Editing Christopher Lee (section)

=== Physical characteristics and beliefs ===
Lee was known for his imposing height of {{convert|6|ft|5|in}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/spotlight/2001/christopher_lee.shtml |title=Stuck on you. Horror star flies into Notts |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=31 July 2001 |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=telegraphinterview>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/8316999/Interview-Christopher-Lee.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310144042/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/baftas/8316999/Interview-Christopher-Lee.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2011 |title=Sir Christopher Lee interview |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 February 2011 |access-date=20 December 2012 |location=London |first=Nigel |last=Farndale}}</ref> On BBC Radio's ''[[Test Match Special]]'' "View from the Boundary" interview with [[Brian Johnston]] on 20 June 1987, Lee described himself as being {{convert|6|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} tall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Test Match Special #40from40: Sir Christopher Lee (02:13 and 21:55) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08fy5zx |website=BBC Sounds |access-date=13 June 2020}}</ref> Lee and his wife Birgit were listed among the fifty best-dressed over 50s by ''The Guardian'' in March 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 50 best-dressed over 50s |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2013/mar/29/50-best-dressed-over-50s |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |first1=Jess |last1=Cartner-Morley |first2=Helen |last2=Mirren |author2-link=Helen Mirren |first3=Arianna |last3=Huffington |author3-link=Arianna Huffington |first4=Valerie |last4=Amos |date=28 March 2013}}</ref>

Lee was an [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]] Christian.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The extraordinary career of Christopher Lee |url=https://cruxnow.com/life/2015/06/the-extraordinary-career-of-christopher-lee/ |date=12 June 2015 |access-date=24 October 2020 |website=Crux}}</ref> After the Second World War, he was an [[altar server]] at [[St Stephen's, Gloucester Road|St Stephen's]] Church in [[South Kensington]], London, during [[T. S. Eliot]]'s period as a parishioner there.<ref>{{cite book |last=Leggett |first=Paul |title=Good Versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |page=3}}</ref> Politically, Lee supported the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/christopher-lee-you-ask-the-questions-735506.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925072809/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/christopher-lee-you-ask-the-questions-735506.html |archive-date=25 September 2010 |title=Christopher Lee: You Ask The Questions – Profiles, People |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=11 February 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=5 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=timesinterview /> Regarding Islam, he stated that Islamic terrorism "is not the true Islam."<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Lee talks about his favorite Muhammed Ali Jinnah role |website=YouTube |date=14 August 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Vx5zRVlRU}}</ref>

Lee had an interest in the occult, to which he was introduced by [[Dennis Wheatley]].<ref name="auto" /> It was once erroneously reported Lee had a library of occult literature that amounted to 20,000 books. However, during a talk at [[University College Dublin]], Lee confirmed he did not have such a collection and said "Somebody wrote that I had 20,000 books. I don't—I'd have to live in a bath!" He furthermore cautioned the audience against involving themselves in occult practices, claiming "I have met people who claim to be Satanists, who claim to be involved with black magic, who claimed that they not only knew a lot about it. But as I said, I certainly have not been involved and I warn all of you: never, never, never. You will not only lose your mind: you lose your soul."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://aleteia.org/2016/06/06/sir-christopher-lee-on-dabbling-with-the-occult-never-never-never/ |title=Sir Christopher Lee on Dabbling with the Occult: "Never, Never, Never" |publisher=aleteia.org |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-metal-as-hell-moment-christopher-lee-warned-us-all-off-black-magic-you-not-only-lose-your-mindyou-lose-your-soul |title=The metal as hell moment Christopher Lee warned us all off black magic: "You not only lose your mind...you lose your soul" |publisher=loudersound |date=8 March 2023 |access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref>