguel | 1979-11-23 |
| Movie | Jaguar Lives! | Adam Caine | 1979-08-09 |
| Movie | 1941 | Capt. Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | Bear Island | Lechinski | 1979-12-05 |
| Movie | Return from Witch Mountain | Victor Gannon | 1978-03-10 |
| Movie | Caravans | Sardar Khan | 1978-11-02 |
| Movie | Circle of Iron | Zetan | 1978-07-25 |
| Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
| Movie | Meatcleaver Massacre | On-Screen Narrator | 1977-03-01 |
| Movie | Starship Invasions | Captain Rameses | 1977-10-14 |
| Movie | Airport '77 | Martin Wallace | 1977-03-11 |
| Movie | End of the World | Father Pergado / Zindar | 1977-08-01 |
| Movie | Killer Force | Major Chilton | 1976-01-14 |
| Movie | To the Devil a Daughter | Father Michael | 1976-03-04 |
| Movie | The Keeper | The Keeper | 1976-01-01 |
| Movie | Albino | Bill | 1976-03-15 |
| Series | Charlie's Angels | Unknown | 1976-09-22 |
| Movie | Dracula and Son | Le prince des Ténèbres | 1976-09-14 |
| Movie | In Search of Dracula | Himself / Vlad Tepes / Count Dracula | 1975-05-15 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Himself - Host | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Space: 1999 | Zandor | 1975-09-04 |
| Movie | Diagnosis: Murder | Dr. Stephen Hayward | 1974-01-01 |
| Movie | The Man with the Golden Gun | Francisco Scaramanga | 1974-12-01 |
| Movie | The Four Musketeers | Rochefort | 1974-10-31 |
| Movie | Nothing But the Night | Col. Charles Bingham | 1973-02-16 |
| Movie | Poor Devil | Lucifer | 1973-02-14 |
| Movie | The Creeping Flesh | James Hildern | 1973-02-12 |
| Movie | Dark Places | Dr. Ian Mandeville | 1973-05-01 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Rochefort | 1973-12-11 |
| Series | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Unknown | 1973-09-01 |
| Movie | The Wicker Man | Lord Summerisle | 1973-12-01 |
| Movie | The Satanic Rites of Dracula | Count Dracula | 1973-11-03 |
| Movie | Cuadecuc, Vampir | Himself / Count Dracula | 1972-05-05 |
| Movie | Dracula A.D. 1972 | Count Dracula | 1972-06-26 |
| Movie | Umbracle | The Man | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | Horror Express | Prof. Sir Alexander Saxton | 1972-09-30 |
| Movie | Death Line | Stratton-Villiers, MI5 | 1972-10-13 |
| Movie | I, Monster | Dr. Charles Marlowe | 1971-11-01 |
| Movie | The House That Dripped Blood | John Reid (segment 3 "Sweets to the Sweet") | 1971-02-22 |
| Movie | Hannie Caulder | Bailey | 1971-11-08 |
| Movie | Eugenie | Dolmance | 1970-02-20 |
| Movie | The Bloody Judge | Lord George Jeffreys | 1970-02-05 |
| Movie | Scream and Scream Again | Fremont | 1970-02-02 |
| Movie | Count Dracula | Dracula | 1970-04-03 |
| Movie | One More Time | Dracula | 1970-05-01 |
| Movie | Scars of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-11-08 |
| Movie | The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Mycroft Holmes | 1970-10-29 |
| Movie | Julius Caesar | Artemidorus | 1970-06-04 |
| Movie | Taste the Blood of Dracula | Dracula | 1970-05-07 |
| Movie | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1969-05-29 |
| Movie | The Magic Christian | Ship's Vampire | 1969-12-12 |
| Movie | The Oblong Box | Dr. J. Neuhartt | 1969-06-11 |
| Movie | The Devil Rides Out | Duc de Richleau | 1968-07-20 |
| Movie | Eve | Colonel Stuart | 1968-07-19 |
| Movie | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave | Dracula | 1968-11-07 |
| Movie | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1968-08-23 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | J.D. Morley | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Night of the Big Heat | Godfrey Hanson | 1967-05-01 |
| Movie | The Vengeance of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1967-05-25 |
| Movie | Five Golden Dragons | Dragon #4 | 1967-08-03 |
| Movie | Theatre of Death | Philippe Darvas | 1967-11-01 |
| Movie | The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism | Count Frederic Regula / Graf von Andomai | 1967-10-05 |
| Movie | Rasputin: The Mad Monk | Grigori Rasputin | 1966-03-06 |
| Movie | Dracula: Prince of Darkness | Count Dracula | 1966-01-09 |
| Movie | Circus of Fear | Gregor | 1966-04-29 |
| Movie | The Brides of Fu Manchu | Fu Manchu | 1966-12-16 |
| Movie | She | Billali | 1965-04-18 |
| Movie | Dr. Terror's House of Horrors | Franklyn Marsh (segment "Disembodied Hand") | 1965-02-23 |
| Movie | The Skull | Sir Matthew Phillips | 1965-06-09 |
| Movie | Ten Little Indians | Mr. U. N. Owen (voice) (uncredited) | 1965-07-31 |
| Movie | The Face of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Man Chu | 1965-08-06 |
| Movie | The Castle of the Living Dead | Count Drago | 1964-08-05 |
