Christopher Lee random trivia

Has played a staggering amount of Victorian characters. He played Count Dracula 10 times, Dr. Fu Manchu 5 times, Sherlock Holmes 3 times, Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother) once, and Sir Henry Baskerville (a friend of Holmes) once. He also appeared in a film adaption of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, among others. As of January 2005, he has appeared in 223 films. Was originally offered the role of Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977). He turned it down and the role eventually went to his good friend Peter Cushing.