Bernard Lee: Difference between revisions

Lee was born on 10 January 1908,<ref>{{cite book|last=Arnold|first=Mark|title=Stars of Walt Disney Productions|location=Orlando, Fla.|publisher=BearManor Media|date=2023|isbn=9798887710723|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aKnEAAAQBAJ|page=2018}}</ref> the son of Nellie (née Smith) and Edmund James Lee.{{sfn|Parker|1981|p=413}} He was born in either [[County Cork]] in what is now the [[Republic of Ireland]],<ref name="BFI Lee"/> or [[Brentford]], Middlesex.<!-- Do not change without discussing on the talk page: the GRO records are unclear -->{{sfn|Parker|1981|p=413}}{{#tag:ref|Two reliable and independent sources (the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI) and the 1981 reference work ''[[Who's Who in the Theatre]], Volume 1'') have differing locations for Lee's place of birth, with Parker showing London and the BFI listing Cork, stating "Some sources give London as birthplace".<ref name="BFI Lee"/> The 1938, 1942 and 1943 editions of the ''International Motion Picture Almanac'' also claim he was born in County Cork.{{sfn|IMPA|1942|p=355}}|group="nb"}} Edmund, an actor, introduced his six-year-old son to the stage in 1914 in a sketch called "The Double Event"<ref name="Foster (1973)">{{cite news|last=Foster|first=Paul|title=Busy time for Bond's boss|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wG5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=6370,1651868&dq=bernard-lee+actor&hl=en|access-date=6 February 2012|newspaper=[[Evening Times]]|date=13 December 1973|page=5}}</ref> at the [[Oxford Music Hall]] in London.<ref name="Times (1981)">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Mr Bernard Lee|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=19 January 1981|page=12}}</ref><ref name="Guardian (1981)">{{cite news|last=Billington|first=Michael|title=Bond's loss|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 January 1981|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|page=9}}</ref> Lee attended the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], and worked as a fruit porter to pay his fees.<ref name="Times (1981)"/>