| Movie | The Devil-Ship Pirates | Captain Robeles | 1964-05-15 |
| Movie | Crypt of the Vampire | Count Ludwig Karnstein | 1964-09-14 |
| Movie | The Gorgon | Prof. Karl Meister | 1964-10-18 |
| Movie | Challenge the Devil | Mephistoles | 1963-05-28 |
| Movie | Horror Castle | Erich | 1963-08-15 |
| Movie | The Whip and the Body | Kurt Menliff | 1963-08-29 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace | Sherlock Holmes | 1962-01-01 |
| Movie | The Puzzle of the Red Orchid | Capt. Allerman | 1962-03-01 |
| Movie | The Devil's Agent | Baron Ferdi von Staub | 1962-09-01 |
| Movie | The Pirates of Blood River | Captain LaRoche | 1962-07-31 |
| Movie | The Terror of the Tongs | Chung King | 1961-03-15 |
| Movie | Taste of Fear | Doctor Pierre Gerrard | 1961-06-05 |
| Movie | The Devil's Daffodil | Ling Chu | 1961-07-20 |
| Movie | Hercules in the Haunted World | King Lico (Licos) | 1961-11-16 |
| Movie | The City of the Dead | Prof. Alan Driscoll | 1960-09-09 |
| Movie | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll | Paul Allen | 1960-10-24 |
| Movie | Beat Girl | Kenny King | 1960-08-21 |
| Movie | The Hands of Orlac | Nero the magician | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | Too Hot to Handle | Novak | 1960-12-01 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Sir Henry Baskerville | 1959-05-04 |
| Series | Stars in der Manege | Unknown | 1959-04-11 |
| Movie | The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Pierre Gerrard | 1959-06-15 |
| Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
| Movie | The Treasure of San Teresa | Jaeger | 1959-07-21 |
| Movie | Uncle Was A Vampire | Baron Roderico da Frankurten | 1959-10-28 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Kharis, the Mummy | 1959-08-01 |
| Series | Ivanhoe | Unknown | 1958-01-05 |
| Movie | Battle of the V-1 | Brunner | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Cities | Marquis St. Evremonde | 1958-02-07 |
| Movie | Dracula | Count Dracula | 1958-05-22 |
| Series | The Adventures of William Tell | Unknown | 1958-09-15 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Resurrection Joe | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | Fortune Is a Woman | Charles Highbury | 1957-03-13 |
| Movie | The Truth About Women | Francois Thiers | 1957-01-01 |
| Movie | Ill Met by Moonlight | German officer at dentists | 1957-01-31 |
| Movie | The Traitor | Doctor Neumann | 1957-03-01 |
| Movie | The Curse of Frankenstein | The Creature | 1957-05-20 |
| Movie | Bitter Victory | Sgt. Barney | 1957-08-28 |
| Movie | Manuela | Voice (voice) | 1957-07-18 |
| Series | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Unknown | 1956-02-01 |
| Movie | Private's Progress | Major Schultz | 1956-02-17 |
| Movie | Alexander the Great | Nectenabus (voice) | 1956-03-28 |
| Movie | The Battle of the River Plate | Manolo | 1956-10-30 |
| Movie | Beyond Mombasa | Gil Rossi | 1956-10-29 |
| Movie | Port Afrique | Franz Vermes | 1956-06-18 |
| Movie | Police Dog | Johnny, a constable | 1955-05-01 |
| Movie | Contraband Spain | Narrator (uncredited) | 1955-03-15 |
| Movie | Moby Dick—Rehearsed | A Stage Manager / Flask | 1955-01-01 |
| Movie | That Lady | Captain | 1955-05-11 |
| Movie | Cross-Roads | Harry Cooper | 1955-02-01 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
| Movie | Storm Over the Nile | Karaga Pasha | 1955-12-26 |
| Movie | Alias John Preston | John Preston | 1955-12-14 |
| Movie | The Cockleshell Heroes | Submarine Commander Alan Grieves | 1955-11-16 |
| Movie | The Dark Avenger | French Patrol Captain at Tavern (uncredited) | 1955-09-11 |
| Movie | Innocents in Paris | Lieutenant Whitlock | 1953-07-22 |
| Movie | Top Secret | Russian agent | 1952-11-10 |
| Movie | Paul Temple Returns | Sir Felix Raybourne | 1952-11-24 |
| Movie | The Crimson Pirate | Joseph (attache) | 1952-08-27 |
| Movie | Babes in Bagdad | Slave Dealer | 1952-12-07 |
| Movie | Moulin Rouge | Georges Seurat | 1952-12-23 |
| Movie | Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Spanish Captain | 1951-04-10 |
| Movie | Valley of the Eagles | Det. Holt | 1951-09-26 |
| Movie | They Were Not Divided | Chris Lewis | 1950-04-24 |
| Movie | Prelude to Fame | Newsman | 1950-05-02 |
| Movie | Trottie True | Hon. Bongo Icklesham | 1949-09-29 |
| Movie | A Song for Tomorrow | Auguste | 1948-06-08 |
| Movie | One Night with You | Pirelli's Assistant | 1948-04-25 |
| Movie | Penny and the Pownall Case | Jonathan Blair | 1948-06-26 |
| Movie | Corridor of Mirrors | Charles | 1948-07-24 |
| Movie | Scott of the Antarctic | Bernard Day | 1948-11-29 |
| Movie | Hamlet | Spear Carrier (uncredited) | 1948-12-10 |